2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
Record	5–7 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Mark Snyder (2nd season)
Home stadium	Joan C. Edwards Stadium
Seasons ←  2005 2007  →

2006 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2					9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2					7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Conference USA, and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:30 pm	at No. 5 West Virginia *	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Friends of Coal Bowl)	ESPN+	L 10–42	61,077
September 9	4:30 pm	Hofstra *	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		W 54–31	26,861
September 16	12:30 pm	at Kansas State *	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 7–23	46,488
September 23	4:00 pm	at No. 15 Tennessee *	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	WOWK	L 7–33	104,818
October 4	7:30 pm	UCF	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN2	L 22–23	27,572
October 14	3:00 pm	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	WOWK	L 21–31	14,032
October 21	7:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	WOWK	W 31–24	12,344
October 28	4:30 pm	Memphis	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	WOWK	W 41–27	29,204
November 4	7:30 pm	Tulane	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CSTV	W 42–21	25,128
November 11	1:00 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)	WSAZ	L 20–33	41,372
November 18	4:30 pm	UTEP	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		W 49–21	20,783
November 25	7:30 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	L 7–42	28,736
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time