Year: | 2006 |
Team: | Arkansas State Indians |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Record: | 0–6 |
Conf Record: | 0–3 |
Wins Vacated: | 6 |
Conf Wins Vacated: | 4 |
Head Coach: | Steve Roberts |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Off Coach: | Doug Ruse |
Oc Year: | 5th |
Codef Coach1: | Kevin Corless |
Codc1 Year: | 5th |
Codef Coach2: | Jack Curtis |
Codc2 Year: | 5th |
Stadium: | Indian Stadium |
The 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Sun Belt.
A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.[1]