2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2013 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy, L 6–24
Conference	Conference USA East Division
2013 record	8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stockstill (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Buster Faulkner
Co-defensive coordinator	Tyrone Nix
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Ellis
Home stadium	Johnny "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

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 eight 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:30 PM	Western Carolina*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN		W 45–24	20,011
September 7	11:30 AM	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 20–40	48,000
September 14	6:00 PM	Memphis*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	CSS	W 17–15	23,992
September 21	11:00 AM	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CSS	W 42–35 OT	13,911
September 27	8:00 PM	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPNU	L 10–37	58,763
October 5	2:30 PM	East Carolina	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	FSN	L 17–24	23,108
October 12	6:00 PM	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX		L 7–34	21,171
October 24	6:30 PM	Marshall	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	FS1	W 51–49	19,898
November 2	12:00 PM	at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	FSN	W 24–21	20,483
November 9	3:00 PM	FIU	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	FCS	W 48–0	16,717
November 23	2:30 PM	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	W 42–21	22,134
November 30	2:45 PM	UTEP	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	WUXP	W 48–17	11,560
December 30	10:45 AM	vs. Navy*	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–24	39,246
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summeries

Western Carolina

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

See also: 2013 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	1981	MTSU, 23–10

at North Carolina

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

See also: 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Memphis

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

See also: 2013 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–8–1	2012	MTSU, 48–30

at Florida Atlantic

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

See also: 2013 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–3	2012	MTSU, 31–17

at BYU

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

See also: 2013 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

East Carolina

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

See also: 2013 East Carolina Pirates football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

at North Texas

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

See also: 2013 North Texas Mean Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2012	MTSU, 38–21

Marshall

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

See also: 2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1994	MARSH, 49–14

at UAB

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

See also: 2013 UAB Blazers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2000	UAB, 14–9

FIU

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

See also: 2013 FIU Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2012	MTSU, 34–30

at Southern Miss

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

See also: 2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2009	MTSU, 42–32

UTEP

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

See also: 2013 UTEP Miners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

Navy–Armed Forces Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	3	3	0	0	6
Midshipmen	7	3	0	14	24

See also: 2013 Navy Midshipmen football team

See also: 2013 Armed Forces Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting