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2006 Western Illinois

5–⁠6 (2–⁠3 Gateway Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Western Illinois in 2006, game by game: won vs. Morehead State 31–6; lost at Wisconsin 10–34; won vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 58–0; won at Northern Colorado 42–28; lost at Western Kentucky 35–38; lost vs. Southern Illinois 24–31; lost vs. Youngstown State 28–35; lost vs. Illinois State 14–27; won at Northern Iowa 24–13; won vs. Indiana State 46–41; lost at Missouri State 21–24+58−24Won 31–6 vs. Morehead State+25Morehead StateLost 10–34 at Wisconsin-24WisconsinWon 58–0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan+58Kentucky Wesley…Won 42–28 at Northern Colorado+14Northern Colora…Lost 35–38 at Western Kentucky-3Western KentuckyLost 24–31 vs. Southern Illinois-7Southern Illino…Lost 28–35 vs. Youngstown State-7Youngstown StateLost 14–27 vs. Illinois State-13Illinois StateWon 24–13 at Northern Iowa+11Northern IowaWon 46–41 vs. Indiana State+5Indiana StateLost 21–24 at Missouri State-3Missouri State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsMorehead StateW 31–⁠658%
Sep 9atWisconsinL 10–⁠3411%
Sep 16vsKentucky WesleyanW 58–⁠076%
Sep 23atNorthern ColoradoW 42–⁠2862%
Sep 30atWestern KentuckyL 35–⁠3846%
Oct 7vsSouthern IllinoisL 24–⁠3131%
Oct 14vsYoungstown StateL 28–⁠3544%
Oct 21vsIllinois StateL 14–⁠2738%
Oct 28atNorthern IowaW 24–⁠1321%
Nov 4vsIndiana StateW 46–⁠4186%
Nov 11atMissouri StateL 21–⁠2468%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri State 24–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Gateway Football Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
333–⁠277
Coach
—
Elo
1329 +24 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.2 No. 28 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mark Hendrickson
Defensive coordinator
Thomas Casey

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.