2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football

Conference	Conference USA East Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stockstill (11th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Franklin
Offensive scheme	Air Raid
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)

2016 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0		0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0		0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0		0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0		0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0		0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0		0	–	0
WKU		0	–	0		0	–	0
West Division
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0		0	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0		0	–	0
Rice		0	–	0		0	–	0
Southern Miss		0	–	0		0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0		0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0		0	–	0

Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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 (C–USA). 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 C–USA 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 non–conference 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	Opponent^#	Site
September 3	Alabama A&M*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
September 10	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
September 17	at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
September 24	Louisiana Tech	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
October 1	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
October 15	WKU	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)
October 22	at Missouri*	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
October 29	at FIU	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL
November 5	UTSA	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
November 12	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV
November 19	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
November 26	Florida Atlantic	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
*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

	1	2	3	4	Total
ALA A&M Bulldogs					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Commodores					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–13	2015	VANDY, 17–13

at Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Falcons					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
LT Bulldogs					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2015	LT, 45–16

at North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Mean Green					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–8	2015	MTSU, 41–7

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers					0
Blue Raiders					0

Further information: 100 Miles of Hate

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–30–1	2015	WKU, 58–28

at Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Tigers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2003	MIZZOU, 41–40

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Panthers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–4	2015	MTSU, 42–35

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	MTSU, 42–7

at Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Thundering Herd					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2015	MTSU, 27–24 ^3OT

at Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
49ers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	MTSU, 73–14

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–3	2015	MTSU, 41–7

References

↑ "BLUE RAIDERS ANNOUNCE 2016 SCHEDULE" (Press release). Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
↑ "2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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 2016

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