The 2006 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Larry Blakeney, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Middle Tennessee. This was the program's first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference two years prior, in 2004. Troy was invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they played Rice of Conference USA, routing the Owls by a score of 41–17. The team played home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama.
| 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 |
| Record | 8–5 (6–1 Sun Belt) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tony Franklin (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Air raid |
| Defensive coordinator | Jeremy Rowell (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Movie Gallery Stadium |
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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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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | Alabama State* | W 38–0 | 26,265 | [1] | ||
| September 9 | at No. 9 Florida State* | Sun Sports | L 17–24 | 77,217 | ||
| September 16 | at Georgia Tech* | L 20–35 | 45,637 | |||
| September 24 | at No. 23 Nebraska* | L 0–56 | 84,799 | |||
| September 30 | at UAB* | L 3–21 | 32,818 | |||
| October 14 | Louisiana–Monroe |
| W 24–19 | 19,415 | ||
| October 28 | North Texas |
| W 14–6 | 17,795 | ||
| November 4 | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| ESPN Plus | W 42-28 | 20,111 | |
| November 11 | Florida Atlantic | W 24–17 | 12,340 | |||
| November 18 | Arkansas State |
| L 26–33 | 20,462 | ||
| November 25 | at Middle Tennessee | ESPN Plus | W 21–20 | 17,812 | ||
| December 2 | at FIU | W 26–13 | 15,023 | |||
| December 22 | vs. Rice | ESPN2 | W 41–17 | 24,791 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Troy dominates ASU". The Selma Times-Journal. September 3, 2006. Retrieved July 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Troy Trojans Schedule 2006". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "2006 Football Schedule". Troy University Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
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