2006 Utah Utes football team
The 2006 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 2nd year head football coach Kyle Whittingham. The Utes played their homes games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.
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Armed Forces Bowl champion | |
Armed Forces Bowl, W 25–13 vs. Tulsa | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
2006 record | 8–5 (5–3 MW) |
Head coach | Kyle Whittingham (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Andy Ludwig (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Gary Andersen (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Rice-Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,017) |
2006 Mountain West Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 BYU $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 TCU | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 5:00 PM | at UCLA* | FSN | L 10–31 | 59,709 | |
September 9 | 6:00 PM | Northern Arizona* |
| mtn. | W 45–7 | 43,327 |
September 16 | 6:05 PM | at Utah State* |
| KJZZ | W 48–0 | 20,082 |
September 23 | 6:00 PM | at San Diego State |
| mtn. | W 38–7 | 53,794 |
September 30 | 1:00 PM | No. 22 Boise State*![]() |
| Versus | L 3–36 | 45,222 |
October 5 | 7:00 PM | TCU |
| Versus | W 20–7 | 43,790 |
October 14 | 1:00 PM | at Wyoming |
| mtn. | L 15–31 | 20,806 |
October 19 | 7:00 PM | at New Mexico |
| mtn. | L 31–34 | 23,471 |
October 28 | 2:00 PM | UNLV |
| mtn. | W 45–23 | 42,474 |
November 11 | 12:00 PM | Colorado State |
| Versus | W 35–22 | 39,532 |
November 18 | 5:30 PM | at Air Force | mtn. | W 17–14 | 27,611 | |
November 25 | 1:30 PM | No. 21 BYU |
| CSTV/mtn. | L 31–33 | 45,330 |
December 23 | 6:00 PM | vs. Tulsa* | ESPN | W 25–13 | 32,412 | |
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After the season
NFL Draft
Utah had two players taken in the 2007 NFL Draft:[3]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
Eric Weddle | Safety | 2 | 37 | San Diego Chargers |
Paul Soliai | Defensive tackle | 4 | 108 | Miami Dolphins |
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References
- "Season in Review" (PDF). Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- "NFL Draft History 2007". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
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