2006 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 2006 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison head coach is Craig Bohl, in his fourth season as head coach of the team. The Bison play at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. North Dakota State competes in the FCS division of college football. In 2006, the Bison finished with a record of 10–1, and were the conference champions at 4–0. While being ranked #4 at the end of the year, NDSU was ineligible to make the playoffs per NCAA Division I rules which mandates a four-year probationary period for new football programs (NDSU entered DI in 2004).

2006 North Dakota State Bison football
Great West champion
ConferenceGreat West Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
2006 record10–1 (4–0 Great West)
Head coachCraig Bohl (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Perles (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorWillie Mack Garza (2nd season)
Home stadiumFargodome
2006 Great West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 North Dakota State $  4 –0     10 –1  
No. 22 South Dakota State  3 –1     7 –4  
No. 16 Cal Poly  2 –2     7 –4  
UC Davis  1 –3     6 –5  
Southern Utah  0 –4     3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Bison team had a stout defense that held their opponents to 13.4 points per game and were ranked among the top teams to end the year.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 317:00 PMConcordia-St. Paul*No. 19
W 66-715,609
September 166:15 PMNortheastern*No. 17
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Trees Bowl)
W 23-1016,134
September 226:30 PMat Ball State*No. 14
W 29-2410,285
September 306:00 PMat Stephen F. Austin*No. 11
W 17-97,349
October 71:00 PMNo. 21 Georgia Southern*No. 11
W 34-1413,892
October 141:00 PMMississippi Valley State*No. 9
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 45-016,384
October 212:30 PMat Minnesota*No. 9
L 9-1062,845
October 281:00 PMat Southern UtahNo. 6
W 31-73,165
November 41:10 PMat UC DavisNo. 5
W 28-245,800
November 111:00 PMNo. 9 Cal PolyNo. 5
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)
W 51-1414,706
November 186:00 PMNo. 19 South Dakota StateNo. 4
W 41-2819,053
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