The 2005 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 5–2 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Louisiana–Lafayette and Louisiana–Monroe. Arkansas State was invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they lost to Southern Miss.
| 2005 Arkansas State Indians football | |
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Sun Belt co-champion | |
New Orleans Bowl, L 19–31 vs. Southern Miss | |
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Record | 2–6, 4 wins vacated (1–2 Sun Belt, 4 wins vacated) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Doug Ruse (4th season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Kevin Corless (4th season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Jack Curtis (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Indian Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State + | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette + | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe + | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU† | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 vacated No Contest against Florida Atlantic was the first scoreless tie since the The Oregon "Civil War" game of 1983, with both teams ending the game 0-0 in regulation. Florida Atlantic was intercepted and Arkansas State kicked a field goal in their overtime period to initially win the game (but was subsequently vacated).
A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 11:00 a.m. | vs. Missouri* | L 17–44 | 32,906 | ||
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee–Martin* | W 56–7 | 17,174 | ||
| September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Oklahoma State* | L 10–20 | 46,817 | ||
| September 24 | 2:30 p.m. | FIU |
| ESPN+ | W 66–24 | 16,423 |
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | L 27–31 | 14,929 | ||
| October 13 | 6:30 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| ESPNU | W 39–36 (vacated) | 12,944 |
| October 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic |
| ESPNU | W 3–0 OT (vacated) | 20,367 |
| November 5 | 4:00 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | L 7–45 | 9,952 | ||
| November 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Troy |
| W 9–3 (vacated) | 10,474 | |
| November 19 | 11:00 a.m. | at Army* | ESPNU | L 10–38 | 25,692 | |
| November 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at North Texas | W 31–24 (vacated) | 7,691 | ||
| December 20 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Southern Miss* | ESPN | L 19–31 | 18,338 | |
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References
edit- ^ "NCAA throws out Arkansas St. wins". ESPN. Associated Press. March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ "2005 Arkansas State Red Wolves Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
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