1966 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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1966 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	7–3 (5–2 OVC)
Head coach	Charles M. Murphy (20th season)
Captain	L. Dotson, Jerry Smith
Home stadium	Horace Jones Field
Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

1966 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Morehead State $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Middle Tennessee	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Austin Peay	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 16 Eastern Kentucky	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tennessee Tech	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Western Kentucky	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Murray State	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1966 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University—as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. The team's captains were L. Dotson and Jerry Smith.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Pensacola Navy*		Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 14–12	7,000
September 24	at Tennessee–Martin*		Pacer Stadium Martin, TN	W 10–3	6,000
October 1	at Western Kentucky	No. T–10	Bowling Green, KY (rivalry)	W 33–9	7,994–10,000	^[2]^[3]
October 8	Eastern Kentucky	No. 5	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 22–20	10,000
October 15	at No. 10 Chattanooga*	No. 3	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–5	8,000	^[4]
October 22	Morehead State	No. 9	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 20–7	9,500
October 29	Austin Peay	No. 7	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–13	9,500
November 5	Murray State		Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 33–0	2,500
November 12	at East Tennessee State		State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	L 0–12	5,000
November 24	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 21–14	10,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Venues	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (1933–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Troy: Battle for the Palladium Western Kentucky: 100 Miles of Hate
Culture & lore	Lightning "MTSU Fight Songs" Band of Blue
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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