Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, September 23
Murfreesboro, TN
5:00 PM
Colorado State
at
Middle Tennessee
It's Game Day at Middle Tennessee!
9/23/2023 7:30:00 AM | Football
Track the Rams or Join us on the Road!
| IT'S GAME DAY AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE! |
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| The Rams hit the road again for week three. |
GAME DAY DETAILS
Colorado State (0-2) at Middle Tennessee (1-2)
Saturday, Sept. 23 - 5 p.m. MT
Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium - Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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How to Track the Game:
📺 Television » ESPN Plus (Subscription Required)
📻 Radio Tuning » CSU Sports Network
📻 Radio Stream » The Varsity Network App
📊 Live Stats » StatBroadcast Feed
GAME DAY PRIMER
Weekly Press Conference
» Watch Coach Norvell
» Watch Players
» Read
Weekly Game Notes
» Read
CSU Insider Podcast
» Listen
Jay Norvell Coach's Radio Show
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⏰ Wednesdays - 6 p.m.
📍 C.B. & Potts Collindale
ESSENTIAL READING
Monday Presser: Norvell Disturbed By Growing Trend
» Coach Norvell recaps the Colorado game and previews Middle Tennessee.
Surprised, But Pleasantly So
» Mo Kamara continues to climb up the record books.
CSU Offensive Line Set on Incremental Improvement
» Through two games this season, the Rams have allowed just 4 sacks compared to 16 last season.
What We Saw: Air Raid Finds a Rhythm
» The Air Raid finally came to life on Saturday in Boulder.
GAME NOTES
- The Rams enter year two under head coach Jay Norvell who was named the program's 24th head coach on Dec. 6, 2021. Norvell led his Wolf Pack team onto Sonny Lubick Field in the season finale on Nov. 27 and returned to Fort Collins nine days later as the Rams new head coach.
- Over his five years in Reno, (2017-21) he compiled four-straight seven-plus win seasons and led the Wolf Pack to four bowl games. Colorado State last won seven games in a season in 2017. Norvell is the fourth Colorado State head coach in the last 10 seasons, dating back to Jim McElwain's final season in 2014.
- Colorado State last won a conference championship 21 seasons ago this year. That 2002 team won the third title in four seasons under coach Sonny Lubick, a four-year run that included a combined record of 35-15. However, since then, the program has not been able to replicate that level of sustained success.
- The roster has undergone a radical transformation in just one full season under Norvell and his coaching staff. Of the 112 players currently on the roster, just 19 have been at Colorado State since 2021 or earlier. Of those 19, just 12 were scholarship signees. There are 56 overall newcomers on the 2023 roster including 45 new scholarship players.
- This season marks the 10th consecutive season Colorado State will play at least two P5 opponents in the non-conference schedule, and future schedules have the Rams setup to continue that streak through at least 2028. The Rams are one of seven MW teams this season to do so and hold the longest active streak of seasons with two-plus P5 opponents (next: six seasons).
- Since 2006, when the NCAA moved to a 12-game regular season, Colorado State has never had a bye week as early as they do in 2023: Week 2. The span of 11 consecutive games is also a first since that 2006 schedule change.
- Colorado State travels east this weekend to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for the first time in program history, to take on a Middle Tennessee program which defeated them last year 34-19 in Fort Collins. The Blue Raiders returned 13 starters and have been to a bowl game in eight of the past 13 seasons, including 2021 and 2022.
- The Rams have played in the state of Tennessee sparingly over the course of time, with four trips in Knoxville (0-4) between 1975-87 and three trips to the Liberty Bowl (1-2) in Memphis, the most recent in 2002.
- Still searching for their first win of the season, Colorado State is aiming to avoid opening 0-3 in back-to-back season for the first time since the 1987 (0-6) and 1988 (0-6) seasons. The Rams have, however, opened the season with a pair of ranked teams in Washington State (3-0) and Colorado (3-0). Among the nation's seven winless teams, the Rams and Sam Houston are the only ones to have opponents with a combined winning percentage of 1.00.
- The Rams will take on a member of C-USA for just the 15th time (6-8 all-time) and just the 11th time during the regular season (5-5). It will be the first visit to a C-USA school since traveling to UTSA in 2015.
NEXT UP
Colorado State vs. Utah Tech (Ag Day)
Saturday, Sept. 30 - 5 p.m. (Mountain West Network)
Canvas Stadium
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Colorado State Football: Jim Mora Introductory Press Conference
Monday, December 01
Colorado State Football: Long (L) and Beers (R) Post-Game (Air Force, 2025)
Friday, November 28
Colorado State Football: Tyson Summers Post-Game (Air Force, 2025)
Friday, November 28
Colorado State Football: Tyson Summers Weekly Press Conference - Week 12 (2025)
Monday, November 24