2006 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 2006 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. They were coached by Mark Mangino. Despite winning 6 games, the team was not invited to a bowl game.

2006 Kansas Jayhawks football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Record	6–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Mangino (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Nick Quartaro (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (5th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,071)

2006 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North 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
South Division
No. 11 Oklahoma x$		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Northwestern State*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 49–18	44,025
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 21–19	45,221
September 15	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN2	L 31–37 2OT	22,118
September 23	6:00 p.m.	South Florida*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 13–7	40,933
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	FSN	L 32–39 OT	85,069
October 7	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	L 18–21	46,445
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	L 32–42	41,203
October 21	2:05 p.m.	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 35–36	36,125
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 20–15	39,313
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 41–10	40,272
November 18	2:30 p.m.	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	FSN	W 39–20	51,821
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–42	55,614
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time