2006 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary
The Bulldogs second half of the season was the same as the first Played 12, Won 8 Lost 4 Byes 1. In round 13 Hazem El Masri became the top scored tries for the Bulldogs. The old record was 123 which was set by Terry Lamb. Hazem currently holds it with 128 tries. Hazem El Masri was only 4 point shy of hitting the 300 mark again in total point in a season as he did in 2004 with 342points.


2006 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary
The Bulldogs went into the final on the back of some poor performances but that certainly didn't affect them, they were on top of the Canberra Raiders the entire match. Even in the miserable conditions it didn't affect them. The Bulldogs did what they do best stuck together and ripped in. The Bulldogs got the luxury of having a week off the following week. In the preliminary final against the Brisbane Broncos the Bulldogs showed some specular plays and tries in the first half and ended up winning the first half 20-6, but cannot say to much about the second half performance from the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs went down to the Broncos 37-20


2006 Bulldogs RLFC season, Ladder
1 The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches. 2 The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.


2006 Bulldogs RLFC season, Crowds
The Canterbury Bulldogs average crowd (not including finals) for 2006 was 18,211


2006 Bulldogs RLFC season, Crowds
All Games*: Played:26 Total: 481,219 Average: 18,508 Home Games: Played: 12 Total: 216,489 Average: 18,040 Away Games: Played:12 Total: 220,591 Average: 18,382 Finals*: Played: 2 Total: 44,139 Average: 22,069


2006 Burlington mayoral election
The 2006 Burlington mayoral election was the first election in Burlington, Vermont to use instant-runoff voting (also known as "IRV"). The mayoral incumbent (Peter Clavelle) had served continuously since 1995, and was first elected mayor in 1989.


2006 Burlington mayoral election
Bob Kiss was elected mayor of Burlington on March 7, 2006. In the election, he prevailed over opponents Hinda Miller (Democratic Party), Kevin Curley (Republican Party), Louis Beaudin (Independent), and Loyal Ploof (Green Party). Kiss became the second Vermont Progressive to be elected to the office, after Clavelle.


2006 Burlington mayoral election, Candidates, Bob Kiss
Bob Kiss was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from January 2001 until he stepped down to assume office as mayor of Burlington following his election to that office on March 7, 2006. He is a member of the Vermont Progressive Party and one of roughly a dozen Progressives who had held seats in the Vermont General Assembly.


2006 Burlington mayoral election, Candidates, Hinda Miller
Hinda Miller was a Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. Miller is also known for her part in the invention of the sports bra.


2006 Burlington mayoral election, Candidates, Hinda Miller
Hinda Miller was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 2002 and left office in 2013.


2006 Burlington mayoral election, Candidates, Kevin Curley
Kevin Curley was the Republican candidate for mayor in 2006.


2006 Burlington mayoral election, Kiss as mayor
Kiss won the 2009 mayoral election to earn a second term as Burlington mayor. In November 2011, Kiss announced that he would not seek a third term as Mayor of Burlington.


2006 Burnley Borough Council election
Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with by-elections in the Bank Hall and Brunshaw wards. The by-elections followed the resignations of (Bank Hall) Labour councillor Caroline Kavanagh and (Brunshaw) BNP-turned-independent-with-links-to-Labour councillor Maureen Stowe (both last elected in 2003). No party won overall control of the council.


2006 Burnley Borough Council election
Long-serving Council and Labour group leader Stuart Caddy and his deputy Peter Kenyon both lost their seats, with Andy Tatchell becoming group leader. Liberal Democrat leader Gordon Birtwistle emerged as the council leader after a coalition formed between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.


2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party lost control of the council.


2006 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2006 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 3–6, 2006 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was UNC-Wilmington, who received an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. George Mason, who lost to Hofstra in the semi-finals of the tournament, earned an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the CAA's first since 1986. George Mason would advance to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament, the first CAA team to do so.


2006 CAF Beach Soccer Championship
The 2006 CAF Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CAF) was the first beach soccer championship for Africa, held in September 2006, in Durban, South Africa. Cameroon won the championship, with Nigeria finishing second. The two moved on to play in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 12.


2006 CAF Champions League
The 2006 CAF Champions League was the 42nd edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was started on 17 February 2006 with a preliminary round. Al Ahly of Egypt defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia in the final to win their fifth title and for the second time in a row with a late winner by Mohamed Aboutrika. AlAhly keep the trophy forever after 3 cups


2006 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
1 The tie between AS Port-Louis 2000 and Coin Nord was played over one leg only by mutual consent. 2 Wallidan FC withdrew. 3 CIVO United withdrew. 4 CAPS United were later ejected from the competition. 5 El Ahmedi withdrew.


2006 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round
1 The match was abandoned at 9' of injury time in the first half with Hearts of Oak leading 2–0, after Saint-George SA walked off protesting the officiating. The tie was awarded to Hearts of Oak. 2 CAPS United were ejected from the competition after 1st leg, when it was discovered that false information had been submitted for two Malawian players in their first round match against AS Inter Star. AS Inter Star were also re-instated.


2006 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-Finals
The first legs were played on 29 September–1 October and the second legs on 14–15 October.


2006 CAF Champions League, Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2006 CAF Champions League are as follows:


2006 CAF Champions League Final
The 2006 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2006. Al-Ahly of Egypt beat CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 2-1.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Background
Al-Ahly were the defending champions after winning the compatriot of CS Sfaxien, Étoile du Sahel 3–0, reaching a total of five finals, winning four (1982, 1987, 2001, 2005) and losing one (1983) while CS Sfaxien reached the final for the first time ever. Both teams met in the Group stage, with each victorious in their home matches - CS Sfaxien winning 1–0, while Al Ahly won 2–1. Both teams qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Background
In the semifinals CS Sfaxien defeated Orlando Pirates 1–0 on aggregate, winning the second leg at home by that score, with the first leg ending in a scoreless draw. Al Ahly faced ASEC Mimosas from Ivory Coast and won the first leg 2–0 at home. In the second leg, Al Ahly lost 1–2 but reached the final.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium
Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium
Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, 7 November Stadium
7 November Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Radès, Tunisia about 10 kilometers south-east of the city center of Tunis, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 60,000 and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games  and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa. The stadium was built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the 60,000-seat covered area covers 13,000 m2 and consists of a central area, 3 adjoining grounds, 2 warm-up rooms, 2 paintings and an official stand of 7,000 seats. The press gallery is equipped with 300 desks.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, 7 November Stadium
Club Africain and ES Tunis play their major league matches here. Before the construction of this stadium, the Tunis derby used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity Stade El Menzah. It is also the stadium of Tunisia national football team since 2001.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, 7 November Stadium
This stadium has hosted matches of the 2004 African Cup of Nations which was won by the Tunisian team.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, 7 November Stadium
The management of CS Sfaxien confirmed that it was necessary to transfer the match from the Stade Taïeb Mhiri in Sfax, which was held by all the matches of the team in the African competition this season to the Radès Stadium, because the capacity of the Radès Stadium is 60,000 spectators, while the capacity of the Stade Taïeb Mhiri does not exceed 20,000, which is what confirms the organization of the match on the field of the stadium of Sfax was difficult.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).


2006 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Lamine Camara (Gambia)Hday Menah (Gambia)Fourth official:Sadek Abd Nabi (Egypt)


2006 CAF Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2006 CAF Champions League was played from 15 July to 17 September 2006. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.


2006 CAF Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup
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2006 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco in the final. The final was marred by a skirmish when FAR Rabat attacked the referee and his linesman after having a late goal ruled out.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
1st legs played 17–19 February 2006 and 2nd legs played 3–5 March 2006.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
1 ASC Entente and Bakau United FC withdrew. 2 The tie between Ferroviário da Beira and Élan Club was played over one leg only by mutual consent. 3 Moro United were drawn against the representatives of Zimbabwe, but the Zimbabwean FA were unable to send a team as their cup winners and league runners-up, Masvingo United, were suspended from CAF competition.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, First round
1st legs played 17–19 March 2006 and 2nd legs played 31 March -2 April 2006.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, First round
1 TP Mazembe was disqualified for showing up late for the 1st leg due to transportation problems.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second round
1st legs played 21–23 April 2006 and 2nd legs played 5–7 May 2006.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage. 1st legs played 14-July 16, 2006 and 2nd legs played 28-July 30, 2006.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage
The Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2006.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The 1st leg was played on November 18 and the 2nd leg on December 2.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Final
Étoile du Sahel won on away goal after 1–1 on aggregate.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:


2006 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
The group stage of the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 12 August to 28 October 2006. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.


2006 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced directly to the final.


2006 CAF Super Cup
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2006 CAF Super Cup
The 2006 CAF Super Cup was the 14th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the African Cup of Champions Clubs and the CAF Confederation Cup.


2006 CAF Super Cup
The match took place on 24 February 2006, on Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Al Ahly, the 2005 CAF Champions League winner, and FAR Rabat, the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup winner. Al-Ahly won the match by penalty shout-out 4–2 to get his second title.


2006 CAR Development Trophy
The 2006 CAR Development Trophy was the third edition of second level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involved fifteen teams that were divided into two zones (North and South). The winner of the two zone were admitted to final


2006 CAR Development Trophy, North Zone
Two pools of four teams, with a zone final between the winners


2006 CARIFTA Games
The 35th CARIFTA Games was held in the René Serge Nabajoth Stadium in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe on April 15–17, 2006. A detailed appraisal of the results has been given.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the CACAC, the CFPI and the "WorldJunior Athletics History" website.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
An unofficial count yieldsthe number of about 524 athletes (268 junior (under-20) and 256 youth(under-17)) from about 25 countries: Anguilla (4), Antigua and Barbuda (11),Aruba (4), Bahamas (62), Barbados (40), Bermuda (17), British Virgin Islands(8), Cayman Islands (12), Dominica (5), French Guiana (15), Grenada (11),Guadeloupe (72), Guyana (2), Haiti (7), Jamaica (70), Martinique (45),Montserrat (3), Netherlands Antilles (12), Saint Kitts and Nevis (21), SaintLucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5), Suriname (3), Trinidad andTobago (57), Turks and Caicos Islands (26), US Virgin Islands (7).


2006 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the boys' U-20 category, Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados achieved 13.85s (-1.4 m/s) in 110 metres hurdles. The Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team set the new games record to 3:07.75.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the girls' U-20 category, the 400 metres record was improved twice. First,to 51.82s in the heat by Kaliese Spencer, and then in the final, to 51.30sby Sonita Sutherland, both from Jamaica. Together with their teammatesSherene Pinnock and Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, they finished the 4 x 400 metresrelay in the new record time of 3:31.90.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the boys' U-17 category, Gavyn Nero of Trinidad and Tobago set two newrecords in 1500 metres (4:00.78) and 3000 metres (8:53.42).


2006 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the girls' U-17 category, Jamaican Natoya Goule set also two new recordsin 800 metres (2:09.59) and 1500 metres (4:32.70).


2006 CARIFTA Games, Records
Moreover, a total of 3 national (senior) records were set by the juniorathletes. In the men's category, Shanovan Williams threwthe javelin to the new record mark forthe Turks and Caicos Islandsof 49.33 metres.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the women's category, two records for the British Virgin Islandswere set by Chantel Malone in 55.70s for 400 metres, and together with the4x400 metres relay team in 3:51.71.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Gavyn Nero ofTrinidad and Tobago. He won 3 gold medals (800m, 1500m and3000m) in the youth (U-17) category, setting new 1500m and 3000m games record.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the CACAC, the CFPI and the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


2006 CARIFTA Games, Medal table (unofficial)
The medal count has been published. There is a mismatch between the unofficial medal count and thepublished medal count for the Bahamas. This can be explained bythe fact that there was a jump off between Jamal Wilson and Kyle Grant, bothfrom the Bahamas, in the Men's High Jump Under 20 competition, which isseparately listed in the results and might have been counted twice.


2006 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2006 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 35th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2006. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at campus sites, while the semifinals, third place, and championship games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan State won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2006 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2006 CD Universidad San Martín season
The 2007 season was the 3rd season of competitive football by Universidad San Martín de Porres.


2006 CECAFA Cup
The 2006 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup, sometimes called the Al Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup due to being sponsored by Ethiopian millionaire Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, was the 30th edition of the international football tournament, which involved teams from Southern and Central Africa. The matches were all played in Addis Ababa from 25 November to 10 December.


2006 CECAFA Cup
It was competed between the same teams as the previous tournament, except for Eritrea, who did not enter due to their long-running clash with Ethiopia regarding borders, and Kenya, the five-time champions, were serving a ban which was issued on 18 October 2006, which was then an indefinite from international football by the decree of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ('International Federation of Association Football'), or FIFA; this after Kenya "regularly violated or ignored" "Fifa's statutes, regulations and decisions".


2006 CECAFA Cup
Malawi and Zambia joined the tournament after being invited, and competed as guest teams as they were from the federation Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), whereas the rest of the teams were from the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). The reasoning behind their invitation was that it would "boost the competitiveness of this year's tournament". The defending champions, Ethiopia, were knocked out in the quarter-finals after coming second in their group, and Sudan claimed their second title despite being beaten by Zambia, as Zambia were guests.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Background
The CECAFA Cup is considered Africa's oldest football tournament, and involves teams from Central and Southern Africa. The matches in the 1973 tournament were played from 22 September 1973 until 29 September 1973. The tournament was originally the Gossage Cup, contested by the four nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), and Zanzibar, running from 1929 until 1965. In 1967, this became the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup, often shortened to simply the Challenge Cup, which was competed for five years, until 1971, before the CECAFA Cup was introduced in 1973. Ethiopia were the defending champions, having won the 2005 tournament in Rwanda, after finishing second in their group, and going on to beat Zanzibar and Rwanda in the final. The 2006 champions Sudan failed, however, to emerge from the 2005 group stages.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Participants
11 teams competed, four teams from the original tournament competed (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania).


2006 CECAFA Cup, Group stages
The group stage began on 25 November and ended on 3 December with Group C's final matches between Rwanda against Sudan, and Uganda against Somalia. Groups A and C contained four teams, but as there were only 11 partaking teams, group B contained only the three teams of Burundi, Zambia, and Zanzibar. At the end of the group stage, the team who finished bottom of their group was eliminated, whereas the teams who finished in positions other than last in the group progressed to the knock-out rounds.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Group stages
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):


2006 CECAFA Cup, Knock-out stages, Quarter-finals
The second quarter-final match, which was held on 6 December between Ethiopia and Zambia, was subject of an emergency meeting between Ugandan chair Dennis Obua, Ethiopian Ashebir W'Giorgis, Sundanian Ahmed Maazal, and the match commissioner who hailed from Zanzibar, Ali Ferej. At the meeting on the same day as the match, it was adjudged that the referee, Rwandan Issa Kagabi, had blown the final whistle to end the game too soon.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Knock-out stages, Quarter-finals
Zambia stated that they would not partake in any rematch with Ethiopia, and in a similar fashion, the CECAFA secretary general Nicholas Musonye, absent from the meeting, cast aside the idea of a replay and called the makers of the decision "old farts", and delivered the ultimatum that if any replay went ahead, he would cancel the entirety of the tournament. After this, the Ethiopian Football Association did not seek a replay, and left the tournament after their loss.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Knock-out stages, Third place play-off
The third place play-off was between Rwanda and Uganda. Rwanda were the 2005 runners up, and in that tournament beat Uganda in the semi-finals, in 2006 they beat Uganda 4–2 on penalties to clinch third-place in the tournament.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Knock-out stages, Final
The final between Zambia and Sudan finished 0–0 after extra time, but Zambia won on penalties. Although Zambia won the final, the trophy was awarded to Sudan, who Zambia beat in the final. This was as Zambia were only a guest team, from the COSAFA federation, therefore the trophy was awarded to the highest finishing CECAFA federation team: Sudan.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Team statistics
Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the group stage, except for the top four teams.


2006 CECAFA Cup, Team statistics
Updated to games played on 22 December 2006. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold. (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2006 CEMAC Cup
The 2006 CEMAC Cup was the third edition of the CEMAC Cup, the football championship of Central African nations.


2006 CEMAC Cup, Knockout stage
All matches in the knockout stage were played in Bata.


2006 CFL Dispersal Draft
The CFL player dispersal draft was held with the disbanding of the Ottawa Renegades franchise in 2006. The draft took place on April 12th and consisted of eight rounds, with Kerry Joseph being selected first overall by Saskatchewan.


