2006 SMU Mustangs football team

2006 Conference USA football standings
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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

The 2006 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Phil Bennett, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fourth in C-USA's West Division.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Texas Tech*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 3–35	50,362
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl)		L 6–24	25,231
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)		W 45–14	17,421
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX		W 55–9	12,979
September 30	6:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	CSTV	W 33–28	21,565
October 7	8:05 p.m.	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		L 21–24	41,258
October 14	2:00 p.m.	Marshall	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX		W 31–21	14,032
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 21–38	34,141
October 31	6:30 p.m.	UAB	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX	ESPN2	W 22–9	13,125
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Houston	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX		L 27–37	20,350
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX		W 34–24	14,658
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		L 27–31	12,867
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2006 SMU Mustangs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`17`	Emmanuel Sanders	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`40`	Justin Rogers	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`11`	Andrew Galloway	Jr
P/K	`15`	Thomas Morstead	Jr

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