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2006 Massachusetts

12–⁠1 (9–⁠0 Atlantic 10).

Schedule and results

Massachusetts in 2006, game by game: won vs. Colgate 28–7; lost at Navy 20–21; won at Villanova 31–21; won vs. Stony Brook 48–7; won vs. William & Mary 48–7; won at Towson 35–0; won vs. Rhode Island 41–16; won vs. Northeastern 7–0; won at New Hampshire 28–20; won vs. Maine 10–9; won vs. Hofstra 22–16; won vs. Lafayette 35–14; won vs. New Hampshire 24–17+41−1Won 28–7 vs. Colgate+21ColgateLost 20–21 at Navy-1NavyWon 31–21 at Villanova+10VillanovaWon 48–7 vs. Stony Brook+41Stony BrookWon 48–7 vs. William & Mary+41William & MaryWon 35–0 at Towson+35TowsonWon 41–16 vs. Rhode Island+25Rhode IslandWon 7–0 vs. Northeastern+7NortheasternWon 28–20 at New Hampshire+8New HampshireWon 10–9 vs. Maine+1MaineWon 22–16 vs. Hofstra+6HofstraWon 35–14 vs. Lafayette+21LafayetteWon 24–17 vs. New Hampshire+7New Hampshire
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsColgateW 28–⁠749%
Sep 9atNavyL 20–⁠2122%
Sep 16atVillanovaW 31–⁠2162%
Sep 23vsStony BrookW 48–⁠775%
Oct 7vsWilliam & MaryW 48–⁠767%
Oct 14atTowsonW 35–⁠062%
Oct 21vsRhode IslandW 41–⁠1679%
Oct 28vsNortheasternW 7–⁠077%
Nov 4atNew HampshireW 28–⁠2045%
Nov 11vsMaineW 10–⁠971%
Nov 18vsHofstraW 22–⁠1682%
Nov 25vsLafayetteNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipW 35–⁠1470%
Dec 2vsNew HampshireW 24–⁠1754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Hampshire 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic 10 champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Massachusetts’s 2006 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 8atMontanaW 19–⁠17Montana’s article
Dec 15vsApp StateL 17–⁠28App State’s article

Atlantic 10 champions9–⁠0 in the conference

Record
12–⁠1
Conference
9–⁠0 first in Atlantic 10
AP final
Unranked
Points
377–⁠155
Coach
—
Elo
1574 +206 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.5 No. 2 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2006 Atlantic 10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Massachusetts9–⁠012–⁠1
James Madison7–⁠19–⁠3
Villanova5–⁠36–⁠5
Maine5–⁠36–⁠6
New Hampshire5–⁠410–⁠4
Towson4–⁠47–⁠4
Northeastern4–⁠45–⁠6
Delaware4–⁠56–⁠6
Richmond3–⁠57–⁠5
Rhode Island2–⁠64–⁠7
William & Mary1–⁠73–⁠8
Hofstra1–⁠82–⁠9

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