2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Armed Forces Bowl, L 6–24 vs. Navy
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
2013 record	8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stockstill (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Buster Faulkner
Co-defensive coordinator	Tyrone Nix
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Ellis
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 30,788)
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Conference USA football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Marshall x		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2					10	–	3
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2					8	–	5
Florida Atlantic		4	–	4					6	–	6
UAB		1	–	7					2	–	10
Southern Miss		1	–	7					1	–	11
FIU		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
Rice x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
UTSA		6	–	2					7	–	5
North Texas		6	–	2					9	–	4
Tulane		5	–	3					7	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
Tulsa		2	–	6					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rick Stockstill and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium. They were first year members of Conference USA (C-USA) in the East Division. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Navy.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:30 pm	Western Carolina*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 45–24	20,011
September 7	11:30 am	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 20–40	48,000
September 14	6:00 pm	Memphis*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	CSS	W 17–15	23,992
September 21	11:00 am	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	CSS	W 42–35 OT	13,911
September 27	8:00 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPNU	L 10–37	58,763
October 5	2:30 pm	East Carolina	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	FSN	L 17–24	23,108
October 12	6:00 pm	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX		L 7–34	21,171
October 24	6:30 pm	Marshall	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	FS1	W 51–49	19,898
November 2	12:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	FSN	W 24–21	20,483
November 9	3:00 pm	FIU	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	FCS	W 48–0	16,717
November 23	2:30 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	W 42–21	22,134
November 30	2:45 pm	UTEP	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	WUXP	W 48–17	11,560
December 30	10:45 am	vs. Navy*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–24	39,246
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game summaries[]

Western Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	0	18	0	6	24
Blue Raiders	21	10	7	7	45

at North Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	0	0	7	13	20
Tar Heels	13	10	3	14	40

Memphis[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	6	3	6	15
Blue Raiders	7	7	0	3	17

at Florida Atlantic[]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Blue Raiders	7	7	7	14	7	42
Owls	0	7	14	14	0	35

at BYU[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	10	0	0	0	10
Cougars	7	16	14	0	37

East Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	7	3	7	24
Blue Raiders	10	0	7	0	17

at North Texas[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	0	7	0	0	7
Mean Green	7	17	0	10	34

Marshall[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	14	14	14	49
Blue Raiders	14	7	17	13	51

at UAB[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	0	0	7	17	24
Blazers	7	0	3	11	21

FIU[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	0	0	0
Blue Raiders	14	10	24	0	48

at Southern Miss[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	21	0	14	42
Golden Eagles	7	0	7	7	21

UTEP[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	7	10	0	17
Blue Raiders	17	17	14	0	48

Navy–Armed Forces Bowl[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	3	3	0	0	6
Midshipmen	7	3	0	14	24

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