MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee football found success late, but not enough early, falling behind in the first half to Western Kentucky in an eventual 49-21 loss at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium on Saturday evening.
The Blue Raiders (1-2, 0-1 CUSA) trailed by 21 points at halftime after failing to come away with points twice in the redzone in the first half, while the Hilltoppers (2-1, 1-0 CUSA) converted all three redzone possessions into touchdowns.
MTSU was stuffed three times on goal-to-go situations on the one-yard line early in the second quarter, with Jaiden Credle failing to get over the plane of the goal line on a jump attempt on fourth down following a fumbled snap recovery on third down.