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2016 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Western Kentucky xy$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
Old Dominion x   7 – 1     10 – 3  
Middle Tennessee   5 – 3     8 – 5  
FIU   4 – 4     4 – 8  
Charlotte   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Marshall   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Florida Atlantic   2 – 6     3 – 9  
West Division
Louisiana Tech xy   6 – 2     9 – 5  
UTSA   5 – 3     6 – 7  
Southern Miss   4 – 4     7 – 6  
North Texas   3 – 5     5 – 8  
Rice   2 – 6     3 – 9  
UTEP   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Championship: Western Kentucky 58, Louisiana Tech 44
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

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).

September 36:00 PMAlabama A&M*

CUSA.tvW 55–019,967 September 103:00 PMat Vanderbilt*

SECN AltL 24–4729,627 September 1711:00 AMat Bowling Green*

ESPN3W 41–2116,384 September 246:00 PMLouisiana Tech

  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN

ASNW 38–3420,105 October 16:00 PMat North Texas

CIW 30–1319,823 October 151:30 PMWKU

ESPN3L 43–44 2OT22,411 October 223:00 PMat Missouri*

SECNW 51–4552,351 October 296:00 PMat FIU

ESPN3W 42–3514,413 November 51:30 PMUTSA

  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN

ESPN3L 25–4513,505 November 126:00 PMat Marshall

ASNL 17–4220,841 November 191:00 PMat Charlotte

ESPN3W 38–3113,433 November 264:30 PMFlorida Atlantic

  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN

beINW 77–5610,227 December 247:00 PMat Hawaii*

ESPNL 35–5223,175

Template:CFB Schedule End

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 7 7 0 24
Commodores 5 28 0 14 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–13 2015 VANDY, 17–13

at Bowling Green

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 14 14 7 6 41
Falcons 14 7 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 13 7 7 34
Blue Raiders 7 0 10 21 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2015 LT, 45–16

at North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 13 7 10 30
Mean Green 7 0 0 6 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–8 2015 MTSU, 41–7

WKU

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Hilltoppers 3 17 7 377 44
Blue Raiders 3 17 0 1076 43
Further information: 100 Miles of Hate
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–30–1 2015 WKU, 58–28

at Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 13 21 7 10 51
Tigers 14 14 7 10 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2003 MIZZOU, 41–40

at FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 21 7 0 14 42
Panthers 14 7 0 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–4 2015 MTSU, 42–35

UTSA

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 14 14 14 3 45
Blue Raiders 7 3 7 8 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2015 MTSU, 42–7

at Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 7 0 0 17
Thundering Herd 7 7 7 21 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2015 MTSU, 27–24 3OT

at Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 14 10 7 7 38
49ers 0 6 10 15 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2015 MTSU, 73–14

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 14 14 21 56
Blue Raiders 21 21 7 28 77
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–3 2015 MTSU, 41–7

vs Hawaii–Hawaii Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 14 7 7 7 35
Rainbow Warriors 14 21 10 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1993 HAW, 35–14


References

  1. ^ "BLUE RAIDERS ANNOUNCE 2016 SCHEDULE" (Press release). Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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