2006 McNeese State Cowboys football team information
American college football season
2006McNeese State Cowboys football
Southland champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 6–31 vs. Montana
Conference
Southland Conference
Ranking
Sports Network
No. 21
Record
7–5 (5–1 Southland)
Head coach
Tommy Tate (7th season; first 4 games)
Matt Viator (interim, games 5–12)
Offensive coordinator
Matt Viator (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinator
Ben Norton (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator
Jason Rollins (2nd season)
Home stadium
Cowboy Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Southland Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 21 McNeese State $^
5
–
1
7
–
5
Sam Houston State
4
–
2
6
–
5
Stephen F. Austin
4
–
2
4
–
7
Texas State
3
–
3
5
–
6
Nicholls State
2
–
4
4
–
7
Northwestern State
2
–
4
4
–
7
Southeastern Louisiana
1
–
5
2
–
9
$ – Conference champion
^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
The 2006 McNeese State Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference (Southland) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their seventh year under head coach Tommy Tate, the team compiled an overall record of 7–5, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as Southland champion. The Cowboys advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs and lost to Montana in the first round.
After a 1–4 start to the season, Tate was fired as head coach and replaced with Matt Viator as interim head coach.[1] After a 5–1 start as interim head coach, on November 13 Viator was named as permanent head coach of the Cowboys.[2]
^"McNeese replaces coach". Omaha World-Herald. October 4, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"MSU names Viator as head football coach". Daily World. November 14, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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