| 2005Arkansas 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) |
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| Home stadium | Indian Stadium |
Seasons | |
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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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The2005 Arkansas State Indians football team representedArkansas State University as a member of theSun Belt Conference the2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coachSteve 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 withLouisiana–Lafayette andLouisiana–Monroe. Arkansas State was invited to theNew Orleans Bowl, where they lost toSouthern Miss.
The 2005 vacated No Contest against Florida Atlantic was the first scoreless tie sinceThe 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]
| 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. | atOklahoma State* | L 10–20 | 46,817 | ||
| September 24 | 2:30 p.m. | FIU |
| ESPN Plus | W 66–24 | 16,423 |
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | atLouisiana–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 3–0OT (vacated) | 20,367 |
| November 5 | 4:00 p.m. | atMiddle 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. | atArmy* | ESPNU | L 10–38 | 25,692 | |
| November 26 | 1:00 p.m. | atNorth 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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