2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Insight Bowl, L 41โ€“44 OT vs. Texas Tech
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6โ€“7 (3โ€“5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMitch Browning (7th as OC, 10th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (7th as OC, 8th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Lockwood (2nd as DC, 5th overall season)
CaptainMike Sherels, Matt Spaeth
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Ohio State $   8 0     12 1  
No. 8 Michigan %   7 1     11 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin   7 1     12 1  
No. 24 Penn State   5 3     9 4  
Purdue   5 3     8 6  
Minnesota   3 5     6 7  
Indiana   3 5     5 7  
Northwestern   2 6     4 8  
Iowa   2 6     6 7  
Illinois   1 7     2 10  
Michigan State   1 7     4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Coached by Glen Mason, the Gophers played their home games at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as they had since Memorial Stadium closed after the 1981 season.

Mason was fired on December 31, 2006, two days after the Gophers' epic collapse in the last 20 minutes of the Insight Bowl against Texas Tech, which saw Minnesota blow a 38–7 lead to lose 44–41 in overtime. The Tech comeback was the biggest in NCAA Division I-A postseason history.