2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Sun Belt co-champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record7–6 (6–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorG. A. Mangus (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorManny Diaz (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.Florida International
ESPN+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, TN
ESPNUW 44–020,806
September 236:00 p.m.at No. 17 Oklahoma*
L 0–5984,326
September 306:00 p.m.at North Texas
ESPN+W 35–016,986
October 67:00 p.mNo. 8 Louisville*
ESPN2L 17–4432,797
October 216:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Monroe
W 35–2111,717
October 284:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette
W 34–2022,093
November 42:30 p.m.Florida Atlanticdagger
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
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
CSSL 20–2117,812
December 266:30 p.m.vs. Central Michigan*
ESPNL 14–3154,113
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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

References


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