MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Fresh off its bye week, Middle Tennessee started its Conference USA slate with a tough home matchup on Saturday and came up with an unbelievable comeback win 25-24 over Florida Atlantic.
"This was a fantastic win," MT Head Coach Rick Stockstill said. "You beat a team like that, coming in the underdog … and we played so hard and strained and competed and played our tails off and never gave up.
"This team showed a lot of mental and physical toughness tonight, and I'm really, really proud of them."
The defending C-USA champion Owls (2-3, 0-1) got up early but couldn't hold the Blue Raiders (2-2, 1-0) down in their annual Blackout Game and Hall of Fame Weekend.