2006 NC State Wolfpack football team

2006 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	Chuck Amato (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Marc Trestman (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Dunlap (2nd season)
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium

2006 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 18 Wake Forest x$		6	–	2					11	–	3
No. 20 Boston College		5	–	3					10	–	3
Maryland		5	–	3					9	–	4
Clemson		5	–	3					8	–	5
Florida State		3	–	5					7	–	6
NC State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech x		7	–	1					9	–	5
No. 19 Virginia Tech		6	–	2					10	–	3
Virginia		4	–	4					5	–	7
Miami (FL)		3	–	5					7	–	6
North Carolina		2	–	6					3	–	9
Duke		0	–	8					0	–	12
Championship: Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Chuck Amato. N. State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953, and has participated in that conference's Atlantic Division since 2005. The Wolfpack played its home games in 2006 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 pm	No. 1 (FCS) Appalachian State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 23–10	57,583
September 9	12:00 pm	Akron*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPNU	L 17–20	56,103
September 16	7:00 pm	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		L 17–37	31,748
September 23	8:00 pm	No. 21 Boston College	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN2	W 17–15	57,583
October 5	7:30 pm	No. 16 Florida State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN	W 24–20	57,437
October 14	12:00 pm	Wake Forest	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	LFS	L 23–25	55,972
October 21	12:00 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	LFS	L 20–26	50,230
October 28	12:00 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	LFS	L 7–14	55,730
November 4	7:00 pm	No. 20 Georgia Tech	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPNU	L 23–31	56,837
November 11	12:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	LFS	L 14–20	81,785
November 18	12:00 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	LFS	L 9–23	54,000
November 25	7:00 pm	ECU*	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 16–21	54,264
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time