# 2014 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2014 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 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing second in C-USA's East Division. Despite being bowl eligible, the team was not invited to a bowl game. Middle Tennessee played home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Savannah State* | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | | W 61–7 | 15,605 |
| September 6 | 2:30 p.m. | at Minnesota* | TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN | BTN | L 24–35 | 47,223 |
| September 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate) | WUXP | W 50–47 $^{3OT}$ | 24,911 |
| September 20 | 6:00 pm | at Memphis* | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN | ESPN3 | L 17–36 | 46,378 |
| September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | FS1 | W 41–28 | 20,118 |
| October 4 | 11:00 a.m. | Southern Miss | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | ASN | W 37–31 | 14,022 |
| October 11 | 11:00 a.m. | at Marshall | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV | FSN | L 24–49 | 30,210 |
| October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | UAB | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | FCS | W 34–22 | 18,717 |
| November 1 | 2:30 p.m. | BYU* | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | CBSSN | L 7–27 | 18,952 |
| November 15 | 2:30 p.m. | at FIU | FIU StadiumMiami, FL | ASN | L 28–38 | 12,917 |
| November 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | ASN | W 35–34 | 12,243 |
| November 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at UTEP | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX | ASN | L 21–24 | 27,455 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Savannah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Blue Raiders | 20 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 61 |

### Minnesota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Golden Gophers | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |

### WKU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Hilltoppers | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 47 |
| Blue Raiders | 14 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 50 |

### Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Tigers | 9 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 36 |

### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| Monarchs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 31 |
| Blue Raiders | 10 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 37 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Thundering Herd | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |

### UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Blue Raiders | 14 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 34 |

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
| Blue Raiders | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Panthers | 3 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 38 |

### Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Miners | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |