2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Coming off a disappointing home loss over the Falcons, the Redskins stayed at home for an NFC East rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Washington struck first with kicker Shaun Suisham nailing a 31-yard field goal. However, the Eagles struck back with QB Jeff Garcia getting a 10-yard TD pass to TE L.J. Smith. In the second quarter, things got worse for the Redskins as strong safety Michael Lewis returned an interception 84 yards for a touchdown, while Garcia hooked up with WR Donte' Stallworth on a 3-yard TD pass.


2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Afterwards, Suisham would kick a 45-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Washington started to come back with Suisham kicking a 32-yard field goal, while QB Jason Campbell completed a 34-yard TD pass to WR Antwaan Randle El. However, in the fourth quarter, the only thing left of the Redskins' comeback was Suisham's 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Eagles' offense squashed any hope of a Washington comeback. With the loss, the Redskins fell to 4–9 clinching last place in the NFC East.


2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15: at New Orleans Saints
Hoping to rebound from their home loss to the Eagles, the Redskins flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 15 intraconference fight with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Washington started off strong as kicker Shaun Suisham nailed a 37-yard field goal, while QB Jason Campbell completed a 31-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. In the second quarter, the Saints started to fight back as RB Deuce McAllister got a 1-yard TD run. Suisham increased Washington's lead with a 37-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, New Orleans crept closer with kicker John Carney's 41-yard field goal. After Suisham's 22-yard field goal, the defense wrapped up the victory. With the win, the Redskins improved to 5–9.


2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at St. Louis Rams
at the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri Coming off a surprising road victory over the Saints, the Redskins flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 16 fight with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the 'Skins struck first with RB T. J. Duckett's 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Rams took the lead with QB Marc Bulger completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce and a 27-yard TD pass to TE Dominique Byrd.


2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at St. Louis Rams
Washington responded with RB Ladell Betts getting a 6-yard TD run and QB Jason Campbell completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley. In the third quarter, the Redskins' lead increased with Betts' 7-yard TD run. However, St. Louis started rally with Bulger completing a 64-yard TD pass to RB Steven Jackson and a 10-yard TD pass to RB Stephen Davis. In the fourth quarter, the Rams took the lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins nailing a 21-yard field goal. The Washington forced overtime with kicker Shaun Shisham's 52-yard field goal. However, the 'Skins fell in overtime as Stephen Jackson delivered the game-winning 21-yard TD run for the Rams. With the loss, the Redskins fell to 5–10.


2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New York Giants
Hoping to end their lackluster season on a high note, the Redskins went home for an NFC East rematch with the New York Giants on Saturday night. In the first quarter, the G-Men drew first blood with kicker Jay Feely's 34-yard field goal. The 'Skins would respond with a trick play, as QB Jason Campbell handed the ball off to WR Antwaan Randle El who completed a 48-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. However, in the second quarter, New York began to fight hard with RB Tiki Barber getting a 15-yard TD run and a 55-yard TD run.


2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New York Giants
Afterwards, Feely would wrap up the half with a 31-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Giants increased its lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Tim Carter. The Redskins responded with Campbell's 7-yard TD pass to RB Ladell Betts. In the fourth quarter, the 'Skins crept closer with RB T. J. Duckett's 1-yard TD run. However, New York responded with Barber's 50-yard TD run. Even though Washington responded with Campbell completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Mike Sellers, the 'Skins fell short of a comeback. With the loss, the Redskins ended their season at 5–11.


2006 Washington Resolution 4223
House Joint Resolutuion 4223 was a constitutional amendment in Washington which passed the house and was approved by the voters of the state in the 2006 general election.


2006 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2006 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle. The Cougars were 6–6 overall and 4–5 in the Pacific-10 Conference, tied for fifth. Ranked 25th in the AP Poll at the end of October, WSU lost its final three games.


2006 Washington State Cougars football team
WSU's popular mascot, "Butch T. Cougar" was named the 2006 CapitalOne Mascot of the Year.


2006 Washington State Cougars football team, Pre-season
Washington State did not appear in any national pre-season rankings and was predicted to finish in eighth place in the Pacific-10 Conference media poll.


2006 Washington State Senate election
The 2006 Elections in Washington include races for the US Senate, US House and Washington State Legislature. This page tracks incumbents and challengers for the Washington State Senate.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Overview
After the 2004 elections, Democrats held 26 of 49 seats in the state Senate, a 1 vote majority. In November, 2006, 24 seats were up for election. Of those, 12 are held by Republicans and 12 were held by Democrats.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results
Chris Marr has been the Chair of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, a regent at Washington State University, State transportation commissioner, chair of both Deaconess and Valley hospitals, and has been a business owner for 20 years in Spokane. This is the first time since before World War II that this district has been represented by a Democrat.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results
This year's contest could have been a rematch of a 2004 House race. Lois McMahan was previously a representative in the State House of Representatives, until she was unseated by Derek Kilmer that year. Kilmer won by 555 votes (with 49.67% of the vote).


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 38
Jean Berkey was elected in 2002 into House Seat #2, and took the Senator position when Aaron Reardon took the position of Snohomish County Executive. Aaron was challenged by Glenn Coggeshell in 2002, and received 65.34% of the vote.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 42
Dale Brandland was challenged by Georgia Gardner (D), Peter Tassoni (G) and Donald Crawford (L) in 2002, and received 49.25% of the vote.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 43
Ed Murray has served the 43rd district since 1995 in the Washington State House of Representatives.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 43
Pat Thibaudeau was challenged by Linde Knighton (G) in 2002, and received 79.04% of the vote. She announced her retirement from the Senate in May 2006, after Murray had declared his intention to challenge her for the Democratic nomination.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 44
David Schmidt was challenged by Phil Doerflein (D) in 2002 and received 53.09% of the vote.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 45
Incumbent Sen. Bill Finkbeiner has decided to step down, citing personal reasons. Rep. Toby Nixon has declared for the seat, leaving his House seat open.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 47
Stephen Johnson was challenged by Deborah Jacobson in 2002, and received 55.52% of the vote. Johnson has decided to run for Washington State Supreme Court in 2006, making this an open seat.


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 47
Steve Reichert was previously running for the Republican nomination, but withdrew due to an .


2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 47
Ed Crawford recently retired as chief of the city of Kent Police Department.


2006 Washington State Supreme Court election
The Washington Supreme Court justices are elected at large by the voters of the state of Washington. The general election was held in November 2006 and the primary was held in September 2006.


2006 Washington State Supreme Court election, 2006 races, Primaries
Having received a majority of the vote in the primary, Gerry Alexander wins the election under state law.


2006 Washington State Supreme Court election, 2006 races, Primaries
Having received a majority of the vote in the primary, Tom Chambers wins the election under state law.


2006 Washington State local elections
The following local races were on the ballot in Washington State during the 2006 election. The filing period for candidates for public office was July 24 through July 28, 2006. Washington State's primary election was held on September 19, 2006.


2006 Washington State local elections, County & Local Elections, Skagit County
There may be a November 2006 special ballot by the Skagit County Commissioners to adopt a fluoridation ordinance that would allow and require the Skagit Public Utility District #1 to adjust the natural level of fluoride in its water supply so that a greater number of Skagit County residents can receive the proven benefits of fluoride, and thereby oral disease may be reduced. For more information read:  or


2006 Washington State local elections, County & Local Elections, Spokane County
Spokane County Assessor(As of the evening of November 9, Baker led by less than 200 votes)


2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
The 2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election also known as 2006 District of Columbia mayoral election determined the successor to two-term mayor Anthony A. Williams, who did not run for re-election. The Democratic primary was held on September 12, 2006, and the general election was held on November 7, 2006. The winner of both was Adrian Fenty, the representative for Ward 4 on the Washington, D.C. City Council. He took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the sixth directly elected mayor since the establishment of home rule in the District, and — at 35 — the youngest elected mayor of a major American city in U.S. history.


2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election, Candidates, General Election
In addition to the candidates above, the following candidates lost in the primary election.


