1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
| 1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (4–3 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Murray State $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | Miles* | No. 4 | W 47–0 | |||
| September 6 | vs. Tennessee State* | No. 4 | L 6–7 | 28,000 | [1] | |
| September 20 | No. 4 Georgia Southern* | No. 17 |
| L 31–34 | 11,000 | |
| September 27 | at Eastern Kentucky | L 3–28 | 10,100 | [2] | ||
| October 4 | at Austin Peay | L 0–7 OT | ||||
| October 11 | Akron |
| W 24–12 | |||
| October 18 | at Southwest Missouri State* | W 42–19 | ||||
| October 25 | at Youngstown State | W 49–14 | ||||
| November 8 | Morehead State |
| W 24–7 | |||
| November 15 | at Murray State | L 7–21 | 2,688 | [3] | ||
| November 22 | Tennessee Tech |
| W 21–6 | |||
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After the season
[edit]NFL draft
[edit]The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[5]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 12 | 324 | Tony Burse | Running back | Seattle Seahawks |
References
[edit]- ^ "MTSU offense fizzles; TSU wins 7–6". The Daily News-Journal. September 7, 1986. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eastern numbs mum MTSU". The Tennessean. September 28, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Murray close to OVC crown". The Paducah Sun. November 16, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1986 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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