1983 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
| 1983 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (5–2 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Eastern Kentucky $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | Savannah State* | W 51–0 | 8,500 | [1] | ||
| September 17 | at Tennessee–Martin* | W 39–3 | [2] | |||
| September 24 | at Morehead State | W 56–17 | 2,500 | [3] | ||
| October 1 | at No. 12 Akron | W 26–3 | 10,214 | [4] | ||
| October 8 | No. 1 Eastern Kentucky | No. 17 |
| L 7–14 | [5] | |
| October 15 | Murray State | No. 15 |
| W 17–14 | 11,000 | [6] |
| October 22 | at Austin Peay | No. 11 | W 31–17 | 4,000 | [7] | |
| October 29 | Youngstown State | No. 9 |
| W 35–24 | 5,500 | [8] |
| November 5 | Western Kentucky* | No. T–5 |
| W 26–7 | 5,500 | [9] |
| November 19 | Tennessee Tech | No. T–7 |
| L 8–12 | 10,500 | [10] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Raiders crush Savannah St. 51–0". The Daily News-Journal. September 4, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pacers get nowhere". The Jackson Sun. September 18, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morehead routed 56–17 by Middle". The Courier-Journal. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Blue Raiders stun Akron Zips 26–3". The Daily News-Journal. October 2, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "James sparks EKU win". Messenger-Inquirer. October 9, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MTSU nips Murray". The Tennessean. October 16, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Defense leads MTSU past Govs 31–17". The Tennessean. October 23, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders rally to beat Youngstown". The Daily News-Journal. October 30, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Middle muddles Western". Dayton Daily News. November 6, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech stuns MTSU, 12–8". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 20, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1983 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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