2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election, Candidates, Republican Party primary
David W. Kranich ran in the Republican Party primary election. Albert Ceccone gathered signatures to run on the ballot as well, but after a challenge by Kranich, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics declared many of the signatures invalid. Consequently, Ceccone did not have enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, and only Kranich's name appeared as running for mayor on the Republican primary ballot. Kranich received 65% of the vote.


2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election, Candidates, Statehood Green Party primary
Chris Otten ran unopposed for the Statehood Green party's primary election. Otten received 50% of the vote.


2006 Waterford Crystal Cup
The 2006 Waterford Crystal Cup was the inaugural staging of the Waterford Crystal Cup. The draw for the fixtures took place on 20 December 2005. The cup began on 15 January 2006 and ended on 5 February 2006.


2006 Waterford Crystal Cup
On 5 February 2006, Limerick won the cup following a 1-19 to 3-10 defeat of Waterford Institute of Technology in the final. This was their first Waterford Crystal Cup title.


2006 Waterford Crystal Cup, Participating teams
The newly launched Waterford Crystal Cup featured five county teams and five third level college teams. The Munster Council run the competition on a similar system to the McGrath Cup.


2006 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 2006 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 106th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


2006 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 22 October 2006, Mount Sion won the championship after a 2-13 to 0-12 defeat of Ballygunner in the final. This was their 35th championship title overall and their first title since 2004.


2006 Waterloo municipal election
The 2006 Waterloo municipal election took place on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, regional councillors, and school trustees in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


2006 Watford Borough Council election
Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.


2006 Watsons Water Champions Challenge
The 2006 Watsons Water Champions Challenge is a women's exhibition (no points for the world ranking can be earned) tennis tournament organized at the beginning of each season.


2006 Webby Awards
The 10th annual 2006 Webby Awards were held on June 12, 2006, at the Cipriani Hotel in New York City and were hosted by the comedian Jon Stewart. Judging was provided by the 500-person International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and winners were selected from among 5,500 entries from  around 40 countries worldwide. This award ceremony saw the creation of a new award category, "Best Viral Video".


2006 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2006 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February and 5 March at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.


2006 Welsh Open (snooker)
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Ian McCulloch.


2006 Welsh Open (snooker)
Stephen Lee won his fourth ranking title by defeating World Champion Shaun Murphy 9–4.


2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Shaun Murphy seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund
Winner: £35,000Runner Up: £17,500Semi Finalist: £8,750Quarter Finalist: £6,500Last 16: £4,275Last 32: £2,750Last 48: £1,725Last 64: £1,325


2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales  between 24 January and 26 January 2006.


2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
The 2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council to 16 seats after gaining 2 seats from Labour. The Conservative gains came in Haldens and Howlands wards, but they did lose one seat to the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats won Handside and came within 6 votes of taking Peartree from Labour after 4 recounts. Overall turnout in the election was 38.11%.


2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
The  West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency (AC)s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs on May 3,and 49 ACs on May 8, 2006. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and, thanks to the electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the end of the day.


2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Total number of ACs in the state is 294. Elections were held for all 294 constituencies. Total electors numbering 48,165,156 voted in 53,293 polling stations. The electoral turnout was 81.97% of possible voters.


2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front won the election. The previous government, formed by the Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front has been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government.


2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Results, Party wise result
Total Number of constituencies  : 294 Results declared  : 294 Total contestants  : 1654


2006 West Bengal train explosion
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on 20 November 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.


2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
The 2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 26 through 28, 2006 at San Francisco's home stadium, Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field in San Francisco, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2006 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2006 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 3–6, 2006. All rounds were held in Spokane, Washington at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.


2006 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their third straight (eighth overall) WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Adam Morrison of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP for the second straight year.


2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton
The 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 23, 2006, at JAGFlo Speedway, a temporary track laid out at City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole but the race was won by Justin Wilson.


2006 West Lancashire District Council election
The 2006 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with a 4-seat majority over the Labour party. Most seats only had Conservative and Labour party candidates, with no Liberal Democrats standing in the election.


2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign
The Conservatives focused their campaign on crime and the environment, while targeting the Labour held wards of Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott. However Labour targeted the Conservative wards of Derby, Newburgh and Parbold, while criticising the Conservatives for holding a failed vote on transferring council housing.


2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their control of the council, which they had held since 2002. They gained 3 seats from Labour in Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott wards, with the Labour leader on the council, Alan Bullen, saying that it had "not been a good night".


2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 32.2%, which was up on 2003 but down from 2004.


2006 West Lindsey District Council election
Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward.


2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election
The 2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background
After the last election in 2004 the Conservatives controlled the council with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 13 seats, Independents had six and the Labour Party had one seat. However, in April 2005 Conservative councillor Peter Green resigned from the party to sit as an independent, meaning that going into the 2006 election the Conservatives had 28 seats and there were 7 independents.


2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background
For the 16 seats contested in 2006, the Conservatives had 16 candidates, Labour 13, Liberal Democrats 11, Green Party 7 and there were 3 Independents.


2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after gaining six seats to take 14 of the 16 seats contested. This took the Conservatives to 34 councillors and came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who lost four seats, and the independents who lost two seats. The Liberal Democrats were therefore reduced to nine councillors and the independents to five, while Labour remained with a single councillor. Of the 10 councillors who sought re-election, nine were successful, with only Liberal Democrat Julian Cooper losing in Woodstock and Bladon ward by 34 votes to Conservative candidate Jill Dunsmore. Overall turnout at the election was 40.25%.


