2006 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
The 2006 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls entered their first season as full members of the Sun Belt Conference. There was a battle for the starting quarterback position between freshman Rusty Smith and junior Sean Clayton. Throughout the season they split playing time.
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| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| 2006 record | 5–7 (4–3 Sun Belt) |
| Head coach | Howard Schnellenberger (6th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Gary Nord |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Kirk Hoza |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Lockhart Stadium (20,000, grass) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 18 Clemson* | ESPNU | L 6–54 | 78,693 | |
| September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | at Kansas State* | L 0–45 | 43,953 | ||
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Oklahoma State* | L 8–48 | 42,970 | ||
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at South Carolina* |
| PPV | L 6–46 | 70,860 |
| September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisiana-Monroe |
| ESPN+ | W 21–19 | 14,214 |
| October 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Southern Utah* | W 32–7 | 6,431 | ||
| October 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| ESPN2 | L 0–6 | 9,827 |
| October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Arkansas State |
| W 29–0 | 8,129 | |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | ESPN+ | L 14–35 | 18,712 | |
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | Troy |
| L 17–24 | 12,340 | |
| November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at North Texas | ESPN+ | W 17–16 | 9,806 | |
| November 25 | 7:00 p.m. | FIU |
| ESPN+ | W 31–0 | 9,655 |
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