Middle Tennessee 31, Memphis 14

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	13	18
Total Yards	219	436
Passing	126	272
Rushing	93	164
Penalties	3-26	6-34
3rd Down Conversions	6-17	6-17
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-0
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	30:59	29:01

Air/Ground Leaders
Memphis Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hall 13/22 93 0 1 Bass 4/4 33 0 0	Middle Tennessee State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dasher 18/26 231 2 0 Beyah 1/1 41 0 0
Memphis Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Pitts 9 40 0 14 Steele 5 29 1 15	Middle Tennessee State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dasher 17 89 0 42 Tanner 8 47 1 18
Memphis Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Singleton 3 45 0 20 Calhoun 4 27 0 12	Middle Tennessee State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Honeycutt 5 71 1 24 McClover 3 47 0 22

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MEM	MTSU
	TD	10:30	Phillip Tanner 4 Yd Run (Alan Gendreau Kick)	0	7
	TD	06:10	Curtis Steele 12 Yd Run (Matt Reagan Kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER				MEM	MTSU
	TD	10:02	Shane Blissard 40 Yd Pass From Dwight Dasher (Alan Gendreau Kick)	7	14
	FG	06:14	Alan Gendreau 28 Yd	7	17
THIRD QUARTER				MEM	MTSU
	TD	02:44	Patrick Honeycutt 24 Yd Pass From Dwight Dasher (Alan Gendreau Kick)	7	24
FOURTH QUARTER				MEM	MTSU
	TD	14:15	D.D. Kyles 7 Yd Run (Alan Gendreau Kick)	7	31
	TD	01:47	Lance Smith 3 Yd Run (Matt Reagan Kick)	14	31

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Dwight Dasher passed for 231 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 89 yards to lead Middle Tennessee to a 31-14 victory over Memphis on Saturday night.

The Blue Raiders (1-1) rebounded from a 37-14 loss to Clemson by rolling up 436 yards in offense compared to 219 for the Tigers (0-2), who lost their season opener to Mississippi 45-14.

Dasher hit Shane Blissard on a 40-yard touchdown pass for a 14-7 lead with 10:02 left in the second quarter, then had a 42-yard carry on the Blue Raiders' next possession to set up a 28-yard field goal by Alan Gendreau.

With 2:44 left in the third quarter, Dasher found Patrick Honeycutt for a 24-yard score.

Arkelon Hall was 13 of 22 for 93 yards and one interception for Memphis, which was playing in Murfreesboro for the first time since 1953 before a record crowd of 28,105 at Floyd Stadium.