2006 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
2006 Cincinnati Bearcats football | |
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International Bowl Champions | |
Conference | Big East |
2006 record | 8–5 (4–3 Big East) |
Head coach |
Mark Dantonio Brian Kelly (International Bowl) |
Home stadium |
Nippert Stadium (Capacity: 35,097) |
2006 Big East football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#6 Louisville † | 6 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 West Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#12 Rutgers | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2006 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by Mark Dantonio, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1923. This was Dantonio's last season with the Bearcats as he became head coach of Michigan State.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 2 | 7:30 PM | Eastern Kentucky* | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 31–0 | 18,792 | |||
September 8 | 8:00 PM | Pittsburgh | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (River City Rivalry) | ESPN2 | L 15–33 | 20,611 | ||
September 16 | 12:00 PM | at #1 Ohio State* | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | ESPN+ | L 7–37 | 105,037 | ||
September 23 | 12:00 PM | at #11 Virginia Tech* | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPNU | L 13–29 | 66,233 | ||
September 30 | 3:30 PM | Miami (OH)* | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell) | W 24–10 | 21,248 | |||
October 7 | 3:30 PM | Akron* | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | ESPN360 | W 20–14 | 18,123 | ||
October 14 | 3:30 PM | at #7 Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (The Keg of Nails) | ESPNU | L 17–24 | 41,549 | ||
October 22 | 8:00 PM | South Florida | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | ESPN | W 23–6 | 15,889 | ||
October 28 | 12:00 PM | Syracuse | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | ESPN+ | W 17–3 | 20,146 | ||
November 11 | 12:00 PM | at #10 West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN2 | L 24–42 | 57,174 | ||
November 18 | 7:45 PM | #7 Rutgers | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | ESPN | W 30–11 | 27,804 | ||
November 25 | 12:00 PM | at Connecticut | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | ESPN+ | W 26–23 | 37,515 | ||
January 6 | 12:00 PM | vs. Western Michigan* | Rogers Centre • Toronto, ON (International Bowl) | ESPN2 | W 27–24 | 26,717 | ||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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