1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons
←  1985
1987  →
1986 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^ 6 –1 –010 –3 –1
No. 18 Murray State $^ 6 –1 –07 –4 –1
Akron 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Middle Tennessee 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Morehead State 3 –4 –07 –4 –0
Austin Peay 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Youngstown State 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
Tennessee Tech 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30 Miles *No. 4
W 47–06,500 [1]
September 6vs. Tennessee State *No. 4
L 6–728,000 [2]
September 20No. 4 Georgia Southern *No. 17
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 31–3411,000 [3]
September 27at Eastern Kentucky
L 3–2810,100 [4]
October 4at Austin Peay
L 0–7 OT6,037 [5]
October 11 Akron
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 24–1210,500 [6]
October 18at Southwest Missouri State *
W 42–193,000 [7]
November 1at Youngstown State
W 49–145,906 [8]
November 8 Morehead State
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 24–72,800 [9]
November 15at Murray State
L 7–212,688 [10]
November 22 Tennessee Tech
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 21–6 [11]

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After the season

NFL draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
12324 Tony Burse Running back Seattle Seahawks

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References

  1. ↑ "MTSU mashes Miles 47–0". The Tennessean. August 31, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "MTSU offense fizzles; TSU wins 7–6". The Daily News-Journal. September 7, 1986. Retrieved March 1, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Southern slips past MTSU". The Tennessean. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Eastern numbs mum MTSU". The Tennessean. September 28, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Govs win OT thriller". The Leaf-Chronicle. October 5, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Middle Tennessee overcomemes Akron". The Plain Dealer. October 12, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Raider eruption sinks SMSU". The Daily News-Journal. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Raiders unload on Penguins 49–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Middle beats Morehead". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Murray close to OVC crown". The Paducah Sun. November 16, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Middle Tenn. 21, Tennessee Tech 6". Messenger-Inquirer. November 23, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "1986 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.


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