American college football season
The 2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA. They were led by tenth-year head coach Rick Stockstill and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. They finished the season 7–6, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Bahamas Bowl where they lost to Western Michigan.
Schedule[]
Middle Tennessee announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Blue Raiders will host CUSA foes Charlotte, Florida International (FIU), Marshall, and North Texas, and will travel to Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU).[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 pm | Jackson State* | | GBR | W 70–14 | 15,908 |
September 12 | 3:00 pm | at No. 2 Alabama* | | SECN | L 10–37 | 98,568 |
September 19 | 6:00 pm | Charlotte | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
| GBR | W 73–14 | 16,030 |
September 26 | 3:00 pm | at Illinois* | | ESPNews | L 25–27 | 44,366 |
October 3 | 6:00 pm | Vanderbilt*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
| CBSSN | L 13–17 | 25,411 |
October 10 | 11:00 am | at WKU | | FSN | L 28–58 | 16,993 |
October 17 | 11:00 am | FIU | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
| FSN | W 42–34 | 13,227 |
October 24 | 2:30 pm | at Louisiana Tech | | FSN | L 16–45 | 15,024 |
November 7 | 2:30 pm | Marshall | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
| FSN | W 27–24 3OT | 18,760 |
November 14 | 11:00 am | at Florida Atlantic | | ASN | W 24–17 | 13,233 |
November 21 | 11:00 am | North Texas | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
| ASN | W 41–7 | 13,922 |
November 28 | 1:30 pm | at UTSA | | FCS | W 42–7 | 19,504 |
December 24 | 11:00 am | vs. Western Michigan* | | ESPN | L 31–45 | 13,123 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in Central time
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- Schedule source:[2]
Game summaries[]
Jackson State[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Blue Raiders
|
14
|
28
|
14
|
14 |
70 |
at Alabama[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
#2 Crimson Tide
|
7
|
16
|
14
|
0 |
37 |
Charlotte[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
49ers
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Blue Raiders
|
42
|
7
|
17
|
7 |
73 |
at Illinois[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
13 |
25 |
Fighting Illini
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
27 |
Vanderbilt[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Commodores
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
17 |
Blue Raiders
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
13 |
at WKU[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
Hilltoppers
|
28
|
24
|
3
|
3 |
58 |
FIU[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
9
|
7
|
3
|
15 |
34 |
Blue Raiders
|
7
|
21
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
at Louisiana Tech[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
6 |
16 |
Bulldogs
|
14
|
21
|
0
|
10 |
45 |
Marshall[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT |
Total |
Thundering Herd
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
24 |
Blue Raiders
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
27 |
at Florida Atlantic[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Owls
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
17 |
North Texas[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mean Green
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Blue Raiders
|
14
|
17
|
10
|
0 |
41 |
at UTSA[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
7
|
14
|
14
|
7 |
42 |
Roadrunners
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
vs Western Michigan–Bahamas Bowl[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
17
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
Broncos
|
17
|
0
|
7
|
21 |
45 |
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