1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC champion
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record10–3 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons
←  1991
1993  →
1992 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Middle Tennessee $^ 8 –0 –010 –3 –0
No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^ 7 –1 –09 –3 –0
Tennessee Tech 6 –2 –07 –4 –0
Tennessee State 5 –3 –05 –6 –0
Morehead State 3 –5 –03 –8 –0
Austin Peay 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Tennessee–Martin 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Southeast Missouri State 2 –6 –02 –9 –0
Murray State 1 –7 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Tennessee State
W 35–3123,748 [1]
September 12at No. 11 (I-A) Nebraska *No. 5
L 7–4876,184 [2]
September 26at Murray State No. 10
W 66–6 [3]
October 3at Northern Illinois *No. 8
W 21–1312,632 [4]
October 10 Austin Peay No. 8
W 49–10 [5]
October 17No. 11 Eastern Kentucky No. 4
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 38–712,800 [6]
October 24at Southeast Missouri State No. 4
W 30–16 [7]
October 31at Georgia Southern *No. 4
L 10–1314,077 [8]
November 7at Tennessee–Martin No. 7
W 14–0 [9]
November 14 Morehead State No. 5
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 70–06,000 [10]
November 21 Tennessee Tech No. 4
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 21–0 [11]
November 28No. 16 Appalachian State *No. 4
W 35–10 [12]
December 5at No. 6 Marshall *No. 4
L 21–3514,011 [13]

[14]

After the season

NFL draft

The following Blue Raiders were selected in the National Football League draft following the season. [15]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
383 Mike Caldwell Linebacker Cleveland Browns
5134 Walter Dunson Wide receiver San Diego Chargers

References

  1. ↑ "Blue Raiders escape TS(whew)". The Daily News-Journal. September 6, 1992. Retrieved March 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "NU pounds Middle Tennessee State". The Grand Island Independent. September 13, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "MTSU's Dunson does in Racers". The Park City Daily News. September 27, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "NIU forewarned, falls anyway". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Bayless catches TD pass in MTSU rout of Austin Peay". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 11, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "MTSU mauls Eastern Kentucky". The Daily News-Journal. October 18, 1992. Retrieved April 14, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Blue Raiders just good enough to win". The Tennessean. October 25, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "MTSU finally falls to Georgia Southern". The Tennessean. November 1, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Back in a big way". The Daily News-Journal. November 8, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Morehead suffers all forms of calamity as Middle rolls 70–0". The Courier-Journal. November 15, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Middle Tennessee State claims conference title". Omaha World-Herald. November 22, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Next stop...Marshall, MTSU marches into quarterfinals with 35–10 win". The Daily News-Journal. November 29, 1992. Retrieved November 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Marshall reaches playoff semifinals". Statesville Record and Landmark. December 6, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "1992 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  15. ↑ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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