1938 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football team

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1938 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–6 (1–5 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJ. B. Thompson, William Hoffman
Home stadium Horace Jones Field
Seasons
  1937
1939  
1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Tennessee State Teachers $ 7 0 010 0 0
Centre 4 0 07 2 0
Miami (FL) 3 0 08 2 0
Centenary 2 0 07 4 0
Mississippi State Teachers 6 1 07 2 0
Presbyterian 6 1 06 4 0
Mississippi College 5 1 07 2 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 1 07 2 0
SW Louisiana 4 1 18 2 1
Murray State 4 1 06 2 1
Tennessee Tech 4 1 06 3 0
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 3 1 16 1 1
Morehead State 2 1 15 1 1
Stetson 4 2 16 2 1
Newberry 4 2 05 5 0
Rollins 3 2 16 2 1
Louisiana Normal 3 3 05 5 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 3 04 4 0
Union (TN) 2 3 04 6 0
Louisiana College 2 4 14 4 1
Union (KY) 1 2 04 4 0
Transylvania 2 4 03 5 0
Louisiana Tech 2 4 03 7 1
Delta State 2 5 02 7 0
Oglethorpe 2 5 02 9 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 1 5 02 6 0
Howard (AL) 0 2 02 5 0
Emory and Henry 0 2 01 6 2
Louisville 0 3 02 6 0
Troy State 0 3 13 4 1
Jacksonville State 0 3 11 6 1
Erskine 0 3 11 7 2
Tampa 0 4 03 7 0
Wofford 0 4 10 8 1
Millsaps 0 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1938 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1938 college football season. Led by Johnny Floyd in his fifth season as head coach, Middle Tennessee State Teachers compiled an overall record of 2–6 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play. [1] The team's captains were J. B. Thompson and William Hoffman. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Jacksonville State W 13–0 [3]
September 30 Murray State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 0–342,500–3,000 [4]
October 7at Tennessee Tech
L 0–7
October 15at West Tennessee State Teachers L 7–26
October 21 Tusculum *
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 39–0 [5]
October 28 Tennessee Wesleyan *
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 6–12
November 11at Delta State Cleveland, MS L 0–25
November 24Tennessee Tech
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 0–12
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  2. "Middle Tennessee Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. 2021. p. 145. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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