2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, By-elections between 2006 and 2007
A by-election was held in Witney Central on 25 January 2007 after the disappearance of Conservative councillor Andrew Creery. The seat was held for Conservatives by Colin Adams with a majority of 210 votes over Liberal Democrat Brenda Churchill.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with an 11–2 record. The Mountaineers had a regular season Big East record of 5–2.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Steve Slaton's sophomore season started the same way he ended last year—with a big performance. Slaton ran for 203 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead No. 5 West Virginia past Marshall 42–10. Slaton, the nation's top freshman in 2005 with 19 rushing TDs, had his second straight 200-yard game. Slaton tore up Marshall (0–1) in just the second meeting between the state's two Division I-A schools since 1923. Slaton's 33 carries were one shy of a career-high and Slaton surpassed 100 yards early in the second quarter and had 140 by halftime.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall
He had a 14-yard TD run around right end midway through the first quarter and scored untouched from 16 yards out after making a hard cut to the right late in the half for a 28–7 lead. Slaton also had a 10-yard TD run negated by a holding penalty in the second quarter. West Virginia (1–0), which is 6–0 all-time against Marshall, scored on four of its first five possessions and totaled 312 rushing yards. Pat White completed 10-of-14 passes for 168 yards.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall
He found Brandon Myles with first-half TD tosses of 8 and 18 yards as West Virginia built a 21–0 lead. It was the first career multiple TD game for Myles, a senior. Marshall, limited to just seven first downs in the first half, went to its passing game late in the second quarter for its only touchdown. Freshman tight end Cody Slate caught passes of 26 and 14 yards to give Marshall its best field position at the WVU 25.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Matt Morris then made up for a dropped pass in the end zone earlier in the game by grabbing a 21-yard TD toss from Bernard Morris. The pass initially was ruled incomplete but Marshall challenged and the play was overturned for a touchdown. West Virginia fullback Owen Schmitt scored on a 3-yard run midway through the third quarter to cap a 66-yard drive that was set up by an interception by freshman Quinton Andrews. WVU backup quarterback Jarrett Brown closed the scoring on a 7-yard TD run with 1:13 left in the game.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington
Steve Slaton ran for 105 yards and two first-quarter scores and called it a day as No. 6 West Virginia went to its bench often in a 52–3 win over Division I-AA Eastern Washington. Pat White directed a second-quarter touchdown drive before the QB parade began. Jarrett Brown threw for a TD and ran for another, while Nate Sowers and Markell Harrison also ran for scores. By the time West Virginia (2–0) built a 21–3 lead early in the second quarter, Slaton and White were done for the day.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington
Slaton followed up a 31-carry, 203-yard effort against Marshall with just eight carries Saturday, the fewest since he had 11 against Virginia Tech as a freshman.. West Virginia beat the Eagles by outgaining them 591–185, including 394 on the ground. Slaton needed just two carries for his first score and he went untouched on TD runs of 49 and 17 yards. He went to the bench afterward and didn't return, removing his uniform after halftime. White soon followed. On West Virginia's third series, he drove the Mountaineers 65 yards with Owen Schmitt covering the final 7 for a score.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington
Jarrett Brown threw a 5-yard TD pass to Brandon Myles just before halftime and scored on a 7-yard run to start the second half for a 35–3 lead. Sowers and Harrison added TD runs of 8 and 1 yards, respectively, in the fourth quarter. The crowd of 59,504 was the largest ever to see Eastern Washington play, topping a 2002 game at Arizona State by more than 20,000.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
Steve Slaton rushed for 167 of his 195 yards in the first half, and the Mountaineers forced two turnovers in a 28–0 first-quarter blitz on their way to a 45–24 victory over Maryland. He scored twice in the opening quarter of his first game against Maryland, the school that offered him a scholarship, then withdrew it because they felt they had enough running backs. He had 149 yards against the Terrapins in the first quarter, when West Virginia scored on all four possessions. Slaton had early TD runs of 38 and 37 yards.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
Pat White threw for a TD and ran for another while Darius Reynaud scored twice, including a 96-yard kickoff return, for the Mountaineers (3–0), who extended their winning streak to 10 games, second in the nation to TCU's 12 in a row. With scouts from 15 NFL teams in attendance, West Virginia took a 38–10 halftime lead in beating Maryland (2–1) for the third straight year, the first time that has happened since 1996–98. The teams have met every year since 1980.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
Maryland, which had wins over Division I-AA William & Mary and unheralded Middle Tennessee State, watched as the Mountaineers compiled more than 300 yards rushing for the third straight game. West Virginia's young defense, pressed to force more turnovers, also delivered, finishing with five takeaways. Maryland's Sam Hollenbach was intercepted twice and the Terrapins fumbled the ball away three times, twice by Josh Wilson on kickoffs. After Slaton's early TD runs, a fumble recovery on a kickoff set up Reynaud's 5-yard scoring catch from White and Jay Henry's interception led to another first-quarter score for West Virginia. Lance Ball's 11-yard TD run early in the third quarter pulled Maryland within 38–17, but the Terrapins got no closer.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
Patrick White and Steve Slaton tore up their third opponent of the season in a row. White threw for a personal-best 216 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and the No. 4 Mountaineers overcame Slaton's least-productive game of the season and pulled away late in a 27–10 victory over ECU. White was 17-of-24 passing with touchdown passes of 3 yards to Owen Schmitt and 60 yards to Darius Reynaud. The Mountaineers (4–0) shook off some sloppy play—including White's three interceptions—to win their 11th straight game.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
The Pirates held Slaton, who entered as the nation's third-leading rusher, to 80 yards—less than half of his 168-yard average—and afterward he said he was bothered by cramps blamed on the hot, humid weather. West Virginia led just 17–10 early in the fourth quarter when White flipped a pass to Reynaud, who zigzagged 60 yards back across the field and through the Pirates' defense for the clinching touchdown. Reynaud finished with five catches for 110 yards and became the first West Virginia player with more than 100 yards receiving since November 2004, when Chris Henry had 118 against Boston College.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
The Mountaineers had just 153 yards rushing though–197 fewer than its nation-leading average of 350; a year ago, East Carolina held West Virginia to just 127 yards rushing. James Pinkney was 20-of-40 for 247 yards with a touchdown for the Pirates (1–3), and Aundrae Allison had four catches for 54 yards and a touchdown. But East Carolina couldn't get its ground game going, either—Brandon Fractious led the Pirates with 13 yards rushing, and the Pirates finished with 41 yards on the ground.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
West Virginia dominated the first half, holding three-touchdown underdog East Carolina to 2 yards rushing and gaining 221 yards to the Pirates' 87, but led just 14–7 at halftime largely because of two interceptions thrown by White in the end zone. White capped West Virginia's opening drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, then flipped his scoring pass to Schmitt early in the second quarter to snap a 7-all tie. Pinkney found his favorite target—Allison—behind the West Virginia defense for a 47-yard touchdown pass midway through the first, tying it 7–7. The Pirates closed to seven points early in the fourth on Robert Lee's 27-yard field goal.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
West Virginia committed 11 penalties and allowed a moribund Mississippi State offense to threaten several times in West Virginia's 42–14 win. Steve Slaton bailed out the Mountaineers (5–0) with 185 yards and a touchdown and Pat White rushed for two scores as West Virginia pulled away late to extend the nation's second-longest winning streak to 12 games. But the defense needed two late interceptions deep in Mountaineers territory to secure the win as West Virginia kept three drives by Mississippi State (1–5) alive with penalties. In all, the Mountaineers were flagged for 132 yards.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
However, the trio of White, Slaton and fullback Owen Schmitt got to work. White and Schmitt scored two touchdowns apiece and Slaton constantly stung what had been considered a stout Bulldogs rush defense with nine runs of 10 yards or more. The Mountaineers gained 406 total yards, including 314 on the ground. White added 76 rushing yards that included a game-clinching 46-yard run midway through the fourth quarter. But Mississippi State finished with an advantage of 7:30 in time of possession, keeping that high-powered rushing game on the bench.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Schmitt capped the first with a 5-yard TD dive at 8:11, giving West Virginia a touchdown on its first drive in seven consecutive games. White capped the Mountaineers' second drive with another 5-yard run to make it 14–0 with 14:12 remaining in the second quarter. Mississippi State had no answer for West Virginia's blitz early in the game. But crucial penalties such as roughing the punter and roughing the passer kept the Bulldogs alive and quarterback Omarr Conner got them moving late in the first half with a pair of long passes to Tony Burks.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
