2005 Arkansas State Indians football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 2005 Arkansas State Indians football Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 2–6 1–2 4 4 Steve Roberts 4th Doug Ruse 4th Kevin Corless 4th Jack Curtis 4th Indian Stadium Sun Belt co-champion New Orleans Bowl L 19–31 vs. Southern Miss 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. The 2005 vacated No Contest against Florida Atlantic was the first scoreless tie since 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. NCAA throws out Arkansas St. wins https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=6207321 ESPN Associated Press March 11, 2011 March 11, 2011 Schedule Central September 3 11:00 a.m. l y y Missouri Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO 17–44 32,906 September 10 6:00 p.m. w y 2005 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks Tennessee–Martin Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR 56–7 17,174 September 17 6:00 p.m. l y y Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK 10–20 46,817 September 24 2:30 p.m. w 2005 FIU Panthers FIU Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPN Plus 66–24 16,423 October 1 6:00 p.m. l y Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe, LA 27–31 14,929 October 13 6:30 p.m. v Louisiana–Lafayette Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPNU 39–36 12,944 October 22 6:00 p.m. v y Florida Atlantic Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR Sun Sports/ESPNU 3–0 OT 20,367 November 5 4:00 p.m. l y Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN 7–45 9,952 November 12 6:00 p.m. v Troy Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR 9–3 10,474 November 19 11:00 a.m. l y y Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY ESPNU 10–38 25,692 November 26 1:00 p.m. v y North Texas Fouts Field Denton, TX 31–24 7,691 December 20 7:00 p.m. l y y Southern Miss Cajun Field Lafayette, LA New Orleans Bowl ESPN 19–31 18,338 2005 Arkansas State Red Wolves Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas-state/2005-schedule.html Sports Reference October 14, 2022 References Arkansas State Category:Arkansas State Red Wolves football seasons Category:Sun Belt Conference football champion seasons Arkansas State Indians football