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
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*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - 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
Alabama
Mississippi State at Alabama
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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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