2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their ninth year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6–5 record (5–3 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 378 to 296, and finished fourth out of nine teams in the Big Sky.

2006 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (9th season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome

2006 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Montana $^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 10 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 19 Portland State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					6	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					4	–	7
Weber State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Eastern Washington		3	–	5					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	at No. 24 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 14–35	53,540
September 9	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 7–45	43,327
September 16	Dixie State*	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 66–14
September 23	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 33–27
September 30	Montana State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 32–39
October 14	at Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 21–24	23,626
October 21	Sacramento State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 39–22	7,362
October 28	at Eastern Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 34–26
November 4	Portland State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 26–34	5,413
November 11	Weber State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 42–17	4,811
November 18	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	W 54–3
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game