2006 McNeese State Cowboys football team

2006 McNeese State Cowboys football
Southland champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 21
Record7–5 (5–1 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Viator (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBen Norton (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJason Rollins (2nd season)
Home stadiumCowboy Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 McNeese State $^   5 1     7 5  
Sam Houston State   4 2     6 5  
Stephen F. Austin   4 2     4 7  
Texas State   3 3     5 6  
Nicholls State   2 4     4 7  
Northwestern State   2 4     4 7  
Southeastern Louisiana   1 5     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 McNeese State Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference (Southland) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their seventh year under head coach Tommy Tate, the team compiled an overall record of 7–5, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as Southland champion. The Cowboys advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs and lost to Montana in the first round.

After a 1–4 start to the season, Tate was fired as head coach and replaced with Matt Viator as interim head coach.[1] After a 5–1 start as interim head coach, on November 13 Viator was named as permanent head coach of the Cowboys.[2]

  1. ^ "McNeese replaces coach". Omaha World-Herald. October 4, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "MSU names Viator as head football coach". Daily World. November 14, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.