2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU finished the season with an overall record of 11–2 with a 6–2 mark in the Mountain West Conference, where they placed second behind BYU. The Horned Frogs were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they defeated Northern Illinois, 37–7.

2006 TCU Horned Frogs football
Poinsettia Bowl champion
Poinsettia Bowl, W 37–7 vs. Northern Illinois
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 22
Record	11–2 (6–2 MW)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dick Bumpas (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium

2006 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 16 BYU $		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 22 TCU		6	–	2					11	–	2
Utah		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wyoming		5	–	3					6	–	6
New Mexico		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5					4	–	8
San Diego State		3	–	5					3	–	9
Colorado State		1	–	7					4	–	8
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:30 p.m.	at Baylor*	No. 22	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 17–7	42,733
September 9	6:00 p.m.	No. 19 (FCS) UC Davis*	No. 23	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 46–13	25,272
September 16	4:30 p.m.	No. 24 Texas Tech*	No. 20	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	Versus	W 12–3	45,647
September 28	5:00 p.m.	BYU	No. 17	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	L 17–31	32,190
October 5	8:00 p.m.	at Utah		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	Versus	L 7–20	43,790
October 21	2:30 p.m.	at Army*		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	ESPNU	W 31–17	33,614
October 28	2:30 p.m.	Wyoming		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	MTN	W 26–3	31,394
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at UNLV		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Versus	W 25–10	13,916
November 11	4:30 p.m.	at New Mexico		University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	MTN	W 27–21	32,754
November 18	3:00 p.m.	San Diego State		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	W 52–0	26,287
November 25	6:00 p.m.	at Colorado State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	MTN	W 45–14	16,146
December 2	2:30 p.m.	Air Force		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	CSTV	W 38–14	30,767
December 19	7:00 p.m.	vs. Northern Illinois*	No. 25	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)	ESPN2	W 37–7	29,709
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	22	23	20	16	17	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22
Coaches Poll	21	22	20	15	15	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21
Harris	Not released				17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	Not released
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Roster

