MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Logan Kilgore threw two touchdown passes to Anthony Amos and Middle Tennessee dominated the ground game in a 31-17 Sun Belt Conference win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday night.
The Blue Raiders (1-1, 1-0) had two 100-yard rushers in a game for the first time since 2009. Freshman Jordan Parker finished with 117 yards on 17 carries and Drayton Calhoun rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on 14 attempts.
Middle Tennessee amassed 302 of its 480 yards on the ground while the Owls (1-1, 0-1) finished with 96 yards rushing.
Kilgore hit Amos with a 38-yard TD with 16 seconds elapsed in the second quarter, then found him again for a 26-yard score to make it 24-3 with 29 seconds left in the third. Amos finished with a career-high 102 yards on four catches.
Florida Atlantic's Graham Wilbert was 25 of 32 for 260 yards and two touchdowns.
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| Scoring Summary |
| MTSU | Anthony Amos 38 yd pass from Logan Kilgore (Carlos Lopez kick) |
| MTSU | Kyle Griswould 3 yd run (Carlos Lopez kick) |
| FAU | Vinny Zaccario 39 yd FG |
| MTSU | Carlos Lopez 36 yd FG |
| MTSU | Anthony Amos 26 yd pass from Logan Kilgore (Carlos Lopez kick) |
| FAU | Damian Fortner 4 yd pass from Graham Wilbert (Vinny Zaccario kick) |
| MTSU | Drayton Calhoun 29 yd run (Carlos Lopez kick) |
| FAU | Byron Hankerson 8 yd pass from Graham Wilbert (Vinny Zaccario kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| FAU | MTSU | |
| First Downs | 19 | 24 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 5-11 | 6-13 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 60-356 | 69-480 |
| Rushes-Yds | 28-96 | 55-302 |
| Passing Yds | 260 | 178 |
| Kick Return Yds | 116 | 91 |
| Punt Return Yds | -10 | 9 |
| Passes | 25-32-0 | 10-14-0 |
| Punts | 4-157 | 3-112 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 2-2 |
| Penalties-Yds | 2-26 | 7-61 |
| Time of Poss. | 28:3 | 31:57 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| FAU: Damian Fortner 13-42, Jonathan Wallace 4-27, Graham Wilbert 8-19, Travis Jones 2-6, Stephen Curtis 1-2 |
| MTSU: Jordan Parker 17-117, Drayton Calhoun 14-104, Jeremiah Bryson 10-56, Reggie Whatley 5-17, Logan Kilgore 3-13, Shaun White 2-1, Kyle Griswould 2-0, Team 2--6 |
| PASSING |
| FAU: Graham Wilbert 25-32-260-0 |
| MTSU: Logan Kilgore 10-14-178-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| FAU: William Dukes 6-60, Travis Jones 6-55, Daniel McKinney 5-75, Byron Hankerson 3-48, Damian Fortner 3-21, Jonathan Wallace 2-1 |
| MTSU: Anthony Amos 4-102, Kyle Griswould 2-24, Marcus Henry 2-18, Drayton Calhoun 1-24, Vincent Van Horne 1-10 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Florida Atlantic | 8th Sun Belt | 2-6 | 3-9 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2nd Sun Belt | 6-2 | 8-4 |
