# 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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 | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | ESPN+ | W 7–6 | 20,058 |
| September 9 | 5:00 p.m. | at Maryland* | Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD | | L 10–24 | 47,704 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | ESPNU | W 44–0 | 20,806 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Oklahoma* | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | | L 0–59 | 84,326 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Texas | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | ESPN+ | W 35–0 | 16,986 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m | No. 8 Louisville* | LP FieldNashville, TN | ESPN2 | L 17–44 | 32,797 |
| October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone StadiumMonroe, LA | | W 35–21 | 11,717 |
| October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | | W 34–20 | 22,093 |
| November 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | CSS | W 35–14 | 18,712 |
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State | Indian StadiumJonesboro, AR | | W 38–10 | 10,176 |
| November 18 | 11:30 a.m. | at South Carolina* | Williams–Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | PPV | L 7–52 | 70,442 |
| November 25 | 2:30 p.m. | Troy | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN (Battle for the Palladium) | CSS | L 20–21 | 17,812 |
| December 26 | 6:30 p.m. | vs. Central Michigan* | Ford FieldDetroit, MI (Motor City Bowl) | ESPN | L 14–31 | 54,113 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll 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. |
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## 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 |