1980 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1980 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1980 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	2–8 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

1980 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Western Kentucky $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. T–3 Eastern Kentucky ^	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
No. T–10 Murray State	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Austin Peay	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Akron	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Morehead State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Middle Tennessee	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Tennessee Tech	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at North Alabama*	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	L 0–36
September 13	Chattanooga*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–32	10,000
September 27	Morehead State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 10–17
October 4	Western Carolina*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 10–24	3,000
October 11	at No. 8 Eastern Kentucky	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 0–24	8,800
October 18	at No. T–1 Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 6–38
October 25	Austin Peay	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 3–7
November 8	at No. 3 Western Kentucky	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 15–30	20,100
November 15	Akron	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 13–9
November 22	Tennessee Tech	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 21–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game