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1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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The 1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Ben Hurt in his fourth and final year as head coach, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 1–9–1 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the OVC.

Record1–9–1 (1–6 OVC)
Headcoach
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1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record1–9–1 (1–6 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHorace Jones Field
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
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1978 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–4 Western Kentucky $7–0–08–2–0
No. 8 Eastern Kentucky6–1–08–2–0
Tennessee Tech4–3–05–6–0
Austin Peay4–3–06–4–0
Murray State2–5–04–7–0
Morehead State2–5–02–6–1
Middle Tennessee1–6–01–9–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at Tennessee State*L 6–13[1]
September 16Tennessee–Martin*L 17–28[2]
September 23Morehead State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 9–6[3]
September 30Chattanooga*
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
T 14–143,800[4]
October 7at No. T–10 Eastern KentuckyL 12–428,700[5]
October 14at Murray StateL 7–336,000[6]
October 21Delaware*
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 3–533,500[7]
October 28Austin Peay
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 17–28[8]
November 4at No. 7 Western KentuckyL 0–5419,500[9]
November 11East Tennessee State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 0–34[10]
November 18at Tennessee TechL 10–35[11]
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