1956 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1956 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
OVC champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–3 (5–0 OVC)
Head coach
CaptainT. Sweeney, Ben Hurt
Home stadiumHorace Jones Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee $ 5 0 0 7 2 0
Murray State 4 1 0 6 4 0
Western Kentucky 2 3 0 5 4 0
Tennessee Tech 2 3 0 5 4 1
Eastern Kentucky 2 3 0 4 5 0
Morehead State 0 5 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 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 1956 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the OVC title. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Refrigerator Bowl, where they lost to Sam Houston State. The team's captains were T. Sweeney and Ben Hurt.[1]

  1. ^ "Middle Tennessee Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. 2021. p. 145. Retrieved January 18, 2022.