Virginia 23, Middle Tennessee 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	16
Total Yards	374	308
Passing	223	181
Rushing	151	127
Penalties	5-49	5-40
3rd Down Conversions	7-16	6-17
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-2
Turnovers	1	0
Possession	28:58	31:02

Air/Ground Leaders
Virginia Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sewell 22/37 223 1 1 Team 0/1 0 0 0	Middle Tennessee State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dasher 17/33 181 2 0 Honeycutt 0/1 0 0 0
Virginia Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Payne 18 70 0 17 Pearman 5 45 2 21	Middle Tennessee State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dasher 17 63 0 15 McNair 17 49 1 7
Virginia Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Santi 5 82 0 26 Pearman 5 56 0 19	Middle Tennessee State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Grigsby 3 39 0 22 Henry 2 36 1 24

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UVA	MTSU
	TD	04:36	Taron Henry 24 Yd Pass From Dwight Dasher (Matt King Kick) Drive: 11 plays, 68 yds, 5:37	0	7
	TD	01:45	John Phillips 20 Yd Pass From Jameel Sewell (Chris Gould Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 80 yds, 2:51	7	7
SECOND QUARTER				UVA	MTSU
	TD	09:37	Bobby Williams 7 Yd Pass From Dwight Dasher (Matt King Kick)	7	14
	TD	03:57	Andrew Pearman 21 Yd Run (Chris Gould Kick)	14	14
FOURTH QUARTER				UVA	MTSU
	TD	13:58	Andrew Pearman 5 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	20	14
	TD	07:29	Demarco Mcnair 1 Yd Run (Matt King Kick)	20	21
	FG	00:08	Chris Gould 34 Yd	23	21

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Gould kicked a 34-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, redeeming himself for an earlier extra-point miss, and Virginia beat pesky Middle Tennessee 23-21 on Saturday for its fifth consecutive victory.

The Cavaliers (5-1) had 151 yards rushing and matched their longest winning streak since 2004, spoiling the Blue Raiders' (1-5) hopes of becoming the third Sun Belt team to knock off a school from a Bowl Championship Series conference this year. Troy had defeated Oklahoma State, and Florida Atlantic also won over Minnesota to score wins for the Sun Belt this season.

Bradley Robinson intercepted Jameel Sewell late in the fourth quarter to set up a short touchdown rush by DeMarco McNair to give Middle Tennessee a 21-20 lead. Gould missed an extra-point wide right to allow the Blue Raiders to take the lead.

Robinson returned the interception 22 yards, the 11th pick of his career. The game marked just the second time Middle Tennessee played a member of a BCS conference at Floyd Stadium. The Blue Raiders also hosted Temple in 2003 when the Owls were still a member of the Big East.

Andrew Pearman rushed for two touchdowns for the Cavaliers in relief of Atlantic Coast Conference leading rusher Cedric Peerman, who left the game with a leg injury in the second quarter. His status for next week's game against Connecticut was not announced.

Keith Payne and Pearman accounted for 115 yards rushing for the Cavaliers, who snapped their three-game road nonconference losing streak. Pearman had two rushing touchdowns, and John Phillips caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Sewell.