Middle Tennessee 48, Fla. International 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	17	23
Total Yards	324	587
Passing	178	202
Rushing	146	385
Penalties	9-65	4-35
3rd Down Conversions	6-17	10-20
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-1
Turnovers	4	3
Possession	29:31	30:29

Air/Ground Leaders
Florida International Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Younger 14/38 178 0 3	Middle Tennessee State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dasher 13/28 182 2 3 Burnette 1/1 20 0 0
Florida International Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Berry 19 103 3 38 Younger 11 17 0 31	Middle Tennessee State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dasher 18 178 3 70 Kyles 22 110 0 25
Florida International Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Frierson 3 73 0 47 Hilton 2 33 0 28	Middle Tennessee State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG McDonald 3 50 1 27 Honeycutt 3 32 1 12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				FIU	MTSU
	TD	11:35	Dwight Dasher 70 Yd Run (Alan Gendreau Kick)	0	7
	TD	10:03	Sancho McDonald 27 Yd Pass From Dwight Dasher (Alan Gendreau Kick)	0	14
	FG	04:00	Alan Gendreau 33 Yd	0	17
SECOND QUARTER				FIU	MTSU
	TD	13:50	Dwight Dasher 67 Yd Run (Alan Gendreau Kick)	0	24
	TD	08:34	Patrick Honeycutt 9 Yd Pass From Dwight Dasher (Alan Gendreau Kick)	0	31
	FG	03:21	Alan Gendreau 21 Yd	0	34
	TD	00:24	Kendall Berry 2 Yd Run (Dustin Rivest Kick)	7	34
THIRD QUARTER				FIU	MTSU
	TD	13:35	Kendall Berry 5 Yd Run (Dustin Rivest Kick)	14	34
	TD	03:51	Kendall Berry 4 Yd Run (Dustin Rivest Kick)	21	34
FOURTH QUARTER				FIU	MTSU
	TD	14:10	Dwight Dasher 1 Yd Run (Alan Gendreau Kick)	21	41
	TD	01:39	Benjamin Cunningham 42 Yd Run (Alan Gendreau Kick)	21	48

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Dwight Dasher ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more as Middle Tennessee beat Florida International 48-21 on Saturday.

Dasher ran for 178 yards and scored on runs of 1, 70 and 68 yards for the Blue Raiders (6-3, 4-1 Sun Belt Conference). He also went 13-for-28 for 178 yards and two touchdowns. He was intercepted three times.

Dasher threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Sancho McDonald and a 9-yarder to Patrick Honeycutt.

The Blue Raiders led 34-0 before the Panthers (2-7, 2-4) scored three straight touchdowns to trim the lead to 34-21. Kendall Berry scored on runs of 2, 5 and 4 yards and ended with 103 yards rushing.

Panthers quarterback Wayne Younger threw for 178 yards and was intercepted three times.

The Blue Raiders are bowl eligible and remain one game behind Troy for first place in the conference.