2006 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 2006 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison head coach is Craig Bohl, in his fourth season as head coach of the team. The Bison play at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. North Dakota State competes in the FCS division of college football. In 2006, the Bison finished with a record of 10–1, and were the conference champions at 4–0.^[1] While being ranked #4 at the end of the year, NDSU was ineligible to make the playoffs per NCAA Division I rules which mandates a four-year probationary period for new football programs (NDSU entered DI in 2004).

2006 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	Great West Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 5
Record	10–1 (4–0 Great West)
Head coach	Craig Bohl (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Perles (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Willie Mack Garza (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Fargodome
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 North Dakota State $		4	–	0					10	–	1
No. 22 South Dakota State		3	–	1					7	–	4
No. 16 Cal Poly		2	–	2					7	–	4
UC Davis		1	–	3					6	–	5
Southern Utah		0	–	4					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Bison team had a stout defense that held their opponents to 13.4 points per game and were ranked among the top teams to end the year.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 pm	Concordia–St. Paul*	No. 19	Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 66–7	15,609	[2]
September 16	6:15 pm	Northeastern*	No. 17	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Trees Bowl)	W 23–10	16,134	[3]
September 22	6:30 pm	at Ball State*	No. 14	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	W 29–24	10,285	[4]
September 30	6:00 pm	at Stephen F. Austin*	No. 11	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	W 17–9	7,349	[5]
October 7	1:00 pm	No. 21 Georgia Southern*	No. 11	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	W 34–14	13,892	[6]
October 14	1:00 pm	Mississippi Valley State*	No. 9	Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 45–0	16,384	[7]
October 21	2:30 pm	at Minnesota*	No. 9	Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 9–10	62,845	[8]
October 28	1:00 pm	at Southern Utah	No. 6	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	W 31–7	3,165	[9]
November 4	3:05 pm	at UC Davis	No. 5	Toomey Field Davis, CA	W 28–24	5,800	[10][11]
November 11	1:00 pm	No. 9 Cal Poly	No. 5	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)	W 51–14	14,706	[12]
November 18	6:00 pm	No. 19 South Dakota State	No. 4	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	W 41–28	19,053	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time