2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference SBC
2007 Record 5-7 (4-3 SBC)
Head Coach Rick Stockstill
Offensive Coordinator G.A. Mangus
Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz

Home Stadium

 Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »

The 2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team will represent Middle Tennessee State University in the 2007 college football season. Middle Tennessee entered the 2006 season coming off an 7-6 record (6-1 SBC) in 2006.

The team's head coach is Rick Stockstill. The Blue Raiders play their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium and compete in the Sun Belt Conference.

The 2006 season saw a new coaching staff turn the Blue Raiders around from the losing record of the previous year. The team added 3 wins from the total of the previous season. Also, that season saw the Blue Raiders play in their first bowl game, in the division 1-A era.

Contents

[edit] Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 3:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, Florida L 27–14  11,398
September 8* 6:00 p.m. at #8 Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky ESPN2 L 58-42  40,882
September 15* 7:00 p.m. at #2 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPN GamePlan L 44-0  92,407
September 20* 6:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee ESPN Regional and CSS L 20-17  22,086
September 29 6:00 p.m. Florida International Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee W 47-6  15,605
October 6* 6:00 p.m. Virginia Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee CSS L 23-21  23,227
October 13* 7:00 p.m. at Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 21-7  30,101
October 20 2:30 p.m. Arkansas State Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee W 27-7  12,505
October 27 6:00 p.m. at North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, Texas W 48-28  18,181
November 3 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, Louisiana W 43-40  10,228
November 10† 2:30 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee L 34-24  19,227
November 20 6:00 p.m. at Troy Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama ESPN2 L 45-7  18,242
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. All times are in Central.

[edit] Starting Lineup‡

Head Coach: Rick Stockstill (2nd year)

‡ - Projected lineup to date. Will be replaced by actual lineup at the beginning of the season.

[edit] Offense

Offensive Coordinator: G.A. Mangus (2nd year)
Offensive Scheme:

Currently, the 2007 Blue Raiders will return the same Offensive Staff from the 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team.

Position Number Name Class
QB # Player Yr.
TB # Player Yr.
FB # Player Yr.
TE # Player Yr.
TE # Player Yr.
WR # Player Yr.
WR # Player Yr.
WR # Player Yr.
LT # Player Yr.
LG # Player Yr.
C # Player Yr.
RG # Player Yr.
RT # Player Yr.

[edit] Defense

Defensive Coordinator: Manny Diaz (2nd year)
Base Defense:

The entire Middle Tennessee defensive staff returned for the 2007 season.

Position Number Name Class
LE # Player Yr.
LT # Player Yr.
RT # Player Yr.
RE # Player Yr.
SLB # Player Yr.
MLB # Player Yr.
WLB # Player Yr.
LCB # Player Yr.
RCB # Player Yr.
FS # Player Yr.
SS # Player Yr.

[edit] Special Teams

Position Number Name Class
K # Player Yr.
KR # Player Yr.
KR # Player Yr.
KR # Player Yr.
P # Player Yr.
PR # Player Yr.

* Note: RS before the class year means that the player has used a redshirt year.

[edit] Game Capsules

[edit] Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 14 14
Florida Atlantic 7 3 7 10 27


[edit] Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 21 14 0 7 42
Louisville 28 10 13 7 58


[edit] LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0
LSU 10 13 21 0 44


[edit] Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Western Kentucky 0 10 3 7 20
Middle Tennessee 3 7 7 0 17


[edit] Florida International

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida International 0 0 0 6 6
Middle Tennessee 21 26 0 0 47


[edit] Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia 7 7 0 9 23
Middle Tennessee 7 7 0 7 21


[edit] Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 7 0 7 7 21
Memphis 7 0 0 0 7


[edit] Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas State 0 7 0 0 7
Middle Tennessee 14 10 0 0 24


[edit] North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 10 20 7 11 48
North Texas 7 14 7 0 28


[edit] UL - Monroe

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 10 14 6 13 43
UL - Monroe 7 19 7 7 40


[edit] UL - Layfayette

1 2 3 4 Total
UL - Layfayette 0 14 7 13 34
Middle Tennessee 7 14 3 0 24


[edit] Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 7 0 0 0 7
Troy 10 14 14 7 45


[edit] References

  • 2007 Middle Tennessee Football Media Guide
v • d • e
Sun Belt Conference
Football
Non-football
† - Will join the conference for football in 2009