2006 CFL Draft
The 2006 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, April 20, 2006. 50 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Trades that occurred with the now defunct Ottawa Renegades were still valid, adding picks to both the second and fourth rounds, but any selections that were still held by the Renegades were justly skipped. Of the 50 draft selections, 26 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.


2006 CFL season
The 2006 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 53rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 49th Canadian Football League season.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
It was announced on April 9, 2006 that the CFL had suspended the operations of the Ottawa Renegades for the 2006 season,  thus making the CFL an 8 team league and moving the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the East Division for at least the 2006 season. On April 12, 2006 an Ottawa Dispersal Draft was held where the remaining 8 teams chose players from the Ottawa Renegades' roster. On September 28, it was confirmed that Ottawa would return no sooner than the 2008 season, to give potential new owners enough time to set up the new franchise.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
Ultimately, the Renegades never returned. They would not be replaced until the formation of the Ottawa Redblacks, who began play for the 2014 CFL season.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
The 2006 season is the first season where teams will be able to challenge officials' calls using instant replay. The CFL's replay system seems to be largely modelled on the one used in the NFL although there are some differences.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
A new salary cap and salary management system (SMS) was adopted for the 2006 season, although the enforcement part of the new system will not take effect until the 2007 season. The cap for the 2007 season has been set at $4.05 million.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
It was announced on July 5, 2006 that Tom Wright, commissioner of the CFL, had informed the CFL that he would not be seeking a contract extension as league commissioner after this season, thus ending his tenure as the 11th CFL commissioner. Prior to his final day in the office, Wright presented the Grey Cup to the BC Lions as they defeated the Montreal Alouettes in the championship game at Winnipeg's Canad Inns Stadium. Commissioner Wright and TSN President Phil King announced a landmark five-year multi-platform agreement between the League and TSN to commence in 2008 on December 20.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
On October 26, 2006 Hugh Campbell stepped down as CEO of the Eskimos.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006
The number of TDs scored on kicking or punting plays dropped dramatically in 2006, which many attributed to stricter rules on blocking. There were 16 such TDs in 2005, and just 3 in the 2006 season.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006, Records and Milestones
Damon Allen became pro-football's all-time passing yardage leader on September 4 by surpassing Warren Moon's total of 70,553 yards (in both the CFL and NFL combined) as the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 40–6.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006, Records and Milestones
Terry Vaughn became the all-time receptions leader, surpassing Darren Flutie with 973 on July 14. Then on September 22, Vaughn became the first football receiver in CFL history to record 1,000 all-time receptions.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006, Records and Milestones
On October 14, Byron Parker sets a new CFL single-season record for most interception return yardage with 342 on a 75-yard interception return for a touchdown in Edmonton.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006, Records and Milestones
On October 20, Mike O'Shea becomes the first Canadian and third player (behind Willie Pless and Alondra Johnson) to have had 1,000 career tackles.


2006 CFL season, CFL News in 2006, Records and Milestones
The Edmonton Eskimos' streak of 34 straight years in the playoffs came to an end in 2006.


2006 CFL season, Regular season
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2006 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs
The BC Lions are the 2006 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 25–14 at Winnipeg's Canad Inns Stadium. It was the first Grey Cup for the Lions since they defeated the same Alouettes in the 88th Grey Cup game in 2000. The Lions' Dave Dickenson (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and the Lions' Paul McCallum (K) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.


2006 CFU Club Championship
The 2006 CFU Club Championship is the annual international football club competition held in the Caribbean Football Union/CFU region (Caribbean). The Caribbean Tournament Champion will qualify to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup. The CFU changed the home-away format for this tournament to four group stages at Caribbean sites. Fourteen teams will compete for the Caribbean berth to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


2006 CFU Club Championship
The first round of the 2006 Caribbean Football Union Tournament consisted of two groups of four teams along with two triangulars which took place between November 30 and December 14, 2006.


2006 CFU Club Championship
The first round group winners advanced to the semifinals, to be completed before January 26, 2007, at a venue of one of the semifinalist clubs. No Clubs Enter in Suriname,  Walking Bout Company and  SV Robinhood.


2006 CFU Club Championship, First round
Groups A and B took place in Jamaica, while Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands hosted Groups C and D respectively.


2006 CFU Club Championship, Semifinals
Harbour View qualified from Group A.  Baltimore SC qualified from Group B.  W Connection qualified from Group C.  San Juan Jabloteh qualified from Group D.


2006 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2006 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 13, 2006 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Bemidji State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2006 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured six teams. The top two teams from the regular season received byes to the semifinals where they played the winners from the quarterfinal games. The two semifinal winners met in the championship game on March 13, 2006, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2006 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2006 CIS Men's Basketball Championship
The 2006 CIS Men's Basketball Championship was held March 16-19, 2006. The Carleton Ravens won their fourth straight national title.


2006 CIS Men's Soccer Championship
The 2006 CIS Men's Soccer Championship Finals were held from 9 to 12 November 2006 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. It will consisted of 8 teams from the various conferences under the Canadian Interuniversity Sport.


2006 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, All-Canadians
First Team (1–11) and Second Team (12–22) with school and hometown. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, Nationals
Along with host Alberta Golden Bears, the teams that qualified for the National Finals are UNB Varsity Reds, Trinity Western Spartans, Montreal Carabins, Western Ontario Mustangs, St. Mary's Huskies, Toronto Varsity blues and Laval Rouge et Or.


2006 CIS football season
The 2006 CIS football season began on September 2, 2006, and concluded with the 42nd Vanier Cup national championship on November 25 at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning their fourth championship. Twenty-seven universities across Canada competed in CIS football this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).


2006 CIS football season, Results, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2006 CIS football season, Results, Top 10
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.


2006 CIS football season, Results, Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2007, according to the rotating schedule, the winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship travel to the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Uteck Bowl.


2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
The 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF), was the first beach soccer championship for CONCACAF, held in September 2006, in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The USA won the championship, with Canada finishing second. The two moved on to play in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 12.


2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 41st edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The tournament is also a qualifying event for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. Thirty-three teams from eighteen football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying games on July 26, 2005.


2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The tournament ended with a two-legged final between Mexican teams América and Toluca. The first leg was played at Estadio Nemesio Díez in Toluca, Mexico on April 12, 2006 and ended in a 0–0 draw. The second leg was played at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on April 19, 2006 and ended with América scoring in extra time for a 2–1 win, therefore the Mexican side achieved their fifth CONCACAF trophy. With the victory, América qualified for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup held in Japan.


2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, North American zone
América - 2005 Clausura champion Toluca - 2005 Apertura champion Los Angeles Galaxy - 2005 MLS Cup champion New England Revolution - 2005 Eastern Conference champion


2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, Central American zone
Alajuelense - UNCAF champion Olimpia - UNCAF runner-up Saprissa - UNCAF third place


2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final tournament took place in the United States between 19 and 27 November 2006. The United States and Canada received byes into the semi-finals of the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.


2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
The United States won the competition with Canada the runner-up. Both teams automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a play-off for a spot.


2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, Qualification, CFU Qualifying
Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup, there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.


2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, Qualification, CFU Qualifying, First round
The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.


2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, Qualification, CFU Qualifying, Final round
Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between 6 September and 10 September. The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.


