Troy 45, Middle Tennessee 7

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	12	37
Total Yards	209	551
Passing	116	288
Rushing	93	263
Penalties	5-44	6-55
3rd Down Conversions	3-13	8-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-1
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	25:44	34:16

Air/Ground Leaders
Middle Tennessee State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Craddock 18/25 116 1 1 Dasher 0/3 0 0 0	Troy Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Haugabook 16/29 194 1 1 Jones 5/6 61 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McNair 10 43 0 19 Craddock 8 40 0 34	Troy Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Haugabook 16 64 2 26 Harris 11 57 0 17
Middle Tennessee State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Gee 5 41 0 11 Honeycutt 2 20 0 16	Troy Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Jernigan 5 74 0 23 Banks 4 45 1 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MTSU	TROY
	TD	06:20	Gary Banks 8 Yd Pass From Omar Haugabook (Greg Whibbs Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 54 yds, 1:20	0	7
	TD	04:54	Stephen Chicola 5 Yd Pass From Joe Craddock (David Defatta Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 65 yds, 1:26	7	7
	FG	02:04	Greg Whibbs 41 Yd Drive: 9 plays, 34 yds, 2:50	7	10
SECOND QUARTER				MTSU	TROY
	TD	10:49	Omar Haugabook 6 Yd Run (Greg Whibbs Kick) Drive: 3 plays, 4 yds, 1:12	7	17
	TD	06:11	Sean Dawkins 1 Yd Run (Greg Whibbs Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 26 yds, 1:19	7	24
THIRD QUARTER				MTSU	TROY
	TD	08:00	Kenny Cattouse 1 Yd Run (Greg Whibbs Kick) Drive: 16 plays, 91 yds, 7:00	7	31
	TD	01:32	Omar Haugabook 1 Yd Run (Greg Whibbs Kick) Drive: 11 plays, 79 yds, 3:22	7	38
FOURTH QUARTER				MTSU	TROY
	TD	10:29	Cornelius Williams 16 Yd Pass From Tanner Jones (Greg Whibbs Kick) Drive: 11 plays, 80 yds, 4:10	7	45

TROY, Ala. (AP) -- Omar Haugabook passed for 194 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 64 yards and two more scores and Troy beat Middle Tennessee 45-7 Tuesday night to clinch at least a share of the Sun Belt Conference title.

Haugabook completed 16-of-29 passes and also had 16 carries for the Trojans (8-3, 6-0 Sun Belt Conference) before sitting out the fourth quarter.

Troy can win the a second straight Sun Belt championship and an automatic berth to the New Orleans Bowl with a victory over Florida Atlantic in two weeks or a Florida Atlantic loss to Florida International.

Middle Tennessee (5-6, 4-2) was in position for a shot at a share of the title coming into the game, but had two special teams blunders lead to Troy touchdowns in the second quarter.

First, R.J. Roberts blocked a punt to give the Trojans the ball at Middle Tennessee's 4-yard line. Three plays later, Haugabook rushed for a 6-yard touchdown with 10:49 left.

A few minutes later, Middle Tennessee's Desmond Gee fumbled a punt return at the 26-yard line. That set up Sean Dawkins' 1-yard TD run to give the Trojans a 24-7 lead.

Troy then drove 91 yards on 16 plays to open the second half for Kenny Cattouse's 1-yard touchdown run. The Trojans got some more help from Middle Tennessee mistakes.

They were facing second-and-40 after a sack and two penalties, but got a first down on the first of two pass interference penalties on the drive.

The Trojans outgained Middle Tennessee 549-209 in total yardage.