American college football season
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. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 pm | South Carolina | | 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* | | | W 16–10 | 36,104 |
September 30 | 11:30 am | at No. 9 LSU | | 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 | | | 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 | | 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 | | | 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[edit]
Alabama[edit]
Mississippi State at Alabama | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Mississippi St | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Alabama | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 | |
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