2006 Arkansas State Indians football team

2006 Arkansas State Indians football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record0–6, 6 wins vacated (0–3 Sun Belt, 4 wins vacated)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (5th season)
Home stadiumIndian Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 1     8 5  
Middle Tennessee +   6 1     7 6  
Arkansas State   4 3     6 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 3     5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 4     6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 4     4 8  
North Texas   2 5     3 9  
FIU   0 7     0 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Sun Belt.

A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.[1]

  1. ^ "NCAA throws out Arkansas St. wins". ESPN. Associated Press. March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.