2006 Utah Utes Football Team
The 2006 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The team was coached by 2nd year head football coach Kyle Whittingham. The Utes played their homes games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.
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Armed Forces Bowl champion | |
Armed Forces Bowl, W 25–13 vs. Tulsa | |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (5–3 MW) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Andy Ludwig (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Gary Andersen (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Rice-Eccles Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 BYU $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 TCU | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 5:00 pm | at UCLA* | FSN | L 10–31 | 59,709 | |
| September 9 | 6:00 pm | Northern Arizona* | mtn. | W 45–7 | 43,327 | |
| September 16 | 6:05 pm | at Utah State* | KJZZ | W 48–0 | 20,082 | |
| September 23 | 6:00 pm | at San Diego State | mtn. | W 38–7 | 53,794 | |
| September 30 | 1:00 pm | No. 22 Boise State* |
| Versus | L 3–36 | 45,222 |
| October 5 | 7:00 pm | TCU |
| Versus | W 20–7 | 43,790 |
| October 14 | 1:00 pm | at Wyoming | mtn. | L 15–31 | 20,806 | |
| October 19 | 7:00 pm | at New Mexico | mtn. | L 31–34 | 23,471 | |
| October 28 | 2:00 pm | UNLV |
| mtn. | W 45–23 | 42,474 |
| November 11 | 12:00 pm | Colorado State |
| Versus | W 35–22 | 39,532 |
| November 18 | 5:30 pm | at Air Force | mtn. | W 17–14 | 27,611 | |
| November 25 | 1:30 pm | No. 21 BYU |
| CSTV/mtn. | L 31–33 | 45,330 |
| December 23 | 6:00 pm | vs. Tulsa* | ESPN | W 25–13 | 32,412 | |
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After the season
NFL Draft
Utah had two players taken in the 2007 NFL Draft:
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Eric Weddle | Safety | 2 | 37 | San Diego Chargers |
| Paul Soliai | Defensive tackle | 4 | 108 | Miami Dolphins |
References
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