MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman Deuce Bailey threw for 278 yards and a touchdown, and he added a touchdown on the ground in his first career start as Missouri State beat Middle Tennessee 22-20 on Wednesday night for the program’s first Conference USA victory.

Missouri State (3-3, 1-1) is in its inaugural season in the FBS after finishing 8-4 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference last year.

Missouri State capped the scoring on Yousef Obeid’s third field goal with 4:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. Middle Tennessee responded with a nine-play, 44-yard drive, ending in Jacob Hathaway’s 50-yard field goal attempt that was wide left.

Obeid also made a 25-yard field goal on the first drive of the second half for a 19-13 lead.

Middle Tennessee (1-5, 0-2) has lost five straight home

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