A 45-yarder to Burks pushed Mississippi State deep into West Virginia territory. A 40-yarder to Burks got the Bulldogs to the 2. But he fumbled into the end zone where Lance Long picked it up for the score at 1:01 to cut West Virginia's halftime lead to 14–7. The Mountaineers opened the second half with a commitment to Slaton, who carried the ball five times and capped a 10-play scoring drive with a 10-yard touchdown that made it 21–7 with 10:22 left in the third quarter.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Conner was injured late in the third quarter and replaced by Michael Henig, the team's original starter before he broke his collarbone in the season opener. Henig directed two crisp drives but was picked off in the end zone by Eric Wicks and at the 10 by Bobby Hathaway. After the second interception, White scored his second touchdown on a slithering run that put the Mountaineers up 28–7 with 8:02 left. The Bulldogs did manage a late score on a 1-yard dive by Anthony Dixon with 5:31 remaining in the game, but the Mountaineers answered with a long drive and Schmitt's second touchdown from 5 yards out to make it 35–14.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
Pat White, the West Virginia quarterback, ran for a career-high 247 yards and four touchdowns as the fifth-ranked Mountaineers defeated Syracuse 41–17. Steve Slaton, who's been the main focus of West Virginia's Heisman hype, was no slouch either. He ran for 163 yards and a touchdown as the Mountaineers (6–0, 1–0 Big East) extended their winning streak to 13 games, matching the school record set in 1952–1953. But White was the star against Syracuse. On 15 carries, he broke his own Big East and school records for rushing by a quarterback and nearly doubled his output for the season.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
He had 220 yards last year against Pitt. It was the fourth best effort by any back in school history. White scored three times early in the second half to break the game open. Syracuse (3–4, 0–2) trailed 17–14 at halftime but managed only a field goal after that in losing its ninth straight Big East game. West Virginia, the nation's second-best rushing offense, compiled a season-high 457 yards on the ground, the most since a 478-yard effort against ECU in 2004.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
White, who entered the game with 270 rushing yards for the season, had a 69-yard TD run on West Virginia's opening series of the game. His TD runs of 40, 32 and 12 yards on WVU's first three series of the second half put the Mountaineers ahead 38–14 late in the third quarter. White (105 yards) and Slaton (101) became the first backs to surpass 100 yards against the Orange in the first half since Miami's Frank Gore and Clinton Portis in 2001. White and Slaton also surpassed 100 yards in the same game last year against Pittsburgh.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
Perry Patterson's 47-yard TD pass to Mike Williams over three defenders on the game's opening drive marked the first time West Virginia trailed in a game since Oct. 15, 2005, against Louisville. Slaton ran 52 yards around right end to put the Mountaineers ahead 17–7 midway through the second quarter. Patterson, who finished 9-of-21 for 146 yards, then found Williams behind the defense again for a 30-yard gain to the West Virginia 16, setting up Patterson's 3-yard TD run on third down late in the first half. The Mountaineers' fifth-straight win over Syracuse is their longest in the 54-game series dating to 1945.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut
Pat White and the West Virginia Mountaineers ran past UConn to push their winning streak to 14 games. White ran for 102 yards and a touchdown and threw a scoring pass and Steve Slaton rushed for 128 yards rushing to help No. 4 West Virginia beat Connecticut 37–11 in the Mountaineers' final tuneup before their showdown with sixth-ranked Louisville. White led West Virginia (7–0, 2–0 Big East) on two one-play drives, running 45 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, and throwing a 52-yard scoring pass to Rayshawn Bolden in the third.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut
White, who had 15 carries, was 9-of-14 for 156 yards, with one interception. Steve Slaton scored on a 56-yard run with 5:26 left. Pat McAfee added three field goals, including a career-long 48-yarder, as West Virginia tied Ohio State for the longest winning streak in the nation. UConn (3–4, 0–2), which started six freshmen, including three on the offensive line, trailed 6–3 midway through the second quarter. But a holding penalty and a 30-yard punt into a stiff wind gave West Virginia the ball on the UConn 45.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut
On the next play, White kept the ball on an option and sprinted up the middle of the field for a touchdown. White had a 30-yard scamper on the Mountaineers' next drive, which went 74 yards in 11 plays. Owen Schmitt ran the ball in from a yard out with 20 seconds left in the half to give the Mountaineers a 20–3 lead. Connecticut's Matt Bonislawski completed eight of 20 passes for 58 yards and an interception.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut
He was replaced late in the third quarter by sophomore D.J. Hernandez, who scored the Huskies' touchdown on a 5-yard run with 7:22 left in the game. Terry Caulley ran for the two-point conversion. Caulley, who came into the game averaging 98 yards per game on the ground, ran for 35 yards on 13 carries. Tony Ciaravino, the third kicker the Huskies have used this season, hit a 29-yard field goal to tie it 3–3. That score capped a 15-play, 60-yard drive that used up 5:46.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The #5 ranked Cardinals beat West Virginia 44–34 and jumped into the National Title hunt. In perhaps the biggest win in school history, Louisville (8–0, 3–0) snapped West Virginia's (7–1, 2–1) 14-game win streak and moved into a first-place tie with idle Rutgers in Big East Conference play. It was also the first time Louisville won against a top 3 team in school history.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Brohm threw for 354 yards and a touchdown, and the Cardinals took advantage of key mistakes by West Virginia to earn the signature win they've so desperately sought under coach Bobby Petrino and stake their claim as a serious contender for the Bowl Championship Series title game. West Virginia quarterback Pat White ran for 125 yards and four touchdowns and added 222 yards through the air. But he couldn't overcome three WVU turnovers and a relentless Louisville offense that racked up 468 total yards and kept the Mountaineers on their heels all night.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The Cardinals avenged 2005's triple-overtime loss to West Virginia (7–1, 2–1) by returning a fumble and a punt for touchdowns during a pivotal three-minute stretch in the third quarter. Then, they delivered on their offseason motto to "finish", born during last year's loss to the Mountaineers, a game Louisville led by 17 in the fourth quarter. Heisman Trophy hopeful Steve Slaton ran for 156 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia, but fumbled on consecutive snaps in the third quarter—bothered by a broken left wrist.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Trent Guy added a 40-yard punt return pushing Louisville's advantage to 30–16 with 9:23 left in the third. Though White led the Mountaineers on a pair of touchdown drives to get them back in it, the Cardinals responded each time with a score of their own. Brohm connected with Mario Urrutia on a 7-yard TD pass and Anthony Allen added a 5-yard touchdown run to keep the Cardinals safely in front.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Set back by their own mistakes, the Mountaineers simply couldn't keep pace as their school-record 14-game winning streak ended while a packed Papa John's Stadium crowd—clad mostly in black T-shirts that read "Beat WVU" – stormed the field. Urrutia finished with six catches for 113 yards and Harry Douglas caught six passes for 116 yards as Louisville seemingly did whatever it wanted on offense. The Cardinals punted just three times and scored on all but four of their possessions as they extended their home winning streak to 16 straight and beat West Virginia for the first time since 1990.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Pat White ran for two touchdowns and threw another and Steve Slaton added two scoring runs as No. 10 West Virginia bounced back from its first loss with a 42–24 victory over Cincinnati. West Virginia (8–1, 3–1 Big East) overcame a sluggish start and scored five of its six TDs on drives of five plays or less. Slaton, who fumbled twice after injuring his elbow and wrist in the loss at Louisville, held onto the ball against the Bearcats. He ran for 148 yards on just 12 carries and had TD runs of 65 and 2 yards.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
West Virginia, the nation's second leading rushing offense, compiled 313 yards against Cincinnati, one of the best run defenses which had surrendered five TDs entering the game. Cincinnati (5–5, 2–3) lost to a ranked opponent on the road for the fourth time this season. Coach Mark Dantonio had compared West Virginia's offense to top-ranked Ohio State's. The Buckeyes beat the Bearcats 37–7 earlier this season. Cincinnati's Dustin Grutza completed 13 of 24 passes for 143 yards and was intercepted twice. Backup Nick Davila threw a pair of fourth-quarter TDs.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Grutza took the Bearcats 75 yards early in the third quarter, hitting Derrick Stewart with a 45-yard TD pass to pull the Bearcats within 21–10. Slaton answered with a 63-yard run on the first play of the next series to the Cincinnati 2, and White finished off the drive with a keeper on the next snap, his 11th rushing TD in the last four games. White went 51 yards on a bootleg on the first play of West Virginia's next drive but fumbled at the Cincinnati 6.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Rayshawn Bolden picked up the loose ball and stretched over the goal line for a TD. Quinton Andrews then returned an interception 20 yards to the Cincinnati 10, and Slaton scored from 3 yards out for a 42–10 lead late in the third. White, who rushed for 93 yards on 10 carries, scored from 3 yards out on the first series of the second quarter and lofted a pass that Brandon Myles caught in the left corner of the end zone four minutes later for a 34-yard TD. Slaton slipped through a crack on the right side and went 65 yards up the sideline for a score on the second play of West Virginia's next series. The 21 first-half points were the most allowed by Cincinnati all season.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
West Virginia's Pat White and Steve Slaton crossed up Pitt by teaming as a passing combination in a high-scoring first half, then put away the Panthers for the second season in a row with a string of long runs in a comeback second half to lead No. 8 West Virginia's 45–27. The Mountaineers (9–1, 4–1 Big East) beat their biggest rival for the fourth time in five seasons, though not quite as easily as in last year's 45–13 romp in Morgantown in which White and Slaton combined for 399 of West Virginia's 451 yards rushing.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh (6–5, 2–4) led 27–24 at the half before being overwhelmed by West Virginia's playmaking speed in a scoreless second half in which the Mountaineers had 371 of their 438 yards rushing. West Virginia finished with a 641–295 edge in total yardage, outgaining Pitt 373–30 in the second half. White, the sophomore option quarterback whose quickness again was too much for Pitt to handle, threw for 204 yards and hit Slaton on the running back's first two touchdown receptions this season. White ran for touchdowns of 64 and 19 yards on the Mountaineers' first two possessions of the second half.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
He finished with 220 yards rushing against Pitt for the second season in a row as West Virginia's two stars again turned the rivalry very one-sided. Slaton, the nation's No. 2 rusher, was held to 7 yards on six carries in the first half, but still became the first player in school history to have more than 100 yards rushing (215) and receiving (130) in a game. He had scoring catches of 11 and 67 yards, as well as another 43-yard catch as a slot receiver, and touchdown runs of 15 and 55 yards.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
Pitt quarterback Tyler Palko tried to keep the Panthers in the game with two touchdown passes, but was sacked eight times and got nothing going in the second half. The 99th edition of the game now known as the Backyard Brawl kicked off one of college football's most awaited weekends. West Virginia's offense was everything it expected to be in the first half, except for its reliance on throwing rather than running.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
The major surprise was that Pitt, held to 10 points by Rutgers in its last home game, not only kept up but led 27–24 at halftime as Palko threw touchdown passes of 23 yards to Nate Byham and 15 yards to Oderick Turner. The play that Pitt fans will most remember is Darrelle Revis' adventuresome 73-yard punt return down the Panthers sideline that put Pitt up 24–17 with 2:18 remaining in the half. Revis took off after a thunderous block by wide receiver Derek Kinder so leveled West Virginia's Ridwan Malik that Malik took out one of his own teammates.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
The only problem was Revis' return left West Virginia with plenty enough time to score, with White hitting Slaton for 67 yards on their second pass play touchdown of the half. After West Virginia was held to 67 yards rushing in the first half, White got outside on the second play from scrimmage of the second half for a 64-yard scoring run that give the Mountaineers a 31–27 lead. On West Virginia's next possession, White needed only four plays to drive them 97 yards for a touchdown.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida
The Bulls' defense scored on a fumble return and held the nation's second-best rushing and scoring offense to less than half of its averages in a 24–19 win over the No. 7 Mountaineers. Zip Goshboots ran for a touchdown and passed for another as USF (8–4, 4–3 Big East) handed West Virginia (9–2, 4–2) its first home loss in nine games—a loss that could end the Mountaineers' chances for a Bowl Championship Series bid. South Florida coach Jim Leavitt described it as a milestone in the school's 11-year football history, surpassing a win over Louisville last year.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida
West Virginia fell into second place in the conference. Steve Slaton, the nation's No. 2 rusher, had his worst game as a starter. He saw his streak of six straight 100-yard games snapped, finishing with a season-low 43 yards, 115 below his average. The Mountaineers didn't score their first touchdown until midway through the third quarter and were limited to 132 yards rushing. Pat White threw two touchdown passes to Brandon Myles but the Mountaineers squandered several other scoring chances.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida
They had scored touchdowns on 77 percent of their drives inside the 20 entering the game, yet failed to reach the end zone four times from the red zone against South Florida, including their first three drives. Slaton fumbled the ball away at the South Florida 1 on the first drive of the second half. West Virginia got the ball back at the South Florida 28 after a punt and White found a leaping Myles with a 15-yard TD pass in the left corner of the end zone. But White's conversion pass fell incomplete to make it 14–12.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida
Grothe, the redshirt freshman, finished 21-of-29 for 270 yards and helped keep the Mountaineers' offense off the field. He took the Bulls 70 yards on the next series, finding Ean Randolph with a 21-yard TD pass late in the third. He later converted a pair of third-down passes to keep alive a 14-play drive that resulted in an 18-yard field goal by Delbert Alvarado midway through the fourth and a 24–12 lead. Pat White found Myles with a 44-yard scoring pass with 5:16 left to cut the deficit to 24–19.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida
South Florida failed to get a first down on its next drive and West Virginia got the ball back at its 15. But a pass went off Myles' hands and Trae Williams intercepted the tipped ball for South Florida with 1:54 left. White finished 14-of-22 for 178 yards and ran for just 17 yards on 15 carries.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
No . 15 West Virginia knocked down Mike Teel's 2-point conversion pass in the end zone to preserve the Mountaineers' 41–39 triple-overtime win over No. 13 Rutgers, denying the Scarlet Knights their first BCS berth and handing Louisville the Big East's automatic bid as conference champion. Jarrett Brown ran for one touchdown and threw the go-ahead score in triple overtime to help West Virginia (10–2, 5–2 Big East) cap its second straight 10-win season. Brown started for Pat White, who missed the game because of a sore ankle.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Brown, a sophomore, finished 14-of-29 for 244 yards in his first extensive play. The ending was a peculiar finish to an improbable regular season for Rutgers (10–2, 5–2). A loser for so long, the Scarlet Knights started 9–0 before being upset at Cincinnati, then rebounded by beating Syracuse to set the stage for what would have been a historic win against WVU. But while Rutgers produced its best season since going 11–0 in 1976, it wasn't enough to get the BCS berth the Scarlet Knights were hoping for. The Scarlet Knights dropped to 0–15 in Morgantown, dating to 1920.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Starting with the third overtime, teams are required to go for 2-point conversions following touchdowns. Brown hit Brandon Myles across the middle from 22 yards out for the go-ahead score against No. 13 Rutgers (10–2, 5–2), then found Dorrell Jalloh with a 2-point pass for a 41–33 lead. Rutgers' Ray Rice then scored from 2 yards out. On the 2-point try, Teel scrambled to his right and threw toward Rice but Vaughn Rivers broke up the pass and several thousand fans in the sellout crowd ran onto the field in celebration. Rice carried 25 times for 129 yards, including 90 yards after halftime. Teel completed 19-of-26 passes for 278 yards and made West Virginia's secondary look susceptible for the second straight game.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl – Georgia Tech
Triple coverage even wasn't enough to stop Calvin Johnson. Johnson leapt between two West Virginia defenders and in front of a third for a 32-yard reception in the third quarter of the Gator Bowl, one of his nine catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns in Georgia Tech's 38–35 loss. The All-American junior made the Mountaineers' secondary look helpless all day in what was his collegiate finale. Johnson was considering forgoing his senior year for the NFL, and the 6-foot-5 wideout ended up making the transition.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl – Georgia Tech
Johnson's yardage total put him fifth in the Gator Bowl record book—and in pretty good company. He finished behind Andre Rison, Javon Walker and Fred Biletnikoff and in front of Marvin Harrison. Johnson won the Biletnikoff Award this year as the nation's top receiver and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year. Before the bowl game, he had 1,016 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns, fourth-best in the country. West Virginia started the game with a 52-yard run by Owen Schmitt, who ended the drive with a 1-yard run.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl – Georgia Tech
A TD pass from Taylor Bennett to Johnson and a run by Tashard Choice put the Yellowjackets up 14–7 at the end of the first. With Steve Slaton injured, Owen Schmitt had to fill in for the whole game. Johnson caught another TD pass at the start of the second to make it 21–7 GT. After a WVU FG and a James Johnson TD catch from Bennett, the Mountaineers were down 28–10. But Schmitt ended the second quarter with an 11-yard run to make it 28–17 at halftime.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl – Georgia Tech
Choice started the third quarter with a five-yard TD run to make it 35–17. Then the Mountaineers, led by Pat White, came back from the 18-point deficit to win the game. A 57-yard pass on a "sleeper" play from White to Tito Gonzales and a 14-yard pass to Brandon Myles in the third quarter made the score 35–31.


