1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
| 1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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OVC champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 21–35 at Marshall | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 10–3 (8–0 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Middle Tennessee $^ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee–Martin | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1992 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | at Tennessee State | W 35–31 | 23,748 | [1] | ||
| September 12 | at No. 11 (I-A) Nebraska* | No. 5 | L 7–48 | 76,184 | [2] | |
| September 26 | at Murray State | No. 10 | W 66–6 | [3] | ||
| October 3 | at Northern Illinois* | No. 8 | W 21–13 | 12,632 | [4] | |
| October 10 | Austin Peay | No. 8 | W 49–10 | [5] | ||
| October 17 | No. 11 Eastern Kentucky | No. 4 |
| W 38–7 | 12,800 | [6] |
| October 24 | at Southeast Missouri State | No. 4 | W 30–16 | [7] | ||
| October 31 | at Georgia Southern* | No. 4 | L 10–13 | 14,077 | [8] | |
| November 7 | at Tennessee–Martin | No. 7 | W 14–0 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | Morehead State | No. 5 |
| W 70–0 | 6,000 | [10] |
| November 21 | Tennessee Tech | No. 4 |
| W 21–0 | [11] | |
| November 28 | No. 16 Appalachian State* | No. 4 |
| W 35–10 | [12] | |
| December 5 | at No. 6 Marshall* | No. 4 |
| L 21–35 | 14,011 | [13] |
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After the season
[edit]NFL draft
[edit]The following Blue Raiders were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[15]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 3 | 83 | Mike Caldwell | Linebacker | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | 134 | Walter Dunson | Wide receiver | San Diego Chargers |
References
[edit]- ^ "Blue Raiders escape TS(whew)". The Daily News-Journal. September 6, 1992. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NU pounds Middle Tennessee State". The Grand Island Independent. September 13, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MTSU's Dunson does in Racers". The Park City Daily News. September 27, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NIU forewarned, falls anyway". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bayless catches TD pass in MTSU rout of Austin Peay". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 11, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MTSU mauls Eastern Kentucky". The Daily News-Journal. October 18, 1992. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Blue Raiders just good enough to win". The Tennessean. October 25, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MTSU finally falls to Georgia Southern". The Tennessean. November 1, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Back in a big way". The Daily News-Journal. November 8, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morehead suffers all forms of calamity as Middle rolls 70–0". The Courier-Journal. November 15, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Middle Tennessee State claims conference title". Omaha World-Herald. November 22, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Next stop...Marshall, MTSU marches into quarterfinals with 35–10 win". The Daily News-Journal. November 29, 1992. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marshall reaches playoff semifinals". Statesville Record and Landmark. December 6, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1992 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 11, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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