2006 McNeese State Cowboys football team

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2006 McNeese State Cowboys football
Southland champion
Conference Southland Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 21
Record7–5 (5–1 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Matt Viator (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBen Norton (1st season)
Home stadium Cowboy Stadium
Seasons
←  2005
2007  →
2006 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 McNeese State $^  5 –1   7 –5  
Sam Houston State  4 –2   6 –5  
Stephen F. Austin  4 –2   4 –7  
Texas State  3 –3   5 –6  
Nicholls State  2 –4   4 –7  
Northwestern State  2 –4   4 –7  
Southeastern Louisiana  1 –5   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 McNeese State Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference (Southland) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their seventh year under head coach Tommy Tate, the team compiled an overall record of 7–5, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as Southland champion. The Cowboys advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs and lost to Montana in the first round.

After a 1–4 start to the season, Tate was fired as head coach and replaced with Matt Viator as interim head coach. [1] After a 5–1 start as interim head coach, on November 13 Viator was named as permanent head coach of the Cowboys. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at South Florida *No. 11
L 10–4126,351 [3]
September 9 West Virginia Tech *No. 16
W 76–012,127
September 23at Toledo *No. 13
L 7–4120,057 [4]
September 30 South Dakota State *No. 16
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 17–2010,400 [5]
October 7 Southern Utah *
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 30–279,450 [6]
October 14 Texas State
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 17–2711,640 [7]
October 21at Stephen F. Austin
W 20–178,754 [8]
October 28at Sam Houston State
W 31–1810,018 [9]
November 4 Southeastern Louisiana
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 34–139,834 [10]
November 11at Northwestern State
W 29–26 OT11,218 [11]
November 18 Nicholls State
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 26–1011,842 [12]
November 25at No. 2 Montana *No. 22
L 6–3120,077 [13]

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Thomas Tate is an American football coach and athletics administrator. He is the athletic director and defensive coordinator at Opelousas Catholic School in Opelousas, Louisiana, positions he has held since 2013. Tate served as the head football coach at McNeese State University from 2000 to 2006. He compiled a record of 49–26 led the McNeese State Cowboys to three consecutive Southland Conference titles, from 2001 to 2003. Tate was given the Eddie Robinson Award in 2002 as the coach of the year in NCAA Division I-AA, when he guided the Cowboys to a 13–2 record and an appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, where his team finished as runners-up. Tate was fired in the middle of the 2006 season after the Cowboys started 1–3. He was replaced by Matt Viator, who coached McNeese to a 6–2 record the rest of the way and earned the school another Southland Conference title.

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