1966 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1966 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 OVC)
Head coach
CaptainL. Dotson, Jerry Smith
Home stadiumHorace Jones Field
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morehead State $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Middle Tennessee 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Austin Peay 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
No. 16 Eastern Kentucky 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Tennessee Tech 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Western Kentucky 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
East Tennessee State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Murray State 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1966 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University—as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. The team's captains were L. Dotson and Jerry Smith.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Pensacola Navy*
W 14–127,000
September 24at Tennessee–Martin*
W 10–36,000
October 1at Western KentuckyNo. T–10Bowling Green, KY (rivalry)W 33–97,994–10,000[2][3]
October 8Eastern KentuckyNo. 5
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 22–2010,000
October 15at No. 10 Chattanooga*No. 3
L 0–58,000[4]
October 22Morehead StateNo. 9
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 20–79,500
October 29Austin PeayNo. 7
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 7–139,500
November 5Murray State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 33–02,500
November 12at East Tennessee State
L 0–125,000
November 24at Tennessee Tech
W 21–1410,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Middle Tennessee Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. 2021. p. 145. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 177. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "MTSU Raiders fall, blanked by Mocs". The Tennessean. October 16, 1966. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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