2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl – Georgia Tech
The "sleeper" play was named so because after an offsides call on the defense was called after the ball had been snapped, the offensive line stayed still after the ball was snapped, while White rolled out and fired to Gonzales who was wide-open. White ended up getting a 15-yard touchdown run at the end of the third, which determined the win 38–35 in the Mountaineers' biggest bowl comeback win in school history. WVU finished the season 11–2 (6–2) and ranked 10th in both polls.


2006 Westchester County tornado
The 2006 Westchester County tornado was the strongest and largest tornado in Westchester County, New York since the 1904 Chappaqua tornado. It touched down there on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 and traveled 13 miles (21 km) into southwestern Connecticut during a 33-minute span through two states. The tornado touched down at 3:30 p.m. EDT (19:30 UTC) on the shore of the Hudson River before becoming a waterspout and traveling 3 mi (5 km) across the river. Coming ashore, the tornado entered Westchester County and struck the town of Sleepy Hollow at F1 intensity.


2006 Westchester County tornado
After passing through the town, it intensified into an F2 tornado and grew to almost a quarter of a mile (400 m) in diameter. The tornado continued through the county, damaging numerous structures, until it crossed into Connecticut at 4:01 p.m. EDT (20:01 UTC). Not long after entering the state, it dissipated in the town of Greenwich at 4:03 p.m. EDT (20:03 UTC). When the tornado entered Westchester County, it was the eighth known tornado to either touch down or enter the county since 1950.


2006 Westchester County tornado
Two barns and a warehouse were destroyed, and a large stained-glass window was shattered. Numerous homes and businesses were damaged and thousands of trees were uprooted. There were no fatalities and only six minor injuries were associated with the storm. The cost of damages was estimated at $12.1 million.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis
On July 12 a supercell thunderstorm developed over eastern New Jersey in association with a surface low-pressure area in southwestern Ontario. Daytime heating in the Tri-State Region led to moderate instability, a key factor in the development of showers and thunderstorms. With conditions favorable for the development of a tornado, the Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch at 12:40 p.m. EDT (16:40 UTC). A strong thunderstorm developed around 2:00 p.m. EDT (18:00 UTC) which produced a funnel cloud near Carlstadt at around 2:45 p.m. EDT (18:45 UTC), although no damage was associated with the funnel.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis
That same storm intensified and developed into a supercell as it crossed into New York. About 15 minutes later, a tornado warning was issued for southern Rockland and Westchester counties, which would remain in effect until 4:15 p.m. EDT (21:15 UTC). At around 3:30 p.m. EDT (19:30 UTC), an F1 tornado touched down near Grand View-on-Hudson along the Hudson River in Rockland County. The 100 yard (91 m) wide tornado touched down on a dock before becoming a waterspout as it took a 3 mi (4.8 km) path across the river. The tornado passed near the Tappan Zee Bridge before crossing into Westchester County. Upon entering Westchester, it was the eighth tornado ever recorded in the county.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis
The tornado hit the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, around 3:37 p.m. EDT (19:37 UTC); two minutes later, a 58 mph (93 km/h) wind gust was reported along the periphery of the tornado. As the tornado neared New York State Route 9A, it intensified to F2 status, generating winds up to 157 mph (253 km/h), and struck the California Closet Warehouse. At the time, the tornado was estimated to be 300 yd (274 m) wide and was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Westchester County. Shortly after, it weakened back to F1 intensity.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis
Minor damage was reported through the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla as the tornado neared the New York–Connecticut border. The track length through Westchester County was measured at around 8 mi (13 km). After crossing the state border into Fairfield County, Connecticut, it weakened further before lifting at 4:03 p.m  EDT (20:03 UTC) in Greenwich after traveling 2 mi (3.2 km) in Connecticut. Another brief touchdown may have occurred shortly after near the Merritt Parkway. Overall, the tornado tracked across a total of 13 mi (21 km) through two states over a period over 33 minutes.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact
The tornado took a path through Rockland, Westchester and Fairfield counties, downing or uprooting thousands of trees and damaging several structures, including significant structural damage to the California Closets warehouse. Six minor injuries were also reported. In all, the tornado inflicted $12.1 million in damage.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact
Minor damage was reported in Rockland County. One dock and one boat were damaged by the tornado. After crossing the Hudson River, the tornado entered Westchester County, where the worst of the damage took place. It struck the town of Sleepy Hollow, damaging roofs and tearing the siding off numerous homes and businesses. A 10-foot (3 m) tall stained-glass window in the St. Teresa of Avila Church was shattered. Afterwards, the town of Pocantico Hills was struck as the tornado intensified to F2 intensity. Several trees were uprooted and two barns were destroyed.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact
The California Closet Warehouse suffered severe structural damage; two concrete walls were destroyed. An interior staircase, which employees used as a shelter, collapsed causing four injuries. Concrete blocks from the building were blown about, some of which struck cars in a nearby parking lot. A nearby Comfort Inn had part of its roof torn off. After a tornado warning was issued, a school near the warehouse was evacuated.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact
As the tornado crossed New York State Route 9A, it picked up a state trooper car and flipped it several times before it fell to the ground; the officer inside suffered only minor injuries. Moving towards the east-northeast, the tornado struck the towns of Mount Pleasant and Hawthorne, damaging numerous trees and causing minor structural damage. Damage along the Saw Mill River Parkway prompted officials to shut down a section of the highway near Mount Pleasant. Trees fell on streets and railroad tracks, halting Metro-North Railroad service and creating major traffic delays. After passing by the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla, the tornado crossed into Connecticut, where it knocked down numerous power lines, cutting power to about 10,000 residences in the county. In all, six people sustained minor injuries and damages amounted to $10.1 million.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact
The weakening tornado ended its duration in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the town of Greenwich. Thousands of trees were either uprooted or snapped along the tornado's 2 mi (3.2 km) path through the state. Minor damage was inflicted upon several structures. The tornado left 1,700 residences in Greenwich without power and blocked six roads. Most of the damage was concentrated to the northwestern corner of the town. Damages in the state totaled to  $2 million.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Aftermath
In the wake of the tornado, the mayor of Sleepy Hollow declared a state of emergency for the entire village. Two hundred emergency personnel responded to the storm. ConEdison crews were sent out to repair downed power lines and clear roads. By the next night, power was restored to all but 600 of the previous 10,000 residences without power in Westchester County. Westchester County opened its Emergency Operations Center after the storm to respond to the event. Two days after the storm, many of the roads had been cleared and power was fully restored.


2006 Westchester County tornado, Aftermath
A recreational path in Tarrytown, New York, was not expected to be open for another two weeks due to numerous fallen trees. Metro-North Railroad suspended trains on the northern part of the Harlem Line until 5:00 p.m. EDT (21:00 UTC) for the removal of debris on the tracks. Southbound passengers took buses while the tracks were shut down. All trains were back on schedule by 7:00 p.m. EDT (23:00 UTC).


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The 2006 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 105th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 14 through August 21, 2006, and the women from July 17 through July 23, 2006.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The men's singles were led by World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon and 2006 U.S. Open champion, and 6-times Masters Series finalist in 2006, Roger Federer, French Open winner Rafael Nadal, and ATP No. 3 . Other players competing included Nikolay Davydenko, David Nalbandian, Andy Murray and home favourites Andy Roddick and James Blake.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Max Mirnyi defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Women's Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin /  Gisela Dulko defeated  Marta Domachowska /  Sania Mirza 6–4, 3–6, 6–2


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–3, [10–7] in the final.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
Andy Roddick defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 6–3, 6–4, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2006 Cincinnati Masters.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Andy Murray, in what would be Federer's only defeat prior to a tournament final that year.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
Laura Granville and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Granville did not compete this year, Spears partnered with Carly Gullickson and lost in first round to Chan Chin-wei and Tetiana Luzhanska.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko won the title, defeating Marta Domachowska and Sania Mirza 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final. It was the 3rd and final title for Camerin and the 6th title for Dulko, in their respective careers.


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
Patty Schnyder was the defending champion, but lost in semifinals to Katarina Srebotnik


2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
Vera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Srebotnik 6–2, 6–4 in the final. It was the 2nd title of the year and the 5th on her career.


2006 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
The 2006 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Catamounts were led by fifth year head coach Kent Briggs and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 0–7 in SoCon play to finish in last place.


2006 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 2006 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season and were led by head coach David Elson. It was the school’s last season as a member of Gateway Football Conference before their transition to the FBS. The Hilltoppers' schedule was rigorous, with seven ranked opponents, including Georgia.


2006 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
This team’s roster included future NFL players Curtis Hamilton, Dan Cline, and Greg Ryan. Hamilton was named to the Hanson All American team. The All-Conference team included Hamilton, Marion Rumph, Dusty Bear, Blake Boyd, Andre Lewis, and Chris Sullivan.


2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University (WMU) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They finished the season with an 8–5 overall record and a 6–2 record in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Broncos' 6–2 record gave them a second place in the MAC West Division. The team was invited to play in the 2007 International Bowl in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lost to the Cincinnati Bearcats 27–24. The bowl game was WMU's first bowl game since the 1988 California Bowl.


