2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Sylvester Croom. The Bulldogs played their home games in 2006 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi

2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record3–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWoody McCorvey (3rd season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorEllis Johnson (3rd season)
Home stadiumDavis Wade Stadium (55,082)
2006 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#  7 –1   13 –1  
No. 25 Tennessee  5 –3   9 –4  
Kentucky  4 –4   8 –5  
No. 23 Georgia  4 –4   9 –4  
South Carolina  3 –5   8 –5  
Vanderbilt  1 –7   4 –8  
Western Division
No. 15 Arkansas x  7 –1   10 –4  
No. 9 Auburn  6 –2   11 –2  
No. 3 LSU  %  6 –2   11 –2  
Alabama  2 –6   6 –7  
Ole Miss  2 –6   4 –8  
Mississippi State  1 –7   3 –9  
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6).
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmSouth Carolina
ESPNL 0–1550,277
September 911:30 amNo. 4 Auburn
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
LFSL 0–3443,640
September 166:00 pmTulane*
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
L 29–3238,130
September 236:00 pmat UAB*
W 16–1036,104
September 3011:30 amat No. 9 LSU
LFSL 17–4891,960
October 71:30 pmNo. 4 West Virginia*
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
PPVL 14–4240,327
October 141:30 pmJacksonville State*dagger
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
W 35–338,635
October 2112:00 pmat Georgia
L 24–2792,746
October 281:30 pmKentucky
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
L 31–3437,834
November 411:30 amat Alabama
LFSW 24–1692,138
November 181:30 pmNo. 5 Arkansas
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
L 14–2841,845
November 251:00 pmat Ole Miss
L 17–2057,658
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Alabama
Mississippi State at Alabama
1 234Total
• Mississippi St 7 1700 24
Alabama 3 760 16
Scoring summary
19:52ALAJamie Christensen 19 yard field goalALA 3-0
16:34MSSTTony Burks 25 yard pass from Michael Henig (Adam Carlson kick)MSST 7-3
214:14MSSTAdam Carlson 39 yard field goalMSST 10-3
211:30ALAJeffrey Dukes 24 yard interception return (Jamie Christensen kick)Tied 10-10
28:04MSSTJamayel Smith 13 yard pass from Michael Henig (Adam Carlson kick)MSST 17-10
22:51MSSTQuinton Culbertson 21 yard interception return (Adam Carlson kick)MSST 24-10
37:17ALAJamie Christensen 26 yard field goalMSST 24-13
31:47ALAJamie Christensen 31 yard field goalMSST 24-16

References
  1. Football - 2006 Schedule
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