1980 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1980 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record2–8 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons
←  1979
1981  →
1980 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Western Kentucky $ 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. T–3 Eastern Kentucky ^ 5 –2 –010 –3 –0
No. T–10 Murray State 5 –2 –09 –2 –0
Austin Peay 5 –2 –07 –4 –0
Akron 2 –4 –13 –7 –1
Morehead State 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Middle Tennessee 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Tennessee Tech 1 –6 –04 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at North Alabama *
L 0–36
September 13 Chattanooga *
L 7–3210,000 [1]
September 27 Morehead State
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 10–17
October 4 Western Carolina *
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 10–243,000 [2]
October 11at No. 8 Eastern Kentucky
L 0–248,800 [3]
October 18at No. T–1 Murray State
L 6–38
October 25 Austin Peay
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 3–7
November 8at No. 3 Western Kentucky
L 15–3020,100
November 15 Akron
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 13–9
November 22 Tennessee Tech
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 21–7

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References

  1. ↑ "UTC rambles by MTSU 32–7". The Tennessean. September 14, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Cats win, 24–10". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 5, 1980. Retrieved August 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Defense shines, but Colonels blank MTSU". The Daily News-Journal. October 12, 1980. Retrieved March 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "1980 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]


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