2006 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2006 Kentucky Wildcats football

Music City Bowl Champions
Music City Bowl, W 28–20 vs. Clemson
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2006 record	8–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Rich Brooks (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Joker Phillips (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Archer (4th year)
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium (Capacity: 67,606)

2006 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x$#		7	–	1		13	–	1
#25 Tennessee		5	–	3		9	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4		8	–	5
#23 Georgia		4	–	4		9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5		8	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		4	–	8
Western Division
#15 Arkansas x		7	–	1		10	–	4
#9 Auburn		6	–	2		11	–	2
#3 LSU %		6	–	2		11	–	2
Alabama		2	–	6		6	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6		4	–	8
Mississippi State		1	–	7		3	–	9
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 PM	at No. 13 Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	ESPN	L 28–59	42,597
September 9	6:00 PM	Texas State*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 41–7	57,136
September 16	6:00 PM	Ole Miss	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	PPV	W 31–14	60,338
September 23	7:45 PM	at No. 5 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	L 7–26	90,292
September 30	6:00 PM	Central Michigan*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 45–36	54,566
October 7	7:00 PM	South Carolina	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	ESPN2	L 17–24	61,449
October 14	8:00 PM	at No. 14 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	L 0–49	92,148
October 28	2:30 PM	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Rivalry)		W 34–31	37,834
November 4	1:00 PM	Georgia	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 24–20	62,120
November 11	1:00 PM	Vanderbilt	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)		W 38–26	52,235
November 18	1:00 PM	Louisiana–Monroe*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 42–40	53,463
November 25	12:30 PM	at No. 19 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)	LFS	L 12–17	104,382
December 29	1:00 PM	vs. Clemson*	The Coliseum • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–20	68,024
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Kentucky Wildcats football

Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band 2003 Arkansas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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