2006 Grand Valley State Lakers football team

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2006 Grand Valley State Lakers football
Grand Valley State Lakers logo.svg
NCAA Division II champion
GLIAC champion
Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record15–0 (10–0 GLIAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Lubbers Stadium
Seasons
  2005
2007 
2006 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Grand Valley State $^  10 0   15 0  
No. 18 Northwood ^  8 2   8 3  
Ferris State  7 3   8 3  
Michigan Tech  6 4   6 4  
Saginaw Valley State  6 4   6 4  
Wayne State (MI)  6 4   6 5  
Indianapolis  5 5   6 5  
Hillsdale  5 5   5 6  
Ashland  4 6   4 6  
Mercyhurst  3 7   3 7  
Northern Michigan  3 7   3 7  
Findlay  1 9   2 9  
Gannon  1 9   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2006 Grand Valley State Lakers football team was an American football team that won the 2006 NCAA Division II national championship.

The team represented Grand Valley State University in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2006 NCAA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Chuck Martin, the Lakers compiled a perfect 15–0 record (10–0 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 533 to 233, and won the GLIAC championship. [1]

The team advanced to the playoffs and won the national championship by defeating Northwest Missouri State in the championship game. The championship was the second in a row for Grand Valley and the fourth in five years.

The team played its home games at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at Findlay Findlay, OH W 13–0
September 9 Ashland W 30–24
September 16at St. Joseph's (IN)* Rennselaer, IN W 31–6
September 21 Michigan Tech
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 41–20
September 30at Wayne State (MI) Detroit, MI W 36–13
October 7 Mercyhurst
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 49–17
October 14 Indianapolis
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 33–7
October 21 Northwood
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 45–7
October 28at Ferris State Big Rapids, MI W 28–6
November 4 Saginaw Valley State
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 49–35
November 11at Northern Michigan Marquette, MI W 47–17
November 25 South Dakota *
W 35–17
December 2 North Dakota *
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI (NCAA Division II quarterfinal)
W 30–20
December 9 Delta State *
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, M (NCAA Division II semifinal)I
W 49–30
December 16vs. Northwest Missouri State *W 17–147,437
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Grand Valley State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2021.