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College Football
BOXSCORE
Austin Peay 34, Middle Tennessee 14
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, August 30, 2025
Where: Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Attendance: 18505
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Austin Peay 14 7 3 10 34
Middle Tennessee 0 7 7 0 14
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:45
Austin Peay   TD  Middle Tennessee 0 - Austin Peay 7
Jaden Robinson 22 yd. pass from Chris Parson (Carson Smith kick)
1st Quarter - 2:38
Austin Peay   TD  Middle Tennessee 0 - Austin Peay 14
Courtland Simmons 1 yd. run (Carson Smith kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:03
Austin Peay   TD  Middle Tennessee 0 - Austin Peay 21
Jackson Head 4 yd. pass from Chris Parson (Carson Smith kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:45
Middle Tennessee   TD  Middle Tennessee 7 - Austin Peay 21
Nahzae Cox 5 yd. pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:04
Austin Peay   FG  Middle Tennessee 7 - Austin Peay 24
Carson Smith 40 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:56
Middle Tennessee   TD  Middle Tennessee 14 - Austin Peay 24
Nahzae Cox 14 yd. pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway kick)
4th Quarter - 12:48
Austin Peay   FG  Middle Tennessee 14 - Austin Peay 27
Carson Smith 36 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:42
Austin Peay   TD  Middle Tennessee 14 - Austin Peay 34
Austin Smith 2 yd. run (Carson Smith kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
W‑L 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
Score 34 14
1st Downs 19 13
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-17
41%		 0-for-12
0%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-1
100%		 1-for-4
25%
Total Yards 344 153
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 45-151 22-44
Average/Rush 3.4 2.0
Passing
Comp-Att 14-27 16-37
Passing Yards 193 109
Average/Pass Play 6.4 2.6
Penalties-Yards 9-88 4-50
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 38:35 21:25
PLAYER STATS
Austin Peay (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Parson 11/20 142 2 0
A. Smith 3/7 51 0 0
Middle Tennessee (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Vattiato 15/36 104 2 0
R. Gagliano 1/1 5 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Simmons 10 35 3.5 1
C. Parson 11 34 3.1 0
J. Bond 8 26 3.2 0
C. Richardson 6 21 3.5 0
N. Garnett 2 14 7.0 0
A. Smith 5 13 2.6 1
K. Williams 3 8 2.7 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Middlebrook 11 48 4.4 0
R. Hunt Jr. 3 23 7.7 0
N. Vattiato 6 -10 -1.7 0
R. Gagliano 2 -17 -8.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Kirk 3 69 23.0 0
N. Garnett 2 50 25.0 0
J. Robinson 2 31 15.5 1
J. Bond 2 22 11.0 0
J. Head 3 8 2.7 1
K. Maxwell 1 8 8.0 0
J. Kneeland 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Cox 6 50 8.3 2
J. Middlebrook 2 21 10.5 0
A. Walker 2 10 5.0 0
R. Hunt Jr. 3 9 3.0 0
M. Butler 1 8 8.0 0
H. Tipton 1 6 6.0 0
A. Jones 1 5 5.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Smith 1.0 6.0
Z. Simpson-Smith 1.0 5.0
S. Woods 0.5 2.0
R. Johnson 0.5 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
P. Hughes 5 4
M. Byard 4 1
J. Gaston 4 2
D. Smith 3 2
A. Muhammad 2 0
Z. Simpson-Smith 2 1
K. Woods 2 1
B. Buckner 2 2
S. Woods 2 4
J. Lowe 1 0
A. Butts 1 0
A. Mitchell 1 0
F. Hixon 1 0
R. Smith 1 1
J. Howse IV 1 1
R. Johnson 1 3
K. Smith 1 3
M. Malaki-Donaldson 0 1
T. Ferrell 0 1
E. Carney 0 1
B. Harris 0 4
A. Bynum 0 6
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Smith 2.5 9.0
B. Harris 1.0 6.0
Z. Simpson-Smith 1.0 5.0
S. Woods 1.0 2.0
K. Smith 0.5 2.0
A. Bynum 0.5 1.0
R. Johnson 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles