2006 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2006 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal
Record	3–9 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	John Bunting (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Cignetti Jr. (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Marvin Sanders (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Melik Brown, Ronnie McGill, Kareen Taylor
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial 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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 3–9 overall and 2–6 in ACC play to place fifth in the Coastal Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	3:30 p.m.	Rutgers*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 16–21	50,000
September 9	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Virginia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	L 10–35	57,000
September 16	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 (FCS) Furman*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 45–42	47,000
September 23	12:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN360	L 7–52	81,886
October 7	12:00 p.m.	at Miami	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	LFS	L 7–27	29,621
October 14	12:00 p.m.	South Florida*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	L 20–37	44,000
October 19	7:30 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	L 0–23	56,632
October 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 17–24	49,000
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 26–45	80,795
November 11	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	LFS	L 0–7	41,000
November 18	12:00 p.m.	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	LFS	W 23–9	54,000
November 25	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN360	W 45–44	24,478
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

The 2006 season was the last for John Bunting as head coach. He was to be replaced by Butch Davis in the postseason.

Name	Position	Seasons in Position
John Bunting	Head coach	6th
Dave Brock	Assistant head coach / wide receivers / recruiting coordinator	2nd
Ken Browning	Defensive tackles	13th
Frank Cignetti	Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks	1st
Jeff Connors	Strength and conditioning coordinator	6th
John Gutekunst	Assistant head coach / tight ends	3rd
Danny Pearman	Defensive ends	1st
Andre' Powell	Special teams coordinator / running backs	6th
Marvin Sanders	Defensive coordinator / defensive backs	3rd
Tommy Thigpen	Linebackers	2nd
Mark Weber	Offensive Line	1st

Team statistics

Passing leaders	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
Joe Dailey	112	195	1316	7	10
Cameron Sexton	57	136	840	4	8

Rushing leaders	Car	Yds	Long	TD
Ronnie McGill	192	790	48	7
Barrington Edwards	91	330	34	2
Justin Warren	7	77	23	1

Receiving leaders	Rec	Yds	Long	TD
Hakeem Nicks	39	660	83	4
Brooks Foster	38	486	39	2
Jesse Holley	37	466	50	2

Kicking	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGM	Long	Pts
Connor Barth	24	24	10	10	54	54