1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record1–9 (1–5 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHorace Jones Field
1979 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Murray State $^ 6 0 09 2 1
No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^ 5 1 011 2 0
Morehead State 3 2 15 4 1
Western Kentucky 3 3 05 5 0
Austin Peay 2 4 07 4 0
Middle Tennessee 1 5 01 9 0
Tennessee Tech 0 5 11 8 2
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8North Alabama*L 17–20
September 15at Tennessee–Martin*L 23–31
September 22at Morehead StateL 7–28
October 6No. T–7 Eastern Kentucky
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 10–52
October 13Murray State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 8–29
October 20at Chattanooga*L 15–5910,000[1]
October 27at Austin Peay
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 14–31
November 3Western Kentucky
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 12–178,000
November 10at East Tennessee State*L 14–5210,027[2]
November 17Tennessee Tech
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 17–14

[3]

References

  1. "UT–Chattanooga rips MTSU 59–15". The Tennessean. October 21, 1979. Retrieved January 27, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "East Tennessee trounces MTSU". The Tennessean. November 11, 1979. Retrieved January 27, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1979 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.


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