100 Miles of Hate


Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	WKU Hilltoppers

Sport(s)

Football

Total meetings

Series record

Middle Tennessee leads, 33–29–1

First meeting

October 10, 1914
Middle Tennessee 50, Western Kentucky 47 3OT

Last meeting

September 13, 2014

Largest win

Western Kentucky, 54–0 (1978)

Longest win streak

Western Kentucky, 7 (1928–1934)

Current win streak

Middle Tennessee, 2 (2012–present)

100 Miles of Hate^[1]^[2] is the name given to refer to an American college football rivalry between the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team of the Middle Tennessee State University and Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team of Western Kentucky University. Both universities have been members of several conferences such as Ohio Valley Conference and the Sun Belt Conference together since the rivalry first started in 1914.^[3] The rivalry was on hiatus from 1991 to 2007 after when Western Kentucky transition to the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision play and moved to the Sun Belt Conference in 2009. After Middle Tennessee left the Sun Belt conference for Conference USA in 2013, the rivalry was unknown when the two schools would play again.^[4] Then on April 1, 2013, Conference USA announced that Western Kentucky will begin play in 2014 in their conference, which rekindled the rivalry.^[5]

Game results

Middle Tennessee victories are shaded ██ blue. Western Kentucky victories are shaded ██ red. Ties are shaded in white.

Date	Location	Winner	Score	Series
October 10, 1914	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	47–0	MT 1–0
November 11, 1921	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	15–7	MT 2–0
October 6, 1922	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	31–0	MT 2–1
October 18, 1924	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	44–0	Tied 2–2
October 17, 1925	Murfreesboro, TN	Tied	7–7	Tied 2–2–1
October 20, 1928	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	19–0	WK 3–2–1
September 28, 1929	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	19–0	WK 4–2–1
October 18, 1930	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	13–7	WK 5–2–1
October 17, 1931	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	13–0	WK 6–2–1
October 15, 1932	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	21–7	WK 7–2–1
September 30, 1933	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	32–0	WK 8–2–1
October 27, 1934	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	14–0	WK 9–2–1
October 26, 1935	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	7–0	WK 9–3–1
October 17, 1936	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	9–0	WK 9–4–1
October 28, 1939	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	26–2	WK 10–4–1
October 26, 1940	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	13–0	WK 11–4–1
October 3, 1941	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	15–7	WK 12–4–1
September 20, 1952	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	33–19	WK 13–4–1
September 19, 1953	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	13–0	WK 13–5–1
October 2, 1954	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	7–6	WK 14–5–1
October 1, 1955	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	25–13	WK 14–6–1
September 29, 1956	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	7–6	WK 14–7–1
October 5, 1957	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	26–7	WK 14–8–1
October 4, 1958	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	10–7	WK 14–9–1
October 3, 1959	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	37–2	WK 14–10–1
October 1, 1960	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	20–13	WK 15–10–1
September 30, 1961	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	14–6	WK 15–11–1
September 29, 1962	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	17–0	WK 15–12–1
October 5, 1963	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	16–6	WK 16–12–1
October 3, 1964	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	9–0	WK 16–13–1
October 2, 1965	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	21–0	WK 16–14–1
October 1, 1966	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	33–9	WK 16–15–1
November 4, 1967	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	16–14	Tied 16–16–1
November 9, 1968	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	43–2	WK 17–16–1
November 8, 1969	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	28–14	WK 18–16–1
November 7, 1970	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	17–13	WK 18–17–1
November 6, 1971	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	27–13	Tied 18–18–1
November 4, 1972	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	21–17	MT 19–18–1
November 3, 1973	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	42–8	Tied 19–19–1
November 9, 1974	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	36–10	WK 20–19–1
November 8, 1975	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	24–10	WK 21–19–1
November 6, 1976	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	38–7	WK 22–19–1
November 5, 1977	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	21–19	WK 22–20–1
November 4, 1978	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	54–0	WK 23–20–1
November 3, 1979	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	17–12	WK 24–20–1
November 8, 1980	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	30–15	WK 25–20–1
November 14, 1981	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	31–17	WK 25–21–1
November 6, 1982	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	31–16	WK 25–22–1
November 5, 1983	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	26–7	WK 25–23–1
November 3, 1984	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	45–24	WK 25–24–1
November 9, 1985	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	41–9	Tied 25–25–1
September 26, 1987	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	28–16	WK 26–25–1
September 17, 1988	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	13–10	Tied 26–26–1
September 16, 1989	Bowling Green, KY	Western Kentucky	31–16	WK 27–26–1
September 22, 1990	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	20–7	Tied 27–27–1
October 5, 1991	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	23–21	MT 28–27–1
September 20, 2007	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	20–17	Tied 28–28–1
November 15, 2008	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	21–10	MT 29–28–1
October 24, 2009	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	62–24	MT 30–28–1
November 20, 2010	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	27–26	MT 31–28–1
October 6, 2011	Murfreesboro, TN	Western Kentucky	36–33	MT 31–29–1
November 1, 2012	Bowling Green, KY	Middle Tennessee	34–29	MT 32–29–1
September 13, 2014	Murfreesboro, TN	Middle Tennessee	50–47 3OT	MT 33–29–1

References

↑ Austin Lewis (February 9, 2011). "Inside the Rivalry : 100 Miles of Hate". rivals.com. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
↑ https://twitter.com/AdamSellsKY/status/263990255869378560
↑ "Middle Tennessee State Game by Game against Opponents". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
↑ McMurphy, Brett (November 29, 2012). "C-USA adds FAU, Middle Tennessee". ESPN.
↑ Kevin Kelley (April 1, 2013). "Western Kentucky to join Conference USA in 2014". fbschedules.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football

Venues	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (1933–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Troy: Battle for the Palladium Western Kentucky: 100 Miles of Hate

Culture & lore	Lightning "MTSU Fight Songs" Band of Blue

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

WKU Hilltoppers football

Venues	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Eastern Kentucky: Battle of the Bluegrass Middle Tennessee: 100 Miles of Hate Murray State: Battle for the Red Belt

Culture & lore	Big Red "Stand Up and Cheer" Big Red Marching Band One Second of Laterals

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Conference USA football rivalries

Conference	100 Miles of Hate (Middle Tennessee-WKU) Rivalry in Dixie (Louisiana Tech–Southern Miss) Shula Bowl (FIU–Florida Atlantic)

Non-conference	Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio) Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss–Tulane) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle for the Red Belt (Murray State–WKU) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Bluegrass (Eastern Kentucky–WKU) Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) East Carolina–Marshall Friends of Coal Bowl (Marshall–West Virginia) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Mayor's Cup (Rice–SMU) Safeway Bowl (North Texas–SMU)