2006 East Carolina Pirates football team

The 2006 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of Conference USA during the 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Skip Holtz, the team compiled a 7–6 record and were defeated by South Florida in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.^[1]

2006 East Carolina Pirates football
PapaJohns.com Bowl, L 7–24 vs. South Florida
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
Record	7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Skip Holtz (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Shankweiler (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Greg Hudson (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2					9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2					7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	5:30pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	L 23–28	33,809	[2]
September 9	7:00pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 12–17	23,116	[3]
September 16	7:00pm	Memphis	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		W 35–20	37,431	[4]
September 23	4:30pm	No. 4 West Virginia*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPN2	L 10–27	40,510	[5]
October 7	6:00pm	Virginia*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CSTV	W 31–21	35,541	[6]
October 14	3:00pm	Tulsa	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 10–31	34,011	[7]
October 21	3:00pm	SMU	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		W 38–21	34,141	[8]
October 28	7:30pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	W 20–17 OT	25,155	[9]
November 4	4:00pm	at UCF	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL		W 23–10	31,414	[10]
November 11	1:00pm	Marshall	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)		W 33–20	41,372	[11]
November 18	3:00pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 17–18	12,669	[12]
November 25	7:00pm	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 21–16	54,264	[13]
December 23	12:00pm	vs. South Florida*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (PapaJohns.com Bowl)	ESPN2	L 7–24	32,023	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time