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855:Chick-fil-A
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595:MTSU 42-32
587:MTSU 42-26
579:MTSU 35-26
571:MTSU 28-26
562:4th Quarter
556:MTSU 28-20
548:MTSU 21-20
540:MTSU 21-17
531:3rd Quarter
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420:quarterback
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1535:Categories
775:Music City
735:Poinsettia
703:New Mexico
602:References
525:USM 17-14
513:Tie 14-14
285:Announcers
248:Attendance
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505:USM 14-7
486:USM 14-0
397:GMAC Bowl
214:Louisiana
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478:USM 6-0
385:Sun Belt
241:Big East
206:Location
68:Sun Belt
911:Liberty
863:Outback
847:Insight
815:Holiday
767:Emerald
426:in the
355:. The
273:Network
235:Referee
196:Stadium
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973:Orange
965:Fiesta
946:games:
895:Cotton
743:Hawaii
518:USM -
463:Score
359:, the
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256:Payout
251:30,228
229:, MTSU
186:Season
1383:1946
957:Sugar
919:Alamo
871:Gator
839:Texas
331:2009
125:Total
61:C-USA
54:(9–3)
51:(7-5)
1194:2024
1189:2023
1184:2022
1179:2021
1174:2020
1169:2019
1164:2018
1159:2017
1154:2016
1149:2015
1144:2014
1139:2013
1134:2012
1129:2011
1124:2010
1119:2009
1114:2008
1109:2007
1104:2006
1099:2005
1094:2004
1089:2003
1084:2002
1079:2001
949:Rose
927:GMAC
389:Troy
353:ESPN
349:2009
329:The
316:2010
308:2008
278:ESPN
260:US$
190:2009
178:Date
25:2009
831:Sun
399:in
343:in
220:MVP
1537::
375:.
224:QB
212:,
169:42
166:14
163:14
160:14
147:32
144:12
135:14
78:42
75:32
1363:e
1356:t
1349:v
1248:e
1241:t
1234:v
1058:e
1051:t
1044:v
681:e
674:t
667:v
632:.
618:.
243:)
157:0
141:3
138:3
122:4
119:3
116:2
113:1
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