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1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
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

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30Miles*No. 4
W 47–06,500[1]
September 6vs. Tennessee State*No. 4
L 6–728,000[2]
September 20No. 4 Georgia Southern*No. 17
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 31–3411,000[3]
September 27at Eastern Kentucky
L 3–2810,100[4]
October 4at Austin Peay
L 0–7 OT6,037[5]
October 11Akron
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 24–1210,500[6]
October 18at Southwest Missouri State*
W 42–193,000[7]
November 1at Youngstown State
W 49–145,906[8]
November 8Morehead State
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 24–72,800[9]
November 15at Murray State
L 7–212,688[10]
November 22Tennessee Tech
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 21–6[11]

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After the season

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NFL draft

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Main article: 1987 NFL draft

The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[13]

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

References

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  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.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.


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