2006 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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2006 Indiana Hoosiers football
Indiana Hoosiers logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bill Lynch (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBrian George (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJoe Palcic (2nd season)
MVPKellen Lewis
CaptainLance Bennett, Justin Frye, Kenny Kendal, Will Meyers
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2005
2007  
2006 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Ohio State $  8 0   12 1  
No. 8 Michigan  %  7 1   11 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin  7 1   12 1  
No. 24 Penn State  5 3   9 4  
Purdue  5 3   8 6  
Minnesota  3 5   6 7  
Indiana  3 5   5 7  
Northwestern  2 6   4 8  
Iowa  2 6   6 7  
Illinois  1 7   2 10  
Michigan State  1 7   4 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers were coached by Terry Hoeppner, who was in his final season as head coach before he died of brain cancer in mid-2007. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26:00 pm Western Michigan *W 39–2030,733
September 96:30 pmat Ball State * Comcast W 24–2323,813
September 164:00 pm Southern Illinois *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
Mediacom L 28–3531,156 [1]
September 233:30 pm Connecticut *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPN Plus L 7–1427,256
September 3012:00 pm Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPN2 L 17–5232,142
October 712:00 pmat Illinois ESPN PlusW 34–3243,006
October 1412:00 pmNo. 13 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPN2W 31–2831,392
October 2112:00 pmat No. 1 Ohio State ESPNU L 3–44105,267
October 2812:00 pm Michigan State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
ESPN PlusW 46–2136,444
November 412:00 pmat Minnesota ESPN360 L 26–6344,610
November 113:30 pmNo. 2 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPN L 3–3442,320
November 183:30 pmat Purdue ESPN Classic L 19–2862,105

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Roster

2005 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Jahkeen Gilmore Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 82 James Hardy Redshirt.svg  So
QB 12 Graeme McFarland Sr
OT 76 Rodger Saffold Fr
RB 2 Marcus Thigpen Redshirt.svg  So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 57 Jammie Kirlew Fr
LB 43 Matt Mayberry Fr
DE 98 Greg Middleton Fr
LB 34 Will Patterson Fr
CB 9 Tracy Porter Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. Marot, Michael (September 17, 2006). "IU can't win 1 for Hoeppner". The Republic . Associated Press. p. D1. Retrieved December 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Indiana Hoosiers Schedule 2006". ESPN . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. "2006 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. "2006 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 17. Retrieved January 1, 2024.