2006 South Dakota State

3–⁠2.

Schedule and results

South Dakota State in 2006, game by game: lost at Montana 7–36; lost at Northern Iowa 17–27; won at Nicholls 24–17; won at McNeese 20–17; won vs. Central Arkansas 20–7+13−29Lost 7–36 at Montana-29MontanaLost 17–27 at Northern Iowa-10Northern IowaWon 24–17 at Nicholls+7NichollsWon 20–17 at McNeese+3McNeeseWon 20–7 vs. Central Arkansas+13Central Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atMontanaL 7–⁠3633%
Sep 16atNorthern IowaL 17–⁠2724%
Sep 23atNichollsW 24–⁠1732%
Sep 30atMcNeeseW 20–⁠1743%
Oct 7vsCentral ArkansasW 20–⁠760%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Central Arkansas 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of South Dakota State’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
Oct 21atCal PolyW 29–⁠28Cal Poly’s article
Oct 28vsUC DavisW 22–⁠21UC Davis’s article
Nov 18atNorth Dakota StateL 28–⁠41North Dakota State’s article
Record
3–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in the Great West Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
88–⁠104
Coach
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Elo
1333 +35 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−23.1 No. 42 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
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