2006 Arkansas State Indians football team

The 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Sun Belt.

2006 Arkansas State Indians football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record0–6, 6 wins vacated (0–3 Sun Belt, 4 wins vacated)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (5th season)
Home stadiumIndian Stadium
(capacity: 30,964)
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Troy +  6 1   8 5  
Middle Tennessee +  6 1   7 6  
Arkansas State  4 3   6 6  
Florida Atlantic  4 3   5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette  3 4   6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 4   4 8  
North Texas  2 5   3 9  
FIU  0 7   0 12  
  • + Conference co-champions

A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.Army*W 14–6 (vacated)23,426
September 96:00 p.m.vs. Oklahoma State*ESPNUL 7–3523,816
September 237:00 p.m.at SMU*L 9–5512,979
September 305:00 p.m.at FIUW 31–6 (vacated)15,174
October 76:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
  • Indian Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
W 10–6 (vacated)18,785
October 146:00 p.m.at Memphis*W 26–23 (vacated)31,758
October 216:00 p.m.North Texasdagger
  • Indian Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
ESPN PlusW 29–10 (vacated)19,141
October 283:00 p.m.at Florida AtlanticL 0–298,129
November 41:30 p.m.at No. 6 Auburn*L 0–2778,493
November 114:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee
  • Indian Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
L 10–3810,176
November 186:00 p.m.at TroyESPN PlusW 33–26 (vacated)20,462
November 254:00 p.m.at Louisiana–LafayetteL 13–2810,212
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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