1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season
| 1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (4–2 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Eastern Kentucky +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Youngstown State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | vs. Tennessee State* | W 55–19 | 30,827 | [1] | ||
| September 19 | at Georgia Southern* | No. 5 | L 13–17 | 4,527 | ||
| September 26 | at Western Kentucky* | No. 12 | L 16–28 | 16,500 | ||
| October 3 | Austin Peay | W 38–16 | ||||
| October 10 | vs. Mississippi Valley State* | W 38–7 | 2,547 | [2] | ||
| October 17 | No. 4 Eastern Kentucky | No. 20 |
| W 17–16 | 11,000 | [3] |
| October 25 | Winston-Salem State* | No. 15 |
| L 8–11 | ||
| October 31 | Youngstown State | No. T–20 |
| L 16–17 | 13,400 | [4] |
| November 7 | at Morehead State | L 3–7 | ||||
| November 14 | Murray State |
| W 27–9 | |||
| November 21 | at Tennessee Tech | W 17–13 | ||||
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References
- "Sizzling MTSU rambles 55–19". The Tennessean. September 6, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Collier's option runs for MTSU bring victory". The Commercial Appeal. October 11, 1987. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "MTSU edges Eastern Ky". The Jackson Sun. October 18, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "OVC title dream dims for MTSU". The Tennessean. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1987 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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