1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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

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 (capacity: 30,788)
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 5	vs. Tennessee State*		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 55–19
September 19	at Georgia Southern*	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 13–17
September 26	at Western Kentucky*	No. 12	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 16–28
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
October 17	No. 4 Eastern Kentucky	No. 20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 17–16
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
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

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References

1. "1987 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.