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2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2006
team	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
sport	football
conference	Sun Belt Conference
short_conf	Sun Belt
record	7–6
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	Rick Stockstill
hc_year	1st
off_coach	G. A. Mangus
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Multiple
def_coach	Manny Diaz
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
champion	Sun Belt co-champion
bowl	[Motor City Bowl](2006-motor-city-bowl)
bowl_result	L 14–31 vs. [Central Michigan](2006-central-michigan-chippewas-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.

On December 12, 2005, Stockstill was hired as the new head football coach.

Schedule

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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

Maryland

Tennessee Tech

Oklahoma

North Texas

Louisville

Louisiana–Monroe

Louisiana–Lafayette

Florida Atlantic

Arkansas State

South Carolina

Troy

Motor City Bowl

References

Dooley, Pat. (December 12, 2005). "Stockstill tapped as MTSU coach". [[The Gainesville Sun]].

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