2006 COSAFA Cup, Format
In the first round, 12 teams were divided into 3 groups of 4 teams each. Each group played a knockout tournament. The winners of each group joined Zimbabwe (holders) into the final round.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships
The 2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships was the European championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ireland from 21 to 28 July 2006.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, The draw
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Kostyantyn Symashko02. Vitaliy Trushev03. Sergiy Babiy04. Taras Dutko05. Oleksandr Devlysh06. Ivan Shkvarlo07. Andriy Tsukanov08. Denys Ponomaryov09. Olexiy Hetun10. Volodymyr Kabsnov11. Volodymyr Antonyuk15. Ihor Kosenko


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Peter O'Neill02. Paul Dollard03. Aidan Brennan04. Luke Evans05. Joseph Markey06. Finbar O'Riordan07. Gary Messett08. Kieran Devlin09. Alan O'Hara10. Darren Kavanagh11. Neil Walsh12. Jonathan Corway


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Jesus Maria Visitacion02. Sergio Alvarez04. Ramon Dell Pino05. Jamie Rosado06. Juan Antonio Perez07. Sergio Clemente08. Carlos Lopez09. Yordi Lopez10. Ivan Vazquez11. Pedro Rocha12. Luis Sierra


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Craig Connell02. Gary Brown03. Joe Divine04. Cameron Muir05. Craig Gray06. Keith Gardiner07. Martin Keirn09. John Wardrope10. Barry Manson11. Jonathon Patterson12. Barry Jackson15. Graeme Patterson


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Oleg Smirnov02. Andrei Lozhecnikov03. Anton Kalachev04. Rolan Dzhanaev05. Pavel Sizov06. Aleksey Tumakov07. Alexey Chesmin08. Ivan Potekhin11. Stanislav Kolykhalov12. Georgy Nadzharyan14. Pavel Borisov15. Andrey Kuvaev


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Rudi Van Breemen02. Jeroen Voogd03. John Swinkles04. Jeffrey Bruinier05. John Dost06. Patrick Beekmans07. Richard Van Amerongen08. Ruben Dehass09. David Tetelepta10. Stephan Lokhoff11. Matijn Van De Ven16. Bart Adelaars


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Gavin Wood02. David Kelly03. Stepan Hanhan04. Andy Taylor05. Dominic Benn06. Gary Davies07. Michael Barker08. Jordan Smith09. Richard Fox10. Michael Heathcote11. Mark Brookes12. Jordan Raynes


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Participating teams and officials, Squads
01. Kim Suurivouri02. Henri Forss03. Jussi Laurila04. Janne Inkila07. Teemu Komulainen09. Janne Helander10. Johannes Siikonen11. Antti Turunen12. Jaakki Seppala17. Jussi Tuominen18. Pentti Kokko


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Venues
The venues to be used for the European Championships were located in Dublin.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to four. The next two teams played for the position five to eight. The last teams played for the position nine to ten. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Format
In the knockout stage there were two rounds (semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Format
ClassificationAthletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Format
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.


2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships, Group stage
The first round, or group stage, have seen the ten teams divided into two groups of five teams.


2006 CSIO Gijón
The 2006 CSIO Gijón was the 2006 edition of the Spanish official show jumping horse show, at Las Mestas Sports Complex in Gijón. It was held as CSIO 5*.


2006 CSIO Gijón
This edition of the CSIO Gijón was held between 2 and 7 August.


2006 CSIO Gijón, Nations Cup
The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The best six teams were allowed to start in the second round.


2006 CSIO Gijón, Nations Cup
Grey penalties points do not count for the team result.


2006 CSIO Gijón, Gijón Grand Prix
The Gijón Grand Prix, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2006 CSIO Gijón, was the major show jumping competition at this event. It was held on 7 August 2006. The competition was a show jumping competition over two rounds, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters.


2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season.


2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by sixth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 2–2 GWFC). The Mustangs outscored their opponents 248–162 for the season.


2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft.


2006 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2006 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 18, 2006. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 15, 2006 with the Hershey Bears defeating the Milwaukee Admirals four games to two to win the ninth Calder Cup in team history.


2006 Calder Cup playoffs
Milwaukee's Darren Haydar set an AHL post-season record by scoring 6 game-winning goals in a single playoff. Hershey's Frederic Cassivi tied an AHL record by recording 16 wins in one playoff. He also won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL Playoff MVP.


2006 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 2005–06 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. However, it was possible for the fifth-placed team in the Atlantic Division to take the spot of the fourth-placed team in the East Division if they earned more points, since the East Division had one fewer team. This did not occur as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the fourth-placed team in the East Division finished with 85 points while the Lowell Lock Monsters, the fifth-placed team in the Atlantic Division, finished with 72 points. The Grand Rapids Griffins were the Western Conference regular season champions as well as the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners with the best overall regular season record. The Portland Pirates were the Eastern Conference regular season champions.


2006 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
In each round the higher seed receives home ice advantage, meaning they can play a maximum of four home games if the series reaches seven games. There is no set series format for each series due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


2006 Calder Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Western Conference, North Division
1 – Game played at Ricoh Coliseum2 – Game played at Air Canada Centre


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration.


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election. Although these are the results after the election, the number of seats per party changed later that year. Councillor Paul Rogan was returned by the Rastrick ward in this election for four years as a Conservative councillor and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below. However, after the 2006 election, he left the party and joined the English Democrats Party.


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Also this year, Councillor Nicholas Yates, who had been returned by the Brighouse ward in the 2004 election for four years and is included in the twenty Conservative seats shown below, left the party to continue his tenure as an Independent. This left the Conservatives with 18 seats, 1 held by the English Democrats and 4 held by Independents. In December 2006, Illingworth and Mixenden ward Councillor Tom McElroy (Labour) died suddenly, leaving Labour with nine seats. The by-election to succeed him took place on 22 February 2007, with Labour holding the ward.


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Percentage change calculated compared to the last time these candidates stood for election.


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Ovenden ward
The incumbents were Helen Rivron and Linda Riordan for the Labour Party.


2006 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Park ward
The incumbent was Zafar Iqbal Din for the Labour Party.


2006 Calgary Roughnecks season
The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 5th in franchise history.


2006 Calgary Roughnecks season
The Roughnecks finished third in the west but lost to Colorado in the division semi-finals.


2006 Calgary Roughnecks season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2006 Calgary Roughnecks season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2006 Calgary Roughnecks season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2006 Calgary Stampeders season
The 2006 Calgary Stampeders season was the 49th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 68th overall. The Stampeders finished 2nd place in the West division with a 10–8 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final where they lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.


2006 California Attorney General election
The 2006 California Attorney General election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Former and future Governor Jerry Brown, the Democratic nominee, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Chuck Poochigian, for the office previously held by Democrat Bill Lockyer, who was term-limited and ran for Treasurer.


2006 California Courts of Appeal election
The 2006 California Courts of Appeal election was held November 7. The judges of the California Courts of Appeal are either approved to remain in their seat or rejected by the voters. All of the judges kept their seats.


2006 California Courts of Appeal election, Results
The following results are from the California Secretary of State.


2006 California Golden Bears football team
The 2006 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California, and were coached by Jeff Tedford.


2006 California Golden Bears football team
The Bears began the season with a number 12 ranking. After sustaining an upset by then number 23-ranked Tennessee in their opening game, the Bears won their next eight games before suffering another upset to unranked Arizona followed by a subsequent loss to then number 4 USC. All of these defeats came in away games. The Bears qualified for a share of the Pac-10 title after USC was upset by rival UCLA the following week. The team made its second Holiday Bowl in three years, blowing out #21 Texas A&M and finishing the season ranked #14.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Preseason
Since Jeff Tedford took the Cal football coaching job after their 1–10 2001 campaign, Cal saw an immense improvement in its football program, having five straight winning seasons from 2002 to 2006.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Preseason
This particular Bears team, with a wealth of talent returning from their previous season, had a good amount of preseason hype surrounding it, with the preseason AP Poll ranking the Bears 9th, while the Coaches Poll rated them 12th, their highest ranking since 1952. After a season-ending injury in the first game of the 2005 season, sophomore Nate Longshore was named the starting quarterback for the Bears over Joe Ayoob, who had struggled in the 2005 games that he had started. After a very impressive season, Cal also launched a program to officially campaign for running back Marshawn Lynch to win the Heisman Trophy.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Preseason
In the College GameDay preview on ESPN, Lee Corso predicted the Bears to win the Pac-10 championship over the USC Trojans, and even went as far to say the Bears would win the national championship over West Virginia, saying "they play a tough schedule, but they could lose to Tennessee and still run 11 straight ball games. I like Cal...I'm telling you, it's Cal versus West Virginia, and then Cal wins it; the national title goes to Cal."


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Volunteers
Cal's opener was on the road against the #23 Tennessee Volunteers, a SEC team just coming off of a disappointing 5–6 season under coach Phillip Fulmer. With a hostile crowd of 106,009 watching at Neyland Stadium, Cal was torn to shreds. Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge went 11 for 18 and passed for 291 yards and 4 touchdowns against the highly touted Cal defense. Vol receiver, Robert Meachem had a breakout game with 5 catches for 182 yards and 2 TD's. Newly appointed starting quarterback Nate Longshore struggled in his first road start, only passing for 85 yards.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Volunteers
Heisman candidate Marshawn Lynch was held to 74 yards on 12 carries. While the Bears held Tennessee to 14 first-half points, a quick 80-yard touchdown pass from Ainge to Meachem at the start of the third quarter quickly started a tumble that ended up giving the Volunteers a 35–0 lead by the middle of the third quarter. The Tennessee secondary was then dispatched to finish the Bears off, and Joe Ayoob was substituted for Longshore, putting up 187 yards, including a touchdown. Tennessee racked up 514 yards against the Bears. Ainge later said "This game tonight wasn't just for Tennessee versus California. It was for the South versus the West Coast, the SEC versus the Pac-10."


