1953 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1953 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 1953 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the OVC. The team's captains were H. Alsup and G. Rather.[1]
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–4 (3–2 OVC)
Headcoach
- Charles M. Murphy (7th season)
Captains
- H. Alsup
- G. Rather
| 1953 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (3–2 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | Western Kentucky | W 13–0 | |||
| September 26 | at Eastern Kentucky |
| L 6–15 | ||
| October 3 | Sewart Air Force Base* |
| W 33–0 | ||
| October 10 | at Troy State* | W 6–0 | [2] | ||
| October 17 | at Morehead State | Morehead, KY | W 14–0 | ||
| October 24 | Memphis State* |
| W 26–20 | [3] | |
| October 31 | Florence State* |
| L 0–14 | ||
| November 7 | at Murray State |
| W 28–25 | ||
| November 14 | at East Tennessee State* |
| W 34–28 | ||
| November 21 | at Vanderbilt* | L 13–31 | 16,000 | [4] | |
| November 26 | Tennessee Tech |
| L 13–46 | ||
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After the season
NFL draft
The following Blue Raider was selected in the 1954 NFL draft following the season.[6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 21 | 251 | Howard Alsup | Tackle | San Francisco 49ers |