1991 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1991 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1991 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
1991 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 13–23 at Eastern Kentucky
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
1991 record	9–4 (6–1 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (13th season);
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium; (capacity: 30,788)
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	vs. Tennessee State	No. 12	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 42–6
September 21	at No. T–3 Eastern Kentucky	No. 7	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	L 7–17
September 28	Murray State	No. 16	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 35–3
October 5	at Western Kentucky*	No. T–12	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 24–33	8,068
October 12	at Austin Peay	No. 9	Clarksville Municipal Stadium Clarksville, TN	W 23–8
October 19	at No. 1 (I-A) Florida State*	No. 7	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 10–39	60,202
October 26	Southeast Missouri State	No. 8	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 52–0
October 31	Tennessee–Martin*	No. 7	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 51–14
November 9	at Cincinnati*	No. 6	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 10–30
November 16	at Morehead State	No. 11	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 31–3
November 23	at Tennessee Tech	No. 9	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 28–10
November 30	No. 12 Sam Houston State*	No. 9	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 20–19 ^OT
December 7	at No. 2 Eastern Kentucky*	No. 9	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 13–23
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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1991 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Eastern Kentucky $^	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Middle Tennessee ^	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Austin Peay	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Southeast Missouri State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Tennessee State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Tennessee Tech	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Murray State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

v t 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Appalachian State Delaware Eastern Kentucky James Madison Marshall McNeese State Middle Tennessee Nevada New Hampshire Northern Iowa Sam Houston State Samford Villanova Weber State Western Illinois Youngstown State
Champion – Youngstown State Penguins