2006 FIU Golden Panthers football team

The 2006 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference. The Golden Panthers played their home games at the on-campus FIU Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Don Strock in his fifth and final season as head coach, before he resigned at the end of the year. The season was marred by the infamous brawl against the University of Miami in the seventh week of the season, which would precipitate Strock's resignation.

2006 FIU Golden Panthers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record0–12 (0–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Briner (5th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorKevin Fouquier (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumFIU Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 1     8 5  
Middle Tennessee +   6 1     7 6  
Arkansas State   4 3     6 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 3     5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 4     6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 4     4 8  
North Texas   2 5     3 9  
FIU   0 7     0 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The Golden Panthers finished the 2006 season winless in twelve games and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 313 to 115. Their average of 9.6 points scored per game was the worst in the FBS that year.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at Middle TennesseeESPN PlusL 6–720,058
September 97:00 p.m.at South Florida*ESPN360L 20–2127,114
September 166:00 p.m.Bowling Green*L 28–3315,212
September 236:00 p.m.at Maryland*L 10–1445,317
September 305:00 p.m.Arkansas State
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 6–3115,174
October 76:00 p.m.at North TexasCSSL 22–25 7OT15,123
October 147:00 p.m.at Miami*CSSL 0–3551,130
October 282:00 p.m.at Alabama*PPVL 3–3892,138
November 116:00 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 0–3515,009
November 185:00 p.m.at Louisiana–LafayetteL 7–1715,134
November 257:00 p.m.vs. Florida AtlanticESPN PlusL 0–319,655
December 2Troy
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 13–2615,023

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NFL draftees

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The following FIU players were selected in the 2007 NFL draft:

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Antwan Barnes 4 134 Linebacker Baltimore Ravens
Chandler Williams 7 233 Wide receiver Minnesota Vikings

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References

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  1. ^ "Football - Schedule/Results". Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "2007 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2015.