2006 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2006 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–9 (0–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Kent Briggs (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Powers (1st season)
Home stadium	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium

2006 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^		7	–	0					14	–	1
No. 12 Furman ^		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 23 Wofford		5	–	2					7	–	4
The Citadel		4	–	3					5	–	6
Elon		2	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		2	–	5					3	–	8
Georgia Southern		2	–	5					3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2006 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Kent Briggs, the Catamounts compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the SoCon. Western Carolina played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31		Chowan*		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 42–0	3,014
September 16		Eastern Kentucky*		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 20–17	8,247
September 23		at No. 3 Furman	No. 22	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC		L 7–42	14,232
September 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 25 Georgia Southern	No. 24	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 14–24	10,483
October 7		at Elon		Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		L 19–37	4,374
October 14		Chattanooga		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 14–17 OT	8,540
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		L 27–30 OT	15,495
October 28		at Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		L 7–35	7,072
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Liberty*		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA		L 0–21	8,286
November 11	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Appalachian State		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		L 9–31	13,742
November 18		at No. 3 (FBS) Florida*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	L 0–62	90,233
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time