The 1959 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 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 10–0–1 with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Tennessee Tech. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they beat Presbyterian. The team's captains were B. Pitts and Brady Luckett.[1]
| 1959 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football | |
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OVC co-champion Tangerine Bowl champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, W 21–12 vs. Presbyterian | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 10–0–1 (5–0–1 OVC) |
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| Captain | B. Pitts, Brady Luckett |
| Home stadium | Horace Jones Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Middle Tennessee + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Austin Peay* | W 36–0 | ||||
| September 26 | Jacksonville State* | No. 10 | W 21–20 | [2] | ||
| October 3 | Western Kentucky | No. 12 |
| W 37–2 | ||
| October 10 | at Eastern Kentucky | No. 8 | Richmond, KY | W 14–6 | ||
| October 17 | No. 9 Chattanooga* | No. 6 |
| W 28–0 | [3] | |
| October 24 | at Morehead State | No. 5 | Morehead, KY | W 27–0 | ||
| October 31 | at Florence State* | No. 5 | Florence, AL | W 34–26 | ||
| November 7 | at Murray State | No. 5 |
| W 55–0 | ||
| November 14 | East Tennessee State | No. 4 |
| W 30–6 | ||
| November 26 | Tennessee Tech | No. 3 |
| T 21–21 | ||
| January 1, 1960 | vs. No. 18 Presbyterian* | No. 3 | W 21–12 | 12,500 | [4] | |
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