2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2007 record 5–7 (4–3 SBC)
Head coach Rick Stockstill
Offensive coordinator G. A. Mangus
Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 30,788)
2007 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Florida Atlantic +   6 1         8 5  
Troy +   6 1         8 4  
Middle Tennessee   4 3         5 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 3         6 6  
Arkansas State   3 4         5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 4         3 9  
FIU   1 6         1 11  
North Texas   1 6         2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2007 college football season. Middle Tennessee entered the 2006 season coming off a 7–6 record (6–1 SBC) in 2006.

The team's head coach was Rick Stockstill. The Blue Raiders played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium and competed in the Sun Belt Conference.

The 2006 season saw a new coaching staff turn the Blue Raiders around from the losing record of the previous year. The team added three wins from the total of the previous season. Also, that season saw the Blue Raiders play in their first bowl game, in the division 1-A era.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 3:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic Lockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FL L 14–27   11,398
September 8 6:00 p.m. at #8 Louisville* Papa John's Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY ESPN2 L 42-58   40,882
September 15 7:00 p.m. at #2 LSU* Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA GamePlan L 0-44   92,407
September 20 6:00 p.m. WKU* Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate) ESPN+/CSS L 17-20   22,086
September 29 6:00 p.m. Florida International Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN W 47-6   15,605
October 6 6:00 p.m. Virginia* Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN CSS L 21-23   23,227
October 13 7:00 p.m. at Memphis* Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN W 21-7   30,101
October 20 2:30 p.m. Arkansas State Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN W 27-7   12,505
October 27 6:00 p.m. at North Texas Fouts FieldDenton, TX W 48-28   18,181
November 3 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Monroe Malone StadiumMonroe, LA W 43-40   10,228
November 10 2:30 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayettedagger Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN L 24-34   19,227
November 20 6:00 p.m. at Troy Movie Gallery StadiumTroy, AL (Battle for the Palladium) ESPN2 L 7-45   18,242
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Central.

Starting Lineup‡

Head Coach: Rick Stockstill (2nd year)

‡ - Projected lineup to date. Will be replaced by actual lineup at the beginning of the season.

Offense

Offensive Coordinator: G.A. Mangus (2nd year)
Offensive Scheme:

Currently, the 2007 Blue Raiders will return the same Offensive Staff from the 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team.

Position Number Name Class
QB # Player Yr.
TB # Player Yr.
FB # Player Yr.
TE # Player Yr.
TE # Player Yr.
WR # Player Yr.
WR # Player Yr.
WR # Player Yr.
LT # Player Yr.
LG # Player Yr.
C # Player Yr.
RG # Player Yr.
RT # Player Yr.

Defense

Defensive Coordinator: Manny Diaz (2nd year)
Base Defense:

The entire Middle Tennessee defensive staff returned for the 2007 season.

Position Number Name Class
LE # Player Yr.
LT # Player Yr.
RT # Player Yr.
RE # Player Yr.
SLB # Player Yr.
MLB # Player Yr.
WLB # Player Yr.
LCB # Player Yr.
RCB # Player Yr.
FS # Player Yr.
SS # Player Yr.

Special Teams

Position Number Name Class
K # Player Yr.
KR # Player Yr.
KR # Player Yr.
KR # Player Yr.
P # Player Yr.
PR # Player Yr.

* Note: RS before the class year means that the player has used a redshirt year.

Game Capsules

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 14 14
Florida Atlantic 7 3 7 10 27

Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 21 14 0 7 42
Louisville 28 10 13 7 58

LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0
LSU 10 13 21 0 44

WKU

1 2 3 4 Total
WKU 0 10 3 7 20
Middle Tennessee 3 7 7 0 17

Florida International

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida International 0 0 0 6 6
Middle Tennessee 21 26 0 0 47

Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia 7 7 0 9 23
Middle Tennessee 7 7 0 7 21

Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 7 0 7 7 21
Memphis 7 0 0 0 7

Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas State 0 7 0 0 7
Middle Tennessee 14 10 0 0 24

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 10 20 7 11 48
North Texas 7 14 7 0 28

UL - Monroe

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 10 14 6 13 43
UL - Monroe 7 19 7 7 40

UL - Layfayette

1 2 3 4 Total
UL - Layfayette 0 14 7 13 34
Middle Tennessee 7 14 3 0 24

Troy

Further information: Battle for the Palladium
1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 7 0 0 0 7
Troy 10 14 14 7 45

References

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