1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 21–35 at Marshall
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	10–3 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (14th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

1992 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Middle Tennessee $^	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Tennessee Tech	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee State	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Austin Peay	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Tennessee–Martin	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Southeast Missouri State	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Murray State	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	vs. Tennessee State		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 35–31	23,748	^[1]
September 12	at No. 11 (I-A) Nebraska*	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 7–48	76,184
September 26	at Murray State	No. 10	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	W 66–6
October 3	at Northern Illinois*	No. 8	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	W 21–13	12,632
October 10	Austin Peay	No. 8	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 49–10
October 17	No. 11 Eastern Kentucky	No. 4	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 38–7
October 24	at Southeast Missouri State	No. 4	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	W 30–16
October 31	at Georgia Southern*	No. 4	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 10–13	14,077
November 7	at Tennessee–Martin	No. 7	Pacer Stadium Martin, TN	W 14–0
November 14	Morehead State	No. 5	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 70–0
November 21	Tennessee Tech	No. 4	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 21–0
November 28	No. 16 Appalachian State*	No. 4	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 35–10		^[2]
December 5	at No. 6 Marshall*	No. 4	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 21–35	14,011
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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After the season

NFL draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft

The following Blue Raiders were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
3	83	Mike Caldwell	Linebacker	Cleveland Browns
5	134	Walter Dunson	Wide receiver	San Diego Chargers

References

1. "Blue Raiders escape TS(whew)". The Daily News-Journal. September 6, 1992. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Next stop...Marshall, MTSU marches into quarterfinals with 35–10 win". The Daily News-Journal. November 29, 1992. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "1992 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.