2006 Hampton Pirates football team

2006 Hampton Pirates football
Black college national champion MEAC champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 38–41 vs. New Hampshire
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 11
Record	10–2 (7–1 MEAC)
Head coach	Joe Taylor (15th season)
Home stadium	Armstrong Stadium

2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Hampton $^		7	–	1					10	–	2
Delaware State		6	–	2					8	–	3
South Carolina State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Florida A&M		5	–	3					7	–	4
Howard		4	–	4					5	–	6
Morgan State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Bethune–Cookman		3	–	5					5	–	6
Norfolk State		1	–	7					4	–	7
North Carolina A&T		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifteenth-year head coach Joe Taylor and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They finished the season with a 10–2 overall record, won the MEAC championship with a 7–1 record in conference play and earned a berth to the first round of the NCAA Division I playoffs, where they were defeated by New Hampshire.

Hampton won the black college football national championship as awarded by three selectors, with North Carolina Central chosen by five other selectors.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 2	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 23 Grambling State*	No. 13	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (MEAC/SWAC Challenge)	W 27–26
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Howard	No. 14	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA (The Real HU)	W 46–7
September 16	1:30 p.m.	North Carolina A&T	No. 10	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 48–14
September 23	4:00 p.m.	vs. Morgan State	No. 11	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (New York Urban League Football Classic)	W 26–7
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Delaware State	No. 12	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 29–14
October 7	4:00 p.m.	vs. Central State (OH)*	No. 12	RCA Dome Indianapolis, IN (Circle City Classic)	W 42–12
October 14	1:30 p.m.	Norfolk State	No. 12	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 42–13
October 21	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina State	No. 11	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	L 6–13
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Winston–Salem State*	No. 17	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 13–3
November 2	7:30 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman	No. 13	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 34–17
November 11	6:00 p.m.	at Florida A&M	No. 11	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 59–7
November 25	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 New Hampshire*	No. 8	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	L 38–41
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time