1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	6–5 (4–2 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (9th season);
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Eastern Kentucky +^	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Youngstown State +^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Murray State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee Tech	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Morehead State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Austin Peay	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	vs. Tennessee State*		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 55–19	30,827	^[1]
September 19	at Georgia Southern*	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 13–17	4,527
September 26	at Western Kentucky*	No. 12	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 16–28	16,500
October 3	Austin Peay		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 38–16
October 10	vs. Mississippi Valley State*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	W 38–7	2,547	^[2]
October 17	No. 4 Eastern Kentucky	No. 20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 17–16	11,000	^[3]
October 25	Winston-Salem State*	No. 15	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 8–11
October 31	Youngstown State	No. T–20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 16–17	13,400	^[4]
November 7	at Morehead State		Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 3–7
November 14	Murray State		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 27–9
November 21	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 17–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "Sizzling MTSU rambles 55–19". The Tennessean. September 6, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Collier's option runs for MTSU bring victory". The Commercial Appeal. October 11, 1987. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "MTSU edges Eastern Ky". The Jackson Sun. October 18, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "OVC title dream dims for MTSU". The Tennessean. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1987 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.