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 NCAA College Division 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.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Austin Peay*	Clarksville Municipal Stadium Clarksville, TN	W 40–7	5,000
September 23	at Morehead State	Morehead, KY	W 19–14	3,000
September 30	Western Kentucky	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN (rivalry)	W 14–6	6,500–7,000	[2]
October 7	at Eastern Kentucky	Richmond, KY	W 22–15	5,000
October 14	Pensacola Navy*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–12	6,500
October 21	Chattanooga*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 12–25	7,000	[3]
October 28	at Florence State*	Florence, AL	W 13–3	3,000
November 4	at Murray State	Cutchin Stadium Murray, KY	W 27–18	8,000
November 11	East Tennessee State	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 27–0	4,500
November 23	Tennessee Tech	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 6–7	9,000
December 29	vs. Lamar Tech*	Tangerine Bowl Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 14–21	6,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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