1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	1–9–1 (1–6 OVC)
Head coach	Ben Hurt (4th season)
Home stadium	Horace Jones Field (Capacity: 30,788)

1978 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–4 Western Kentucky $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Eastern Kentucky	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee Tech	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Austin Peay	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Murray State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Morehead State	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
East Tennessee State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Middle Tennessee	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 2	vs. Tennessee State*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 6–13
September 16	Tennessee–Martin*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 17–28
September 23	Morehead State	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 9–6
September 30	Chattanooga*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	T 14–14
October 7	at No. T–10 Eastern Kentucky	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 12–42
October 14	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 7–33
October 21	Delaware*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 3–53
October 28	Austin Peay	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 17–28
November 4	at No. 7 Western Kentucky	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 0–54
November 11	East Tennessee State	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 0–34
November 18	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 10–35
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game