2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
2006 record	3–9 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Ellis Johnson
Base defense	4-3/Multiple Front
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium (55,082)
Seasons

2006 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x†		7	–	1					13	–	1
#25 Tennessee		5	–	3					9	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					8	–	5
#23 Georgia		4	–	4					9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					4	–	8
Western Division
#15 Arkansas x		7	–	1					10	–	4
#9 Auburn		5	–	3					10	–	3
#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 representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Alabama finished the season with an overall record of 6–7 (2–6 in conference) but had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6 in conference). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2006 college 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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	South Carolina	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN	L 0–15	50,277
September 9	11:30 AM	#4 Auburn	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	LFS	L 0–34	43,640
September 16*	6:00 PM	Tulane	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		L 29–32	38,130
September 23*	6:00 PM	at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 16–10	36,104
September 30	11:30 AM	at #9 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LFS	L 17–48	91,960
October 7*	1:30 PM	#4 West Virginia	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		L 14–42	40,327
October 14*†	1:30 PM	Jacksonville State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		W 35–3	38,635
October 21	12:00 PM	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 24–27	92,746
October 28	1:30 PM	Kentucky	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		L 31–34	37,834
November 4	11:30 AM	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)	LFS	W 24–16	92,138
November 18	1:30 PM	#5 Arkansas	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		L 14–28	41,845
November 25	1:00 PM	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 17–20	57,658
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

Alabama

Mississippi State at Alabama

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Mississippi St 7 17 0 0 24 Alabama 3 7 6 0 16 Date: November 4 Location: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Game start: 12:30 p.m. EST Source: ESPN Scoring summary 1 9:52 ALA Jamie Christensen 19 yard field goal ALA 3-0 1 6:34 MSST Tony Burks 25 yard pass from Michael Henig (Adam Carlson kick) MSST 7-3 2 14:14 MSST Adam Carlson 39 yard field goal MSST 10-3 2 11:30 ALA Jeffrey Dukes 24 yard interception return (Jamie Christensen kick) Tied 10-10 2 8:04 MSST Jamayel Smith 13 yard pass from Michael Henig (Adam Carlson kick) MSST 17-10 2 2:51 MSST Quinton Culbertson 21 yard interception return (Adam Carlson kick) MSST 24-10 3 7:17 ALA Jamie Christensen 26 yard field goal MSST 24-13 3 1:47 ALA Jamie Christensen 31 yard field goal MSST 24-16