2006 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 7

2006 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 2 UMass x$^		8	–	0					13	–	2
No. 6 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					9	–	4
Maine		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northeastern		4	–	4					5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6					4	–	7
Hofstra		1	–	7					2	–	9
South Division
No. 9 James Madison x^		7	–	1					9	–	3
Villanova		5	–	3					6	–	5
Towson		4	–	4					7	–	4
Richmond		3	–	5					6	–	5
Delaware		3	–	5					5	–	6
William & Mary		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by eight-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and moved to the Colonial Athletic Association following the conclusion of the season. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in A–10 play . They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the quarterfinals to UMass.

Schedule

September 92:00 PMat Northwestern*No. 2

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

W 34–17 20,108 September 1612:00 PMStony Brook*No. 1

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

W 62–7 7,395 September 2312:00 PMat Dartmouth*No. 1

• Memorial Field
• Hanover, NH (Granite Bowl)

WMURW 56–14 7,023 September 307:00 PMat No. 17 DelawareNo. 1

• Delaware Stadium
• Newark, DE

CN8W 52–49 22,055 October 712:00 PMNo. 7 RichmondNo. 1

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

CN8W 27–17 8,299 October 1412:00 PMNo. 13 James MadisonNo. 1

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

CN8L 23–42 13,042 October 212:00 PMat NortheasternNo. 7

• Parsons Field
• Brookline, MA

L 35–36 ^OT6,135 October 2812:00 PMHofstraNo. 11

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

W 10–6 1,372 November 412:00 PMNo. 3 MassachusettsNo. 9

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH (Rivalry)

CSTVL 20–28 10,598 November 1112:00 PMat Rhode IslandNo. 13

• Meade Stadium
• Kingston, RI

W 63–21 2,937 November 2212:00 PMat No. 22 MaineNo. 10

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)

W 19–13 ^OT4,834 November 251:00 PMat No. 8 Hampton*No. 9

• Armstrong Stadium
• Hampton, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)

W 41–38 3,401 December 22:30 PMat No. 3 Massachusetts*No. 9

• Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
• Amherst, MA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

ESPN+L 17–24 17,000