2006 Troy Trojans football team
| 2006 Troy Trojans football | |
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Sun Belt co-champion New Orleans Bowl champion | |
New Orleans Bowl, W 41–17 vs. Rice | |
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| 2006 record | 8–5 (6–1 Sun Belt) |
| Head coach | Larry Blakeney (16th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Tony Franklin (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Jeremy Rowell (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium |
Movie Gallery Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. This was the Trojans first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference only two years prior in 2004. The team finished the regular season with an 8–5 overall record, going 6–1 in conference play. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they played Conference USA's Rice, routing the Owls by a score of 41–17.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 2 | Alabama State* | Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama | W 38–0 | 26,265 | |||||
| September 9 | at No. 9 Florida State* | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida | Sun Sports | L 17–24 | 77,217 | ||||
| September 16 | at Georgia Tech* | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta | L 20–35 | 45,637 | |||||
| September 24 | at No. 23 Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | L 0–56 | 84,799 | |||||
| September 30 | at UAB* | Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama | L 3–21 | 32,818 | |||||
| October 14 | Louisiana–Monroe | Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama | W 24–19 | 19,415 | |||||
| October 28 | North Texas | Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama | W 14–6 | 17,795 | |||||
| November 4 | Louisiana–Lafayette | Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama | ESPN+ | W 42-28 | 20,111 | ||||
| November 11 | Florida Atlantic | FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida | W 24–17 | 12,340 | |||||
| November 18 | Arkansas State | Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama | L 26–33 | 20,462 | |||||
| November 25 | at Middle Tennessee | Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Battle for the Palladium) | ESPN+ | W 21–20 | 17,812 | ||||
| December 2 | at FIU | FIU Stadium • Miami | W 26–13 | 15,023 | |||||
| December 22 | vs. Rice | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (New Orleans Bowl) | ESPN2 | W 41–17 | 24,791 | ||||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
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