The 2006 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho

University of Idaho

The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...

 in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division I FBS college football

College football

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 during the 2006 season. Idaho competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 (WAC), and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome

Kibbie Dome

The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

, an indoor facilty on campus in Moscow

Moscow, Idaho

Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...

, Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

. The Vandals were led by Dennis Erickson

Dennis Erickson

Dennis Erickson is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Arizona State University until November 28, 2011, a position he had held since the 2007 season. In 2008 the Arizona Board of Regents had approved a contract extension to keep Erickson at Arizona...

, hired following the departure of Nick Holt

Nick Holt

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 for an assistant's position at USC

2006 USC Trojans football team

The 2006 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in college football season of 2006-2007, winning the Pacific-10 Conference and playing in the Rose Bowl...

 in February 2006. Erickson was previously the head coach of the Vandals from 1982

1982 Idaho Vandals football team

The 1982 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

-85

1985 Idaho Vandals football team

The 1985 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

, his first collegiate head coaching position.

The Vandals won their first three conference games to move to 4-3 overall, then lost their final five games, all in conference. They finished the season with a 4-8 overall record and 3–5 in conference play, which was the team's seventh-straight season with a losing record. Erickson departed in December to become the head coach at Arizona State

2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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.

Schedule

Idaho's reported home attendance for 2006 was 72,717 for five games, an average of 15,543.

The maximum was 17,000 for the Boise State game on October 21st,
and the minimum was 10,435 for the San Jose State game on November 25th, two days after Thanksgiving.