2006 Mississippi State

3–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Sylvester Croom. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Jacksonville State 35–⁠3Oct 14
By 32 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Aug 31	vsSouth Carolina	L 0–⁠15	42%
Sep 9	vs4Auburn	L 0–⁠34	23%
Sep 16	vsTulane	L 29–⁠32	59%
Sep 23	atUAB	W 16–⁠10	25%
Sep 30	at9LSU	L 17–⁠48	11%
Oct 7	vs4West Virginia	L 14–⁠42	18%
Oct 14	vsJacksonville State	W 35–⁠3	55%
Oct 21	atGeorgia	L 24–⁠27	15%
Oct 28	vsKentucky	L 31–⁠34	53%
Nov 4	atAlabama	W 24–⁠16	16%
Nov 18	vs5Arkansas	L 14–⁠28	26%
Nov 25	atOle Miss	L 17–⁠20	46%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record: 3–⁠9
Conference: 1–⁠7 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 221–⁠309
Coach: Sylvester Croom
Elo: 1398 −11 this season
SP+ rating: -6.7 No. 82 of 119; offense No. 98, defense No. 52, special teams No. 105
SRS: −2.9 No. 69 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class: No. 40

Offensive coordinator: Woody McCorvey
Defensive coordinator: Ellis Johnson
Offense: West Coast

How good, play by play

Offense111th of 119
Defense70th of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		-0.07	31%	1.13	111th of 119
Defense		0.06	40%	0.98	70th of 119

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		-0.2	own 30	3% allowed
Defense		-0.1	own 32	2% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2006 class

Chasman Davis OLB	★★★★	No. 160
Reggie Odom DT	★★★★	No. 234
Anthony Summers ATH	★★★★	No. 279
Marcus Washington CB	★★★	No. 992
Brandon Cooper SDE	★★★	No. 1149

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2006 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Running backs	1	2.0	0.744
Receivers	2	2.5	0.772
Offensive line	2	2.0	0.767
Defensive line	4	3.0	0.814
Linebackers	1	4.0	0.929
Defensive backs	1	3.0	0.820
Athletes and specialists	1	4.0	0.893
Whole class	12	2.8	0.810

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2007

The 2007 draft

Rd 5

Antonio Johnson DT

Tennessee Titans

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Quinton CulbersonLBAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

Titus BrownDEAP-2; Coaches-2
DelJuan RobinsonDTAP-2
Derek PeguesSCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2006 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2006 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Florida	7–⁠1	13–⁠1	1
Arkansas	7–⁠1	10–⁠4	15
LSU	6–⁠2	11–⁠2	3
Auburn	6–⁠2	11–⁠2	9
Tennessee	5–⁠3	9–⁠4	25
Georgia	4–⁠4	9–⁠4	23
Kentucky	4–⁠4	8–⁠5
South Carolina	3–⁠5	8–⁠5
Alabama	2–⁠6	6–⁠7
Ole Miss	2–⁠6	4–⁠8
Vanderbilt	1–⁠7	4–⁠8
Mississippi State	1–⁠7	3–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.