NFL Network comes to Floyd, all 12 Blue Raider games on TV in 2019

Jun 01, 2019 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

MTSU Blue Raider Football

Middle Tennessee will have all 12 of its games broadcast on television for the 2019 football season as announced by the Conference USA office on Thursday.

Blue Raider games will be available this fall via the NFL Network, Stadium, the Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN+, CBSSN on Facebook, and Stadium on Facebook.

Middle Tennessee opens the 2019 campaign on the road against Michigan in a game that will kick-off at 6:30 PM CT and be shown on the Big Ten Network. It will be just the sixth night game the Wolverines have had at home in the last 15 years and the first in either the month of August or September since 2013 (vs Notre Dame).

The Blue Raiders will open at home the following week against neighboring rival Tennessee State at 6 PM on ESPN3 before hosting the ACC's Duke Blue Devils on Sept. 14. The MT-Duke contest will kick-off at 6 PM and be carried by Stadium on Facebook.

MT will hit the road on Sept. 28 to take on Iowa of the Big Ten. The game will be shown on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU but a game time will be decided at a later date.

The Blue Raiders return home on Oct. 5 to host C-USA foe Marshall at 2:30 PM in a game to be aired on CBS Sports Network on Facebook. MT will then head to FAU the following week for a 3 PM kick on ESPN+.

MT will play at North Texas on Oct. 19 and that contest will begin at 3 PM on Stadium before the Blue Raiders return to Murfreesboro on Oct. 26 for Homecoming against FIU. The Blue Raiders and Panthers will be shown on the NFL Network.

The Blue Raiders will then appear on ESPN3 at Charlotte on Nov. 2 before playing Rice at home for the very first meeting on Nov. 16 in a contest shown on ESPN+. MT will close out its home season on Nov. 23 against ODU at 3:30 PM on ESPN3, then wrap up the regular season at WKU on Nov. 30 in a 1 PM kick-off on ESPN+.

The 2019 C-USA Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 7 will air on CBS Sports Network at 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. CT.

ESPN is scheduled to carry all six of C-USA's bowl games in which it has a guaranteed selection.

2019 BLUE RAIDER TV SCHEDULE (all times are central)
8/31 at Michigan (6:30 PM/BTN)
9/7 vs Tennessee State (6 PM/ESPN3)
9/14 vs Duke (6 PM/Stadium on Facebook)
9/28 at Iowa (TBA/ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
10/5 vs Marshall (2:30 PM/CBSSN on Facebook)
10/12 at FAU (3 PM/ESPN+)
10/19 at North Texas (3 PM/Stadium)
10/26 vs FIU (2:30 PM/NFL Network)
11/2 at Charlotte (2:30 PM/ESPN3)
11/16 vs Rice (3:30 PM/ESPN+)
11/23 vs ODU (3:30 PM/ESPN3)
11/30 at WKU (1 PM/ESPN+)

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