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American college football season
The 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented
Middle Tennessee State University as member of the
Sun Belt Conference during the
2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach
Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with
Troy. Middle Tennessee was invited to the
Motor City Bowl, the program's first
bowl game at the
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, where they lost to
Central Michigan. The team played home games at
Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. |
Florida International | |
ESPN+ | W 7–6 | 20,058 |
September 9 | 5:00 p.m. | at
Maryland* | | | L 10–24 | 47,704 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. |
Tennessee Tech* | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
|
ESPNU | W 44–0 | 20,806 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 17
Oklahoma* | | | L 0–59 | 84,326 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at
North Texas | | ESPN+ | W 35–0 | 16,986 |
October 6 | 7:00 p.m | No. 8
Louisville* | |
ESPN2 | L 17–44 | 32,797 |
October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at
Louisiana–Monroe | | | W 35–21 | 11,717 |
October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at
Louisiana–Lafayette | | | W 34–20 | 22,093 |
November 4 | 2:30 p.m. |
Florida Atlantic | - Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
|
CSS | W 35–14 | 18,712 |
November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | at
Arkansas State | | | W 38–10 | 10,176 |
November 18 | 11:30 a.m. | at
South Carolina* | |
PPV | L 7–52 | 70,442 |
November 25 | 2:30 p.m. |
Troy | | CSS | L 20–21 | 17,812 |
December 26 | 6:30 p.m. | vs.
Central Michigan* | |
ESPN | L 14–31 | 54,113 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Central time
|
Starting lineup
Offense
Position
|
Number
|
Name
|
Class
|
QB
|
#17
|
Clint Marks
|
r-Sr.
|
TB
|
#20
|
Eugene Gross
|
r-Sr.
|
FB
|
#38
|
Hunter Birtsch
|
r-Jr.
|
TE
|
#80
|
Clinton Corder
|
r-Jr.
|
TE
|
#85
|
Stephen Chicola
|
Jr.
|
WR
|
#87
|
Bobby Williams
|
So.
|
WR
|
#13
|
Taron Henry
|
r-Jr.
|
WR
|
#83
|
Jonathan Grigsby
|
r-Jr.
|
LT
|
#54
|
Franklin Dunbar
|
r-So.
|
LG
|
#79
|
Brandon Nix
|
Jr.
|
C
|
#50
|
Paul Cantrell
|
r-Sr.
|
RG
|
#77
|
David Price
|
r-So.
|
RT
|
#73
|
Germayle Franklin
|
r-Sr.
|
Defense
Position
|
Number
|
Name
|
Class
|
LE
|
#13
|
Tavares Jones
|
Jr.
|
LT
|
#97
|
Trevor Jenkins
|
So.
|
RT
|
#56
|
Wes Hofacker
|
r-So.
|
RE
|
#45
|
Sean Mosley
|
r-Jr.
|
SLB
|
#39
|
Marcus Brandon
|
r-Sr.
|
MLB
|
#1
|
Justin Rainey
|
r-Sr.
|
WLB
|
#25
|
J.K. Sabb
|
Sr.
|
LCB
|
#24
|
Bradley Robinson
|
r-Jr.
|
RCB
|
#27
|
Regie Doucet
|
Sr.
|
FS
|
#5
|
Damon Nickson
|
Jr.
|
SS
|
#8
|
Kent Wilson
|
So.
|
Special teams
Position
|
Number
|
Name
|
Class
|
K
|
#46
|
Colby Smith
|
r-Sr.
|
KR
|
#22
|
DeMarco McNair
|
r-Jr.
|
KR
|
#2
|
Desmond Gee
|
Fr.
|
P
|
#46
|
Colby Smith
|
r-Sr.
|
PR
|
#24
|
Bradley Robinson
|
r-Jr.
|
* Note: r before the class year means that the player has used a
redshirt year.
Game summaries
FIU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
FIU
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
Middle Tennessee
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Maryland
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Maryland
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Tennessee Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tennessee Tech
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Middle Tennessee
|
3
|
0
|
20
|
21 |
44 |
Oklahoma
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Oklahoma
|
24
|
21
|
7
|
7 |
59 |
North Texas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
North Texas
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Louisville
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Louisville
|
10
|
13
|
7
|
14 |
44 |
Middle Tennessee
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Louisiana–Monroe
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
LA-Monroe
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Louisiana–Lafayette
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
LA-Lafayette
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Florida Atlantic
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
FAU
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Arkansas State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
A-State
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
South Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
South Carolina
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Troy
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Troy
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Motor City Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Central Michigan
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
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