2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team

2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football
2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football
NAIA national champion; GPAC champion
NAIA National Championship Game, W 23–19 vs. St. Francis (IN)
Conference	Great Plains Athletic Conference
Record	14–0 (10–0 GPAC)
Head coach	Kalen DeBoer (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Chuck Morrell (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jon Anderson (5th season)
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Sioux Falls $^	10	–	0	14	–	0
No. 6 Northwestern (IA) ^	9	–	1	11	–	2
No. 8 Morningside ^	8	–	2	9	–	3
No. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan	7	–	3	7	–	3
Dana	5	–	5	6	–	5
Briar Cliff	4	–	6	5	–	6
Dakota Wesleyan	4	–	6	4	–	6
Hastings	4	–	6	4	–	6
Concordia (NE)	2	–	8	2	–	8
Midland Lutheran	1	–	9	2	–	9
Doane	1	–	9	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

The 2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2006 NAIA football season. The Cougars won the 2006 NAIA Football National Championship with a 23–19 victory over the top-ranked St. Francis Cougars. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10–0 record. This was the school's second NAIA Championship (1996). The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:00 a.m.	Concorida (NE)	No. 3	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 49–7
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at Hastings	No. 3	Hastings, NE	W 32–0	500^[1]
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Briar Cliff	No. 3	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 41–0	1,653^[2]
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Dana	No. 3	Blair, NE	W 51–17	1,467^[3]
September 30	7:30 p.m.	Midland	No. 3	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 50–3	3,149 ^[4]
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Northwestern (IA)	No. 3	Orange City, IA	W 17–14	5,251^[5]
October 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Morningside	No. 3	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 24–0	4,908^[6]
October 21	7:00 p.m.	at Doane	No. 3	Crete, NE	W 51–7	500^[7]
October 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan	No. 3	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 52–0	1,185^[8]
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Dakota Wesleyan	No. 2	Mitchell, SD	W 41–0	815^[9]
November 18	1:00 p.m.	No. 15 Jamestown*	No. 2	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD (NAIA First Round)	W 48–10	1,647^[10]
November 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 13 Morningside*	No. 2	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD (NAIA Quarterfinal)	W 37–7
December 2	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Missouri Valley*	No. 2	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD (NAIA Semifinal)	W 25–18	3,155^[11]
December 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Saint Francis (IN)*	No. 2	Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN (NAIA Championship)	W 23–19	5,805^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NAIA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time