2006 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2006 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2-9 (0-7 SoCon)
Head coach	Kent Briggs (5th season)
Home stadium	E.J. Whitmire Stadium (Capacity: 13,742)

2006 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^		7	–	0					14	–	1
No. 12 Furman ^		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 23 Wofford		5	–	2					7	–	4
The Citadel		4	–	3					5	–	6
Elon		2	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		2	–	5					3	–	8
Georgia Southern		2	–	5					3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2006 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Catamounts were led by fifth year head coach Kent Briggs and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 0–7 in SoCon play to finish in last place.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	Chowan*	E.J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 42-0	3,014
September 16	Eastern Kentucky*	E.J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 20-17	8,247
September 23	at No. 3 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 7-42	14,232
September 30	No. 25 Georgia Southern	E.J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 14-24	10,483
October 7	at Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	L 19-37	4,374
October 14	Chattanooga	E.J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 14-17 OT	8,540
October 21	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 27-30 OT	15,495
October 28	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	L 7-35	7,072
November 4	at Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 0-21	8,286
November 11	No. 1 Appalachian State	E.J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 9-31	13,742
November 18	at No. 3 (FBS) Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	L 0-62	90,233
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game