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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 August 31 6:00 p.m. Florida International ESPN+ W 7–620,058
September 9 5:00 p.m. at Maryland * L 10–2447,704
September 14 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech * Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPNU W 44–020,806
September 23 6:00 p.m. at No. 17 Oklahoma * L 0–5984,326
September 30 6:00 p.m. at North Texas ESPN+ W 35–016,986
October 6 7:00 p.m No. 8 Louisville * ESPN2 L 17–4432,797
October 21 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Monroe W 35–2111,717
October 28 4:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Lafayette W 34–2022,093
November 4 2:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN CSS W 35–1418,712
November 11 4:00 p.m. at Arkansas State W 38–1010,176
November 18 11:30 a.m. at South Carolina * PPV L 7–5270,442
November 25 2:30 p.m. Troy CSS L 20–2117,812
December 26 6:30 p.m. vs. Central Michigan * ESPN L 14–3154,113
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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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