2006 Towson Tigers football team

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2006 Towson Tigers football
Towson Tigers wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record7–4 (4–4 A-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnny Unitas Stadium
Seasons
 2005
2007  
2006 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 2 UMass x$^  8 0   13 2  
No. 6 New Hampshire ^  5 3   9 4  
Maine  5 3   6 5  
Northeastern  4 4   5 6  
Rhode Island  2 6   4 7  
Hofstra  1 7   2 9  
South Division
No. 9 James Madison x^  7 1   9 3  
Villanova  5 3   6 5  
Towson  4 4   7 4  
Richmond  3 5   6 5  
Delaware  3 5   5 6  
William & Mary  1 7   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Gordy Combs and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They played as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in A-10 play to finish in third place in the South division.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 2 Morgan State *W 30–2
September 9 at Elon *W 24–17
September 16 Liberty *
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
W 10–3
September 23 at Hofstra No. 21 W 33–30
October 7 Maine No. 17
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
L 7–28
October 14 No. 8 UMass No. 22
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
L 0–35
October 21 Villanova Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
W 21–13 [1]
October 28 at No. 25 Delaware W 49–35
November 4 William & Mary No. 21
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
L 28–29
November 11 at No. 25 Richmond W 31–7
November 18 No. 7 James Madison No. 24
  • Johnny Unitas Stadium
  • Towson, MD
L 3–38

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  2. "2006 Football Schedule". Towson University Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2018.