2006 Arkansas State Indians football team
American college football season
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The 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Sun Belt.
- Steve Roberts (5th season)
| 2006 Arkansas State Indians football | |
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| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Record | 0–6, 6 wins vacated (0–3 Sun Belt, 4 wins vacated) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Doug Ruse (5th season) |
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| Home stadium | Indian Stadium |
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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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A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Army* | W 14–6 (vacated) | 23,426 | ||
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma State* | ESPNU | L 7–35 | 23,816 | |
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at SMU* | L 9–55 | 12,979 | ||
| September 30 | 5:00 p.m. | at FIU | W 31–6 (vacated) | 15,174 | ||
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe |
| W 10–6 (vacated) | 18,785 | |
| October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Memphis* | W 26–23 (vacated) | 31,758 | ||
| October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas |
| ESPN Plus | W 29–10 (vacated) | 19,141 |
| October 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic | L 0–29 | 8,129 | ||
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 6 Auburn* | L 0–27 | 78,493 | ||
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| L 10–38 | 10,176 | |
| November 18 | 6:00 p.m. | at Troy | ESPN Plus | W 33–26 (vacated) | 20,462 | |
| November 25 | 4:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette | L 13–28 | 10,212 | ||
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