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American college football season

1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons← 19851987 →
1986 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30Miles*No. 4W 47–06,500
September 6vs. Tennessee State*No. 4L 6–728,000
September 20No. 4 Georgia Southern*No. 17
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 31–3411,000
September 27at Eastern KentuckyL 3–2810,100
October 4at Austin PeayL 0–7 6,037
October 11Akron
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 24–1210,500
October 18at Southwest Missouri State*W 42–193,000
November 1at Youngstown StateW 49–145,906
November 8Morehead State
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 24–72,800
November 15at Murray StateL 7–212,688
November 22Tennessee Tech
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 21–6

After the season

NFL draft

Main article: 1987 NFL draft

The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
12 324 Tony Burse Running back Seattle Seahawks

References

  1. "MTSU mashes Miles 47–0". The Tennessean. August 31, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "MTSU offense fizzles; TSU wins 7–6". The Daily News-Journal. September 7, 1986. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Georgia Southern slips past MTSU". The Tennessean. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Eastern numbs mum MTSU". The Tennessean. September 28, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Govs win OT thriller". The Leaf-Chronicle. October 5, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Middle Tennessee overcomemes Akron". The Plain Dealer. October 12, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Raider eruption sinks SMSU". The Daily News-Journal. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Raiders unload on Penguins 49–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Middle beats Morehead". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Murray close to OVC crown". The Paducah Sun. November 16, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Middle Tenn. 21, Tennessee Tech 6". Messenger-Inquirer. November 23, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1986 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  13. "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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