Conference USA
The 2021 season's largest margin: Middle Tennessee 50, Florida International 10. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Middle Tennessee·Conference USA
2021 — The 2021 Season
Middle Tennessee's 2021 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Bahamas Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Chase CunninghamQB1,318 passing yards
- Nick VattiatoQB1,047 passing yards
- Martell PettawayRB372 rushing yards
- Frank PeasantRB303 rushing yards
- Mike DiLielloQB264 rushing yards
- Jarrin PierceWR523 receiving yards
- Jimmy MarshallWR510 receiving yards
- Yusuf AliWR472 receiving yards
- Reed BlankenshipS110 tackles
- Greg Grate JrS89 tackles
- DQ ThomasLB87 tackles
- Jordan FergusonDE9 sacks
- Marley CookDL3 sacks
- Jurriente DavisLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Middle Tennessee 13, Liberty 41. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Middle Tennessee beat Toledo 31-24 in the postseason.
"Raider Up"
2021 is a middle chapter for Middle Tennessee — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.