American college football season
The 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Led by 12th-year head coach Rick Stockstill , the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for third place in the C-USA's East Division. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Camellia Bowl , where they defeated Arkansas State . The team played home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee .
Schedule [ edit ] Middle Tennessee announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season.[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt * CBSSN L 6–2826,717 September 9 2:30 p.m. at Syracuse * ACCN Extra W 30–2329,731 September 16 2:30 p.m. at Minnesota * BTN L 3–3443,727 September 23 6:00 p.m. Bowling Green * Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 W 24–1316,523 September 30 6:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic Stadium L 20–3812,913 October 7 2:00 p.m. FIU Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 W 37–1715,527 October 14 5:30 p.m. at UAB beIN L 23–2525,309 6:00 p.m. Marshall Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN2 L 10–3813,412 November 4 6:30 p.m. UTEP Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN beIN W 30–311,411 November 11 1:00 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN3 W 35–2110,937 7:00 p.m. at Western Kentucky CBSSN L 38–41 3OT 12,612 November 25 2:00 p.m. Old Dominion Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 W 41–1010,128 December 16 7:00 p.m. vs. Arkansas State * ESPN W 35–3020,612
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Game summaries [ edit ] Vanderbilt [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Commodores 14 7 7 0 28 Blue Raiders 0 0 0 6 6
At Syracuse [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 2 7 7 14 30 Orange 3 10 3 7 23
At Minnesota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 0 3 0 0 3 Golden Gophers 3 17 7 7 34
Bowling Green [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 7 3 3 0 13 Blue Raiders 7 14 0 3 24
At Florida Atlantic [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 6 0 7 7 20 Owls 14 10 0 14 38
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 3 0 7 7 17 Blue Raiders 3 14 10 10 37
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 10 10 3 0 23 Blazers 9 13 0 3 25
Marshall [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 7 24 0 7 38 Blue Raiders 3 7 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Miners 0 0 3 0 3 Blue Raiders 10 7 7 6 30
At Charlotte [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 14 14 0 7 35 49ers 7 0 7 7 21
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total Blue Raiders 0 3 0 21 7 7 0 38 Hilltoppers 7 0 3 14 7 7 3 41
Old Dominion [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 3 0 0 7 10 Blue Raiders 3 21 7 10 41
vs Arkansas State–Camellia Bowl [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 7 14 7 7 35 Red Wolves 3 7 7 13 30
After the season [ edit ] NFL draft [ edit ] The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[3]
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