Year: | 2005 |
Team: | Arkansas State Indians |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Record: | 2–6 |
Conf Record: | 1–2 |
Wins Vacated: | 4 |
Conf Wins Vacated: | 4 |
Head Coach: | Steve Roberts |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Off Coach: | Doug Ruse |
Oc Year: | 4th |
Codef Coach1: | Kevin Corless |
Codc1 Year: | 4th |
Codef Coach2: | Jack Curtis |
Codc2 Year: | 4th |
Stadium: | Indian Stadium |
Champion: | Sun Belt co-champion |
Bowl: | New Orleans Bowl |
Bowl Result: | 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.
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]