2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders played their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by 12th-year head coach Rick Stockstill. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. They received an invite to the Camellia Bowl where they defeated Arkansas State.

2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Camellia Bowl champion
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2017 record7–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coachRick Stockstill (12th season)
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorScott Shafer (1st season)
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 31,000)
2017 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$  8 –0     11 –3  
FIU  5 –3     8 –5  
Marshall  4 –4     8 –5  
Western Kentucky  4 –4     6 –7  
Middle Tennessee  4 –4     7 –6  
Old Dominion  3 –5     5 –7  
Charlotte  1 –7     1 –11  
West Division
North Texas x  7 –1     9 –5  
UAB  6 –2     8 –5  
Southern Miss  6 –2     8 –5  
Louisiana Tech  4 –4     7 –6  
UTSA  3 –5     6 –5  
Rice  1 –7     1 –11  
UTEP  0 –8     0 –12  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Blue Raiders finished the 2016 season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in third place in the East Division. They received a bid to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Hawaii.

Schedule and results

Middle Tennessee announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season.[1]

The Blue Raiders hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Bowling Green from the Mid-American Conference and Vanderbilt from the Southeastern Conference and travel to Minnesota of the Big Ten Conference and Syracuse of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.Vanderbilt*
CBSSNL 6–2826,717
September 92:30 p.m.at Syracuse*
ACCN ExtraW 30–2329,731
September 162:30 p.m.at Minnesota*
BTNL 3–3443,727
September 236:00 p.m.Bowling Green*
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 24–1316,523
September 306:00 p.m.at Florida Atlantic
STADIUML 20–3812,913
October 72:00 p.m.FIU
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 37–1715,527
October 145:30 p.m.at UAB
beINL 23–2525,309
October 206:00 p.m.Marshall
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN2L 10–3813,412
November 46:30 p.m.UTEP
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
beINW 30–311,411
November 111:00 p.m.at Charlotte
ESPN3W 35–2110,937
November 177:00 p.m.at Western Kentucky
CBSSNL 38–41 3OT12,612
November 252:00 p.m.Old Dominion
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 41–1010,128
December 167:00 p.m.vs. Arkansas State*
ESPNW 35–3020,612
Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

Vanderbilt
1 2 3 4 Total
Commodores 14 7 7 0 28
Blue Raiders 0 0 0 6 6
See also: 2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–14 2016 VANDY, 47–24

at Syracuse
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 2 7 7 14 30
Orange 3 10 3 7 23
See also: 2017 Syracuse Orange football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Minnesota
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 3 0 0 3
Golden Gophers 3 17 7 7 34
See also: 2017 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2014 MINN, 35–24

Bowling Green
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 7 3 3 0 13
Blue Raiders 7 14 0 3 24
See also: 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 MTSU, 41–21

at Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 6 0 7 7 20
Owls 14 10 0 14 38
See also: 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–3 2016 MTSU, 77–56

FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 0 7 7 17
Blue Raiders 3 14 10 10 37
See also: 2017 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2016 MTSU, 42–35

at UAB
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 10 3 0 23
Blazers 9 13 0 3 25
See also: 2017 UAB Blazers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2014 MTSU, 34–22

Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 7 24 0 7 38
Blue Raiders 3 7 0 0 10
See also: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2016 MARSH, 42–17

UTEP
1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 0 3 0 3
Blue Raiders 10 7 7 6 30
See also: 2017 UTEP Miners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2014 UTEP, 24–21

at Charlotte
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 14 14 0 7 35
49ers 7 0 7 7 21
See also: 2017 Charlotte 49ers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2016 MTSU, 38–31

at WKU
1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Blue Raiders 0 3 0 21770 38
Hilltoppers 7 0 3 14773 41
See also: 2017 WKU Hilltoppers football team and 100 Miles of Hate
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–31–1 2016 WKU, 44–432OT

Old Dominion
1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 0 0 7 10
Blue Raiders 3 21 7 10 41
See also: 2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2014 MTSU, 41–28

vs Arkansas State–Camellia Bowl
See also: 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team and 2017 Camellia Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 14 7 7 35
Red Wolves 3 7 7 13 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–5 2012 ASU, 45–0

References
  1. "Raiders to face four bowl teams" (Press release). Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  2. "2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 27, 2017.


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