1990 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1990 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 13–20 at Boise State
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	11–2 (5–1 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (12th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons ←  1989 1991  →

1990 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Middle Tennessee +^	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Eastern Kentucky +^	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Tennessee State	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee Tech	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Murray State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Austin Peay	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Tennessee State	No. 11	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 38–6	25,000	[1]
September 8	No. 1 Georgia Southern *	No. 11	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 16–13	15,000
September 15	East Tennessee State *	No. 11	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 48–14
September 22	No. 14 Western Kentucky *	No. 2	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 20–7	14,000
September 29	at Chattanooga	No. 1	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 24–17	8,229
October 6	No. 4 Eastern Kentucky	No. 1	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–10		[2]
October 13	Tennessee–Martin *	No. 5	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 65–17
October 20	at Austin Peay State	No. 4	Clarksville Municipal Stadium Clarksville, TN	W 56–7
October 27	Morehead State	No. 4	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 37–0
November 10	at Murray State	No. 3	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	W 31–10
November 17	Tennessee Tech	No. 2	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 42–0
November 24	No. 16 Jackson State *	No. 1	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 28–7		[3]
December 1	at No. 10 Boise State *	No. 1	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 13–20	15,849
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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After the season

NFL draft

Main article: 1991 NFL draft

The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. ^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
8	207	Marty Carter	Defensive back	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

1. "MTSU duo runs by TSU 38–6". The Tennessean. September 2, 1990. Retrieved March 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Eastern ends string for No. 1 MTSU". The Tennessean. October 7, 1990. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Raiders whip JSU". Sun Herald. November 25, 1990. Retrieved August 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "1990 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
5. "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.