1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (4–2 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons
  1986
1988  
1987 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Eastern Kentucky +^ 5 1 09 3 0
No. 15 Youngstown State +^ 5 1 08 4 0
Middle Tennessee 4 2 06 5 0
Murray State 3 3 06 5 0
Tennessee Tech 2 4 05 6 0
Morehead State 1 5 02 8 0
Austin Peay 1 5 02 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Tennessee State *W 55–1930,827 [1]
September 19at Georgia Southern *No. 5L 13–174,527 [2]
September 26at Western Kentucky *No. 12L 16–2816,500 [3]
October 3 Austin Peay W 38–1611,500 [4]
October 10vs. Mississippi Valley State *W 38–72,547 [5]
October 17No. 4 Eastern Kentucky No. 20
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 17–1611,000 [6]
October 25 Winston-Salem State *No. 15
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 8–118,000 [7]
October 31 Youngstown State No. T–20
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 16–1713,400 [8]
November 7at Morehead State L 3–7 [9]
November 14 Murray State
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 27–9 [10]
November 21at Tennessee Tech W 17–138,570 [11]

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References

  1. "Sizzling MTSU rambles 55–19". The Tennessean. September 6, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Late touchdown beats Middle Tennessee". The Commercial Appeal. September 20, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Raiders blow first-half lead". The Daily News-Journal. September 27, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Revitalized MTSU overwhelms APSU". The Tennessean. October 4, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Collier's option runs for MTSU bring victory". The Commercial Appeal. October 11, 1987. Retrieved August 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "MTSU edges Eastern Ky". The Jackson Sun. October 18, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Winston-Salem State beats I-AA Middle Tennessee 11–8". Winston-Salem Journal. October 26, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "OVC title dream dims for MTSU". The Tennessean. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Blue Raiders hit 'rock bottom'". The Daily News-Journal. November 8, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Dingler leads Middle past Murray 27–9". The State Journal. November 15, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Middle Tennessee wins its finale". The Jackson Sun. November 22, 1987. Retrieved December 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1987 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.