MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The scoreline almost spoke for itself on Tuesday night. It's not every day, after all, a team is held to just five points in a football game, the way Middle Tennessee held Kennesaw State to just a field goal and a safety under the lights in a 14-5 win that gave the Blue Raiders their first win in Conference USA under head coach Derek Mason.
It was a defensive performance that one dreams of when you hire a defensive coach like Mason to lead your program, winning the turnover battle by two, holding a team under 240 total yards, allowing the Owls to convert just four third down attempts all night in 16 tries.