2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 22

2006 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 16 BYU $		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 22 TCU		6	–	2					11	–	2
Utah		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wyoming		5	–	3					6	–	6
New Mexico		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5					4	–	8
San Diego State		3	–	5					3	–	9
Colorado State		1	–	7					4	–	8
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU finished the season with an overall record of 11–2 with a 6–2 mark in the Mountain West Conference, where they placed second behind BYU. The Horned Frogs were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they defeated Northern Illinois, 37–7.

Schedule

September 35:30 PMat Baylor*No. 22

• Floyd Casey Stadium
• Waco, Texas

FSNW 17–7 42,733 September 96:00 PMUC Davis*No. 23

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

W 46–13 25,272 September 164:30 PMNo. 24 Texas Tech*No. 20

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

VersusW 12–3 45,647 September 285:00 PMBYUNo. 17

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

VersusL 17–31 32,190 October 58:00 PMat Utah

• Rice-Eccles Stadium
• Salt Lake City

VersusL 7–20 43,790 October 212:30 PMat Army*

• Michie Stadium
• West Point, New York

ESPNUW 31–17 33,614 October 282:30 PMWyoming

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

MTNW 26–3 31,394 November 42:00 PMat UNLV

• Sam Boyd Stadium
• Whitney, Nevada

VersusW 25–10 13,916 November 114:30 PMat New Mexico

• University Stadium
• Albuquerque, New Mexico

MTNW 27–21 32,754 November 183:00 PMSan Diego State

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

VersusW 52–0 26,287 November 256:00 PMat Colorado State

• Hughes Stadium
• Fort Collins, Colorado

MTNW 45–14 16,146 December 22:30 PMAir Force

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

CSTVW 38–14 30,767 December 197:00 PMvs. Northern Illinois*No. 25

• Qualcomm Stadium
• San Diego (Poinsettia Bowl)

