2006 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season

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

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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 Plus| 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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Navy Midshipmen football

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

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