2006 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2006 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Big South champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 28–45 vs. Appalachian State
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	9–3 (4–0 Big South)
Head coach	David Bennett (4th season)
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium

2006 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Coastal Carolina $^		4	–	0					9	–	3
Charleston Southern		2	–	2					9	–	2
Gardner–Webb		2	–	2					6	–	5
Liberty		2	–	2					6	–	5
VMI		0	–	4					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Chanticleers were led by fourth-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 9–3 with a 4–0 record in conference play, winning their second outright Big South championship and their first berth in the FCS playoffs.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Elon*	No. 25	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	L 20–23	8,169
September 9	7:00 p.m.	at Wofford*		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	W 41–38	6,493
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Georgia Southern*		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 21–38	17,303
September 23	12:30 p.m.	South Carolina State*		Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	W 33–14	9,287
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Winston-Salem State*		Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 31–12	4,701
October 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Furman*		Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	W 29–27	10,013
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 31–27	7,810
October 28	12:30 p.m.	Liberty	No. 22	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC (rivalry)	W 28–26	6,964
November 4	12:30 p.m.	Savannah State*	No. 17	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	W 66–6	6,703
November 11	1:30 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	No. 16	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	W 52–24	3,250
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Charleston Southern	No. 13	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	W 31–17	7,669
November 25	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Appalachian State*	No. 13	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	L 28–45	16,223
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time