American college football season
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 .
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
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 11:00 a.m. vs. Missouri * L 17–4432,906
September 10 6:00 p.m. Tennessee–Martin * W 56–717,174
September 17 6:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State * L 10–2046,817
September 24 2:30 p.m. FIU Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPN+ W 66–2416,423
October 1 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Monroe L 27–3114,929
October 13 6:30 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayette Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPNU W 39–36 (vacated)12,944
October 22 6:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPNU W 3–0 OT (vacated)20,367
November 5 4:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee L 7–459,952
November 12 6:00 p.m. Troy Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR W 9–3 (vacated)10,474
November 19 11:00 a.m. at Army * ESPNU L 10–3825,692
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 19–3118,338
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References
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