2006 Roster Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
Wide receivers  2 Massey, Donald – JR  3 Brock, Marcus – JR  9 Bynum, Prince – SO  9 Elenburg, Kagen – Fr 10 Cage, William – SO 13 Moore, Derek – JR 18 Harmon, Quentily – SR 19 DePriest, Michael – SR 20 Johnson, Bart – FR 21 Dickerson, Ervin – JR 22 Christian, Ryan – Fr 27 Galifaro, Austin – Fr 82 Renfro, Clint – FR 85 Bryant, Walter – SO 88 Young, Jimmy – FR Offensive line 53 Wyatt, Ryan Fr 60 Phillips, Preston – SO 64 Lindner, Matty – JR 65 Montgomery, Giles – SO 68 Lowery, Adam – JR 50 Marrou, Tyler – Fr 61 Cannon, Marcus – FR 62 Vernon, Josh – FR 70 Newhouse, Marshall – FR 72 Sefton, Ryan – JR 73 Karlin, Josh – Fr 74 Savino, Tony – JR 76 Kirkpatrick, Jake – FR 79 Richmond, Nic – Fr 63 Raetz, Heath – SO 66 Clark, Robert – SO 71 Sisk, Wade – JR 75 Schlueter, Blake – SO 77 Bouldwin, Maurice – SR 78 Taylor, Herbert – SR Fullbacks 36 Smith, Chris – Fr 44 Cameron, Cash – Fr 47 Jackson, William – JR		Tight ends 80 Hecht, Brent – SR 81 Andrus, Chad – SR 84 Frosch, Evan – FR 86 Reagan, Shae – SO 87 Englert, Trey – JR 89 Cunigan, Quinton – JR 92 Stevens, Tom – JR Quarterbacks 11 Jackson, Marcus – Fr 12 Eskridge, Zack – FR 14 Dalton, Andy – FR 16 Ballard, Jeff – SR 17 Luttrell, Tyler – FR Running backs 23 Brown, Aaron – SO 24 Turner, Joseph – Fr 30 Hobbs, Lonta – SR 32 Watts, Justin – SO 33 Merrill, Robert – SR 34 James, Detrick – SO Defensive line 52 Brown, Jon Fr 55 Vess, James – SO 56 Moore, Cody – SO 57 Grant, Cory – FR 58 Williams, Jarrarcea – SR 59 Hailey, Niels – FR 67 Haight, Sean – Fr 69 Knight, Michael – Fr 83 Retkofsky, Jared – SR 90 Leatch, Clarence – FR 91 Christopher, Allen – Fr 93 Ortiz, Chase – JR 94 Niutei, Henry – FR 95 Newby, Jamison – SR 96 Daniels, Wayne – FR 97 Blake, Tommy – JR 98 Hughes, Jerry – FR		Linebackers 35 Ward, Andrew – SR 37 Ingram, Darius – JR 38 Gordon, Brenan – FR 39 Phillips, Jason – SO 41 Washington, Daryl – FR 42 Panfil, Matt – SO 46 Hawthorne, David – JR 49 Gleaton, James – SO 51 Henson, Robert – SO Defensive backs  1 Lewis, Ken – SR  4 Coleman, Steven – SO  6 Bonner, Brian - JR  9 Russell, Vernon – SR 45 Abbott, Christopher – JR 10 Priest, Rafael – Fr 15 Stewart, Torrey – JR 17 Burrell, Andy – SO 17 Hunter, Corderra – Fr 20 Sanders, Nick – Fr 25 Buchanan, Eric – SR 26 White, Marvin – SR 27 Roach, David – JR 28 Jones, Colin – FR 29 Hodge, Stephen – SO 31 Gallegos, Elvis – SR 40 Zavala, Justin - SR 43 Clarke, Chris – JR 43 Ibiloye, Alex – FR 48 Ruelas, Kenneth – JR Punters/Kickers  2 Milliken, Garrett – FR  7 Porter, David - FR 11 Wash, Derek – JR 13 LoCoco, Peter – SR 40 Cortney, Brian – SR 44 Manfredini, Chris – JR 54 Lawson, Landry – Fr 38 Walters, Zach – Fr

Coaches

Name	Position
Gary Patterson	Head Coach
Jarrett Anderson	Wide Receivers
Dick Bumpas	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Chad Glasgow	Safeties
Charles McMillian	Cornerbacks
Mike Schultz	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dan Sharp	Tight Ends/Special Teams
Tony Tademy	Linebackers
Eddie Williamson	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Justin Fuente	Running Backs
Brandon Johnson	Strength and Conditioning Coach
Matt Parker	Assoc. Coach – Strength and Conditioning
Don Sommer	Strength & Conditioning
Bryan Broaddus	Assistant Director-Football Operations
Mike Sinquefield	Director-Football Operations
Keith Carey	Graduate Assistant – Defense
Trey Haverty	Graduate Assistant – Offense

Game summaries

See also: 2006 Mountain West Conference football season

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	0	10	7	17
Baylor	0	7	0	0	7

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
UC Davis	3	7	3	0	13
TCU	7	16	14	9	46

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	3	0	0	0	3
TCU	3	3	3	3	12

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	3	7	7	14	31
TCU	0	3	7	7	17

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	7	0	0	7
Utah	3	14	3	0	20

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	7	24	0	0	31
Army	3	0	7	7	17

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	0	0	0	3	3
TCU	9	0	10	7	26

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	9	10	3	3	25
UNLV	0	3	0	7	10

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	14	10	0	3	27
New Mexico	0	0	14	7	21

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego St	0	0	0	0	0
TCU	14	24	14	0	52

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	3	28	14	0	45
Colorado St	7	0	7	0	14

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Air Force	0	0	0	14	14
TCU	14	10	14	0	38

Poinsettia Bowl

Main article: 2006 Poinsettia Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Illinois	0	0	0	7	7
TCU	6	10	14	7	37