2006 Colorado

2–⁠10 (2–⁠6 Big 12), coached by Dan Hawkins. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Texas Tech 30–⁠6Oct 14
By 24 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 2	vsMontana State	L 10–⁠19	80%
Sep 9	vsColorado State	L 10–⁠14	50%
Sep 16	vs22Arizona State	L 3–⁠21	42%
Sep 23	at9Georgia	L 13–⁠14	14%
Sep 30	at25Missouri	L 13–⁠28	25%
Oct 7	vsBaylor	L 31–⁠34	55%
Oct 14	vsTexas Tech	W 30–⁠6	33%
Oct 21	at20Oklahoma	L 3–⁠24	20%
Oct 28	atKansas	L 15–⁠20	38%
Nov 4	vsKansas State	L 21–⁠34	50%
Nov 11	vsIowa State	W 33–⁠16	57%
Nov 24	at23Nebraska	L 14–⁠37	18%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 37–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record: 2–⁠10
Conference: 2–⁠6 11th in Big 12
AP final: Unranked
Points: 196–⁠267
Coach: Dan Hawkins
Elo: 1428 −103 this season
SP+ rating: 1.8 No. 56 of 119; offense No. 81, defense No. 38, special teams No. 40
SRS: −5.1 No. 79 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class: No. 47

Offensive coordinator: Mark Helfrich
Defensive coordinator: Ron Collins
Defense: 4–⁠3 Cover 2

How good, play by play

Offense72nd of 119
Defense58th of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		0.01	38%	0.96	72nd of 119
Defense		0.04	38%	1.05	58th of 119

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		-0.1	own 29	3% allowed
Defense		0.0	own 32	4% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2006 class

Wes Simon OG	★★★	No. 782
Justin Nonu ILB	★★★	No. 782
Sherman Lang WR	★★★	No. 976
Eric Lawson OG	★★	No. 1209
Jonathan Hawkins S	★★	No. 1223

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2006 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Receivers	1	3.0	0.823
Offensive line	4	2.3	0.791
Linebackers	1	3.0	0.833
Defensive backs	2	2.0	0.745
Athletes and specialists	3	2.0	0.707
Whole class	11	2.3	0.766

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2007

The 2007 draft

Rd 6	Mason Crosby K	Green Bay Packers
Rd 7	Abraham Wright DE	Miami Dolphins

All-Big 12

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Abraham WrightDLCoaches-1; Media-1
Terrence WheatleyDBCoaches-1; Media-2
Mason CrosbyKCoaches-1; Media-1

Second team

Brian DanielsOGMedia-2
Jordon DizonLBMedia-2

From Wikipedia’s 2006 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2006 Big 12 standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Oklahoma	7–⁠1	11–⁠3	11
Texas	6–⁠2	10–⁠3	13
Nebraska	6–⁠2	9–⁠5
Texas A&M	5–⁠3	9–⁠4
Texas Tech	4–⁠4	8–⁠5
Missouri	4–⁠4	8–⁠5
Kansas State	4–⁠4	7–⁠6
Oklahoma State	3–⁠5	7–⁠6
Kansas	3–⁠5	6–⁠6
Baylor	3–⁠5	4–⁠8
Colorado	2–⁠6	2–⁠10
Iowa State	1–⁠7	4–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.