1987 MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS FOOTBALL TEAM

1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
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
	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

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	vs. Tennessee State*		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 55–19	30,827	^[1]
September 19	at Georgia Southern*	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 13–17	4,527
September 26	at Western Kentucky*	No. 12	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 16–28	16,500
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	2,547	^[2]
October 17	No. 4 Eastern Kentucky	No. 20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 17–16	11,000	^[3]
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	13,400	^[4]
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

^ "Sizzling MTSU rambles 55–19". The Tennessean. September 6, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Collier's option runs for MTSU bring victory". The Commercial Appeal. October 11, 1987. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "MTSU edges Eastern Ky". The Jackson Sun. October 18, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "OVC title dream dims for MTSU". The Tennessean. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1987 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.

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v t e Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Venues	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (1933–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Troy: Battle for the Palladium Western Kentucky: 100 Miles of Hate
Culture & lore	Lightning " MTSU Fight Songs" Band of Blue
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Venues	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (1933–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Troy: Battle for the Palladium Western Kentucky: 100 Miles of Hate
Culture & lore	Lightning " MTSU Fight Songs" Band of Blue
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024