1955 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1955 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 1955 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. The team's captains were G. Haley and S. Corban.[1]
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–2–1 (4–1 OVC)
Headcoach
- Charles M. Murphy (9th season)
Captains
- G. Haley
- S. Corban
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 7–2–1 (4–1 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 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | Morris Harvey* | W 14–7 | |||
| September 23 | at Eastern Kentucky | Richmond, KY | W 21–14 | ||
| October 1 | Western Kentucky |
| W 25–13 | ||
| October 8 | at Austin Peay* | T 14–14 | |||
| October 16 | Morehead State | Morehead, KY | W 21–0 | ||
| October 22 | at Vanderbilt* | L 0–46 | 17,500 | [2] | |
| October 29 | Florence State* |
| W 25–21 | ||
| November 5 | at Murray State |
| W 33–28 | 5,000 | [3] |
| November 12 | East Tennessee State* |
| W 20–7 | ||
| November 24 | Tennessee Tech |
| L 14–55 | 10,000 | [4] |
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After the season
NFL draft
The following Blue Raiders were selected in the 1956 NFL draft following the season.[6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 16 | 185 | Billy Hix | Tackle | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 30 | 354 | Terry Sweeney | Back | Baltimore Colts |
