American college football season
The 2006 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Larry Blakeney, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Middle Tennessee. This was the program's first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference two years prior, in 2004. Troy was invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they played Rice of Conference USA, routing the Owls by a score of 41–17. The team played home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | Alabama State* | | | W 38–0 | 26,265 | [1] |
September 9 | at No. 9 Florida State* | | Sun Sports | L 17–24 | 77,217 | |
September 16 | at Georgia Tech* | | | L 20–35 | 45,637 | |
September 24 | at No. 23 Nebraska* | | | L 0–56 | 84,799 | |
September 30 | at UAB* | | | L 3–21 | 32,818 | |
October 14 | Louisiana–Monroe | - Movie Gallery Stadium
- Troy, AL
| | W 24–19 | 19,415 | |
October 28 | North Texas | - Movie Gallery Stadium
- Troy, AL
| | W 14–6 | 17,795 | |
November 4 | Louisiana–Lafayette | - Movie Gallery Stadium
- Troy, AL
| ESPN Plus | W 42-28 | 20,111 | |
November 11 | Florida Atlantic | | | W 24–17 | 12,340 | |
November 18 | Arkansas State | - Movie Gallery Stadium
- Troy, AL
| | L 26–33 | 20,462 | |
November 25 | at Middle Tennessee | | ESPN Plus | W 21–20 | 17,812 | |
December 2 | at FIU | | | W 26–13 | 15,023 | |
December 22 | vs. Rice | | ESPN2 | W 41–17 | 24,791 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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