2006 McNeese State Cowboys football | |
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Southland champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 6–31 vs. Montana | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 21 |
Record | 7–5 (5–1 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Matt Viator (7th season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Ben Norton (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Jason Rollins (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Cowboy Stadium |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | at South Florida * | No. 11 | L 10–41 | 26,351 | [3] | |
September 9 | West Virginia Tech * | No. 16 | W 76–0 | 12,127 | ||
September 23 | at Toledo * | No. 13 | L 7–41 | 20,057 | [4] | |
September 30 | South Dakota State * | No. 16 |
| L 17–20 | 10,400 | [5] |
October 7 | Southern Utah * |
| W 30–27 | 9,450 | [6] | |
October 14 | Texas State |
| L 17–27 | 11,640 | [7] | |
October 21 | at Stephen F. Austin | W 20–17 | 8,754 | [8] | ||
October 28 | at Sam Houston State | W 31–18 | 10,018 | [9] | ||
November 4 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| W 34–13 | 9,834 | [10] | |
November 11 | at Northwestern State | W 29–26 OT | 11,218 | [11] | ||
November 18 | Nicholls State |
| W 26–10 | 11,842 | [12] | |
November 25 | at No. 2 Montana * | No. 22 | L 6–31 | 20,077 | [13] | |
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