Year: | 2006 |
Team: | Troy Trojans |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Record: | 8–5 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Head Coach: | Larry Blakeney |
Hc Year: | 16th |
Off Coach: | Tony Franklin |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Off Scheme: | Air raid |
Def Coach: | Jeremy Rowell |
Dc Year: | 1st |
Def Scheme: | 4–2–5 |
Stadium: | Movie Gallery Stadium |
Champion: | Sun Belt co-champion New Orleans Bowl champion |
Bowl: | New Orleans Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 41–17 vs. Rice |
The 2006 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Larry Blakeney, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Middle Tennessee. This was the program's first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference two years prior, in 2004. Troy was invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they played Rice of Conference USA, routing the Owls by a score of 41–17. The team played home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama.