2006 Grand Valley State Lakers football team

The 2006 Grand Valley State Lakers football team was an American football team that won the 2006 NCAA Division II national championship.

2006 Grand Valley State Lakers football
NCAA Division II champion
GLIAC champion
ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2006 record15–0 (10–0 GLIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLubbers Stadium
2006 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Grand Valley State $^  10 –0   15 –0  
No. 18 Northwood ^  8 –2   8 –3  
Ferris State  7 –3   8 –3  
Michigan Tech  6 –4   6 –4  
Saginaw Valley State  6 –4   6 –4  
Wayne State (MI)  6 –4   6 –5  
Indianapolis  5 –5   6 –5  
Hillsdale  5 –5   5 –6  
Ashland  4 –6   4 –6  
Mercyhurst  3 –7   3 –7  
Northern Michigan  3 –7   3 –7  
Findlay  1 –9   2 –9  
Gannon  1 –9   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The team represented Grand Valley State University in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2006 NCAA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Chuck Martin, the Lakers compiled a perfect 15–0 record (10–0 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 533 to 233, and won the GLIAC championship.[1]

The team advanced to the playoffs and won the national championship by defeating Northwest Missouri State in the championship game. The championship was the second in a row for Grand Valley and the fourth in five years.

The team played its home games at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at FindlayFindlay, OHW 13–0
September 9Ashland
W 30–24
September 16at St. Joseph's (IN)*Rennselaer, INW 31–6
September 21Michigan Tech
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 41–20
September 30at Wayne State (MI)Detroit, MIW 36–13
October 7Mercyhurst
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 49–17
October 14Indianapolis
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 33–7
October 21Northwood
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 45–7
October 28at Ferris StateBig Rapids, MIW 28–6
November 4Saginaw Valley State
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 49–35
November 11at Northern MichiganMarquette, MIW 47–17
November 25South Dakota*
W 35–17
December 2North Dakota*
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI (NCAA Division II quarterfinal)
W 30–20
December 9Delta State*
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, M (NCAA Division II semifinal)I
W 49–30
December 16vs. Northwest Missouri State*
W 17–147,437
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Grand Valley State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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