2006 Arkansas State Indians football team

The 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Sun Belt.

2006 Arkansas State Indians football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record0–6, 6 wins vacated (0–3 Sun Belt, 4 wins vacated)
Head coach
  • Steve Roberts (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (5th season)
Home stadiumIndian Stadium
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Troy +  6 1   8 5  
Middle Tennessee +  6 1   7 6  
Arkansas State  4 3   6 6  
Florida Atlantic  4 3   5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette  3 4   6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 4   4 8  
North Texas  2 5   3 9  
FIU  0 7   0 12  
  • + Conference co-champions

A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.

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