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The 2006 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Scott Downing, the Bears compiled an overall record of 1–10, with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, and finished ninth in the Big Sky. The team played home games at Nottingham Field in Greeley, Colorado.

Record1–10 (0–8 Big Sky)
Headcoach
HomestadiumNottingham Field
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2006 Northern Colorado Bears football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record1–10 (0–8 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumNottingham Field
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2006 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Montana $^ 8–0  12–2 
No. 10 Montana State ^ 6–2  8–5 
No. 19 Portland State 6–2  7–4 
Northern Arizona 5–3  6–5 
Sacramento State 4–4  4–7 
Weber State 3–5  4–7 
Eastern Washington 3–5  3–8 
Idaho State 1–7  2–9 
Northern Colorado 0–8  1–10 
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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On September 11, starting punter Rafael Mendoza was stabbed in the leg by backup punter Mitchell Cozad.[1] Mendoza returned to the field for the September 23 game against Western Illinois.[2] Cozad was convicted of second-degree assault for the stabbing in 2007.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2UC Davis*L 7–386,072[4]
September 9at No. 21 Portland StateL 3–454,936[5]
September 16at No. 23 Texas State*W 14–1311,870[6]
September 23Western Illinois*
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 28–426,219[2]
September 28at Weber StateL 21–265,115[7]
October 7Idaho State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 13–412,910[8]
October 14Eastern Washington
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 0–346,012[9]
October 28at Sacramento StateL 9–144,109[10][11]
November 4at No. 19 Montana StateL 10–1313,177[12]
November 11No. 2 Montana
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 21–534,632[13]
November 18Northern Arizona
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 3–543,012[14]
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