1949 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1949 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 1949 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 8–0–1 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the VSAC title. The team's captains were J. Adams and Fred Grider.[1]
ConferenceVolunteer State Athletic Conference
Record8–0–1 (2–0 VSAC)
Headcoach
- Charles M. Murphy (3rd season)
Captains
- J. Adams
- Fred Grider
| 1949 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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VSAC champion | |
| Conference | Volunteer State Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–0–1 (2–0 VSAC) |
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| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milligan | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union (TN) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 22 | Millington Navy* | W 25–13 | |||
| September 30 | Maryville* |
| W 45–13 | ||
| October 8 | Union (TN) |
| W 32–18 | ||
| October 15 | at Arkansas State* |
| W 25–12 | [2] | |
| October 22 | at Milligan |
| W 19–0 | ||
| October 28 | East Tennessee State* |
| W 30–0 | ||
| November 5 | 8:00 p.m. | at Florence State* |
| W 55–16 | [3][4][5] |
| November 12 | at Murray State* |
| T 7–7 | ||
| November 24 | Tennessee Tech* |
| W 14–0 | ||
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