2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
2006 record	5–7 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Mark Snyder
Home stadium	Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 38,019)

2006 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2		9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4		5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5		4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6		3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7		2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2		7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3		8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4		6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5		5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6		4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football during the 2006 season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Conference USA, and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:30 PM	at No. 5 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Friends of Coal Bowl)	ESPN+	L 10–42	61,077
September 9	4:30 PM	Hofstra*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 54–31	26,861
September 16	12:30 PM	at Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 7–23	46,488
September 23	4:00 PM	at No. 15 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	WOWK	L 7–33	104,818
October 4	7:30 PM	UCF	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN2	L 22–23	27,572
October 14	3:00 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	WOWK	L 21–31	14,032
October 21	7:00 PM	at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	WOWK	W 31–24	12,344
October 28	4:30 PM	Memphis	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	WOWK	W 41–27	29,204
November 4	7:30 PM	Tulane	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CSTV	W 42–21	25,128
November 11	1:00 PM	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (Rivalry)	WSAZ	L 20–33	41,372
November 18	4:30 PM	UTEP	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 49–21	20,783
November 25	7:30 PM	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	L 7–42	28,736
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Marshall Thundering Herd football

Venues	Fairfield Stadium (1927–1990) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games East Carolina Ohio: Battle for the Bell West Virginia: Friends of Coal Bowl

Culture & lore	Marco the Buffalo "Sons of Marshall" Marching Thunder Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University: Ashes to Glory We Are Marshall

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	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

National championship seasons in bold

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