2006 Temple Owls football team

2006 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Notre Dame %		–		10	–	3
Navy		–		9	–	4
Army		–		3	–	9
Temple		–		1	–	11

% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Temple competed as an independent. The team was coached by first-year head coach Al Golden and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	CN8	L 3–9 ^OT	29,795
September 9	12:00 pm	No. 13 Louisville	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 0–62	16,015
September 16	2:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 0–62	45,612
September 23	7:00 pm	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		L 7–41	15,739
September 30	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 14–43	34,319
October 7	1:00 pm	Kent State	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 17–28	13,704
October 12	7:30 pm	vs. No. 12 Clemson	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPNU	L 9–63	30,246
October 21	3:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, PA	CSNC	L 21–43	27,039
October 28	1:00 pm	Bowling Green	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 28–14	17,431
November 4	1:00 pm	Central Michigan	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 26–42	16,091
November 11	3:30 pm	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN Plus	L 0–47	105,903
November 18	12:30 pm	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	L 6–42	33,927
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Temple Owls football
Venues	Vernon Park (?–1927) Temple Stadium (1928–1977) Veterans Stadium (1978–2002) Franklin Field (alternate, 1978–2002) Lincoln Financial Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Villanova: Mayor's Cup
Culture & lore	Hooter T. Owl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918–1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026