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2006 Indiana State

1–⁠10 (0–⁠5 Gateway Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Indiana State in 2006, game by game: lost at Purdue 35–60; lost at Eastern Illinois 21–31; lost vs. Murray State 40–59; lost at Northern Illinois 14–48; lost vs. Southern Illinois 3–55; lost at Youngstown State 17–55; lost vs. Northern Iowa 14–34; won vs. Missouri State 28–22; lost at Western Kentucky 3–41; lost at Western Illinois 41–46; lost vs. Illinois State 20–42+7−52Lost 35–60 at Purdue-25PurdueLost 21–31 at Eastern Illinois-10Eastern IllinoisLost 40–59 vs. Murray State-19Murray StateLost 14–48 at Northern Illinois-34Northern Illino…Lost 3–55 vs. Southern Illinois-52Southern Illino…Lost 17–55 at Youngstown State-38Youngstown StateLost 14–34 vs. Northern Iowa-20Northern IowaWon 28–22 vs. Missouri State+6Missouri StateLost 3–41 at Western Kentucky-38Western KentuckyLost 41–46 at Western Illinois-5Western IllinoisLost 20–42 vs. Illinois State-22Illinois State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atPurdueL 35–⁠607%
Sep 9atEastern IllinoisL 21–⁠3119%
Sep 16vsMurray StateL 40–⁠5954%
Sep 23atNorthern IllinoisL 14–⁠486%
Sep 30vsSouthern IllinoisL 3–⁠559%
Oct 7atYoungstown StateL 17–⁠559%
Oct 14vsNorthern IowaL 14–⁠3415%
Oct 21vsMissouri StateW 28–⁠2239%
Oct 28atWestern KentuckyL 3–⁠4113%
Nov 4atWestern IllinoisL 41–⁠4614%
Nov 11vsIllinois StateL 20–⁠4214%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois State 42–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Gateway Football Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 60 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
236–⁠493
Coach
—
Elo
1077 −64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−34.9 No. 81 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2006 Gateway Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Youngstown State4–⁠111–⁠2
Illinois State3–⁠29–⁠4
Southern Illinois3–⁠29–⁠4
Northern Iowa3–⁠27–⁠4
Western Illinois2–⁠35–⁠6
Indiana State0–⁠51–⁠10

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