1947 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented the Middle Tennessee State College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—as a member of the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC) during the 1947 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the VSAC title. The team's captains were Henry Brandon and Leonard Staggs.[1]
ConferenceVolunteer State Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (5–0 VSAC)
Headcoach
- Charles M. Murphy (1st season)
Captains
- Henry Brandon
- Leonard Staggs
| 1947 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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VSAC champion | |
| Conference | Volunteer State Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–1 (5–0 VSAC) |
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| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union (TN) | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland (TN) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milligan | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Middle Tennessee was ranked at No. 188 out of 500 college football teams.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Southeast Missouri State* | W 12–0 | [3][4] | |||
| September 25 | Memphis State* | W 20–0 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | at Milligan |
| W 7–0 | 2,000 | [6] | |
| October 11 | Union (TN) |
| W 19–6 | [7] | ||
| October 16 | at Austin Peay | W 33–0 | [8] | |||
| October 23 | at Cumberland (TN) | Lebanon, TN | W 41–12 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | Maryville (TN)* |
| L 6–13 | 3,000 | [10] | |
| November 15 | at Troy State* | W 41–17 | [11] | |||
| November 20 | 7:45 p.m. | East Tennessee State* |
| W 26–13 | [12][13][14] | |
| November 27 | Tennessee Tech |
| W 19–0 | 5,000–7,000 | [15][16][17] | |
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