2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders played their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by 11th-year head coach Rick Stockstill. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Hawaii.
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Hawaii Bowl, L 35–52 vs. Hawaii | |
Conference | Conference USA |
East Division | |
2016 record | 8–5 (5–3 C-USA) |
Head coach | Rick Stockstill (11th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Tony Franklin (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | Tyrone Nix (5th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 31,000) |
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Western Kentucky xy$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion x | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louisiana Tech xy | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Western Kentucky 58, Louisiana Tech 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 PM | Alabama A&M* | CUSA.tv | W 55–0 | 19,967 | |
September 10 | 3:00 PM | at Vanderbilt* | SECN Alt | L 24–47 | 29,627 | |
September 17 | 11:00 AM | at Bowling Green* | ESPN3 | W 41–21 | 16,384 | |
September 24 | 6:00 PM | Louisiana Tech |
| ASN | W 38–34 | 20,105 |
October 1 | 6:00 PM | at North Texas | CI | W 30–13 | 19,823 | |
October 15 | 1:30 PM | WKU |
| ESPN3 | L 43–44 2OT | 22,411 |
October 22 | 3:00 PM | at Missouri* | SECN | W 51–45 | 52,351 | |
October 29 | 6:00 PM | at FIU |
| ESPN3 | W 42–35 | 14,413 |
November 5 | 1:30 PM | UTSA |
| ESPN3 | L 25–45 | 13,505 |
November 12 | 6:00 PM | at Marshall | ASN | L 17–42 | 20,841 | |
November 19 | 1:00 PM | at Charlotte | ESPN3 | W 38–31 | 13,433 | |
November 26 | 4:30 PM | Florida Atlantic |
| beIN | W 77–56 | 10,227 |
December 24 | 7:00 PM | at Hawaii* | ESPN | L 35–52 | 23,175 | |
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- Schedule Source:[2]
Game summaries
Alabama A&M
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blue Raiders | 28 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 55 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
at Vanderbilt
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Commodores | 5 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 47 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–13 | 2015 | VANDY, 17–13 |
at Bowling Green
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
Falcons | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
Louisiana Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Blue Raiders | 7 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–4 | 2015 | LT, 45–16 |
at North Texas
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
Mean Green | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–8 | 2015 | MTSU, 41–7 |
WKU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total | |
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Hilltoppers | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
Blue Raiders | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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33–30–1 | 2015 | WKU, 58–28 |
at Missouri
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 13 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 51 |
Tigers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–1 | 2003 | MIZZOU, 41–40 |
at FIU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
Panthers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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7–4 | 2015 | MTSU, 42–35 |
UTSA
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
Blue Raiders | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | 2015 | MTSU, 42–7 |
at Marshall
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Thundering Herd | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–3 | 2015 | MTSU, 27–24 3OT |
at Charlotte
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
49ers | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | 2015 | MTSU, 73–14 |
Florida Atlantic
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Owls | 7 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 56 |
Blue Raiders | 21 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 77 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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10–3 | 2015 | MTSU, 41–7 |
vs Hawaii–Hawaii Bowl
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Rainbow Warriors | 14 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 52 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–1 | 1993 | HAW, 35–14 |
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.