1961 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

1961 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Tangerine Bowl, L 14–21 vs. Lamar Tech
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–4 (5–1 OVC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Don Faulk
  • Jerry Pearson
Home stadiumHorace Jones Field
1961 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tennessee Tech $ 6 0 07 3 0
Middle Tennessee 5 1 07 3 0
Western Kentucky 4 2 06 3 0
Eastern Kentucky 3 3 04 5 0
Murray State 2 4 04 6 0
East Tennessee State 1 5 03 7 0
Morehead State 0 6 01 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1961 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 1961 college football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Charles M. Murphy, the Blue Raiders compiled a record an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. Middle Tennessee was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to Lamar Tech. The team's captains were Don Faulk and Jerry Pearson.