2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rick Stockstill and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium. They were first year members of Conference USA (C-USA) in the East Division. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Navy.

2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Armed Forces Bowl, L 6–24 vs. Navy
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2013 record8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBuster Faulkner
Co-defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix
Co-defensive coordinatorSteve Ellis
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 30,788)
2013 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Marshall x  7 1     10 4  
East Carolina  6 2     10 3  
Middle Tennessee  6 2     8 5  
Florida Atlantic  4 4     6 6  
UAB  1 7     2 10  
Southern Miss  1 7     1 11  
FIU  1 7     1 11  
West Division
Rice x$  7 1     10 4  
UTSA  6 2     7 5  
North Texas  6 2     9 4  
Tulane  5 3     7 6  
Louisiana Tech  3 5     4 8  
Tulsa  2 6     3 9  
UTEP  1 7     2 10  
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 296:30 pmWestern Carolina*W 45–2420,011
September 711:30 amat North Carolina*ACCNL 20–4048,000
September 146:00 pmMemphis*
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
CSSW 17–1523,992
September 2111:00 amat Florida AtlanticCSSW 42–35 OT13,911
September 278:00 pmat BYU*ESPNUL 10–3758,763
October 52:30 pmEast Carolina
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
FSNL 17–2423,108
October 126:00 pmat North TexasL 7–3421,171
October 246:30 pmMarshall
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
FS1W 51–4919,898
November 212:00 pmat UABFSNW 24–2120,483
November 93:00 pmFIU
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
FCSW 48–016,717
November 232:30 pmat Southern MissCSSW 42–2122,134
November 302:45 pmUTEP
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
WUXPW 48–1711,560
December 3010:45 amvs. Navy*ESPNL 6–2439,246
Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0 18 0 6 24
Blue Raiders 21 10 7 7 45

at North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 7 13 20
Tar Heels 13 10 3 14 40

Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 6 3 6 15
Blue Raiders 7 7 0 3 17

at Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4OT Total
Blue Raiders 7 7 7 147 42
Owls 0 7 14 140 35

at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 0 0 0 10
Cougars 7 16 14 0 37

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 7 3 7 24
Blue Raiders 10 0 7 0 17

at North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 7 0 0 7
Mean Green 7 17 0 10 34

Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 7 14 14 14 49
Blue Raiders 14 7 17 13 51

at UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 7 17 24
Blazers 7 0 3 11 21

FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Raiders 14 10 24 0 48

at Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 21 0 14 42
Golden Eagles 7 0 7 7 21

UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 7 10 0 17
Blue Raiders 17 17 14 0 48
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 3 0 0 6
Midshipmen 7 3 0 14 24

References

  1. "2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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