The 2006 Mountain West Conference football season was the eighth since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference. It began on August 31 and ended on December 23. Brigham Young University won the conference championship, which was the Cougars' third MWC title since the conference began in 1999.
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