2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

American college football season November 2025 February 2026 August 2023 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 7–6 6–1 Rick Stockstill 1st G. A. Mangus 1st Multiple Manny Diaz 1st 4–3 Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Sun Belt co-champion Motor City Bowl L 14–31 vs. Central Michigan 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. On December 12, 2005, Stockstill was hired as the new head football coach.https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2005/12/13/stockstill-tapped-as-mtsu-coach/31469023007/ Stockstill tapped as MTSU coach The Gainesville Sun Pat Dooley December 12, 2005 November 9, 2025 Schedule 2006 AP Central August 31 6:00 p.m. w Florida International Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN+ 7–6 20,058 September 9 5:00 p.m. l y y Maryland Byrd Stadium College Park, MD 10–24 47,704 September 14 6:00 p.m. w y 2006 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPNU 44–0 20,806 September 23 6:00 p.m. l y y Oklahoma 17 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK 0–59 84,326 September 30 6:00 p.m. w y North Texas Fouts Field Denton, TX ESPN+ 35–0 16,986 October 6 7:00 p.m l y Louisville 8 LP Field Nashville, TN ESPN2 17–44 32,797 October 21 6:00 p.m. w y Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe, LA 35–21 11,717 October 28 4:00 p.m. w y Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 34–20 22,093 November 4 2:30 p.m. w y Florida Atlantic Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN CSS 35–14 18,712 November 11 4:00 p.m. w y Arkansas State Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR 38–10 10,176 November 18 11:30 a.m. l y y South Carolina Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC PPV 7–52 70,442 November 25 2:30 p.m. l Troy Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN Battle for the Palladium CSS 20–21 17,812 December 26 6:30 p.m. l y y Central Michigan Ford Field Detroit, MI ESPN Motor City Bowl 14–31 54,113 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 FIU 6 0 0 0 6 Middle Tennessee 0 7 0 0 7 Maryland Middle Tennessee 3 0 7 0 10 Maryland 10 7 7 0 24 Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Middle Tennessee 3 0 20 21 44 Oklahoma Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma 24 21 7 7 59 North Texas Middle Tennessee 14 7 7 7 35 North Texas 0 0 0 0 0 Louisville Louisville 10 13 7 14 44 Middle Tennessee 10 0 0 7 17 Louisiana–Monroe Middle Tennessee LA-Monroe Louisiana–Lafayette Middle Tennessee LA-Lafayette Florida Atlantic FAU Middle Tennessee Arkansas State Middle Tennessee A-State South Carolina Middle Tennessee South Carolina Troy Troy Middle Tennessee Motor City Bowl Central Michigan Middle Tennessee References Middle Tennessee Category:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football seasons Category:Sun Belt Conference football champion seasons Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football