2006 Troy Trojans football team
The 2006 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. This was the Trojans first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference only two years prior in 2004. The team finished the regular season with an 8–5 overall record, going 6–1 in conference play. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they played Conference USA's Rice, routing the Owls by a score of 41–17.
2006 Troy Trojans football | |
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Sun Belt co-champion New Orleans Bowl champion | |
New Orleans Bowl, W 41–17 vs. Rice | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
2006 record | 8–5 (6–1 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Tony Franklin (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Air Raid |
Defensive coordinator | Jeremy Rowell (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Movie Gallery Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) |
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | Alabama State* | W 38–0 | 26,265 | ||
September 9 | at No. 9 Florida State* | Sun Sports | L 17–24 | 77,217 | |
September 16 | at Georgia Tech* | L 20–35 | 45,637 | ||
September 24 | at No. 23 Nebraska* | L 0–56 | 84,799 | ||
September 30 | at UAB* | L 3–21 | 32,818 | ||
October 14 | Louisiana–Monroe |
| W 24–19 | 19,415 | |
October 28 | North Texas |
| W 14–6 | 17,795 | |
November 4 | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| ESPN+ | W 42-28 | 20,111 |
November 11 | Florida Atlantic | W 24–17 | 12,340 | ||
November 18 | Arkansas State |
| L 26–33 | 20,462 | |
November 25 | at Middle Tennessee | ESPN+ | W 21–20 | 17,812 | |
December 2 | at FIU | W 26–13 | 15,023 | ||
December 22 | vs. Rice | ESPN2 | W 41–17 | 24,791 | |
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References
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