1952 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1952 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented the Middle Tennessee State College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1952 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the OVC. The team's captains were J. Lofton and John R. Smith.[1]
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (2–2 OVC)
Headcoach
- Charles M. Murphy (6th season)
Captains
- J. Lofton
- John R. Smith
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (2–2 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | at Carson–Newman* | Jefferson City, TN | W 19–7 | |||
| September 21 | at Western Kentucky | Bowling Green, KY (rivalry) | L 19–33 | |||
| September 27 | Sewart Air Force Base* | W 18–0 | ||||
| October 3 | at Chattanooga* | L 13–39 | [2] | |||
| October 11 | Troy State* |
| W 33–7 | [3] | ||
| October 18 | Morehead State |
| W 27–6 | |||
| October 25 | Emory and Henry* | Emory, VA | L 7–27 | |||
| November 1 | Florence State* |
| L 18–34 | |||
| November 8 | Murray State |
| L 13–20 | |||
| November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at East Tennessee State* |
| W 28–14 | 2,500 | [4][5] |
| November 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech |
| W 19–7 | 8,500 | [6][7] |
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