2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2006
| team = Central Michigan Chippewas
| sport = football
| image = Central Michigan Chippewas logo.svg
| image_size = 200
| conference = Mid-American Conference
| division = West Division
| short_conf = MAC
| record = 10–4
| conf_record = 7–1
| head_coach = Brian Kelly
| hc_year = 3rd
| hc_games = regular season
| head_coach2 = Jeff Quinn
| hc_games2 = interim; bowl game
| off_coach = Jeff Quinn
| oc_year = 3rd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Joe Tresey
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| mvp =
| captain =
| stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| champion = MAC champion
MAC West Division champion
Motor City Bowl champion
| conf_champ = MAC Championship Game
| conf_champ_result = W 31–10 vs. Ohio
| bowl = Motor City Bowl
| bowl_result = W 31–14 vs. Middle Tennessee
}}
{{2006 Mid-American Conference football standings}}
The 2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Central Michigan competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Chippewas were led by third-year head coach Brian Kelly.
Central Michigan finished the regular season with an 8–4 record and a 7–1 record in conference play, placing first in the West Division. They qualified for the MAC Championship Game, where they defeated Ohio 31–10. Central Michigan competed in the Motor City Bowl against Middle Tennessee, which they won 31–14.{{cite web|title=Football – 2006 Schedule/Results|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=46375&SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&Q_SEASON=2006|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2006
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 31
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Boston College
| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 24–31
| attend = 25,418
| source = {{cite web|title=Boston College at Central Michigan|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=590206|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=August 31, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119111758/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=590206|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 9
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| tv = ESPN Plus
| score = 17–41
| attend = 108,712
| source = {{cite web|title=Central Michigan at Michigan|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=604170|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=September 9, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119192635/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=604170|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Akron
| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| tv = CL
| score = 24–21
| attend = 20,097
| source = {{cite web|title=Akron at Central Michigan|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=609449|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=September 16, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119145054/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=609449|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Eastern Michigan
| site_stadium = Rynearson Stadium
| site_cityst = Ypsilanti, MI
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = CL
| score = 24–17
| attend = 11,686
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU at Eastern Michigan|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=613065|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=September 23, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119125324/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=613065|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| tv =
| score = 36–45
| attend = 54,566
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU at Kentucky|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=621829|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=October 1, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119094724/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=621829|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Toledo
| site_stadium = Glass Bowl
| site_cityst = Toledo, OH
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 42–20
| attend = 20,419
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU 42, Toledo 20|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=639356|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=October 8, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119193307/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=639356|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Ball State
| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| tv =
| score = 18–7
| attend = 21,013
| source = {{cite web|title=Ball State at Central Michigan|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=651836|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=October 14, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119123812/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=651836|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| time = 7:30 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Bowling Green
| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 31–14
| attend = 11,262
| source = {{cite web|title=Bowling Green at Central Michigan|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=654863|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=October 19, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119085116/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=654863|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Temple
| site_stadium = Lincoln Financial Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| tv =
| score = 42–26
| attend = 16,091
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU 42, Temple 26|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=676142|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=November 4, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119082856/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=676142|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Western Michigan
| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = CL
| score = 31–7
| attend = 30,027
| source = {{cite web|title=Central Michigan 31, Western Michigan 7|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=683396|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=November 10, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119100935/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=683396|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Northern Illinois
| site_stadium = Huskie Stadium
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 10–31
| attend = 18,139
| source = {{cite web|title=Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois (Nov 17, 2006)|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=693262|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=November 18, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121043301/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=693262|archive-date=2013-01-21|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| time = 1:05 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = University at Buffalo Stadium
| site_cityst = Amherst, NY
| tv =
| score = 55–28
| attend = 11,941
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU vs Buffalo (Nov 24, 2006)|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=695597|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=November 24, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119094259/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=695597|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| time = 7:45 pm
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Ohio
| site_stadium = Ford Field
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| gamename = MAC Championship
| tv = ESPN
| score = 31–10
| attend = 25,483
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU 31, Ohio 10|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=699027|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=November 30, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120022127/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=699027|archive-date=2013-01-20|url-status=dead}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 26
| time = 7:30 pm
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| site_stadium = Ford Field
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| gamename = Motor City Bowl
| tv = ESPN
| score = 31–14
| attend = 54,113
| source = {{cite web|title=CMU 31, Middle Tennessee 14|url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=734959|publisher=Central Michigan Chippewas|access-date=September 29, 2012|date=December 27, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119121334/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4199&DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=734959|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}
}}
}}
References
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{{Mid-American Conference football champions}}
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