2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


2006 Wests Tigers season
The 2006 Wests Tigers season was the seventh in the Wests Tigers joint-venture club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership. They're based in based in the Inner West and Western Sydney.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Pre-season
The Tigers played a trial game in Gunnedah against a local country side which they won easily. This was the only trial the team played before leaving for England to contest the 2006 World Club Challenge. This game pitted the 2005 NRL Premiers against Bradford who won the Super League title in 2005. The Tigers side were without many of the players from their grand final victory with notable absentees being Benji Marshall and Pat Richards. An early try to fill-in 5/8 Daniel Fitzhenry gave some hope but the Bulls dominated to eventually win 30-10.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Pre-season
Trial Resultsv Combined Group 4 W 64-4 at Gunnedah (A)v Bradford Bulls (Eng) L 10-30 at Huddersfield (A)v Manly L 18-42 at Brookvale (A)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
A series of close losses and a long list of injuries stymied the Tigers bid to defend their NRL premiership. In three games (Manly, Penrith, Newcastle) the Tigers led with less than 5 minutes to go only to concede late tries. In all three losses the game sealing tries came from kicks often involving freakish bounces or rebounds. Another two losses were from golden point (extra time) against Canberra, both in controversial circumstances. In the second game at Campbelltown the Daily Telegraph published a photograph showing Canberra players several metres offside which should have warranted a penalty. The referee Steven Clark later said he was reluctant to see a penalty decide the game. In the first game Tigers forward Todd Payten was penalised for a ball stripping offence with there being some debate whether a second player was involved.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
The major injury loss was the star playmaker Benji Marshall. A cheekbone injury in round one was followed by another major shoulder injury against the Cowboys. These injuries meant Marshall played very little football. Captain and fullback Brett Hodgson missed the latter part of the season and Paul Whatuira also suffered long term injuries. One highlight was the successful debut of several players including Chris Lawrence and Ben Jeffery who starred in an upset win over eventual premiers Brisbane in Brisbane. The Tigers eventually missed the play offs but would have made the finals had they won the close losses referred to above.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 1, v DragonsThe St George Illawarra Dragons was the first assignment for the Tigers, and despite trailing 10-8 at halftime, the Tigers fought back with two tries to Paul Whatuira (who also scored the first try of the season proper) and s try to rookie Michael Crockett. All of the Dragons' tries had come from Mark Gasnier. The Wests Tigers won the match 24-15 after a late surge led by Marshall. It was later revealed Marshall had suffered a facial injury during the game.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 5, v Cowboys (2005 Grand Final Replay)The Tigers headed to Townsville four weeks later, and despite a 2-0 lead early, the Tigers trailed 22-2 at halftime. Not helping their cause was the sin binning of centre Paul Whatuira in the 35th minute for a professional foul on Cowboys' Justin Smith. After enduring a try-less first half, the Tigers' tries came from Benji Marshall (who was booked for a high shot on Smith) and Isaac de Gois, playing one of only five games for the Tigers. The Tigers lost 32-12.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 6, v SharksThe Tigers played their first home game at Campbelltown Stadium and thrashed the Cronulla Sharks who were missing skipper Brett Kimmorley who had injured his ankle in the previous week's 28-24 home loss to the Sydney Roosters. Brett Hodgson, playing in one of his finest games, broke the point-scoring record previously held by Joel Caine. The Tigers won the match 42-16, bringing them back on level terms for the season (3-3).


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 14, v Sea EaglesWests Tigers headed into this Friday night blockbuster at Brookvale Oval having won their last two games including a 44-4 thrashing of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 12 and a morale-boosting win over the Cowboys in round 13. They led 12-10 with moments to go until a Matt Orford banana kick was fielded by full-back Brett Stewart who juggled the ball and scored the match-winning try. This broke the hearts of the Wests Tigers, who were headed for victory.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 16, v PanthersWith moments to go in the round 16 game at CUA Stadium, Benji Marshall painfully dislocated his shoulder whilst attempting a tackle on forward Frank Pritchard. The tackle ruled him out for the rest of the season and put the Tigers' premiership defence on tatters. The Tigers lost the game 24-20 after a Luke Lewis try sealed the game for the Panthers.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 21, v BroncosHeading into this game as huge underdogs, the Wests Tigers arrived at Suncorp Stadium and were without skipper Hodgson, five-eighth Marshall, centre Whatuira (who reinjured his hamstring during training), and forwards Gibbs and Fulton. But they were never headed. Rookies Ben Jeffery and Chris Lawrence made their debuts and marked them with memorable tries. Centre Dean Collis scored two tries as the Tigers won 20-6.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season
Round 26, v RabbitohsTwo traditional sides out of finals contention had something to play for at this Leichhardt Oval clash. Among those who played their last games in the Tigers colours included Anthony Laffranchi and Scott Prince (both Gold Coast Titans), John Skandalis and Shane Elford (both Huddersfield Giants). The Tigers were merciless, leading 30-0 at halftime and getting the job done in the second half, resulting in a 52-18 win.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
15 - Dragons  (Tries: Gasnier 3; Goals: Naiqama; Fields Goals: Barrett)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Fitzhenry, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
28 - Storm (Tries: Slater 2, Inglis, Hoffman, Cronk; Goals: C Smith 4)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall, de Gois; Goals: Hodgson 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Whatuira, Collis, McDonnell; Goals: Prince 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
18 - Sea Eagles (Tries: Menzies, Monaghan, Bell, Stephenson; Goals: Orford)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
18 - Knights (Tries: Seage, Simpson, Carney; Goals: Johns 3)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 2; Goals: Marshall 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
44 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Prince 3, Farah, Collis, Heighington, Tuiaki, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 6)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Crockett, Laffranchi; Goals: Marshall 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
20 - Wests Tigers (Tries: McDonnell 2, Heighington, Galea; Goals: Hodgson 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
32 - Bulldogs (Tries: Patten, Tonga, Hickey, Ryan, El Masri; Goals: El Masri 6)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
22 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Elford, Collis, Fitzhenry, Galea; Goals: Hodgson 3)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
18 - Wests Tigers (Tries: McDonnell, Collis, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 3) in golden point extra time.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
34 - Eels (Tries: Hayne 2, N Hindmarsh, J Smith, O'Dwyer, McKinnon; Goals: Riddell 4, Hayne)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
20 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Collis 2, Jeffery, Lawrence; Goals: Prince 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
19 - Raiders (Tries: Graham, Mogg, Tongue; Goals: Schifcofske 3; Field Goals: Carney) in golden point extra time.


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Lawrence, Farah, Heighington; Goals: Prince 2)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results
18 - Rabbitohs (Tries: Gordon, Geddes, Peachey; Goals: Paea, Williams, Merritt)


2006 Wests Tigers season, Players, 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 Wests Tigers season, Team Season statistics
Overall: Played 24 Won 10 Lost 14 Competition Points 24 (11th) Points For 490 Against 565Home: Played 12 Won 7 Lost 5(Leichhardt Oval - Won 3 Lost 0)(Campbelltown Stadium - Won 1 Lost 2)(Telstra Stadium (Won 3 Lost 2)(Jade Stadium NZ Won 0 Lost 1)Away: Played 12 Won 3 Lost 9Golden Point: Played 2 Lost 2Highest Position: 5th (Rd 1) Lowest Position: 14th (Rd 21)Biggest Win: 44-4 v South Sydney (A) Rd 12 (highest score 52 v South Sydney (H) Rd 26)Worst Defeat: 4-46 v Melbourne (A) Rd 22 (most points conceded 47 v Bulldogs (A) Rd 2)Home Crowd Average: 18 883 (LO 18 824)


2006 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
Elections to Weymouth and Portland 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.


2006 Wheelchair Tennis Masters
The 2006 Wheelchair Tennis Masters was held in the Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands between November 14 and November 19, 2006.


