Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
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| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | |||
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| First season | 1911 | ||
| Staff | |||
| Athletic director | Chris Massaro | ||
| Head coach | Rick Stockstill | ||
| 2nd year, 7–6 | |||
| Stadium | |||
| Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium | ||
| Stadium capacity | 31,000 | ||
| Stadium surface | Sportexe PowerBlade turf | ||
| Location | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||
| League/Conference | |||
| Conference | Sun Belt | ||
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| All-time record | 500–358–28 (.583) | ||
| Postseason bowl record | 0–1–0 | ||
| Pageantry | |||
| Colors | Royal Blue and White | ||
| Fight song | MTSU Fight Song | ||
| Mascot | Lightning | ||
| Marching band | Band of Blue | ||
| Website | GoBlueRaiders.com | ||
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represents Middle Tennessee State University in NCAA Division I FBS football competition. The Blue Raiders, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, play their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Rick Stockstill has finished his 1st year (2006) as head coach of the Blue Raiders.
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[edit] Overview
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football program is
[edit] Traditions
[edit] Lightning
Lightning is the mascot of Middle Tennessee sports teams, both men's and women's.
[edit] Blue and White
The color is Spot Color PMS 151 as described by the university. (PMS 151 is actually Orange, not dark blue)
[edit] Blue Raiders
Its nickname is the Blue Raiders. Female teams are known as the Lady Raiders. The nickname's origin goes back to a 1934 newspaper contest. An MTSU football player, Charles Sarver, won $5 from The (Murfreesboro) Daily News Journal with his winning entry "Blue Raiders", which he later admitted borrowing from Colgate University, whose teams were known as "Red Raiders" at the time. No official nickname existed prior to 1934, when teams were called "Normalites," "Teachers," and "Pedagogues".
[edit] History
[edit] The Early Years
[edit] The OVC Years
[edit] The Division 1-A (Bowl Sub-division) Era
[edit] Conference Championships
Conference Affiliations
[edit] Bowl Games
The Blue Raiders of MTSU were invited into the Motor City Bowl 2006 after a shared conference title with Troy University. Troy won the conference with the tie-breaker, but MTSU was nonetheless invited into a bowl anyway. MTSU played the Central Michigan University Chippewas in the game and were defeated 31-14.
[edit] 2006 season
[edit] Current coaching staff
[edit] Hall of Fame
[edit] Players
[edit] Coaches
[edit] Retired numbers
[edit] Individual Award Winners
[edit] Players
[edit] Coach
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Blue Raiders Athletic Association
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