1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1987 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	6–5 (4–2 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (9th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

1987 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Eastern Kentucky +^	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Youngstown State +^	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Murray State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee Tech	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Morehead State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Austin Peay	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Tennessee State*		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 55–19	30,827
September 19	at Georgia Southern*	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 13–17	4,527
September 26	at Western Kentucky*	No. 12	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY (rivalry)	L 16–28	16,500
October 3	Austin Peay		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 38–16	11,500
October 10	vs. Mississippi Valley State*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	W 38–7	2,547
October 17	No. 4 Eastern Kentucky	No. 20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 17–16	11,000
October 25	Winston-Salem State*	No. 15	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 8–11	8,000
October 31	Youngstown State	No. T–20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 16–17	13,400
November 7	at Morehead State		Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 3–7
November 14	Murray State		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 27–9
November 21	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 17–13	8,570
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game