2006 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2006 New Hampshire Wildcats football

FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals vs UMass, L 34–36
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#8
FCS Coaches	#7
2006 record	10–3 (6–2 A–10)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Chip Kelly
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2006 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North
#2 UMass x$^		8	–	0		13	–	2
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
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 co-champions x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2006 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by 8th year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and moved to the Colonial Athletic Association following the conclusion of the season. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in A–10 play . They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the quarterfinals to UMass.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	2:00 PM	at Northwestern*	#2	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		W 34–17	20,108
September 16	12:00 PM	Stony Brook*	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH		W 62–7	7,395
September 23	12:00 PM	at Dartmouth*	#1	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH (Granite Bowl)	WMUR	W 56–14	7,023
September 30	7:00 PM	at #17 Delaware	#1	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	CN8	W 52–49	22,055
October 7	12:00 PM	#7 Richmond	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	CN8	W 27–17	8,299
October 14	12:00 PM	#13 James Madison	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	CN8	L 23–42	13,042
October 21	2:00 PM	at Northeastern	#7	Parsons Field • Brookline, MA		L 35–36 ^OT	6,135
October 28	12:00 PM	Hofstra	#11	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH		W 10–6	1,372
November 4	12:00 PM	#3 Massachusetts	#9	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry)	CSTV	L 20–28	10,598
November 11	12:00 PM	at Rhode Island	#13	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI		W 63–21	2,937
November 22	12:00 PM	at #22 Maine	#10	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)		W 19–13 ^OT	4,834
November 25	1:00 PM	at #8 Hampton*	#9	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)		W 41–38	3,401
December 2	2:30 PM	at #3 UMass*	#9	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN+	L 17–24	17,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

↑ "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of New Hampshire Department of Athletics. 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

New Hampshire Wildcats football

Venues	Cowell Stadium (1936–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)

People	Head coaches

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2006 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Appalachian State Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Furman Hampton Illinois State James Madison Lafayette Massachusetts McNeese State Montana Montana State New Hampshire Southern Illinois UT Martin Youngstown State

Champion – Appalachian State Mountaineers

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