2006 East Carolina Pirates football team

2006 East Carolina Pirates football
PapaJohns.com Bowl, L 7–24 vs. South Florida
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
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)

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 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