2006 Navy Midshipmen football team

2006 Navy Midshipmen football
2006 Navy Midshipmen football
Meineke Car Care Bowl, L 24–25 vs. Boston College
Conference	Independent
Record	9–4
Head coach	Paul Johnson (5th season);
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (5th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	David Mahoney
Captains	James Rossi; Rob Caldwell;
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Notre Dame %		–		10	–	3
Navy		–		9	–	4
Army		–		3	–	9
Temple		–		1	–	11

% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Paul Johnson.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	W 28–23	33,809
September 9	1:30 p.m.	No. 9 (FCS) UMass	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	W 21–20	30,117
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSNBA	W 37–9	44,022
September 23	1:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	L 23–24 ^OT	31,604
September 30	12:00 p.m.	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN+	W 41–17	40,000
October 7	12:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CSTV	W 24–17	45,246
October 14	1:30 p.m.	No. 24 Rutgers	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	L 0–34	36,918
October 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Notre Dame	M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	CBS	L 14–38	71,851
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 38–13	17,782
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Ford Field Detroit, MI		W 49–21	15,816
November 18	12:30 p.m.	Temple	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	W 42–6	33,927
December 2	2:30 p.m.	vs. Army	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Army-Navy Game)	CBS	W 26–14	69,943
December 30	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 23 Boston College	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Meinke Car Care Bowl)	ESPN	L 24–25	52,303
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present) Memorial Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force: Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame SMU: Gansz Trophy
Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" "I believe that we will win!" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game Salute That Navy Spirit Navy Blue and Gold
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1879 1880–1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold