2006 North Dakota State Bison football team

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2006 North Dakota State Bison football
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Conference Great West Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 5
Record10–1 (4–0 Great West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Perles (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinatorWillie Mack Garza (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Fargodome
Seasons
←  2005
2007  →
2006 Great West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 North Dakota State $  4 –0   10 –1  
No. 22 South Dakota State  3 –1   7 –4  
No. 16 Cal Poly  2 –2   7 –4  
UC Davis  1 –3   6 –5  
Southern Utah  0 –4   3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison head coach is Craig Bohl, in his fourth season as head coach of the team. The Bison play at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. North Dakota State competes in the FCS division of college football. In 2006, the Bison finished with a record of 10–1, and were the conference champions at 4–0. [1] While being ranked #4 at the end of the year, NDSU was ineligible to make the playoffs per NCAA Division I rules which mandates a four-year probationary period for new football programs (NDSU entered DI in 2004).

The 2006 Bison team had a stout defense that held their opponents to 13.4 points per game and were ranked among the top teams to end the year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 pm Concordia–St. Paul *No. 19
W 66–715,609 [2]
September 166:15 pm Northeastern *No. 17
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Trees Bowl)
W 23–1016,134 [3]
September 226:30 pmat Ball State *No. 14
W 29–2410,285 [4]
September 306:00 pmat Stephen F. Austin *No. 11
W 17–97,349 [5]
October 71:00 pmNo. 21 Georgia Southern *No. 11
W 34–1413,892 [6]
October 141:00 pm Mississippi Valley State *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 9
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 45–016,384 [7]
October 212:30 pmat Minnesota *No. 9
L 9–1062,845 [8]
October 281:00 pmat Southern Utah No. 6
W 31–73,165 [9]
November 43:05 pmat UC Davis No. 5
W 28–245,800 [10] [11]
November 111:00 pmNo. 9 Cal Poly No. 5
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)
W 51–1414,706 [12]
November 186:00 pmNo. 19 South Dakota State No. 4
W 41–2819,053 [13]

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