2006 FIU Golden Panthers football team

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2006
FIU Stadium
Seasons
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 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented

FIU Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Don Strock in his fifth and final season as head coach, before he resigned at the end of the year. The season was marred by the infamous brawl against the University of Miami
in the seventh week of the season, which would precipitate Strock's resignation.

The Golden Panthers finished the 2006 season winless in twelve games and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 313 to 115. Their average of 9.6 points scored per game was the worst in the FBS that year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at Middle TennesseeESPN PlusL 6–720,058
September 97:00 p.m.at South Florida*ESPN360L 20–2127,114
September 166:00 p.m.
FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
  • L 28–3315,212
    September 236:00 p.m.at
    Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
  • L 10–1445,317
    September 305:00 p.m.Arkansas State
    • FIU Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    L 6–3115,174
    October 76:00 p.m.at North TexasCSSL 22–25 7OT15,123
    October 147:00 p.m.at Miami*CSSL 0–3551,130
    October 282:00 p.m.at Alabama*PPVL 3–3892,138
    November 116:00 p.m.
    Louisiana-Monroe
    • FIU Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    L 0–3515,009
    November 185:00 p.m.at Louisiana–LafayetteL 7–1715,134
    November 257:00 p.m.vs. Florida AtlanticESPN PlusL 0–319,655
    December 2Troy
    • FIU Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    L 13–2615,023

    [1]

    NFL draftees

    The following FIU players were selected in the

    2007 NFL Draft
    :

    Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
    Antwan Barnes 4 134 Linebacker Baltimore Ravens
    Chandler Williams 7 233 Wide receiver Minnesota Vikings

    [2]

    References

    1. ^ "Football - Schedule/Results". Retrieved December 12, 2015.
    2. ^ "2007 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2015.