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#135Middle Tennessee
31
Conference USA
NEUTRAL
#90Western Michigan
45
Mid-American
2015 week 1 · postseason · Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM CT · Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium · 📺 ESPN · 13,123 att · 82.4°F, wind 8.1

Drive chart

Middle Tennessee Western Michigan bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
TD
5 pl · 75 yd · 1:17
7–0
TD
3 pl · 71 yd · 1:00
7–7
TD
5 pl · 75 yd · 1:39
14–7
MISSED FG
8 pl · 42 yd · 4:06
14–7
PUNT
3 pl · 3 yd · 1:03
14–7
FG
6 pl · 28 yd · 2:32
14–10
FG
6 pl · 69 yd · 2:19
17–10
TD
2 pl · 85 yd · 1:01
17–17
PUNT
6 pl · 4 yd · 3:02
17–17
Q2
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:09
17–17
ON DOWNS
6 pl · 18 yd · 2:02
17–17
PUNT
7 pl · 54 yd · 3:16
17–17
PUNT
5 pl · 15 yd · 2:20
17–17
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 1:35
17–17
FUMBLE
1 pl · 16 yd · 0:13
17–17
END OF HALF
5 pl · 8 yd · 2:26
17–17
Q3
TD
6 pl · 69 yd · 2:57
17–24
PUNT
8 pl · 32 yd · 3:44
17–24
PUNT
5 pl · 18 yd · 2:32
17–24
PUNT
6 pl · 19 yd · 2:12
17–24
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 2:49
17–24
TD
2 pl · 32 yd · 0:28
24–24
TD
5 pl · 75 yd · 2:31
24–31
Q4
TD
6 pl · 70 yd · 3:06
31–31
TD
6 pl · 82 yd · 3:29
31–38
INT
3 pl · -5 yd · 0:25
31–38
TD
2 pl · 4 yd · 0:47
31–45
ON DOWNS
4 pl · -6 yd · 1:22
31–45
END OF GAME
8 pl · 22 yd · 3:38
31–45
29 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

1takeaways2
2three-and-outs forced1
7 of 15scoring drives allowed5 of 14
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

1 of 1field goals1 of 2
5punts4
44.8punt average30.5
0punts inside the 200
61return yards115
own 32average drive startown 25
Middle Tennessee
K Cody Clark 1/1 FG · long 23 · 4/4 XP
P Matt Bonadies 5 punts · 44.8 avg
KR Ed'Marques Batties 2 ret · 56 yds · long 32
PR Ed'Marques Batties 2 ret · 5 yds · long 5
Western Michigan
K Andrew Haldeman 1/2 FG · long 47 · 6/6 XP
P J. Schroeder 4 punts · 30.5 avg
KR Darius Phillips 5 ret · 111 yds · long 29
PR Daniel Braverman 1 ret · 4 yds · long 4
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal