2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (9th season);
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their ninth year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6–5 record (5–3 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 378 to 296, and finished fourth out of nine teams in the Big Sky.^[1]

2006 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Montana $^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 10 Montana State ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 19 Portland State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Northern Arizona	5	–	3	6	–	5
Sacramento State	4	–	4	4	–	7
Weber State	4	–	4	5	–	6
Eastern Washington	3	–	5	3	–	8
Idaho State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Northern Colorado	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	L 14–35	53,540
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	MTN	L 7–45	43,327
September 16		Dixie State*	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ		W 66–14	7,283	^[2]
September 23		at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID		W 33–27	10,016
September 30	3:05 p.m.	Montana State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ		L 32–39	8,173	^[3]
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	L 21–24	23,626
October 21		Sacramento State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ		W 39–22	7,362	^[4]
October 28		at Eastern Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA		W 34–26	5,498
November 4		No. 25 Portland State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ		L 26–34	5,413	^[5]
November 11		Weber State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ		W 42–17	4,811	^[6]
November 18		at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO		W 54–3	3,012
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ "2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Arizona University. 2013. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ Chris Gabel (September 17, 2006). "Rebels Get Jacked". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chris Gabel (October 1, 2006). "Outgunned". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chris Gabel (October 22, 2006). "Homecoming Heroes". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chris Gabel (November 5, 2006). "Jacks rally falls short". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chris Gabel (November 12, 2006). "Air Apparent". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2006 Football". static.bigskyconf.com. Retrieved June 13, 2024.