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Volunteers
Because the loss was so lopsided, and because Cal was expected to do highly well this season, many immediately dismissed Cal from any type of national discussion. Cal dropped 13 spots in the AP Poll to #22 and 11 spots in the Coaches Poll to #23, while Tennessee rose twelve spots in the AP poll to #11 and six spots to #17 in the Coaches Poll.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Cal got its first home game of the season on September 9 against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in front of a crowd of 55,035. The Gophers were 1–0 with their win against Kent State. Minnesota scored on its first drive, but the Bears bounced back with a touchdown in the first and second quarter to receivers Robert Jordan and DeSean Jackson, respectively. The Gophers' Dominic Jones responded with a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown. Eventually California pulled ahead on two touchdowns by Jackson, and led 28–17 at the half, and with two more touchdowns in the third and fourth quarter on rushes by Marshawn Lynch, the Bears put the Gophers away 42–17.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Nate Longshore bounced back in a big way from his previous start, finishing 22 for 31 with 300 yards and 4 touchdowns. He later joked about how it felt good to finally play a fourth quarter.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Lynch finished with 139 yards and 2 touchdowns on 27 carries, while backup running back Justin Forsett gathered 77 rushing yards of his own. Receivers Lavelle Hawkins and DeSean Jackson both finished with over 100 yards, with Jackson gathering three touchdowns as well. Cal got 531 yards of offense in all, compared to Minnesota's 352. Minnesota quarterback Bryan Cupito was 21 for 33 with 243 yards and 2 interceptions, both picked by Cal cornerback Daymeion Hughes.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Minnesota Golden Gophers
With this loss, the Golden Gophers lost their first non-conference game in 18 tries, the longest streak in the Big Ten.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Cal rose in the polls one spot in the AP Poll to #21, and two spots in the Coaches Poll to #21, after this win.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Portland State Vikings
Cal played at home the next week against the Portland State Vikings, a Division I Football Championship opponent that was the last team scheduled on the Bears' 2006 schedule. The Vikings were 2–0 going into this game at California Memorial Stadium before a crowd of 61,082. Portland State scored a field goal on their opening drive, but the Bears responded with three more touchdowns before the first quarter ended, one coming from a Daymeion Hughes 30-yard interception.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Portland State Vikings
In the second quarter, Marshawn Lynch posted a 71-yard touchdown run, and another touchdown midway through the third quarter put the Bears put 35–3. Portland State scored two quick touchdowns before the half ended, but the half closed with Cal receiver DeSean Jackson scoring on a 27-yard pass. Cal substituted many of its roster into the game in the second half, and neither team scored in the second half, as the Bears won 42–16, bringing their record to 2–1.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Portland State Vikings
Cal brought in 502 total yards, 335 being in the first half. Nate Longshore passed for 225 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Lynch rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown on 6 carries, and Jackson had five catches for 103 yards and a score. Backup Cal quarterback Steve Levy also played, going 7 for 10 with 66 yards. Vikings quarterback Rob Freeman was 12 for 17 with 119 yards and a touchdown.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Portland State Vikings
Despite this, Cal had three turnovers and 9 penalties which put them back over 100 yards. Both Jackson and Hughes seemed confident they could play better the next week in Pac-10 play.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Portland State Vikings
With this win, Cal stayed steady in the AP Poll at #21, and rose one spot in the Coaches Poll to #20.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Portland State Vikings
Portland State would finish the season 7–4, 6–2 in the Big Sky Conference.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State Sun Devils
On September 23, Cal played their first Pac-10 game of the season. This year, the Pac-10 football officials ruled to have twelve game schedules for its teams for the first time, and nine of those twelve games will be conference games, producing a full round-robin tournament in the conference to determine their champion.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State Sun Devils
They played against the Arizona State Sun Devils, ranked #22 in the AP Poll and #18 in the Coaches Poll. Many expected the Sun Devils to have a good chance to seriously compete for the conference title this year. They entered with a 3–0 record against non-conference opponents.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona State scored on its opening drive, putting them up 7–0 early in the first quarter. But Cal answered back, putting up five straight touchdowns midway through the second quarter, four being passes by Nate Longshore and the fifth being an 80-yard punt return by DeSean Jackson. Arizona State scored again before the half, and just as the half winded down, Daymeion Hughes intercepted a pass for a score to put Cal up 42–14 when the first half was over. Both teams managed one more touchdown each in the second half to give Cal the 49–21 victory. Sun Devils coach Dirk Koetter confessed after the game, "When the pressure builds, even the routine plays become tough. This is exactly what happened to Cal at Tennessee."


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State Sun Devils
Longshore passed for 270 yards and four touchdowns, while Marshawn Lynch added 124 rushing yards on 17 carries, including a receiving touchdown. Daymeion Hughes had his fifth interception in three games. Cal also controlled the ball for only slightly more than 23 minutes, compared to the Sun Devils 36 minutes, even though they easily outscored them.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State Sun Devils
After this win, Cal rose one spot in the AP Poll to number 20, and stayed steady in the Coaches Poll at number 20. Arizona State dropped from both polls after the loss.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State Sun Devils
The Sun Devils finished the season 7–6 (4–5 in the Pac-10), but lost the Hawaii Bowl to Hawaii and fired Koetter soon thereafter and replaced him with Dennis Erickson.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State Beavers
In week 5, Cal headed to Corvallis, Oregon to play the Oregon State Beavers at Reser Stadium. The Beavers had a 2–1 record going into this game, and had yet to play a Pac-10 matchup this season. Last season, the Beavers played a ranked Cal squad at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley and upset them 23–20, dropping the Bears from the rankings for the first time in over a year.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State Beavers
In front of a rowdy crowd, the Bears dominated the Beavers, scoring four touchdowns and hitting a field goal before the Beavers were able to score a field goal as the first half ended. In the second half, the Beavers scored another field goal and a fourth-quarter touchdown, but the Bears also managed another touchdown and field goal to end the game 41–13.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State Beavers
Nate Longshore had a career-high day, passing for 341 yards and four touchdowns, along with one interception. Marshawn Lynch also had a rushing touchdown, along with two receiving ones. DeSean Jackson and Lavelle Hawkins also scored on receiving touchdowns. Oregon State quarterback Matt Moore had 187 passing yards before being replaced in the fourth quarter.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State Beavers
This win propelled the Bears four spots in the AP Poll to #16, and shot them up three spots in the Coaches Poll to #17. Their record stood at 4–1, with a 2–0 Pac-10 record, while the Beavers left with a 2–2 record, 0–1 in the Pac-10.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State Beavers
With a looming game against the undefeated Oregon Ducks, Coach Tedford confessed that he would "immediately" begin thinking about the showdown.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State Beavers
Despite the blowout, the Beavers finished the season with a 10–4 record, and third in the Pac-10 thanks to a 7–3 conference record, a win in the 2006 Sun Bowl over Missouri, and would score a memorable upset over the former #3 USC Trojans several weeks after the Cal loss.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon Ducks
Cal played the next Saturday, October 7, for California's Homecoming weekend, against the undefeated #11 (in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll) Oregon Ducks, a team that was 4–0, and 1–0 in Pac-10 play. It was broadcast to the majority of the country on ABC Sports. The game at California Memorial Stadium was played in front of a sold-out crowd of 72,516. Surprisingly, Cal came into the game wearing gold jerseys, instead of their normal blue outfits. Before the game, the Cal student section gave a raucous tribute to Nobel Prize winner George Smoot, who had just won a few days earlier for his research on the Big Bang.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon Ducks
Cal continued to shine in its victory over the Ducks. Quarterback Nate Longshore had a touchdown pass early in the first quarter, but the Ducks bounced back with a field goal. Cal then scored three straight touchdowns, two being passes from Longshore, and one being a memorable 65-yard punt return by receiver DeSean Jackson to put the Bears up 28–3. Oregon scored a touchdown before the half ended, leaving Cal with a 28–10 lead.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon Ducks
A field goal and another Longshore touchdown into receiver Robert Jordan's hands gave the Bears a 38–10 lead, but the Ducks countered with a touchdown pass as the third quarter ended. Another touchdown score by both teams in the fourth quarter, Cal's coming from tailback Justin Forsett's 23-yard run, gave the Bears an impressive 45–24 victory.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon Ducks
This was the fifth straight game in which the Bears scored more than 40 points. Longshore was 14 for 26 with 189 yards, four touchdowns (including one on the ground), and one interception. While Lynch was held to just 50 yards because of an ankle injury, Justin Forsett rushed for 163 yards on 27 carries, with one score. DeSean Jackson had two touchdowns, one passing and one 65-yard punt return. Receivers Craig Stevens and Robert Jordan also had touchdown receptions. Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon threw for 263 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. Running back Jonathan Stewart, the then-leader in Pac-10 rushing yards, was held to just 25 yards on 18 carries by the Cal defense.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon Ducks
This game put Cal in the prime position to challenge USC for the Pac-10 championship. Cal moved up six spots in both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll to #10 and #11, respectively, after this win, while Oregon dropped seven spots in both polls to #18.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon Ducks
The Ducks are already bowl-eligible, unranked in the AP Poll and in the Coaches Poll, but have a #24 ranking in the BCS standings. They have a 7–3 record (4–3 in the Pac-10).


