The 2006 Hampton Pirates football team represented

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as a member of the

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(MEAC) in the

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. They were led by fifteenth-year head coach Joe Taylor and played their home games at

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. They finished the season with a 10–2 overall record, won the MEAC championship with a 7–1 record in conference play and earned a berth to the first round of the NCAA Division I playoffs, where they were defeated by

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. Hampton won the

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as awarded by three selectors, with North Carolina Central chosen by five other selectors.

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