2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2007 record 5–7 (4–3 Sun Belt)
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 NCAA Division I FBS 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 Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, Florida L 14–27   11,398
September 8 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Louisville* Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky ESPN2 L 42-58   40,882
September 15 7:00 p.m. at No. 2 LSU* Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana GamePlan L 0-44   92,407
September 20 6:00 p.m. WKU* Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee (100 Miles of Hate) ESPN+/CSS L 17-20   22,086
September 29 6:00 p.m. Florida International Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee W 47-6   15,605
October 6 6:00 p.m. Virginia* Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee CSS L 21-23   23,227
October 13 7:00 p.m. at Memphis* Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 21-7   30,101
October 20 2:30 p.m. Arkansas State Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee W 27-7   12,505
October 27 6:00 p.m. at North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, Texas W 48-28   18,181
November 3 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, Louisiana W 43-40   10,228
November 10 2:30 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayettedagger Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee L 24-34   19,227
November 20 6:00 p.m. at Troy Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama (Battle for the Palladium) ESPN2 L 7-45   18,242
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Central.

Game summaries

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

FIU

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

Louisiana–Monroe

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

Louisiana–Lafayette

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

Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 7 0 0 0 7
Troy 10 14 14 7 45

References

  • 2007 Middle Tennessee Football Media Guide
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