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State Cougars
One week later, Cal traveled to Pullman, Washington to battle the Washington State Cougars at Martin Stadium. The Bears had not won in Pullman since 1979, losing nine straight games. The Cougars sported a 4–2 record, 2–1 in the Pac-10, only falling to the then-AP ranked #4 Auburn Tigers and to the then-AP ranked #3 USC Trojans in a very close contest.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State Cougars
Rather than a blowout victory using the offense, the Bears won this game using defense. Three touchdowns were scored in the first half, two from Marshawn Lynch and one rushing touchdown by quarterback Nate Longshore, and the Cougars were held to just a field goal. After the half, the Bears buckled down on defense and didn't allow the Cougars to score again. Washington State had an opportunity to score in the third quarter, but an official review ruled receiver Dwight Tardy's knee was down on the 1-yard line. On fourth and one, the Bears defense stopped the rush to turn the ball over on downs. A quiet second half gave Cal its six straight win, 21–3. They left with a 6–1 record, and an unblemished 4–0 Pac-10 tally. The Cougars fell to 4–3, 2–2 in the Pac-10.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State Cougars
Longshore threw for 176 yards and two interceptions, along with one rushing touchdown. Marshawn Lynch had 152 yards on 25 carries with Cal's two other scores. Receivers DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan gathered 60 and 56 yards, respectively. This was the first game of the season Jackson did not score a touchdown. Daymeion Hughes got his sixth interception of the season that set up one of Lynch's touchdowns. The Cal defense stifled the Cougars running game to just 88 yards. The offensive line also kept the Cougars, who led the nation in quarterback sacks with 27, at bay, only letting them sack Longshore once.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State Cougars
After Cal's offense had been in full throttle for five straight games, many began to wonder if the Bears were beginning to struggle. The Bears fell one spot in the AP Poll to #11, and stayed constant at #11 in the Coaches Poll after this win. In the first BCS Standings of the season, released the next day, the Bears sported a #10 position.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State Cougars
The game was not broadcast in the Bay Area, angering many Cal fans. However, Slingbox gave fans an opportunity to watch the game at California Memorial Stadium. After a successful test the day before, over 3,000 fans crammed into Memorial Stadium to watch as Slingbox streamed the game from Washington to the large television in the stadium.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
58,534 people piled into California Memorial Stadium on October 21 to watch Cal play the Washington Huskies. The Huskies, expected to finish last in the Pac-10 at the beginning of the season, exceeded that prediction, starting the season 4–1. Two straight losses, one a near-upset of the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and the other a shocker against Oregon State, swayed their momentum a bit, yielding a 4–3 record, 2–2 in the Pac-10. Coach Tyrone Willingham had already doubled the Huskies previous year's win total. The Bears were the clear favorite to win the game, but some predicted that the Huskies could provide a "trap game" for the Bears.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
Backup Washington quarterback Carl Bonnell subbed in for the injured starting quarterback Isaiah Stanback. The Huskies struck first, driving down field to get a 33-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Bonnell pitched a 49-yard pass to receiver Anthony Russo to give the Huskies a 10–0 lead. After scoring 192 points in their last six games, the Bears only managed a half-ending field goal from Tom Schneider to end the half with Washington up 10–3.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
In Cal's first possession of the second half, they drove the ball 62 yards down field, capping it off with Justin Forsett running in for a touchdown. Later in the third quarter, Schneider made a 50-yard field goal to give the Bears their first lead of the game, 13–10. The Huskies did not stay down for long, starting the fourth quarter with Bonnell rushing seven yards for a score. Cal tried to respond, but only got a field goal, leaving them one point behind.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
After a defensive stop, quarterback Nate Longshore on the last drive of regulation went 82 yards in 12 plays as the game winded down, converting two third-and-tens. Marshawn Lynch ran in 17 yards for the score, with Justin Forsett managed to rush in for the two-point conversion, giving the Bears a 24–17 lead with 1:52 to go. Cal seemed safe, but Bonnell kept pushing upfield on the Huskies possession, and capped it off with a 40-yard Hail Mary pass, batted off the hands of three Cal defenders into the hands of receiver Marlon Wood as the clock ran to zero.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
Cal was on offense first in overtime. On the second play, Longshore passed back to Lynch, who ran 22 yards in for the touchdown. On Washington's possession, Cal defender Desmond Bishop intercepted a pass at the goal line and returned it 82 yards to the Washington 17, Cal's fifth interception of the game, giving the Bears a heart stopping 31–24 victory.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
Marshawn Lynch jubilantly took a cart used to drive injured players off the field for a joyride in the middle of the stadium following the win. He gathered 150 yards on 21 carries, while sporting two sprained ankles. Longshore was 21 for 36 with 291 yards. Bonnell passed for 284 yards, but the five interceptions proved too costly. Bishop later said of the victory, "We know we can win big games now. We know it's inside us."


