American college football season
The 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Blue Raiders played their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro , Tennessee , and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by 11th-year head coach Rick Stockstill . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Hawaii .
Schedule [ ] Middle Tennessee announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Blue Raiders will host C–USA foes Florida Atlantic , Louisiana Tech , UTSA , and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Charlotte , Florida International (FIU), Marshall , and North Texas .[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, a home games against Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference , and three road games against Bowling Green from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Missouri and Vanderbilt both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 pm Alabama A&M * CUSA.tv W 55–019,967 September 10 3:00 pm at Vanderbilt * SECN Alt L 24–4729,627 September 17 11:00 am at Bowling Green * ESPN3 W 41–2116,384 September 24 6:00 pm Louisiana Tech Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ASN W 38–3420,105 October 1 6:00 pm at North Texas CI W 30–1319,823 October 15 1:30 pm WKU ESPN3 L 43–44 2OT 22,411 October 22 3:00 pm at Missouri * SECN W 51–4552,351 October 29 6:00 pm at FIU ESPN3 W 42–3514,413 November 5 1:30 pm UTSA Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 L 25–4513,505 November 12 6:00 pm at Marshall ASN L 17–4220,841 November 19 1:00 pm at Charlotte ESPN3 W 38–3113,433 November 26 4:30 pm Florida Atlantic Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN beIN W 77–5610,227 December 24 7:00 pm at Hawaii * ESPN L 35–5223,175
Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ ] Alabama A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Raiders
28
17
0
10
55
at Vanderbilt [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
10
7
7
0
24
Commodores
5
28
0
14
47
at Bowling Green [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
14
14
7
6
41
Falcons
14
7
0
0
21
Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
13
7
7
34
Blue Raiders
7
0
10
21
38
at North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
0
13
7
10
30
Mean Green
7
0
0
6
13
WKU [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Hilltoppers
3
17
7
3 7 7
44
Blue Raiders
3
17
0
10 7 6
43
at Missouri [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
13
21
7
10
51
Tigers
14
14
7
10
45
at FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
21
7
0
14
42
Panthers
14
7
0
14
35
UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
14
14
14
3
45
Blue Raiders
7
3
7
8
25
at Marshall [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
10
7
0
0
17
Thundering Herd
7
7
7
21
42
at Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
14
10
7
7
38
49ers
0
6
10
15
31
Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
14
14
21
56
Blue Raiders
21
21
7
28
77
vs Hawaii–Hawaii Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
14
7
7
7
35
Rainbow Warriors
14
21
10
7
52
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