2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division.^[1] Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	3–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Ellis Johnson (3rd season)
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

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	No. 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 No. 9 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	LFS	L 17–48	91,960
October 7	1:30 pm	No. 4 West Virginia*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	PPV	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	No. 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 prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Alabama

Mississippi State at Alabama

Team	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