Blue Raiders ready for showdown with first place Flames

Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

11/13/2026 11:00:00 AM | Football

» Saturday, Nov. 14 - 2:32 p.m. CT

» Williams Stadium

» Lynchburg, VA

» The Blue Raiders and Flames have met four times on the football field and the series is led by Liberty 3-1. The teams first met in 1982 when they were called Liberty Baptist and MTSU won that game, 27-7. Both teams were I-AA members in the 1982 contest. The two teams met in 2021 at Liberty in a non-conference game with the Flames winning, 41-13. The meeting in 2023 was the first as conference foes and the Blue Raiders fell just short, 42-35 before losing to the Flames in 2024, 37-17.

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