2006 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2006 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of Conference USA during the 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Skip Holtz, the team compiled a 7–6 record and were defeated by South Florida in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.[1]

2006 East Carolina Pirates football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast
Record7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Shankweiler (2nd in succession, 12th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Hudson (2nd season)
Home stadiumDowdy–Ficklen Stadium
(Capacity: 43,000)
2006 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Southern Miss x  6 –2   9 –5  
East Carolina  5 –3   7 –6  
Marshall  4 –4   5 –7  
UCF  3 –5   4 –8  
UAB  2 –6   3 –9  
Memphis  1 –7   2 –10  
West Division
Houston x$  7 –1   10 –4  
Rice  6 –2   7 –6  
Tulsa  5 –3   8 –5  
SMU  4 –4   6 –6  
UTEP  3 –5   5 –7  
Tulane  2 –6   4 –8  
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 25:30pmat Navy*
CSTVL 23–2833,809[2]
September 97:00pmat UAB
L 12–1723,116[3]
September 167:00pmMemphis
W 35–2037,431[4]
September 234:30pmNo. 4 West Virginia*
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
ESPN2L 10–2740,510[5]
October 76:00pmVirginia*
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
CSTVW 31–2135,541[6]
October 143:00pmTulsa
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
L 10–3134,011[7]
October 213:00pmSMUdagger
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC
W 38–2134,141[8]
October 287:30pmat Southern Miss
CSTVW 20–17 OT25,155[9]
November 44:00pmat UCF
W 23–1031,414[10]
November 111:00pmMarshall
  • Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
  • Greenville, NC (rivalry)
W 33–2041,372[11]
November 183:00pmat Rice
L 17–1812,669[12]
November 257:00pmat NC State*
ESPNUW 21–1654,264[13]
December 2312:00pmvs. South Florida*
ESPN2L 7–2432,023[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. "2006 East Carolina Pirates Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  2. "Midshipmen hit ground running". The Baltimore Sun. September 3, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Pirates come close". The News and Observer. September 10, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tigers half bad". The Commercial Appeal. September 17, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "White leads WVU past stubborn E. Carolina". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 24, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Painful plunder". Daily Press. October 8, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "ECU tumbles at home". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 15, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Pinkney carries Pirates". The News and Observer. October 22, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Pirates win in overtime". Hattiesburg American. October 29, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "That same old feeling, this time, UCF falls to ECU". The Orlando Sentinel. November 5, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Pirates stingy on ground". The Charlotte Observer. November 12, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Red-hot Rice knocks off E. Carolina". The El Paso Times. November 19, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Pirates pop Pack". The News and Observer. November 26, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "S. Florida gets first bowl win". The Tennessean. December 24, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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