2006 Syracuse Orange football team

2006 Syracuse Orange football

Conference	Big East Conference
2006 record	0–8, 4 wins vacated (0–6 Big East, 1 win vacated)
Head coach	Greg Robinson
Home stadium	Carrier Dome (Capacity: 49,262)

2006 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#6 Louisville $		6	–	1		12	–	1
#10 West Virginia		5	–	2		11	–	2
#12 Rutgers		5	–	2		11	–	2
South Florida		4	–	3		9	–	4
Cincinnati		4	–	3		8	–	5
Pittsburgh		2	–	5		6	–	6
Connecticut		1	–	6		4	–	8
Syracuse		0	–	6		0	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were coached by Greg Robinson and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.

In 2015, Syracuse vacated the four wins from this season among others from the 2004 to 2006 season, due to the NCAA finding players ineligible for academic fraud.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 PM	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN360	L 10–20	34,121
September 9	3:30 PM	No. 14 Iowa*	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ABC	L 13–20	37,199
September 16	12:00 PM	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPNU	W 31–21	40,657
September 23	7:00 PM	Miami (OH)*	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	W 34–14	35,274
September 30	1:30 PM	Wyoming*	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN360	W 40–34 ^2OT	38,447
October 7	12:00 PM	Pittsburgh	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN+	L 11–21	41,870
October 14	12:00 PM	at No. 4 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 17–41	60,051
October 21	12:00 PM	No. 6 Louisville	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN+	L 13–28	35,708
October 28	12:00 PM	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN+	L 3–17	20,146
November 11	12:00 PM	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN+	L 10–27	43,413
November 18	12:00 PM	Connecticut	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN+	W 20–14	35,079
November 25	12:00 PM	at No. 15 Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	L 7–38	43,791
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

↑ Mink, Nate. "NCAA report: Syracuse football placed on 5-year probation, self-vacates 11 wins". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
↑ O'Brien, John. "Summary: What did Syracuse do wrong? NCAA cites academic fraud, extra benefits, drug policy". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
↑ "2006 Football Schedule". Syracuse University.

Syracuse Orange football

Venues	Archbold Stadium (1907–78) Giants Stadium (1979) Rich Stadium (1979) Schoellkopf Field (1979) Carrier Dome (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Colgate Penn State Pittsburgh West Virginia

Culture & lore	Otto the Orange Alma Mater "Down the Field" Marching band The Express Scandal Syracuse ISP Sports Network

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	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

National championship seasons in bold

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