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
In a weekend full of near upsets of the Texas Longhorns, Notre Dame, and the Tennessee Volunteers, the Bears dropped one spot in both polls to #12, but stayed at #10 in the BCS Rankings. The Bears now had a 7–1 record, with a perfect 5–0 Pac-10 record. Washington dropped its third straight, falling to 4–4, 2–3 in the Pac-10.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington
The Washington Huskies would finish 5–7, 3–6 in the Pac-10.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
After a bye week, which saw the Bears take sole position of first place in the Pac-10, rising two spots in the AP Poll to #10 and one spot in the Coaches Poll to #11 (staying steady at #10 in the BCS Standings), Cal faced the UCLA Bruins, a Pac-10 team and rival of the Bears, who sported a 4–4 record, 2–3 in the Pac-10. Last year, in a contest between the unbeaten, ranked teams at the Rose Bowl, the Bears fell to the Bruins 47–40, letting their 40–28 lead in the fourth quarter melt away.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
The Bruins starting quarterback Ben Olson was still injured, so backup quarterback Patrick Cowan took his fourth start in California Memorial Stadium. The Bruins had a tough last three weeks after starting 4–1, losing to the Oregon Ducks on the road, losing their chance at an upset over the #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the last minute of the game at Notre Dame Stadium, and losing at home to the Washington State Cougars at home 37–15. The Bears and Bruins have split their last six contests, with the home team winning each occasion.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
Cal wore their gold jerseys from the Oregon game four weeks earlier in front of a sold-out crowd of 72,516, Cal's second of the year, and just their fifth from opponents besides Stanford since the 1950s. In the first quarter, Cal drove down the field to score on their first possession of the ballgame. A defensive stop against UCLA and then the Bears gave the Bruins possession, and Cowan ran in for a twelve-yard touchdown. Quarterback Nate Longshore took the helm, driving 76 yards on the next possession, the drive capped off by Marshawn Lynch's brilliant 24-yard catch-and-dash through the UCLA defense. The Bruins drove deep in the next drive, but settled for a field goal, which ended the first half scoring.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
On an early third-quarter possession of Cal, Longshore threw to receiver Robert Jordan for a 44-yard touchdown. After UCLA's failed drive, DeSean Jackson, aided by a devastating block by Thomas DeCoud, returned the ensuing punt 72 yards for a touchdown, putting the Bears up 28–10. It was the fourth punt return for touchdown in Jackson's career, tying a Pac-10 record. Lynch ran in for another touchdown early in the fourth quarter. UCLA hauled in two more touchdowns, including a 70-yard run from Chris Markey, while Cal could only get off a field goal. This propelled the Bears to their eighth straight win over the Bruins, 38–24.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
Longshore was 20-for-24 with 266 yards and three touchdowns. Lynch ran for 81 yards and a touchdown, and had 45 receiving yards along with another touchdown. Receiver Robert Jordan, Lynch's second cousin, had 86 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 5 catches. Lavelle Hawkins and DeSean Jackson had 60 and 58 receiving yards on 5 and 3 catches, respectively. Backup running back Justin Forsett also ran for 60 yards on just 11 carries. Desmond Bishop and Daymeion Hughes both had interceptions off of Cowan. Hughes's eighth is the current conference best. Cowan threw for 329 yards and was 22-for-40 with the two interceptions. UCLA had 516 total yards, compared to Cal's 433.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
The Bears' win gave them an 8–1 record, 6–0 in the Pac-10. They saw a two spot rise in the AP Poll to #8, and another two spot rise in the Coaches Poll to #9. They are also #8 in the BCS standings, increasing two spots from the previous week.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA Bruins
The Bruins are now 5–5, 3–4 in the Pac-10, on the verge of bowl eligibility.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
Cal travelled to Tucson, Arizona Saturday to battle the Arizona Wildcats. The AP ranked #8 Golden Bears went into the game with an 8–1 record, and 6–0 in Pac-10. The Wildcats were 4–5, 2–4 in the Pac-10, coming off of an upset of the then-ranked Washington State Cougars at Pullman the week before. Quarterback Willie Tuitama missed two previous games due to a concussion, and went back in against the Cougars, passing for 159 yards. Junior running back Chris Henry had perhaps the biggest day, running for 94 yards and two touchdowns on a school-record 35 carries.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
Cal has blanked the Wildcats in their last two meetings, 28–0 last year in Berkeley and in 2004 at Tucson, 38–0. Despite a looming, much-anticipated showdown against the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 18 that will probably decide the Pac-10 championship, Cal quarterback Nate Longshore insisted that they were solely focused on the Wildcats this week.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
A 95-yard punt return by DeSean Jackson was the first score, putting the Bears up 7–0. Arizona got a field goal next, putting them on the board 7–3. Midway through the first quarter, Marshawn Lynch's 79-yard touchdown run was erased by a block-in-the-back call on Lavelle Hawkins, and the Bears had to settle for a field goal. In the middle of the second quarter, Longshore hit Jackson with a 72-yard touchdown pass to put the Bears up 17–3 at the half.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
Arizona would drive the clock down on two drives in the second half and get a touchdown on both drives to tie the game at 17. Within the span of three plays on the second of these drives, Cal had two interceptions by Bernard Hicks and Daymeion Hughes nullified by two separate penalties. Hughes later argued that his case should not have given him a pass interference call, as he was just reaching for the ball. On Cal's next drive, with the score now tied, Longshore threw and the ball was intercepted by Arizona's Antoine Cason for another score, putting the Wildcats up 24–17.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
The Bears would respond in their next series with a long pass to Lavelle Hawkins, but he would trip inside the 5-yard line before reaching the goal. Cal could not capitalize, having to put up a field goal, earning them a four-point deficit 24–20. A stop on the Arizona defense gave the Bears the ball again. Longshore apparently hit Jackson for a 63-yard score with just over two minutes left, but a video review ruled his foot out at the 41-yard line. A few plays later, Longshore's pass was batted and intercepted with less than two minutes to clinch the game for Arizona. The student section wildly rushed the field as Cal was taken out of the national title picture for the season.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
While Cal out gained the Wildcats in yardage 356 to 262, and though Longshore passed for 250 yards, his three interceptions turned quite costly, as did all of Cal's penalties on crucial plays. Despite their 17–3 mid-third quarter lead, the Bears just made too many mistakes. Hughes later reflected on the loss, "The whole game was like plays going their way."


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
Cal fell to 8–2, 6–1 in the Pac-10 after this loss, and fell nine spots to #17 in the AP Poll, and eight spots in the Coaches Poll to #17. Their BCS ranking decreased seven spots to #15. Despite the upset, they still had a chance to clinch their Rose Bowl bid with a win against the conference leading USC Trojans the next week.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona Wildcats
Arizona would finish 6–6, 4–5 in the Pac-10, but despite being eligible, would not be picked for a bowl game.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC Trojans
In one of the most important Pac-10 games of the season, Cal traveled to Los Angeles to battle the USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A victory by either side would ensure a BCS berth for that team, since the winner would be crowned champion of the Pac-10 because they would hold the tiebreaker over the other. While the previous week's loss knocked Cal from the talks of hunting for the national title, a victory would have ensured its first Rose Bowl berth since 1959.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC Trojans
USC had higher aspirations; they were aiming for their third trip to the BCS National Championship Game, and with Michigan's loss to Ohio State earlier, a sweep of their final three games would guarantee them the #2 seed and a date with the Buckeyes. A win against Cal would at the very least clinch the Rose Bowl.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC Trojans
The Trojans and Bears would struggle to a standstill for three quarters. The Golden Bears would take a 9–6 lead into halftime thanks to a safety by Brandon Mebane and a TD throw from Nate Longshore to Lavelle Hawkins, although the margin could have been bigger if not for two turnovers in USC territory. The Trojans would score one field goal in each of the three quarters to tie the game at 9.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC Trojans
In the fourth quarter, USC would break the game open. Two touchdown passes on two consecutive drives from John David Booty to Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith respectively provided the game's final scoring. Just as critical was USC's defense shutting down Cal's offense in the second half, allowing only four first downs. USC clinched its fifth consecutive Pac-10 title and at least a trip to the Rose Bowl.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC Trojans
Booty struggled in the first half, but went 13 for 19 for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns in the second. Jarrett and Smith combined for 11 catches and 154 yards and the aforementioned two scores. For Cal, Marshawn Lynch was held to 88 yards on 20 carries, and Longshore went 17–38, throwing for 1 touchdown but also 2 interceptions. The Bears would go into Thanksgiving weekend (their traditional bye week) needing to win The Big Game to wrap up their second Holiday Bowl bid in three years.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC Trojans
Despite the victory, the Trojans would be upset by UCLA in the last week of the season to ruin their BCS title aspirations. This opened the door for the Florida Gators, who beat the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 2006 SEC Championship Game to claim a spot in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State. USC would go on to the Rose Bowl, where they would defeat Big Ten runnerup and BCS-ranked #3 Michigan 32–18. The Trojans would finish the season 11–2 and 7–2 in the Pac-10, ranked 4th in both the AP and Coaches Polls.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford Cardinal
After being defeated by USC two weeks previous, Cal faced their rivals the Stanford Cardinal in the 109th Big Game. It was not a particularly strong performance from the Bears, who only had one offensive touchdown. Nate Longshore threw for 217 yards and one score against a Cardinal defense that had tried their best to stop the California offense. Both Marshawn Lynch and Justin Forsett were held under 100 yards against a defense that was once the worst in the entire NCAA that season.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford Cardinal
However, Tom Schneider kicked four field goals (including tying a school record with a 55 yarder in swirling winds) and Syd'Quan Thompson picked up a fumble recovery for a late first half score, and that was just enough for the Bears to stave off a strong performance from T.J. Ostrander and the hapless one win Cardinal squad.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford Cardinal
Since Cal defeated Stanford, and USC was defeated by UCLA the same day, Cal got its first share of the Pac-10 Title since 1975, with Cal and USC both atop the Pac-10 in the final standings. Because USC beat Cal though, the Trojans would be heading to the Rose Bowl while the Golden Bears had to settle for San Diego and the Holiday Bowl.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford Cardinal
Stanford finished 1–11, 1–8 in the conference and fired their head coach Walt Harris after the season was over. He was replaced by Jim Harbaugh.


