1956 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1956 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 1956 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the OVC title. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Refrigerator Bowl, where they lost to Sam Houston State. The team's captains were T. Sweeney and Ben Hurt.[1]
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–3 (5–0 OVC)
Headcoach
- Charles M. Murphy (10th season)
Captains
- T. Sweeney
- Ben Hurt
| 1956 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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OVC champion | |
Refrigerator Bowl, L 13–27 vs. Sam Houston State | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (5–0 OVC) |
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| Captains |
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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 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | at Morris Harvey* | Charleston, WV | L 0–6 | ||
| September 21 | Austin Peay* | W 38–20 | |||
| September 29 | at Western Kentucky | Bowling Green, KY (rivalry) | W 7–6 | ||
| October 6 | Eastern Kentucky |
| W 26–19 | ||
| October 13 | Morehead State |
| W 20–12 | ||
| October 27 | at Vanderbilt* | L 13–23 | [2] | ||
| November 3 | Murray State |
| W 39–7 | ||
| November 10 | at East Tennessee State* |
| W 20–6 | ||
| November 22 | at Tennessee Tech |
| W 26–6 | ||
| December 1 | vs. Sam Houston State* |
| L 13–27 | 3,000 | [3] |
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After the season
NFL draft
The following Blue Raiders were selected in the 1957 NFL draft following the season.[5]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 7 | 84 | Jerry DeLucca | Tackle | Chicago Bears |
| 10 | 116 | Jerry Hurst | End | San Francisco 49ers |