1948 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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Conference | Volunteer State Athletic Conference |
Record | 5–5 (2–2 VSAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | A. Varallo, William “Big Bill” Nisbett |
Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milligan | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Union (TN) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumberland (TN) | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented the Middle Tennessee State College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—as a member of the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC) during the 1948 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the VSAC. The team's captains were A. Varallo and B. Nesbitt.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | Southeast Missouri State* | W 20–7 | 2,500 | [2][3] | ||
October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Maryville (TN)* | Maryville, TN | W 13–12 | [4][5] | |
October 7 | at Union (TN) |
| W 13–9 | [6] | ||
October 15 | 8:00 p.m. | Arkansas State* |
| W 14–7 | [7][8] | |
October 21 | Milligan |
| L 0–7 | [9][10] | ||
October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at East Tennessee State* |
| L 0–2 | 3,000 | [11][12] |
November 6 | 8:00 p.m. | at Memphis State* | L 0–13 | 2,694 | [13][14][15] | |
November 11 | Murray State* |
| L 12–26 | [16][17] | ||
November 18 | Cumberland (TN) |
| W 13–0 | [18][19] | ||
November 25 | at Tennessee Tech |
| L 7–32 | 7,000 | [20] | |
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