2006 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

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.

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

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