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2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team

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2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA champion
GPAC champion
ConferenceGreat Plains Athletic Conference
Record14–0 (10–0 GPAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Sioux Falls $^   10 0     14 0  
No. 6 Northwestern (IA) ^   9 1     11 2  
No. 8 Morningside ^   8 2     9 3  
No. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan   7 3     7 3  
Dana   5 5     6 5  
Briar Cliff   4 6     5 6  
Dakota Wesleyan   4 6     4 6  
Hastings   4 6     4 6  
Concordia (NE)   2 8     2 8  
Midland Lutheran   1 9     2 9  
Doane   1 9     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

The 2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2006 NAIA football season. The Cougars won the 2006 NAIA Football National Championship with a 23–19 victory over the top-ranked St. Francis Cougars. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10–0 record. This was the school's second NAIA Championship (1996). The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 2Concorida (NE)W 49-7
September 9at HastingsW 32-0
September 16Briar CliffW 41-0
September 23at DanaW 51-17
September 30Midland UniversityW 50-3
October 7No. 5 NorthwesternW 17-14
October 14No. 12 MorningsideW 24-0
October 21at DoaneW 51-7
October 28No. 23 Nebraska WesleyanW 52-0
November 4at Dakota WesleyanW 41-0
November 18No. 15 Jamestown* (NAIA first round)W 48-10
November 25No. 13 Morningside* (NAIA quarterfinals)W 37-7
December 2No. 5 Missouri Valley* (NAIA semifinals)W 25-18
December 16No. 1 St. Francis* (NAIA championship)W 23-19
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

[1]

USF would start the season ranked #3 and would rise to #2 prior to the game against Dakota Wesleyan. They would stay ranked #2 through the championship series.

Notes

1. Head Coach Kalen DeBoer was a wide receiver on the 1996 championship team.[2]

2. Quarterback Chad Cavender would be named the NAIA Player of the Year following the 2007 season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/deboer_kalen00.html
  3. ^ http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121407aaf.html