2006 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Meineke Car Care Bowl, L 24–25 vs. Boston College | |
Conference | Independent |
Record | 9–4 |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Triple option |
Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (5th season) |
MVP | David Mahoney |
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Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
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No. 17 Notre Dame % | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Paul Johnson.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 5:30 p.m. | East Carolina | CSTV | W 28–23 | 33,809 | |
September 9 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 9 (FCS) UMass |
| CSTV | W 21–20 | 30,117 |
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Stanford | FSNBA | W 37–9 | 44,022 | |
September 23 | 1:30 p.m. | Tulsa |
| CSTV | L 23–24 OT | 31,604 |
September 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at Connecticut | ESPN+ | W 41–17 | 40,000 | |
October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Air Force | CSTV | W 24–17 | 45,246 | |
October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 24 Rutgers |
| CSTV | L 0–34 | 36,918 |
October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 11 Notre Dame | CBS | L 14–38 | 71,851 | |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Duke | W 38–13 | 17,782 | ||
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan | W 49–21 | 15,816 | ||
November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Temple |
| CSTV | W 42–6 | 33,927 |
December 2 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Army | CBS | W 26–14 | 69,943 | |
December 30 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 23 Boston College | ESPN | L 24–25 | 52,303 | |
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