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The 2018 New Orleans Bowl was a
college football
bowl game played on December 15, 2018,
[5] with kickoff scheduled for 9:00 p.m.
EST (8:00 p.m. local
CST ).
[6] It was the 18th edition of the
New Orleans Bowl , and one of the
2018–19 bowl games concluding the
2018 FBS football season . Sponsored by freight company
R+L Carriers , the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl .
The game featured the
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders from
Conference USA and the
Appalachian State Mountaineers , the
2018 Sun Belt Conference champions. The teams previously met three times (1974, 1989, and 1992) with Middle Tennessee holding a 2–1 edge in the series.
[7]
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Middle Tennessee was defeated in the
2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game on December 1; they subsequently received and accepted an invitation to the New Orleans Bowl on December 2.
[8] The Blue Raiders entered the bowl with an 8–5 record (7–1 in conference). Blue Raider quarterback
Brent Stockstill is the son of head coach
Rick Stockstill .
[9]
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Appalachian State defeated
Louisiana in the
2018 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game to secure a berth in the New Orleans Bowl.
[10] The Mountaineers entered the bowl with a 10–2 record (7–1 in conference). Due to the resignation of head coach
Scott Satterfield , who took the same position with the
Louisville Cardinals on December 4, the Mountaineers were coached in the bowl game by interim head coach
Mark Ivey .
[11]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
MTSU
APP
1
5:15
7
39
3:18
MTSU
24-yard field goal by Crews Holt
3
0
2
13:48
10
72
4:34
APP
22-yard field goal by Chandler Staton
3
3
2
10:06
3
44
1:01
APP
Thomas Hennigan 30-yard touchdown reception from Malik Williams, Chandler Staton kick good
3
10
2
6:38
7
41
3:02
APP
Zac Thomas 8-yard touchdown reception from Malik Williams, Chandler Staton kick good
3
17
2
0:45
8
85
2:01
APP
Henry Pearson 1-yard touchdown reception from Zac Thomas, Chandler Staton kick good
3
24
2
0:00
6
59
0:45
MTSU
33-yard field goal by Crews Holt
6
24
3
11:06
10
75
3:54
APP
Corey Sutton 17-yard touchdown reception from Zac Thomas, Chandler Staton kick good
6
31
3
8:01
2
64
0:46
APP
Camerun Peoples 63-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good
6
38
3
5:56
5
75
2:05
MTSU
Isiah Upton 43-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Crews Holt kick good
13
38
4
13:06
6
66
2:11
APP
Corey Sutton 11-yard touchdown reception from Zac Thomas, Chandler Staton kick good
13
45
"TOP" =
time of possession . For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football .
13
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
3
3
7
0
13
Mountaineers
0
24
14
7
45
Statistics
MTSU
APP
First downs
24
23
Plays–yards
72–392
60–448
Rushes–yards
35–62
34–233
Passing yards
330
215
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
25–37–2
17–26–2
Time of possession
33:31
26:29
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Middle Tennessee
Passing
Brent Stockstill
25/37, 330 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Chaton Mobley
10 car, 45 yds
Receiving
Gatlin Casey
6 rec, 64 yds
Appalachian State
Passing
Zac Thomas
15/24, 177 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Darrynton Evans
14 car, 108 yds
Receiving
Corey Sutton
8 rec, 78 yds, 2 TD
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