Year: | 2006 |
Team: | Hampton Pirates |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | MEAC |
Tsnrank: | 11 |
Record: | 10–2 |
Conf Record: | 7–1 |
Head Coach: | Joe Taylor |
Hc Year: | 15th |
Stadium: | Armstrong Stadium |
Champion: | Black college national champion MEAC champion |
Bowl: | NCAA Division I First Round |
Bowl Result: | L 38–41 vs. New Hampshire |
The 2006 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifteenth-year head coach Joe Taylor and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They finished the season with a 10–2 overall record, won the MEAC championship with a 7–1 record in conference play and earned a berth to the first round of the NCAA Division I playoffs, where they were defeated by New Hampshire.
Hampton won the black college football national championship as awarded by three selectors, with North Carolina Central chosen by five other selectors.