Middle
Tennessee improved their season to 2-1 over Memphis Saturday.
Logan
Kilgore threw two touchdown passes and the Middle Tennessee defense forced
four Memphis turnovers in a 48-30 win on Saturday night.
Kilgore,
who was 22 of 30 for 253 yards, opened the scoring with a 12-yard toss to Christian
Collis.
The
Blue Raiders (2-1) extended their lead to 20-10 after Kevin Byard's
68-yard interception return for a score. Jacob Karam's 10-yard pass to Marcus
Rucker pulled the Tigers (0-3) back to within 27-17 just before halftime,
but that was as close as they'd get.
Benny
Cunningham's 1-yard TD run less than four minutes into the second half, and Drayton
Calhoun's 2-yard score nearly five minutes later pushed Middle Tennessee's
advantage to 41-17 -the Blue Raiders cruised from there.
Cunningham
finished with two touchdowns on 57 yards rushing for Middle Tennessee.
Karam
threw for 325 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Rucker had 177
receiving yards and two TDs.
If
the Blue Raiders in Middle Tennessee continue their good playing, they can rise
again and may even get to a bowl game this season.
