2005 Arkansas State Indians football team

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
Sun Belt co-champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record2–6, 4 wins vacated (1–2 Sun Belt, 4 wins vacated)
Head coach
  • Steve Roberts (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (4th season)
Home stadiumIndian Stadium
2005 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • † – The NCAA vacated all 5 of FIU's (3–4, 5–6) wins

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.

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