2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2016 Conference USA football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Western Kentucky 58, Louisiana Tech 44
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
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)

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.

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
September 3	6:00 PM	Alabama A&M*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	CUSA.tv	W 55–0	19,967
September 10	3:00 PM	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN Alt	L 24–47	29,627
September 17	11:00 AM	at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 41–21	16,384
September 24	6:00 PM	Louisiana Tech	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ASN	W 38–34	20,105
October 1	6:00 PM	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	CI	W 30–13	19,823
October 15	1:30 PM	WKU	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)	ESPN3	L 43–44 ^2OT	22,411
October 22	3:00 PM	at Missouri*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 51–45	52,351
October 29	6:00 PM	at FIU	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN3	W 42–35	14,413
November 5	1:30 PM	UTSA	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 25–45	13,505
November 12	6:00 PM	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ASN	L 17–42	20,841
November 19	1:00 PM	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPN3	W 38–31	13,433
November 26	4:30 PM	Florida Atlantic	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	beIN	W 77–56	10,227
December 24	7:00 PM	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Hawaii Bowl)	ESPN	L 35–52	23,175
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Blue Raiders	28	17	0	10	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	10	7	7	0	24
Commodores	5	28	0	14	47

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

at Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	14	14	7	6	41
Falcons	14	7	0	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	13	7	7	34
Blue Raiders	7	0	10	21	38

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

at North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	0	13	7	10	30
Mean Green	7	0	0	6	13

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

WKU

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Hilltoppers	3	17	7	3	7	7	44
Blue Raiders	3	17	0	10	7	6	43

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

at Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	13	21	7	10	51
Tigers	14	14	7	10	45

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

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	21	7	0	14	42
Panthers	14	7	0	14	35

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

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	14	14	14	3	45
Blue Raiders	7	3	7	8	25

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

at Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	10	7	0	0	17
Thundering Herd	7	7	7	21	42

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

at Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	14	10	7	7	38
49ers	0	6	10	15	31

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

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	14	14	21	56
Blue Raiders	21	21	7	28	77

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

vs Hawaii–Hawaii Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	14	7	7	7	35
Rainbow Warriors	14	21	10	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1993	HAW, 35–14

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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.

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[MTU16-1] "BLUE RAIDERS ANNOUNCE 2016 SCHEDULE" (Press release). Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

[2] "2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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