2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Big 12 North Division champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 7–21 vs. Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 14–17 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
2006 record	9–5 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Callahan (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Jay Norvell (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	West Coast offense
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove (3rd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 81,067)
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
Nebraska x		6	–	2		9	–	5
Missouri		4	–	4		8	–	5
Kansas State		4	–	4		7	–	6
Kansas		3	–	5		6	–	6
Colorado		2	–	6		2	–	10
Iowa State		1	–	7		4	–	8
Southern Division
#11 Oklahoma x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
#13 Texas		6	–	2		10	–	3
Texas A&M		5	–	3		9	–	4
Texas Tech		4	–	4		8	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5		7	–	6
Baylor		3	–	5		4	–	8
Championship: Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana Tech	0	10	0	0	10
• Nebraska	7	14	7	21	49

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 85,181
TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Dave Lapham (Color) & Emily Jones (Sideline)

Nicholls State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nicholls State	0	0	0	7	7
• Nebraska	14	14	14	14	56

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 12:30 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 84,076

Nebraska at USC [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	3	0	0	7	10
• USC	7	7	7	7	28

Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 92,000
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color), Kirk Herbstreit (Color) & Lisa Salters (Sideline)

Troy at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Troy	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	14	14	14	14	56

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 84,799
TV announcers (PPV): Greg Sharpe (Play-by-play), Matt Davison (Color) & Dan McLaughlin (Sideline)

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Kansas	0	10	9	13	0	32
• Nebraska	17	7	0	8	7	39

Date: September 30, 2006
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 85,069
TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play-by-play), Dave Lapham (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline)

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	14	0	7	28
Iowa State	0	7	0	7	14

Date: October 7, 2006
Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa
Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 55,338
TV announcers (ABC): Dan Fouts (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	7	7	0	21
Kansas State	0	0	3	0	3

Date: October 14, 2006
Location: Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 50,723
TV announcers (PPV): Dan McLaughlin (Play-by-play), Rich Baldinger (Color) & Brent Stover (Sideline)

Texas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	3	13	0	6	22
Nebraska	7	0	0	13	20

Date: October 21, 2006
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Game attendance: 85,187
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color) & Lisa Salters (Sideline)

The 2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Callahan and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

While the Huskers lost talented running back Cory Ross and defensive back Daniel Bullocks, they did retain offensive lynchpin Zac Taylor (QB) and talented kicker Jordon Congdon. The team also hoped to play I-back Marlon Lucky (who excelled on kick returns as a freshman) as their starting running back. Terrence Nunn, the top kick-returner in the Big 12 last season, also returned and was intended to be the Huskers' featured receiver.

On defense, the Blackshirts include DE Adam Carriker, among others. The Ruud name returned to Lincoln, with Bo Ruud playing weakside linebacker.

Nebraska won their 800th football game with a win over Kansas State on October 14, 2006. Only four teams have won 800 or more games: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, and now Nebraska.

The Cornhuskers entered the game against the 2006 Texas Longhorn football team ranked 16th in both human polls and 19th in the computer rankings, for a total BCS ranking of 17th. Coming into the game, Texas was the third-winningest program in college football, with 800 wins. Nebraska was fourth, having won their 800th game the previous weekend vs Kansas State. Only four teams have won 800 or more games: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, and now Nebraska. The game marked the first time for Texas to face an 800-win program since Texas broke through the 800-win barrier. The 2006 football season also marked the first time for four 800-win programs to face off against each other, with Notre Dame and Michigan having played each other earlier in the season.

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