American college football season
The 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Led by 11th-year head coach Rick Stockstill , the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing third in the C-USA's East Division. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Hawaii Bowl , where they lost to Hawaii .. The team played home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee .
Middle Tennessee announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of five home and seven away games in the regular season.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 pm Alabama A&M * CUSA.tv W 55–019,967 September 10 3:00 pm at Vanderbilt * SECN Alt L 24–4729,627 September 17 11:00 am at Bowling Green * ESPN3 W 41–2116,384 September 24 6:00 pm Louisiana Tech Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ASN W 38–3420,105 October 1 6:00 pm at North Texas CI W 30–1319,823 October 15 1:30 pm WKU ESPN3 L 43–44 2OT 22,411 October 22 3:00 pm at Missouri * SECN W 51–4552,351 October 29 6:00 pm at FIU ESPN3 W 42–3514,413 November 5 1:30 pm UTSA Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 L 25–4513,505 November 12 6:00 pm at Marshall ASN L 17–4220,841 November 19 1:00 pm at Charlotte ESPN3 W 38–3113,433 November 26 4:30 pm Florida Atlantic Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN beIN W 77–5610,227 December 24 7:00 pm at Hawaii * ESPN L 35–5223,175
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1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 Blue Raiders 28 17 0 10 55
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 10 7 7 0 24 Commodores 5 28 0 14 47
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 14 14 7 6 41 Falcons 14 7 0 0 21
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 13 7 7 34 Blue Raiders 7 0 10 21 38
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 0 13 7 10 30 Mean Green 7 0 0 6 13
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Hilltoppers 3 17 7 3 7 7 44 Blue Raiders 3 17 0 10 7 6 43
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 13 21 7 10 51 Tigers 14 14 7 10 45
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 21 7 0 14 42 Panthers 14 7 0 14 35
1 2 3 4 Total Roadrunners 14 14 14 3 45 Blue Raiders 7 3 7 8 25
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 10 7 0 0 17 Thundering Herd 7 7 7 21 42
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 14 10 7 7 38 49ers 0 6 10 15 31
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 14 14 21 56 Blue Raiders 21 21 7 28 77
vs Hawaii–Hawaii Bowl[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 14 7 7 7 35 Rainbow Warriors 14 21 10 7 52
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons