2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders played their home games at the Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourteenth-year head coach Rick Stockstill.

2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
2019 record	4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stockstill (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Franklin (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Shafer (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)

2019 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Marshall		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		6	–	2					9	–	4
Charlotte		5	–	3					7	–	6
Middle Tennessee		3	–	5					4	–	8
FIU		3	–	5					6	–	7
Old Dominion		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
UAB xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Louisiana Tech x		6	–	2					10	–	3
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
North Texas		3	–	5					4	–	8
UTSA		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Preseason

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Blue Raiders predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[1]

East Division
Predicted finish	Team
1	Marshall
2	FIU
3	Florida Atlantic
4	Middle Tennessee
5	Western Kentucky
6	Old Dominion
7	Charlotte

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Middle Tennessee announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[2] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 21–40	110,811
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee State*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	W 45–26	20,912
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Duke*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	Stadium Facebook	L 18–41	19,852
September 28	11:00 a.m.	at No. 14 Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 3–48	63,706
October 5	2:30 p.m.	Marshall	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN Facebook	W 24–13	15,023
October 12	3:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	L 13–28	12,107
October 19	3:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium	L 30–33	16,094
October 26	2:30 p.m.	FIU	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	NFLN	W 50–17	9,512
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPN3	L 20–34	13,879
November 16	3:30 p.m.	Rice	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	L 28–31	10,411
November 23	3:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	W 38–17	9,806
November 30	1:00 p.m.	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY (100 Miles of Hate)	ESPN+	L 26–31	7,589
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	7	0	7	21
No. 7 Wolverines	10	17	6	7	40

Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	6	0	13	7	26
Blue Raiders	0	10	14	21	45

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	14	17	10	0	41
Blue Raiders	3	0	8	7	18

at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	0	0	3	0	3
No. 14 Hawkeyes	17	7	10	14	48

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	6	0	0	13
Blue Raiders	10	7	0	7	24

at Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	6	7	0	0	13
Owls	2	10	10	6	28

at North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	3	13	0	14	30
Mean Green	7	10	3	13	33

FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	10	0	0	17
Blue Raiders	14	0	23	13	50

at Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	0	6	7	20
49ers	14	10	10	0	34

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	10	21	0	0	31
Blue Raiders	0	14	7	7	28

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	7	3	7	0	17
Blue Raiders	14	14	7	3	38

at Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	3	10	0	13	26
Hilltoppers	3	7	7	14	31

References

1. https://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/7/16/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx
2. "Several first-time foes on football schedule". Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
3. "2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 28, 2019.