2005 Arkansas State Indians football team

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
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (4th season)
Home stadiumIndian Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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]

  1. ^ "NCAA throws out Arkansas St. wins". ESPN. Associated Press. March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.