ESPN2W 37–7 29,709

Roster

2006 Roster
Wide Receivers  2 Massey, Donald – JR  3 Brock, Marcus – JR  9 Bynum, Prince – SO  9 Elenburg, Kagen – Fr 10 Cage, William – SO 13 Moore, Derek – JR 18 Harmon, Quentily – SR 19 DePriest, Michael – SR 20 Johnson, Bart – FR 21 Dickerson, Ervin – JR 22 Christian, Ryan – Fr 27 Galifaro, Austin – Fr 82 Renfro, Clint – FR 85 Bryant, Walter – SO 88 Young, Jimmy – FR Offensive Line 53 Wyatt, Ryan Fr 60 Phillips, Preston – SO 64 Lindner, Matty – JR 65 Montgomery, Giles – SO 68 Lowery, Adam – JR 50 Marrou, Tyler – Fr 61 Cannon, Marcus – FR 62 Vernon, Josh – FR 70 Newhouse, Marshall – FR 72 Sefton, Ryan – JR 73 Karlin, Josh – Fr 74 Savino, Tony – JR 76 Kirkpatrick, Jake – FR 79 Richmond, Nic – Fr 63 Raetz, Heath – SO 66 Clark, Robert – SO 71 Sisk, Wade – JR 75 Schlueter, Blake – SO 77 Bouldwin, Maurice – SR 78 Taylor, Herbert – SR Fullbacks 36 Smith, Chris – Fr 44 Cameron, Cash – Fr 47 Jackson, William – JR		Tight Ends 80 Hecht, Brent – SR 81 Andrus, Chad – SR 84 Frosch, Evan – FR 86 Reagan, Shae – SO 87 Englert, Trey – JR 89 Cunigan, Quinton – JR 92 Stevens, Tom – JR Quarterbacks 11 Jackson, Marcus – Fr 12 Eskridge, Zack – FR 14 Dalton, Andy – FR 16 Ballard, Jeff – SR 17 Luttrell, Tyler – FR Running Backs 23 Brown, Aaron – SO 24 Turner, Joseph – Fr 30 Hobbs, Lonta – SR 32 Watts, Justin – SO 33 Merrill, Robert – SR 34 James, Detrick – SO Defensive Line 52 Brown, Jon Fr 55 Vess, James – SO 56 Moore, Cody – SO 57 Grant, Cory – FR 58 Williams, Jarrarcea – SR 59 Hailey, Niels – FR 67 Haight, Sean – Fr 69 Knight, Michael – Fr 83 Retkofsky, Jared – SR 90 Leatch, Clarence – FR 91 Christopher, Allen – Fr 93 Ortiz, Chase – JR 94 Niutei, Henry – FR 95 Newby, Jamison – SR 96 Daniels, Wayne – FR 97 Blake, Tommy – JR 98 Hughes, Jerry – FR		Linebackers 35 Ward, Andrew – SR 37 Ingram, Darius – JR 38 Gordon, Brenan – FR 39 Phillips, Jason – SO 41 Washington, Daryl – FR 42 Panfil, Matt – SO 46 Hawthorne, David – JR 49 Gleaton, James – SO 51 Henson, Robert – SO Defensive backs  1 Lewis, Ken – SR  4 Coleman, Steven – SO  6 Bonner, Brian - JR  9 Russell, Vernon – SR 45 Abbott, Christopher – JR 10 Priest, Rafael – Fr 15 Stewart, Torrey – JR 17 Burrell, Andy – SO 17 Hunter, Corderra – Fr 20 Sanders, Nick – Fr 25 Buchanan, Eric – SR 26 White, Marvin – SR 27 Roach, David – JR 28 Jones, Colin – FR 29 Hodge, Stephen – SO 31 Gallegos, Elvis – SR 40 Zavala, Justin - SR 43 Clarke, Chris – JR 43 Ibiloye, Alex – FR 48 Ruelas, Kenneth – JR Punters/Kickers  2 Milliken, Garrett – FR  7 Porter, David - FR 11 Wash, Derek – JR 13 LoCoco, Peter – SR 40 Cortney, Brian – SR 44 Manfredini, Chris – JR 54 Lawson, Landry – Fr 38 Walters, Zach – Fr

Coaches

Name	Position
Gary Patterson	Head Coach
Jarrett Anderson	Wide Receivers
Dick Bumpas	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Chad Glasgow	Safeties
Charles McMillian	Cornerbacks
Mike Schultz	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dan Sharp	Tight Ends/Special Teams
Tony Tademy	Linebackers
Eddie Williamson	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Justin Fuente	Running Backs
Brandon Johnson	Strength and Conditioning Coach
Matt Parker	Assoc. Coach – Strength and Conditioning
Don Sommer	Strength & Conditioning
Bryan Broaddus	Assistant Director-Football Operations
Mike Sinquefield	Director-Football Operations
Keith Carey	Graduate Assistant – Defense
Trey Haverty	Graduate Assistant – Offense

Game summaries

See also: 2006 Mountain West Conference football season

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	0	10	7	17
Baylor	0	7	0	0	7

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
UC Davis	3	7	3	0	13
TCU	7	16	14	9	46

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	3	0	0	0	3
TCU	3	3	3	3	12

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	3	7	7	14	31
TCU	0	3	7	7	17

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	7	0	0	7
Utah	3	14	3	0	20

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	7	24	0	0	31
Army	3	0	7	7	17

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	0	0	0	3	3
TCU	9	0	10	7	26

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	9	10	3	3	25
UNLV	0	3	0	7	10

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	14	10	0	3	27
New Mexico	0	0	14	7	21

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego St	0	0	0	0	0
TCU	14	24	14	0	52

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	3	28	14	0	45
Colorado St	7	0	7	0	14

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Air Force	0	0	0	14	14
TCU	14	10	14	0	38

Poinsettia Bowl

Main article: 2006 Poinsettia Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Illinois	0	0	0	7	7
TCU	6	10	14	7	37