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The 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2019 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 (CUSA). They were led by fourteenth-year head coach Rick Stockstill .
Preseason
CUSA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Blue Raiders predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[1]
East Division
Predicted finish
Team
1
Marshall
2
FIU
3
Florida Atlantic
4
Middle Tennessee
5
Western Kentucky
6
Old Dominion
7
Charlotte
Preseason All-CUSA teams
To be released
Schedule
Middle Tennessee announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[2] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:30 p.m. at No. 7 Michigan * BTN L 21–40110,811
September 7 6:00 p.m. Tennessee State * ESPN3 W 45–2620,912
September 14 6:00 p.m. Duke * Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN Stadium Facebook L 18–4119,852
September 28 11:00 a.m. at No. 14 Iowa * ESPN2 L 3–4863,706
October 5 2:30 p.m. Marshall Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN CBSSN Facebook W 24–1315,023
October 12 3:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic ESPN+ L 13–2812,107
October 19 3:00 p.m. at North Texas Stadium L 30–3316,094
October 26 2:30 p.m. FIU Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN NFLN W 50–179,512
November 2 2:30 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN3 L 20–3413,879
November 16 3:30 p.m. Rice Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN+ L 28–3110,411
November 23 3:30 p.m. Old Dominion Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 W 38–179,806
November 30 1:00 p.m. at Western Kentucky ESPN+ L 26–317,589
Schedule Source: [3]
Game summaries
at Michigan
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
7
0
7
21
No. 7 Wolverines
10
17
6
7
40
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Tennessee State
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
6
0
13
7
26
Blue Raiders
0
10
14
21
45
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
10–9
Sep. 5, 1998
W , 28–27
Duke
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
14
17
10
0
41
Blue Raiders
3
0
8
7
18
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Iowa
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
0
0
3
0
3
No. 14 Hawkeyes
17
7
10
14
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
7
6
0
0
13
Blue Raiders
10
7
0
7
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–5
Oct. 5, 2018
W , 34–24
at Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
6
7
0
0
13
Owls
2
10
10
6
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
12–4
Sep. 29, 2018
W , 25–24
at North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
3
13
0
14
30
Mean Green
7
10
3
13
33
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
7–8
Oct. 1, 2016
W , 30–13
FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
10
0
0
17
Blue Raiders
14
0
23
13
50
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–5
Oct. 13, 2018
L , 21–24
at Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
0
6
7
20
49ers
14
10
10
0
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–0
Oct. 20, 2018
W , 21–13
Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
21
0
0
31
Blue Raiders
0
14
7
7
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
7
3
7
0
17
Blue Raiders
14
14
7
3
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–0
Oct. 27, 2018
W , 51–17
at Western Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
3
10
0
13
26
Hilltoppers
3
7
7
14
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
34–32–1
Nov. 2, 2018
W , 29–10
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