2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Conference USA, and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

2006 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
Record	5–7 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Mark Snyder (2nd season)
Home stadium	Joan C. Edwards 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	3:30 pm	at No. 5 West Virginia*	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV (Friends of Coal Bowl)	ESPN Plus	L 10–42	61,077
September 9	4:30 pm	Hofstra*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		W 54–31	26,861
September 16	12:30 pm	at Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 7–23	46,488
September 23	4:00 pm	at No. 15 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	WOWK	L 7–33	104,818
October 4	7:30 pm	UCF	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN2	L 22–23	27,572
October 14	3:00 pm	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	WOWK	L 21–31	14,032
October 21	7:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	WOWK	W 31–24	12,344
October 28	4:30 pm	Memphis	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	WOWK	W 41–27	29,204
November 4	7:30 pm	Tulane	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CSTV	W 42–21	25,128
November 11	1:00 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)	WSAZ	L 20–33	41,372	[1]
November 18	4:30 pm	UTEP	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		W 49–21	20,783
November 25	7:30 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	L 7–42	28,736
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time