2006 Whitehaven R.L.F.C. season
Whitehaven once again competed in the National League One in the 2006 Season after falling to defeat at the hands of the Castleford Tigers in the 2005 grand final for a second successive season. They were led by new coash Dave Rotheram who replaced the outgoing Steve McCormack, who took up the head coaching role at newly relegated Widnes Vikings. Throughout much of the season, the club were plagued by injury problems which hindered their attempts to reach a third successive final and finally achieve promotion with at one point 15 first team players being unavailable for selection. Nevertheless, they did mount a late challenge led by new scrum half John Duffy aided by the likes of Steve Trindall and Gary Broadbent before ultimately falling short.


2006 Widnes Vikings season
The 2006 Widnes Vikings season was their first in the 2006 Rugby League National Leagues since their relegation from the Super League the previous season. The Widnes Vikings aimed for immediate promotion back to the top tier eventually finishing second in the league and making it to the Grand Final. They ultimately fell short of this goal being defeated by the Hull Kingston Rovers by 29 points to 16.


2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29.2%.


2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2006 Wigan Warriors season
This article is about the 2006 season of the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and Challenge Cup.


2006 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The 2006 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 25th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.


2006 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season
The 2006 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's fifth season as a member of the af2. Following the resignation of head coach Les Moss after the 2005 season, the team hired area native Rich Ingold as the team's fifth coach in as many years. Ingold took the Pioneers to the playoffs for the third straight year; they lost in the first round to division rival Manchester Wolves.


2006 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2006 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of South Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 27th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 3–8 and a mark of 1–7 in A-10 play, placing last out of six teams in the South Division.


2006 Wimbledon Championships
The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 120th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


2006 Wimbledon Championships
Roger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković. Amélie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title. It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeats of 2006, having lost the 2006 Australian Open final to Mauresmo earlier in the year; on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, American performance and Serbian breakthrough
For the first time since 1911, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the 1976 Australian Open, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final. Shenay Perry was the only American player to reach the fourth round; she was defeated 6–2, 6–0 by Elena Dementieva after losing the last ten games of the match. Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, American performance and Serbian breakthrough
Venus Williams' third round defeat by Jelena Janković of Serbia (on its first Grand Slam appearance as a newly established independent nation from the former Serbia and Montenegro) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999. These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Amélie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario Ančić.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Li Na's run to the quarter-finals
China's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round, before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters. Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Streaker incident
Midway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards. The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show Try Before You Die.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize distribution
The total prize money for 2006 championships was £10,378,710. The winner of the men's title earned £655,000 while the women's singles champion earned £625,000.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Fabrice Santoro /  Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Yan Zi /  Zheng Jie defeated  Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Andy Ram /  Vera Zvonareva defeated  Venus Williams /  Bob Bryan, 6–3, 6–2


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Kellen Damico /  Nathaniel Schnugg defeated  Martin Kližan /  Andrej Martin, 7–6(9–7), 6–2


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Alisa Kleybanova /  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated  Kristina Antoniychuk /  Alexandra Dulgheru, 6–1, 6–2


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  T. J. Middleton /  David Wheaton, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–4)


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Rosalyn Nideffer /  Jana Novotná defeated  Tracy Austin /  Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–3


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Kevin Curren /  Johan Kriek defeated  Peter McNamara /  Paul McNamee, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 7–6(11–9)


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Shingo Kunieda /  Satoshi Saida defeated  Michaël Jeremiasz /  Jayant Mistry, 7–5, 6–2


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's singles
The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's singles
The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's doubles
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's doubles
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Jesse Levine and Michael Shabaz were the defending champions, but both players were no longer eligible to compete in the juniors.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Kellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kližan and Andrej Martin in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–2 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Jérémy Chardy was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete in the juniors.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Thiemo de Bakker defeated Marcin Gawron in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Victoria Azarenka and Ágnes Szávay were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Kristina Antoniychuk and Alexandra Dulgheru in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion but did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships By winning the 2006 Doubles title, their first title at Wimbledon, the Bryan brothers completed the Career Grand Slam, having previously won the 2003 French Open, the 2005 US Open, and the Australian Open earlier that year. Additionally, it was their record 7th consecutive grand slam final.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
The quarterfinal match between Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor and Simon Aspelin & Todd Perry became, at that time, the longest match ever played at Wimbledon, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes, with Knowles & Nestor winning the match 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 23–21. This record was eventually broken at the 2010 Championships, in the first round men's singles match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. It still remains as of 2018 the longest doubles match played at Wimbledon or at any Grand Slam tournament.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Three-time defending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. It was his fourth Wimbledon title and his eighth major title overall. It would be the first of three consecutive years that Federer and Nadal would contest the Wimbledon final.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
1992 champion and former world No. 1 Andre Agassi made his last Wimbledon appearance, losing to Nadal in the third round.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce were the defending champions but Pierce did not compete. Bhupathi partnered with Yan Zi but lost in the second round to Bob Bryan and Venus Williams.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Andy Ram and Vera Zvonareva defeated Bryan and Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida defeated the defending champions Michaël Jeremiasz and Jayant Mistry in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but did not play together. Black partnered with Rennae Stubbs and Huber partnered with Martina Navratilova but both pairs lost to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Yan and Zheng defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. With their loss in the final, Ruano Pascual and Suárez missed the chance of completing the career Grand Slam.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first Wimbledon title and her second and last Grand Slam title, having won the Australian Open earlier in the year. Mauresmo also became the first French woman to win Wimbledon since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925. With her loss, Henin-Hardenne missed the chance of completing a career Grand Slam.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Jelena Janković.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
With Serena Williams not competing due to a knee injury, it marked the first Wimbledon women's final since 1999 not to feature either of the Williams sisters.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
This was also the last time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season until Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber met in the 2016 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Li Na became the first Chinese player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal. This also marked the Grand Slam debut of future World No. 2 and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwańska, who reached the fourth round as a wildcard before losing to Kim Clijsters.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2006 Winchester City Council election
The 2006 Winchester Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2006 Winchester City Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had 26 seats, the Conservatives 22, independents 5 and Labour 4. 19 seats were being contested with 4 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent councillors standing down at the election, while the council leader Sheila Campbell and 2 other cabinet members were defending seats.


2006 Winchester City Council election, Campaign
Issues in the election included anti-social behaviour, council tax, rural transportation and planning policy.


2006 Winchester City Council election, Election result
The count was disrupted delaying the last result after some of the ballot papers were set on fire meaning water had to be poured into the ballot box. The results saw the Conservatives take control of the council for the first time since the early 1990s. They gained 7 seats included 5 from the Liberal Democrats and 1 each from Labour and the independents. Conservatives defeated both the Liberal Democrat council leader Sheila Campbell and the Labour leader Patrick Davies.


2006 Winchester City Council election, Election result
The widespread press coverage earlier in the year about the local Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten having had sex with male prostitutes was seen as having damaged the Liberal Democrats and benefited the Conservatives. In the July after the election Oaten announced that he would be standing down from parliament at the next general election.


2006 Winchester City Council election, Election result
Following the election George Beckett became the new Conservative leader of the council.


2006 Windsor municipal election
A municipal election in Windsor, Ontario took place on Monday, November 13, 2006. The following positions were elected:


2006 Windsor municipal election, Election results
The following is a list of candidates and their results. Incumbents are noted with an (X). Elected officials are in bold


2006 Windsor municipal election, Election results, Conseil Scolaire de District des Ecoles Catholique Sud-Ouest Trustees
City of Windsor, Ward 1 and Town of LaSalle (combined)


2006 Windsor municipal election, Election results, Conseil Scolaire de District des Ecoles Catholique Sud-Ouest Trustees
City of Windsor, Ward 5 and Town of Tecumseh (combined)


2006 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 2006 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished with a 9–9 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2003. Due to the suspension of the Ottawa Renegades just prior to the 2006 season, the Blue Bombers switched to the East Division. The team attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the East Semi-Final versus the Toronto Argonauts.


2006 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs, East Semi-Final
Date and time: Sunday, November 5, 12:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario


2006 Winnipeg municipal election
The 2006 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 2006 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


2006 Winnipeg municipal election
Sam Katz was re-elected Mayor of Winnipeg over left-leaning challenger Marianne Cerilli.


2006 Winnipeg municipal election, Post-election changes
John Orlikow resigned his seat on the Winnipeg School Board to run for a vacant seat on the Winnipeg City Council.