2006 Hampton Pirates football team
American college football season
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The 2006 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifteenth-year head coach Joe Taylor and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They finished the season with a 10–2 overall record, won the MEAC championship with a 7–1 record in conference play and earned a berth to the first round of the NCAA Division I playoffs, where they were defeated by New Hampshire.
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Sports NetworkNo. 11
Record10–2 (7–1 MEAC)
Headcoach
- Joe Taylor (15th season)
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Black college national champion MEAC champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 38–41 vs. New Hampshire | |
| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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| Sports Network | No. 11 |
| Record | 10–2 (7–1 MEAC) |
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| Home stadium | Armstrong Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Hampton $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hampton won the black college football national championship as awarded by three selectors, with North Carolina Central chosen by five other selectors.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 2 | 11:00 a.m. | vs. No. 23 Grambling State* | No. 13 | W 27–26 | 19,175 | [1] | |||
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Howard | No. 14 | W 46–7 | 12,188 | [2] | |||
| September 16 | 1:30 p.m. | North Carolina A&T | No. 10 |
| W 48–14 | 5,180 | [3] | ||
| September 23 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. Morgan State | No. 11 |
| W 26–7 | 53,588 | [4] | ||
| September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Delaware State | No. 12 | W 29–14 | 5,449 | [5] | |||
| October 7 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. Central State (OH)* | No. 12 | W 42–12 | 31,597 | [6] | |||
| October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | Norfolk State | No. 12 |
| W 42–13 | 18,157 | [7] | ||
| October 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at South Carolina State | No. 11 | L 6–13 | 9,090 | [8] | |||
| October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Winston–Salem State* | No. 17 |
| W 13–3 | 17,523 | [9] | ||
| November 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman | No. 13 |
| W 34–17 | 4,129 | [10] | ||
| November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida A&M | No. 11 | W 59–7 | 13,722 | [11] | |||
| November 25 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 New Hampshire* | No. 8 |
| L 38–41 | 3,401 | [12] | ||
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