1959 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1959 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC co-champion
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 21–12 vs. Presbyterian
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record10–0–1 (5–0–1 OVC)
Head coach
CaptainB. Pitts, Brady Luckett
Home stadium Horace Jones Field
Seasons
←  1958
1960  →
1959 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Middle Tennessee + 5 –0 –110 –0 –1
Tennessee Tech + 5 –0 –17 –2 –2
East Tennessee State 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Western Kentucky 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Eastern Kentucky 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Morehead State 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Murray State 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1959 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented the Middle Tennessee State College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1959 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 10–0–1 with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Tennessee Tech. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they beat Presbyterian. The team's captains were B. Pitts and Brady Luckett. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Austin Peay *
W 36–0
September 26 Jacksonville State *No. 10
W 21–20 [2]
October 3 Western Kentucky No. 12
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN (rivalry)
W 37–2
October 10at Eastern Kentucky No. 8 Richmond, KY W 14–6
October 17No. 9 Chattanooga *No. 6
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 28–0 [3]
October 24at Morehead State No. 5 Morehead, KY W 27–0
October 31at Florence State *No. 5 Florence, AL W 34–26
November 7at Murray State No. 5
W 55–0
November 14 East Tennessee State No. 4
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 30–6
November 26 Tennessee Tech No. 3
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
T 21–21
January 1, 1960vs. No. 18 Presbyterian *No. 3
W 21–1212,500 [4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Middle Tennessee Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. 2021. p. 145. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Raiders rule by one point". The Nashville Tennessean. September 27, 1959. Retrieved December 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "MTSC tumbles Mocs 28–0, racks up fifth straight win". The Nashville Tennessean. October 18, 1959. Retrieved August 23, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Bassine, Bob (January 3, 1960). "Tangerine Bowl Tilt Called Day's Finest" . Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved March 10, 2017– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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