1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1979 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	1–9 (1–5 OVC)
Head coach	Boots Donnelly (1st season)
Home stadium	Horace Jones Field

1979 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Murray State $^	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Western Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Austin Peay	2	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Tennessee Tech	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	8	–	2
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	North Alabama*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 17–20
September 15	at Tennessee–Martin*	Pacer Stadium Martin, TN	L 23–31
September 22	at Morehead State	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 7–28
October 6	No. T–7 Eastern Kentucky	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 10–52
October 13	Murray State	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 8–29
October 20	at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 15–59	10,000
October 27	at Austin Peay	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 14–31
November 3	Western Kentucky	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 12–17	8,000
November 10	at East Tennessee State*	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 14–52	10,027
November 17	Tennessee Tech	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 17–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game