1988 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1988 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	7–4 (4–2 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (10th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

1988 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Eastern Kentucky $^	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Middle Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Murray State	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Tennessee State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Austin Peay	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Morehead State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Tennessee Tech	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Tennessee State	No. 15	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 14–7	18,764	[1]
September 10	at Northern Illinois*	No. 15	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 10–14	13,572
September 17	No. 17 Western Kentucky*	No. 15	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 13–10	10,500
September 24	No. T–6 Georgia Southern*	No. 20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 26–10	6,800
October 1	vs. Alcorn State*	No. 7	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 19–21		[2]
October 8	Mississippi Valley State*	No. 16	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 40–3		[3]
October 15	Morehead State	No. 12	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 49–0
October 22	at Austin Peay	No. 9	Clarksville Municipal Stadium Clarksville, TN	W 36–0
November 5	at No. 12 Eastern Kentucky	No. 9	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 14–27	7,600	[4]
November 12	at Murray State	No. 17	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 22–23
November 19	Tennessee Tech		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 51–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "MTSU slips, slides past TSU 14–7". The Tennessean. September 4, 1988. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Alcorn cashes in on new NCAA rule". The Clarion-Ledger. October 2, 1988. Retrieved August 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "MTSU takes block-buster 40–3 victory". The Tennessean. October 9, 1988. Retrieved August 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Backfield duo, stingy 'D' lift Eastern over Middle, into OVC driver's seat". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 6, 1988. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1988 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.^[permanent dead link‍]