1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record1–9–1 (1–6 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Horace Jones Field
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–4 Western Kentucky $ 7 –0 –08 –2 –0
No. 8 Eastern Kentucky 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
Tennessee Tech 4 –3 –05 –6 –0
Austin Peay 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Murray State 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Morehead State 2 –5 –02 –6 –1
East Tennessee State 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Middle Tennessee 1 –6 –01 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Ben Hurt in his fourth and final year as head coach, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 1–9–1 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the OVC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2vs. Tennessee State *
L 6–13
September 16 Tennessee–Martin *
L 17–28
September 23 Morehead State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 9–6
September 30 Chattanooga *
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
T 14–143,800 [1]
October 7at No. T–10 Eastern Kentucky
L 12–42
October 14at Murray State
L 7–33
October 21 Delaware *
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 3–533,500
October 28 Austin Peay
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 17–28
November 4at No. 7 Western Kentucky
L 0–5419,500
November 11 East Tennessee State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 0–34
November 18at Tennessee Tech
L 10–35

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References

  1. ↑ "Raiders tie 14–14 with soggy Mocs". The Tennessean. October 1, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "1978 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.


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