The 2005 National Indoor Football League season was the fifth season of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The league champions were the Tri-Cities Fever, who defeated the Rome Renegades in Indoor Bowl V.
| 2005 NIFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Indoor Football League |
| Sport | indoor American football |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Odessa Roughnecks |
| Playoffs | |
| Atlantic champions | Rome Renegades |
| Atlantic runners-up | Cincinnati Marshals |
| Pacific champions | Tri-Cities Fever |
| Pacific runners-up | Odessa Roughnecks |
| Indoor Bowl V | |
| Champions | Tri-Cities Fever |
| Runners-up | Rome Renegades |
Standings
edit| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Atlantic Conference | ||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| RiverCity Rage | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Cincinnati Marshals | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Dayton Warbirds | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| New Jersey XTreme | 0 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Daytona Beach Hawgs* | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 9 | 2 | 0.818 |
| Miami Morays | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 |
| Lakeland Thunderbolts | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 4 | 5 | 0.444 |
| Kissimmee Kreatures | 2 | 12 | 0.143 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Montgomery Maulers | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Rome Renegades | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 |
| Fayetteville Guard | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 |
| Pacific Conference | ||||||
| Northern Division | ||||||
| Odessa Roughnecks | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Lubbock Gunslingers | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 |
| San Angelo Stampede | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Everett Hawks | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wyoming Cavalry | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Tri-Cities Fever | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Billings Mavericks | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| Lincoln Capitols | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers | 10 | 4 | 0.715 | 6 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Corpus Christi Hammerheads | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Beaumont Drillers | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best conference record
*= Despite winning the division, the D.B. Hawgs were unable to play in the playoffs for using an illegal player in a game against the Rome Renegades.
Playoffs
edit| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Championships | Indoor Bowl V | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fayetteville | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dayton | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fayetteville | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | RiverCity | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rome | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lakeland | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rome | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rome | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Montgomery | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Montgomery | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| A6 | Rome | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| P5 | Tri-Cities | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Billings | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Everett | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Everett | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tri-Cities | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tri-Cities | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wyoming | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tri-Cities | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Odessa | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Beaumont | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Odessa | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Odessa | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Corpus Christi | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Corpus Christi | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southwest Louisiana | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
Semifinals
editAtlantic Conference
- Rome 51, 3-Cincinnati 41
Pacific Conference
- Tri-Cities 41, Odessa 39
- Tri-Cities 47, Rome 31