| 2006 Williams Ephs football | |
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NESCAC champion Little Three champion | |
| Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference, Little Three Conference |
| Record | 8–0 (8–0 NESCAC, 2–0 Little Three) |
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| Home stadium | Weston Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams $ | 8 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 7 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middlebury | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowdoin | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colby | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bates | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 Williams Ephs football team was an American football team that represented Williams College as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Little Three Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division III football season. In their third year under head coach Mike Whalen, [1] the Ephs compiled an 8–0 record, won the NESCAC and Little Three championships, and outscored opponents by a total of 276 to 74. [2]
The team played its home games at Weston Field in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | Bowdoin | W 27–0 | |||||
| September 30 | Trinity (CT) |
| W 41–16 | ||||
| October 7 | at Bates | Lewiston, ME | W 27–7 | ||||
| October 14 | Middlebury |
| W 40–9 | ||||
| October 21 | at Tufts | Medford, MA | W 38–14 | ||||
| October 28 | at Hamilton | Clinton, NY | W 15–0 | ||||
| November 4 | Wesleyan  |
| W 51–21 | [3] | |||
| November 11 | at Amherst |
| W 37–7 | 6,000 | [4] | ||
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The New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eleven highly selective liberal arts institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The eleven institutions are Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Connecticut College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, Tufts University, Trinity College, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.
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