1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
(Redirected from 1985 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football team)
The 1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season
1985 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
---|---|
OVC champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 21–28 vs. Georgia Southern | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 11–1 (7–0 OVC) |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Middle Tennessee $^ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Akron ^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Murray State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Schedule edit
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 7 | Lenoir–Rhyne* | W 37–6 | ||||
September 14 | at Georgia Southern* | W 35–10 | 9,227 | |||
September 21 | Jacksonville State* |
| W 55–21 | 10,200 | [1] | |
September 28 | at Morehead State | No. 5 | W 33–14 | |||
October 12 | No. T–17 Eastern Kentucky | No. T–4 |
| W 28–14 | ||
October 19 | No. T–13 Murray State | No. 3 |
| W 31–24 2OT | ||
October 26 | at Austin Peay | No. 3 | W 17–14 | |||
November 2 | Youngstown State | No. 1 |
| W 28–21 OT | ||
November 9 | Western Kentucky* | No. 1 |
| W 41–9 | 8,000 | |
November 16 | at No. T–7 Akron | No. 1 | W 17–0 | |||
November 23 | Tennessee Tech | No. 1 |
| W 45–12 | ||
December 7 | No. 9 Georgia Southern* | No. 1 |
| L 21–28 | 9,500 | |
|
After the season edit
NFL draft edit
The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[3]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 162 | Don Griffin | Defensive back | San Francisco 49ers |
References edit
- ^ "Blue Raiders roll 55–21". The Tennessean. September 22, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1985 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.