2006 East Carolina Pirates football team

2006 Conference USA football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2006 East Carolina Pirates football
2006 East Carolina Pirates football
PapaJohns.com Bowl, L 7–24 vs. South Florida
Conference	Conference USA
	East
2006 record	7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Skip Holtz (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Shankweiler (2nd in succession, 12th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Hudson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium; (Capacity: 43,000)
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:30pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	CSTV	L 23-28	33,809
September 9	7:00pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama		L 12-17	23,116
September 16	7:00pm	Memphis	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 35-20	37,431
September 23	4:30pm	No. 4 West Virginia*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina	ESPN2	L 10-27	40,510
October 7	6:00pm	Virginia*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina	CSTV	W 31-21	35,541
October 14	3:00pm	Tulsa	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		L 10-31	34,011
October 21	3:00pm	SMU	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 38-21	34,141
October 28	7:30pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CSTV	W 20-17 ^OT	25,155
November 4	4:00pm	at UCF	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida		W 23-10	31,414
November 11	1:00pm	Marshall	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 33-20	41,372
November 18	3:00pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston		L 17-18	12,669
November 25	7:00pm	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 21-16	54,264
December 23	12:00pm	vs. South Florida*	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (PapaJohns.com Bowl)	ESPN2	L 7-24	32,023
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Venues	(?–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State Victory Barrel
Culture & lore	PeeDee the Pirate
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 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 2018 2019 2020 2021

2006 Conference USA football standings
v t	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