Murray State University Athletics
Murray State Football Announces 2006 Football Schedule
5/3/2006 5:00:00 AM | Football
Murray State Football released its 2006 schedule Wednesday. The 11 game slate includes five home games with the first coming Sep. 23 when the Racers host Illinois State at 6 p.m., beginning the 33rd season of collegiate football at MSU's Roy Stewart Stadium.
Included in the home portion of the schedule are late season league games with SE Missouri State and Tennessee-Martin.
The Racers open the season with Big 12 Conference opponent
The Racers get an early start the Ohio Valley Conference season when they play at the Coliseum in
After a road contest Sep. 16 at
Sep. 30, the Racers are at home against Tennessee Tech for a
The Racers only Thursday game this season is Oct. 5 when they travel to
The Racers 74th homecoming contest is Oct. 14 when MSU hosts Samford at
The Racers have a road game at
MSU travels to
Murray State Head Coach Matt Griffin knows his team has one of the toughest schedules in the nation.
“That start with three on the road at
“I think we have a good home schedule for our fans and some very tough teams coming in.”
MSU Athletics Director Allen Ward said the 2006 schedule is a challenge. “It's probably the best schedule the Racers have played in a long time. I wish we would have had a little more control over the make-up of the schedule, but unfortunately, we didn't.”
“I hope our future schedules are more balanced during the early part of the season,” Ward added.
2006
September 2 at
September 9 at
September 16 at
September 23
September 30
October 5 at
October 14 Samford
October 21 at
October 28 SEMO
November 4 at
November 18 UT-Martin
