2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team will represent Middle Tennessee State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders will play their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and compete in the East Division of Conference USA (CβUSA). They will be led by eleventh year head coach Rick Stockstill.
Schedule
Middle Tennessee announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Blue Raiders will host CβUSA foes Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Charlotte, Florida International (FIU), Marshall, and North Texas.[1]
The team will play four nonβconference games, a home games against Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and three road games against Bowling Green from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Missouri and Vanderbilt both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 3 |
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Alabama A&M* |
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Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium β’ Murfreesboro, TN |
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September 10 |
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at Vanderbilt* |
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Vanderbilt Stadium β’ Nashville, TN |
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September 17 |
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at Bowling Green* |
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Doyt Perry Stadium β’ Bowling Green, OH |
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September 24 |
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Louisiana Tech |
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Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium β’ Murfreesboro, TN |
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October 1 |
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at North Texas |
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Apogee Stadium β’ Denton, TX |
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October 15 |
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WKU |
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Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium β’ Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate) |
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October 22 |
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at Missouri* |
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Faurot Field β’ Columbia, MO |
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October 29 |
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at FIU |
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FIU Stadium β’ Miami, FL |
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November 5 |
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UTSA |
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Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium β’ Murfreesboro, TN |
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November 12 |
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at Marshall |
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Joan C. Edwards Stadium β’ Huntington, WV |
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November 19 |
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at Charlotte |
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Jerry Richardson Stadium β’ Charlotte, NC |
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November 26 |
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Florida Atlantic |
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Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium β’ Murfreesboro, TN |
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*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone. |
- Schedule Source:[2]
Game notes
Alabama A&M
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
ALA A&M Bulldogs |
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0 |
Blue Raiders |
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|
|
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Vanderbilt
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
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|
|
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0 |
Commodores |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
3β13 |
2015 |
VANDY, 17β13 |
at Bowling Green
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
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0 |
Falcons |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
Louisiana Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
LT Bulldogs |
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0 |
Blue Raiders |
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|
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1β4 |
2015 |
LT, 45β16 |
at North Texas
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
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|
|
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0 |
Mean Green |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
6β8 |
2015 |
MTSU, 41β7 |
WKU
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
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0 |
Blue Raiders |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
33β30β1 |
2015 |
WKU, 58β28 |
at Missouri
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
|
|
|
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0 |
Tigers |
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|
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0β1 |
2003 |
MIZZOU, 41β40 |
at FIU
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
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|
|
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0 |
Panthers |
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|
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
7β4 |
2015 |
MTSU, 42β35 |
UTSA
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Roadrunners |
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0 |
Blue Raiders |
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|
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1β0 |
2015 |
MTSU, 42β7 |
at Marshall
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Thundering Herd |
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|
|
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2β3 |
2015 |
MTSU, 27β24 3OT |
at Charlotte
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
|
|
|
|
0 |
49ers |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1β0 |
2015 |
MTSU, 73β14 |
Florida Atlantic
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
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|
|
0 |
Blue Raiders |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10β3 |
2015 |
MTSU, 41β7 |
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