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2006 Western Carolina

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

Western Carolina in 2006, game by game: won vs. Chowan 42–0; won vs. Eastern Kentucky 20–17; lost at Furman 7–42; lost vs. Georgia Southern 14–24; lost at Elon 19–37; lost vs. Chattanooga 14–17; lost at The Citadel 27–30; lost at Wofford 7–35; lost at Liberty 0–21; lost vs. App State 9–31; lost at No. 3 Florida 0–62+42−62Won 42–0 vs. Chowan+42ChowanWon 20–17 vs. Eastern Kentucky+3Eastern KentuckyLost 7–42 at Furman-35FurmanLost 14–24 vs. Georgia Southern-10Georgia SouthernLost 19–37 at Elon-18ElonLost 14–17 vs. Chattanooga-3ChattanoogaLost 27–30 at The Citadel-3The CitadelLost 7–35 at Wofford-28WoffordLost 0–21 at Liberty-21LibertyLost 9–31 vs. App State-22App StateLost 0–62 at No. 3 Florida-62No. 3 Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsChowanW 42–⁠072%
Sep 16vsEastern KentuckyW 20–⁠1755%
Sep 23atFurmanL 7–⁠4229%
Sep 30vsGeorgia SouthernL 14–⁠2449%
Oct 7atElonL 19–⁠3755%
Oct 14vsChattanoogaL 14–⁠1762%
Oct 21atThe CitadelL 27–⁠3046%
Oct 28atWoffordL 7–⁠3530%
Nov 4atLibertyL 0–⁠2143%
Nov 11vsApp StateL 9–⁠3114%
Nov 18at3FloridaL 0–⁠623%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida 62–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 54 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠316
Coach
—
Elo
1183 −129 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−35.0 No. 82 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Don Powers

2006 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
App State7–⁠012–⁠1
Furman6–⁠18–⁠4
Wofford5–⁠27–⁠4
The Citadel4–⁠35–⁠6
Elon2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia Southern2–⁠53–⁠8
Chattanooga2–⁠53–⁠8
Western Carolina0–⁠72–⁠9

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