1982 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1982 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	8–3 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (4th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons ←  1981 1983  →

1982 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Eastern Kentucky $^	7	–	0	–	0			13	–	0	–	0
Akron	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Middle Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Youngstown State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Murray State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Austin Peay	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Tennessee Tech	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1982 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	at Savannah State *	Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA	W 12–3	2,000	[1]
September 11	Elizabeth City State *	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 34–0	7,500	[2]
September 18	Liberty Baptist *	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 27-7	4,000	[3]
September 25	Morehead State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 30–0	5,000	[4]
October 2	Akron	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 16–19	7,500	[5]
October 9	at No. 1 Eastern Kentucky	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 10–35	17,700	[6]
October 16	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	W 27–9	12,500	[7]
October 23	Austin Peay	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 24–7	10,000	[8]
October 30	at Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 10–11	7,014	[9]
November 6	at Western Kentucky *	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY (rivalry)	W 31–16	8,500	[10]
November 20	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 10–3	6,819	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^[12]

After the season

NFL draft

Main article: 1983 NFL draft

The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. ^[13]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
7	193	James Griffin	Defensive back	Cincinnati Bengals

References

1. "Middle Tennessee State stops Savannah State 12–3". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 5, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "MTSU blanks Elizabeth City". The Tennessean. September 12, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Blue Raiders win costly 27–7 battle". The Daily News-Journal. September 19, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Raiders wreck Eagle defense 30–0". The Daily News-Journal. September 26, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Akron's field goal at :06 hands Middle Tennessee its first defeat". The Courier-Journal. October 3, 1982. Retrieved October 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Eastern wins". The Park City Daily News. October 10, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Middle dumps Murray Racers". The Leaf-Chronicle. October 17, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "MTSU drops Peay 24–7". The Tennessean. October 24, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Youngstown outlasts Middle Tennessee". The Courier-Journal. October 31, 1982. Retrieved November 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "MTSU defense boots Western 31–16". The Tennessean. November 7, 1982. Retrieved October 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Middle Tennessee pulls 10–3 shocker". The Salisbury Post. November 21, 1982. Retrieved October 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "NCAA Statistics; Schedule & Results (Middle Tennessee)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved November 8, 2024.
13. "1983 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.