Floyd Stadium, home of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders is the oldest
stadium in the Sun Belt conference. In the early 1930s a new stadium
was constructed for the football program at the university. The Blue
Raiders debuted at their new stadium in 1933. I was
originally known as Horace Jones Field, after Horace Jones, a
prominent member of the Middle Tennessee athletic department.
Although the stadium has a small capacity today, it
has been enlarged several times. Expansions occurred in both 1950 and
1968 increasing the seating capacity to 15,000. In November 1979, the
stadium was renamed after legendary coach Johnny Red Floyd. By the mid
1990s Floyd Stadium began showing its age. In 1997 and the following
year, the stadium was rebuilt. The Blue Raiders debuted at the rebuilt
Floyd Stadium on September 5, 1998 against Tennessee State. Today, the
stadium has a seating capacity of 31,000. It has an upper deck on the
north and east sides, and contains 28 luxury suites.
-9/2 - MINNESOTA
-9/11 - AUSTIN PEAY
-9/18 - at Memphis
-9/25 - at Louisiana
-10/5 - TROY
-10/16 - at Georgia Tech
-10/23 - ULM
-11/2 - at Arkansas State
-11/13 - NORTH TEXAS
-11/20 - at Western Kentucky
-11/27 - FLORIDA ATLANTIC
-12/4 - at Florida International
Famous Players:
Tyrone Calico, Dwone Hicks, Kelly Holcomb, Marty Carter, Dwight
Stone School Traditions: Lightning the Mascot
PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE AND FLOYD
STADIUM
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