2006 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl
Lynch rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns while the Golden Bears defense was able to hold the Aggie offense to a scoreless second half. Longshore threw for a touchdown, rushed for one, but also threw an interception while passing for 231 yards in the Golden Bear win. Justin Forsett also ran for 125 yards and scored once himself.


2006 California Insurance Commissioner election
The 2006 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Businessman Steve Poizner, the Republican nominee, defeated Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, for the office previously held by Democrat John Garamendi, who was term-limited and ran for lieutenant governor. Poizner is the only Republican other than Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to win a statewide election in California since 1998. As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican was elected Insurance Commissioner.


2006 California Insurance Commissioner election, Primary Results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at .


2006 California Proposition 81
California Proposition 81 was a ballot initiative on the ballot for California voters in the primary election of June 6, 2006. As SB 1161, it passed through the Senate 28-9 and the Assembly 57–15. On the ballot, it did not pass, having received 1,873,147 (47%) votes in favor and 2,110,132 (53%) votes against.


2006 California Proposition 81, Text from the California Voter Information Guide
California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2006.


2006 California Proposition 81, Text from the California Voter Information Guide, Summary
This act provides for a bond issue in an amount not to exceed a total of six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) to provide funds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities in order to expand access to reading and literacy programs in California's public education system and to expand access to public library services for allresidents of California. Fiscal Impact: State cost of about $1.2 billion over 30 years to pay off both the principal ($600 million) and interest ($570 million) costs of the bonds. One-time local costs (statewide) of about $320 million for local matching contributions.


2006 California Proposition 81, Text from the California Voter Information Guide, What Your Vote Means
A YES vote on this measure means: The state could sell $600 million in bonds to provide grants to local agencies for the construction, renovation, and/or expansion of local library facilities. Local agencies would contribute about $320 million of their own funds towards these projects.


2006 California Proposition 81, Text from the California Voter Information Guide, What Your Vote Means
A NO vote on this measure means: The state could not sell $600 million in bonds for these purposes.


2006 California Proposition 82
California Proposition 82 was a proposition on the ballot for California voters in the primary election of June 6, 2006. The proposition would have made a free, voluntary, half-day public preschool program available to all four-year-olds in California. The State would have imposed a new tax on high-income taxpayers to pay for the new program. It was proposed by movie producer Rob Reiner. On the ballot, it received 1,583,787 (39.1%) yes votes and 2,460,556 (60.9%) no votes, thereby not passing.


2006 California Proposition 82
The Proposition would have received its revenue through a 1.7% tax on individual income over $400,000 and couples’ income over $800,000. The estimated fiscal impact was an increase in annual revenues of $2.1 billion in 2007–08, growing with the economy in future years. All revenues would have been spent on the new preschool program.


2006 California Proposition 83
Proposition 83 of 2006 (also known as the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica's Law or simply, Jessica's Law) was a statute enacted by 70% of California voters on November 7, 2006, authored by State Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) and State Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley). It was proposed by means of the initiative process as a version of the Jessica's Law proposals that had been considered in other states.


2006 California Proposition 83, Provisions
The Act was a lengthy and complex measure that made many changes to the California Penal Code and the Welfare and Institutions Code. Its provisions increased the penalties for sex offenders, broadened the definition of certain sexual offenses, eliminated good time credits for early release of certain offenders, prohibited probation for certain crimes, extended parole for some offenses, increased court-imposed fees on sex offenders and provided for lifelong GPS monitoring of high risk sex offenders.


2006 California Proposition 83, Provisions
The law also barred convicted sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or any place where children gather—effectively blocking them from living in the vast majority of the areas of large California cities, until the provision was found unconstitutional by Supreme Court of California in March 2015. Under the law, a sex offender with a minimum of one victim and any previous criminal history may be civilly committed for an indefinite period.


2006 California Proposition 83, Initiative campaign
The law was sponsored by husband and wife legislators State Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) and State Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley). It was supported by Governor Schwarzenegger and law enforcement throughout the state. California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (a criminal defense attorneys association) opposed Proposition 83 and wrote the opposing argument for the voter pamphlet. They argued the restrictions would cause problems with finding a place of residence for freed convicts.


2006 California Proposition 83, Enforcement
In November 2006, enforcement of the new law was initially blocked in four counties by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston who ruled in a lawsuit filed by an existing offender based on its retroactive nature. However, three months later, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White dismissed that lawsuit. In 2010, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the residency requirements of Jessica's Law could be applied retroactively.


2006 California Proposition 83, Enforcement
On September 12, 2012, a state appeals court blocked enforcement of the residency requirements of Jessica's Law for all paroled sex offenders in San Diego County, affirming a lower court ruling, stating that it was an unconstitutional blanket condition of parole that "limits the housing choices of all sex offenders identically, without regard to the type of victim or the risk of reoffending." During 2014 RSOL's Californian chapter CA RSOL sued over 20 municipalities in federal court over sex offender ordinances causing at least 44 other municipalities to either repeal or quit enforcing their ordinances in order to avoid litigation. In March 2015 Supreme Court of California deemed blanket residency restrictions unconstitutional citing their counterproductive effect and unfairness.


2006 California Proposition 83, Enforcement
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has stated that every registered sex offender paroled after the law's passage in 2006 is wearing a GPS device. However, CDCR is responsible for only 11% of California's sex offenders statewide, and "only a fraction of the state's registered sex offenders wear a GPS unit".


2006 California Proposition 85
California Proposition 85, the Parental Notification Initiative, was a proposition on the ballot for California voters in the general election of November 7, 2006. It was similar to the previous year's Proposition 73. It failed by a vote of 46%-54%.


2006 California Proposition 85, Text from the California Voter Information Guide
Parental Notification before Termination of Teen's Pregnancy (second attempt at Proposition 73)


2006 California Proposition 85, Summary
Summary as prepared by the State Attorney General"Amends California constitution prohibiting abortion for unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies parent/guardian, except in medical emergency or parental waiver. Mandates reporting requirements. Authorizes monetary damages against physicians for violation. Put on ballot by Petition Signatures."


2006 California Proposition 85, Vote meaning
A "yes" vote to this would mean that the state constitution would require a physician to notify the guardian of a minor prior to performing an abortion.


2006 California Proposition 85, Vote meaning
A "no" vote to this would mean minors would continue to receive abortion services to the same extent as adults. Physicians performing abortions for minors would not be subject to notification requirements.


2006 California Proposition 85, Exceptions to Proposition 85
Medical Emergencies: An abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the mother


2006 California Proposition 85, Exceptions to Proposition 85
Waivers Approved by Guardian:Guardian signs a waiver that gets rid of the notification requirements


2006 California Proposition 85, Exceptions to Proposition 85
Waivers Approved by Court:Waiver given to a minor who asks for it and if the courts finds the minor to be well informed and mature enough to make the decision to have the abortion


2006 California Proposition 85, Penalty
Any person who performs an abortion on a minor without consent by parents or guardian would be found guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine.


2006 California Proposition 86
Proposition 86 was a proposed initiative state constitutional amendment and statute on the California general election ballot of November 7, 2006. Its primary intent was to impose a $2.60 per pack excise tax on the retail sale of tobacco cigarettes, as well as to levy a similar excise upon the sale of other commercial tobacco products, such as cigars and chewing tobacco. The proposition was defeated with 3,607,506 "Yes" votes, for 48.0 percent of the total number of votes cast.


2006 California Proposition 87
California Proposition 87 was a proposition on the ballot for California voters for the November 7, 2006 general election, officially titled Alternative Energy. Research, Production, Incentives. Tax on California Oil Producers. It was rejected by the voters, 54.7% opposed to 45.3% in favor. This was highest-funded campaign on any state ballot and surpassing every campaign in the country in spending except the presidential contest.


2006 California Proposition 87
The proposition would have established a "$4 billion program with goal to reduce petroleum consumption by 25%, with research and production incentives for alternative energy, alternative energy vehicles, energy efficient technologies, and for education and training", funded by a "tax of 1.5% to 6% (depending on oil price per barrel) on producers of oil extracted in California."


2006 California Proposition 87, Arguments in favor
Proponents of 87 included Laura Keegan Bordeau, CEO of the American Lung Association of California, Winston Hickox, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Jamie Court, President of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (now Consumer Watchdog (USA). The California Voter Information Guide for the 2006 election contained the following arguments in favor of passage of Proposition 87: