1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
| 1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 1–9–1 (1–6 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–4 Western Kentucky $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Eastern Kentucky | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Ben Hurt in his fourth and final year as head coach, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 1–9–1 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the OVC.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | vs. Tennessee State* | L 6–13 | [1] | ||
| September 16 | Tennessee–Martin* | L 17–28 | |||
| September 23 | Morehead State |
| W 9–6 | ||
| September 30 | Chattanooga* |
| T 14–14 | 3,800 | [2] |
| October 7 | at No. T–10 Eastern Kentucky | L 12–42 | |||
| October 14 | at Murray State | L 7–33 | |||
| October 21 | Delaware* |
| L 3–53 | 3,500 | |
| October 28 | Austin Peay |
| L 17–28 | ||
| November 4 | at No. 7 Western Kentucky | L 0–54 | 19,500 | ||
| November 11 | East Tennessee State |
| L 0–34 | ||
| November 18 | at Tennessee Tech | L 10–35 | |||
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References
- ^ "Tigers win 13–6, but it was a battle". The Daily News-Journal. September 3, 1978. Retrieved February 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders tie 14–14 with soggy Mocs". The Tennessean. October 1, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1978 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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