The 2006 Hampton Pirates football team represented
Hampton University
Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missiona ...
as a member of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...
(MEAC) in the
2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2006 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 26, 2006 and concluded on December 15, 2006, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2006 NCAA D ...
. They were led by fifteenth-year head coach
Joe Taylor and played their home games at
Armstrong Stadium
Armstrong Stadium is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hampton, Virginia. It opened in 1928. It is home to the Hampton University Pirates football team, lacrosse team, and men's and women's track teams.
History
Initial construction
The ...
. 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
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.
Hampton won the
black college football national championship
The Black college football national championship, also named the HBCU football championship, is a National championship#Football, national championship honor that, since 1920, has been regularly bestowed upon the best College football teams among ...
as awarded by three selectors, with
North Carolina Central chosen by five other selectors.
Schedule
References
{{Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions
Hampton
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Hampton Pirates football seasons
Black college football national champions
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champion seasons
Hampton Pirates football
The Hampton Pirates football team represents Hampton University in college football. The Pirates compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of CAA Football, the legally separate football league operated by ...