| 2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football | |||
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| NAIA Champions GPAC Champions |
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| NAIA Championship vs. #1 St. Francis, W 23–19 | |||
| Conference | Great Plains Athletic Conference | ||
| 2006 record | 14-0 (10-0 GPAC) | ||
| Head coach | Kalen DeBoer | ||
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The 2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2006 football season. The Cougars won the NAIA football championship with a 23-19 victory over the #1 ranked St. Francis Cougars. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship with a perfect 10-0 record. This was the school's second championship (1996). The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | ||
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| September 2 | Concorida (NE) | W 49-7 | ||||||
| September 9 | at Hastings | W 32-0 | ||||||
| September 16 | Briar Cliff | W 41-0 | ||||||
| September 23 | at Dana | W 51-17 | ||||||
| September 30 | Midland University | W 50-3 | ||||||
| October 7 | #5 Northwestern | W 17-14 | ||||||
| October 14 | #12 Morningside | W 24-0 | ||||||
| October 21 | at Doane | W 51-7 | ||||||
| October 28 | #23 Nebraska Wesleyan | W 52-0 | ||||||
| November 4 | at Dakota Wesleyan | W 41-0 | ||||||
| November 18 | #15 Jamestown* | (NAIA first round) | W 48-10 | |||||
| November 25 | #13 Morningside* | (NAIA quarterfinals) | W 37-7 | |||||
| December 2 | #5 Missouri Valley* | (NAIA semifinals) | W 25-18 | |||||
| December 16 | #1 St. Francis* | (NAIA championship) | W 23-19 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. | ||||||||
USF would start the season ranked #3 and would rise to #2 prior to the game against Dakota Wesleyan. They would stay ranked #2 through the championship series.
1. Head Coach Kalen DeBoer was a wide receiver on the 1996 championship team.[2]
2. Quarterback Chad Cavender would be named the NAIA Player of the Year following the 2007 season.[3]
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