2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Middle Tennessee MT Logomark.svg
Sun Belt co-champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2006 record7–6 (6–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorG. A. Mangus (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorManny Diaz (1st season)
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 30,788)
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 1     8 5  
Middle Tennessee +   6 1     7 6  
Arkansas State   4 3     6 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 3     5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 4     6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 4     4 8  
North Texas   2 5     3 9  
FIU   0 7     0 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Middle Tennessee entered the 2006 season coming off a losing 4–7 record (3–4 SBC) in 2005, which saw the dismissal of head coach Andy McCollum. The team's new head coach was Rick Stockstill. The Blue Raiders played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium and compete in the Sun Belt Conference.

The 2006 season saw a new coaching staff turn the Blue Raiders around from the losing record of the previous year, adding 3 wins to the total of the previous season. Also, that season saw the Blue Raiders play in their first bowl game, the Motor City Bowl, in the division I-A/FBS era.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.Florida InternationalESPN+W 7–620,058
September 95:00 p.m.at Maryland*L 10–2447,704
September 146:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech*
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
ESPNUW 44–020,806
September 236:00 p.m.at No. 16 Oklahoma*L 0–5984,326
September 306:00 p.m.at North TexasESPN+W 35–016,986
October 67:00 p.mNo. 8 Louisville*ESPN2L 17–4432,797
October 216:00 p.m.at UL-Monroe
W 35–2111,717
October 284:00 p.m.at UL-LafayetteW 34–2022,093
November 42:30 p.m.Florida Atlanticdagger
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
CSSW 35–1418,712
November 114:00 p.m.at Arkansas State
W 38–1010,176
November 1811:30 a.m.at South Carolina*
PPVL 7–5270,442
November 252:30 p.m.Troy
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Battle for the Palladium)
CSSL 20–2117,812
December 266:30 p.m.vs. Central Michigan*ESPNL 14–3154,113
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' 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

References[]

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