1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC champion
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record11–1 (7–0 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(capacity: 30,788)
Seasons
←  1984
1986  →
1985 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Middle Tennessee $^ 7 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 10 Akron ^ 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
No. 17 Murray State 5 –2 –07 –3 –1
No. 19 Eastern Kentucky 5 –2 –08 –3 –0
Youngstown State 4 –3 –05 –6 –0
Austin Peay 2 –5 –05 –6 –0
Tennessee Tech 1 –6 –01 –10 –0
Morehead State 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Lenoir–Rhyne *
W 37–6
September 14at Georgia Southern *
W 35–109,227
September 21 Jacksonville State *
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 55–2110,200 [1]
September 28at Morehead State No. 5
W 33–14
October 12No. T–17 Eastern Kentucky No. T–4
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 28–14
October 19No. T–13 Murray State No. 3
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 31–24 2OT
October 26at Austin Peay No. 3
W 17–14
November 2 Youngstown State No. 1
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 28–21 OT
November 9 Western Kentucky *No. 1
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 41–98,000
November 16at No. T–7 Akron No. 1
W 17–0
November 23 Tennessee Tech No. 1
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 45–12
December 7No. 9 Georgia Southern *No. 1
L 21–289,500

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After the season

NFL draft

The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
6162 Don Griffin Defensive back San Francisco 49ers

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References

  1. ↑ "Blue Raiders roll 55–21". The Tennessean. September 22, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "1985 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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