Conference Big Ten Conference Head coach Glen Mason Defensive coordinator David Lockwood | 2006 record 6–7 (3–5 Big Ten) Offensive coordinator Mitch Browning | |
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Home stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(Capacity: 64,172) | ||
The 2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Coached by Glen Mason, the Gophers played their home games at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as they had since Memorial Stadium closed after the 1981 season.
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Mason was fired on December 31, 2006, two days after the Gophers' epic collapse in the last 20 minutes of the Insight Bowl against Texas Tech, which saw Minnesota blow a 38–7 lead to lose 44–41 in overtime. The Tech comeback was the biggest in NCAA Division I-A postseason history.
Previous season
2005 was the ninth season under head coach Glen Mason. He led the team to a 7–5 record and an appearance in the Music City Bowl. The most notable game of the season came when Minnesota defeated Michigan for the first time in 19 years to win the Little Brown Jug.
Pre-season
The 2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team received votes in the Coaches' Poll.