2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Conference USA East Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stockstill (11th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Franklin
Offensive scheme	Air Raid
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)

2016 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0					0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0					0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0					0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0					0	–	0
WKU		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rice		0	–	0					0	–	0
Southern Miss		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team will represent Middle Tennessee State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders will play their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and compete in the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by eleventh year head coach Rick Stockstill.

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.

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#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		Alabama A&M*		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
September 10		at Vanderbilt*		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
September 17		at Bowling Green*		Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
September 24		Louisiana Tech		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
October 1		at North Texas		Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
October 15		WKU		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)
October 22		at Missouri*		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
October 29		at FIU		FIU Stadium • Miami, FL
November 5		UTSA		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
November 12		at Marshall		Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV
November 19		at Charlotte		Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
November 26		Florida Atlantic		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Schedule Source:

Game notes

Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
ALA A&M Bulldogs					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Commodores					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–13	2015	VANDY, 17–13

at Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Falcons					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
LT Bulldogs					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2015	LT, 45–16

at North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Mean Green					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–8	2015	MTSU, 41–7

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers					0
Blue Raiders					0

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					0
Tigers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2003	MIZZOU, 41–40

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Panthers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–4	2015	MTSU, 42–35

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	MTSU, 42–7

at Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
Thundering Herd					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2015	MTSU, 27–24 3OT

at Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders					0
49ers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	MTSU, 73–14

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Blue Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–3	2015	MTSU, 41–7