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{{Infobox college football game
| name = 
| year_game_played           = 2006
| title_sponsor              = R+L Carriers
| game_name                  = New Orleans Bowl
| caption                    = New Orleans Bowl logo
| football_season            = 2006
| visitor_name_short         = Rice 
| visitor_nickname           = Owls
| visitor_school             = Rice University
| home_name_short            = Troy 
| home_nickname              = Trojans
| home_school                = Troy University
| visitor_record             = 7&ndash;5
| visitor_conference         = [[Conference USA|C-USA]]
| home_record                = 7&ndash;5
| home_conference            = [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
| visitor_coach              = [[Todd Graham]]
| home_coach                 = [[Larry Blakeney]]
| visitor_1q                 = 7
| visitor_2q                 = 3
| visitor_3q                 = 0
| visitor_4q                 = 7
| home_1q                    = 21
| home_2q                    = 7
| home_3q                    = 3
| home_4q                    = 10
| date_game_played           = December 22
| stadium                    = [[Louisiana Superdome]]
| city                       = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| MVP                        = Troy QB Omar Haugabook
| referee                    = Tom Tomczyk ([[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]])
| attendance                 = 26,423<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://neworleansbowl.com/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=36|title=NewOrleansBowl.com - History<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2008-01-16|archive-date=2008-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116000938/http://neworleansbowl.com/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=36|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| payout                     = 325,000 per team<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/|title=NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships &#124; NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com}}</ref>
| us_network                 = [[ESPN2]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegefootballpoll.com/|title=College Football Poll.com|website=www.collegefootballpoll.com}}</ref>
| us_announcers = Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Rob Stone
}}

The '''2006 [[R+L Carriers]] [[New Orleans Bowl]]''' featured the [[2006 Troy Trojans football team|Troy Trojans]] and the [[2006 Rice Owls football team|Rice Owls]]. Rice was making its first bowl appearance since the [[1961 Bluebonnet Bowl]].

Troy quarterback Omar Haugabook started the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run to give Troy an early 7–0 lead. Less than a minute later, Haugabook hooked up with [[Gary Banks]] for a 3-yard touchdown pass to give Troy a 14–0 lead. With 5:12 left in the 1st quarter, Rice got on the board with an 11-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Joel Armstrong to wide receiver Mike Falco, making the score 14–7, Troy.

With just 2 seconds left in the 1st quarter, Haugabook connected with wide receiver Mikeal Terry for a 56-yard touchdown pass, and a 21–7 lead. Clark Fangmeier connected on a 43-yard field goal to cut the lead to 21–10. Omar Haugabook later found Andrew Davis for a 7-yard touchdown pass to give Troy a 28–10 lead.

Late in the third quarter, Greg Whibbs hit a 25-yard field goal to increase the lead to 31–10. He connected on a 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to increase the lead to 34–10. Wide receiver [[Jarett Dillard]] caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Joel Armstrong to bring Rice to within 34–17. With two minutes left in the game, Haugabook connected with Toris Rutledge for a 5-yard touchdown pass to close the scoring, 41–17.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores106/106356/NCAAF724875.htm USA Today game summary]

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