1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (8th season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (capacity: 30,788)

1986 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Murray State $^	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Akron	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Austin Peay	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Youngstown State	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Tennessee Tech	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
August 30	Miles*	No. 4	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 47–0
September 6	vs. Tennessee State*	No. 4	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 6-7
September 20	No. 4 Georgia Southern*	No. 17	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 31–34
September 27	at Eastern Kentucky		Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 3–28
October 4	at Austin Peay		Clarksville Municipal Stadium Clarksville, TN	L 0–7 OT
October 11	Akron		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 24–12
October 18	at Southwest Missouri State*		Briggs Stadium Springfield, M0	W 42–19
October 25	at Youngstown State		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	W 49–14
November 8	Morehead State		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 24–7
November 15	at Murray State		Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 7–21
November 22	Tennessee Tech		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 21–6
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game