American college football season
The 2015 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 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Led by tenth-year head coach Rick Stockstill , the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the C-USA's East Division. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Bahamas Bowl , where they lost to Western Michigan . The team played home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee .
Middle Tennessee announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 6:00 pm Jackson State * GBR W 70–1415,908
September 12 3:00 pm at No. 2 Alabama * SECN L 10–3798,568
September 19 6:00 pm Charlotte Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN GBR W 73–1416,030
September 26 3:00 pm at Illinois * ESPNews L 25–2744,366
October 3 6:00 pm Vanderbilt * Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN CBSSN L 13–1725,411
October 10 11:00 am at Western Kentucky FSN L 28–5816,993
October 17 11:00 am FIU Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN FSN W 42–3413,227
October 24 2:30 pm at Louisiana Tech FSN L 16–4515,024
November 7 2:30 pm Marshall Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN FSN W 27–24 3OT 18,760
November 14 11:00 am at Florida Atlantic ASN W 24–1713,233
November 21 11:00 am North Texas Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ASN W 41–713,922
November 28 1:30 pm at UTSA FCS W 42–719,504
December 24 11:00 am vs. Western Michigan * ESPN L 31–4513,123
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
14
0
0
14
Blue Raiders
14
28
14
14
70
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
0
3
0
7
10
#2 Crimson Tide
7
16
14
0
37
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
7
7
0
0
14
Blue Raiders
42
7
17
7
73
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
3
9
0
13
25
Fighting Illini
7
10
7
3
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Commodores
3
0
0
14
17
Blue Raiders
3
3
0
7
13
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
7
7
7
28
Hilltoppers
28
24
3
3
58
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
9
7
3
15
34
Blue Raiders
7
21
7
7
42
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
3
0
6
16
Bulldogs
14
21
0
10
45
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Thundering Herd
7
0
0
10 7 0 0
24
Blue Raiders
0
7
10
0 7 0 3
27
At Florida Atlantic [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
10
7
7
0
24
Owls
7
7
3
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
7
0
0
7
Blue Raiders
14
17
10
0
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
14
14
7
42
Roadrunners
0
0
0
7
7
vs Western Michigan–Bahamas Bowl[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
17
0
7
7
31
Broncos
17
0
7
21
45
The following Blue Raider was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[ 3]
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