2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2019 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 (CUSA). They were led by fourteenth-year head coach Rick Stockstill.

2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2019 record4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coachRick Stockstill (14th season)
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorScott Shafer (3rd season)
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 31,000)
2019 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$  7 –1     11 –3  
Marshall  6 –2     8 –5  
Western Kentucky  6 –2     9 –4  
Charlotte  5 –3     7 –6  
Middle Tennessee  3 –5     4 –8  
FIU  3 –5     6 –7  
Old Dominion  0 –8     1 –11  
West Division
UAB xy  6 –2     9 –5  
Louisiana Tech x  6 –2     10 –3  
Southern Miss  5 –3     7 –6  
North Texas  3 –5     4 –8  
UTSA  3 –5     4 –8  
Rice  3 –5     3 –9  
UTEP  0 –8     1 –11  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

Preseason

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Blue Raiders predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[1]

East Division
Predicted finish Team
1Marshall
2FIU
3Florida Atlantic
4Middle Tennessee
5Western Kentucky
6Old Dominion
7Charlotte

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Middle Tennessee announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[2] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:30 p.m.at No. 7 Michigan*
BTNL 21–40110,811
September 76:00 p.m.Tennessee State*
ESPN3W 45–2620,912
September 146:00 p.m.Duke*
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
Stadium FacebookL 18–4119,852
September 2811:00 a.m.at No. 14 Iowa*
ESPN2L 3–4863,706
October 52:30 p.m.Marshall
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
CBSSN FacebookW 24–1315,023
October 123:00 p.m.at Florida Atlantic
ESPN+L 13–2812,107
October 193:00 p.m.at North Texas
StadiumL 30–3316,094
October 262:30 p.m.FIU
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
NFLNW 50–179,512
November 22:30 p.m.at Charlotte
ESPN3L 20–3413,879
November 163:30 p.m.Rice
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN+L 28–3110,411
November 233:30 p.m.Old Dominion
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 38–179,806
November 301:00 p.m.at Western Kentucky
ESPN+L 26–317,589
Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 7 0 7 21
No. 7 Wolverines 10 17 6 7 40
See also: 2019 Michigan Wolverines football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 6 0 13 7 26
Blue Raiders 0 10 14 21 45
See also: 2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–9 Sep. 5, 1998 W, 28–27

Duke
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 14 17 10 0 41
Blue Raiders 3 0 8 7 18
See also: 2019 Duke Blue Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 3 0 3
No. 14 Hawkeyes 17 7 10 14 48
See also: 2019 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 7 6 0 0 13
Blue Raiders 10 7 0 7 24
See also: 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–5 Oct. 5, 2018 W, 34–24

at Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 6 7 0 0 13
Owls 2 10 10 6 28
See also: 2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–4 Sep. 29, 2018 W, 25–24

at North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 13 0 14 30
Mean Green 7 10 3 13 33
See also: 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–8 Oct. 1, 2016 W, 30–13

FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 10 0 0 17
Blue Raiders 14 0 23 13 50
See also: 2019 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–5 Oct. 13, 2018 L, 21–24

at Charlotte
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 0 6 7 20
49ers 14 10 10 0 34
See also: 2019 Charlotte 49ers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 Oct. 20, 2018 W, 21–13

Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 10 21 0 0 31
Blue Raiders 0 14 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Rice Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Old Dominion
1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 7 3 7 0 17
Blue Raiders 14 14 7 3 38
See also: 2019 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 Oct. 27, 2018 W, 51–17

at Western Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 10 0 13 26
Hilltoppers 3 7 7 14 31
See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–32–1 Nov. 2, 2018 W, 29–10

References
  1. https://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/7/16/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx
  2. "Several first-time foes on football schedule". Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. "2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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