2006 Temple Owls football team

The 2006 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Temple competed as an independent. The team was coached by first-year head coach Al Golden and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field.

2006 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–11
Head coach	Al Golden (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	George DeLeone (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (1st season)
Home stadium	Lincoln Financial Field

2006 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Notre Dame  %			–						10	–	3
Navy			–						9	–	4
Army			–						3	–	9
Temple			–						1	–	11
% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	CN8	L 3–9 OT	29,795
September 9	12:00 pm	No. 13 Louisville	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 0–62	16,015
September 16	2:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 0–62	45,612
September 23	7:00 pm	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		L 7–41	15,739
September 30	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 14–43	34,319
October 7	1:00 pm	Kent State	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 17–28	13,704
October 12	7:30 pm	vs. No. 12 Clemson	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPNU	L 9–63	30,246
October 21	3:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, PA	CSNC	L 21–43	27,039
October 28	1:00 pm	Bowling Green	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 28–14	17,431
November 4	1:00 pm	Central Michigan	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 26–42	16,091
November 11	3:30 pm	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN Plus	L 0–47	105,903
November 18	12:30 pm	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	L 6–42	33,927
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time