2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rick Stockstill and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium. They were first year members of Conference USA (C-USA) in the East Division. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Navy.

2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Armed Forces Bowl, L 6–24 vs. Navy
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2013 record8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coachRick Stockstill (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorBuster Faulkner
Co-defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix
Co-defensive coordinatorSteve Ellis
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 30,788)
2013 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Marshall x  7 –1     10 –4  
East Carolina  6 –2     10 –3  
Middle Tennessee  6 –2     8 –5  
Florida Atlantic  4 –4     6 –6  
UAB  1 –7     2 –10  
Southern Miss  1 –7     1 –11  
FIU  1 –7     1 –11  
West Division
Rice x$  7 –1     10 –4  
UTSA  6 –2     7 –5  
North Texas  6 –2     9 –4  
Tulane  5 –3     7 –6  
Louisiana Tech  3 –5     4 –8  
Tulsa  2 –6     3 –9  
UTEP  1 –7     2 –10  
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 296:30 PMWestern Carolina*
W 45–2420,011
September 711:30 AMat North Carolina*
ACCNL 20–4048,000
September 146:00 PMMemphis*
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
CSSW 17–1523,992
September 2111:00 AMat Florida Atlantic
CSSW 42–35 OT13,911
September 278:00 PMat BYU*
ESPNUL 10–3758,763
October 52:30 PMEast Carolina
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
FSNL 17–2423,108
October 126:00 PMat North Texas
L 7–3421,171
October 246:30 PMMarshall
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
FS1W 51–4919,898
November 212:00 PMat UAB
FSNW 24–2120,483
November 93:00 PMFIU
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
FCSW 48–016,717
November 232:30 PMat Southern Miss
CSSW 42–2122,134
November 302:45 PMUTEP
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
WUXPW 48–1711,560
December 3010:45 AMvs. Navy*
ESPNL 6–2439,246
Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

Western Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0 18 0 6 24
Blue Raiders 21 10 7 7 45
See also: 2013 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 1981 MTSU, 23–10

at North Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 7 13 20
Tar Heels 13 10 3 14 40
See also: 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Memphis
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 6 3 6 15
Blue Raiders 7 7 0 3 17
See also: 2013 Memphis Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–8–1 2012 MTSU, 48–30

at Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4OT Total
Blue Raiders 7 7 7 147 42
Owls 0 7 14 140 35
See also: 2013 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–3 2012 MTSU, 31–17

at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 0 0 0 10
Cougars 7 16 14 0 37
See also: 2013 BYU Cougars football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

East Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 7 3 7 24
Blue Raiders 10 0 7 0 17
See also: 2013 East Carolina Pirates football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 7 0 0 7
Mean Green 7 17 0 10 34
See also: 2013 North Texas Mean Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–7 2012 MTSU, 38–21

Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 7 14 14 14 49
Blue Raiders 14 7 17 13 51
See also: 2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 1994 MARSH, 49–14

at UAB
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 7 17 24
Blazers 7 0 3 11 21
See also: 2013 UAB Blazers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2000 UAB, 14–9

FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Raiders 14 10 24 0 48
See also: 2013 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–3 2012 MTSU, 34–30

at Southern Miss
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 21 0 14 42
Golden Eagles 7 0 7 7 21
See also: 2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2009 MTSU, 42–32

UTEP
1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 7 10 0 17
Blue Raiders 17 17 14 0 48
See also: 2013 UTEP Miners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 3 0 0 6
Midshipmen 7 3 0 14 24
See also: 2013 Navy Midshipmen football team
See also: 2013 Armed Forces Bowl
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting
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References
  1. "2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved April 8, 2013.


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