1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
| 1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (1–5 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Murray State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | North Alabama* | L 17–20 | [1] | ||
| September 15 | at Tennessee–Martin* | L 23–31 | [2] | ||
| September 22 | at Morehead State | L 7–28 | 3,000 | [3] | |
| October 6 | No. T–7 Eastern Kentucky |
| L 10–52 | [4] | |
| October 13 | Murray State |
| L 8–29 | [5] | |
| October 20 | at Chattanooga* | L 15–59 | 10,000 | [6] | |
| October 27 | at Austin Peay |
| L 14–31 | [7] | |
| November 3 | Western Kentucky |
| L 12–17 | 8,000 | [8] |
| November 10 | at East Tennessee State* | L 14–52 | 10,027 | [9] | |
| November 17 | Tennessee Tech |
| W 17–14 | [10] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Fletcher runs UNA to 20–17 opening win". The Opelika-Auburn News. September 9, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holds on; UTM repels MTSU fourth-quarter effort". The Jackson Sun. September 16, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morehead rolls to 28–7 win over Middle". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Injuries don't hurt Eastern's offense". Lexington Herald-Leader. October 7, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Murray State crushes Middle Tennessee 29–8". The Tennessean. October 14, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UT–Chattanooga rips MTSU 59–15". The Tennessean. October 21, 1979. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Governors celebrate 31–14". The Daily News-Journal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Western, 17–12". The State Journal. November 4, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Tennessee trounces MTSU". The Tennessean. November 11, 1979. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MTSU edges out TTU". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 18, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1979 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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