2005 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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2005 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Gateway co-champion
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
Record9–4 (5–2 Gateway)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Limegrover (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorTracy Claeys (5th season)
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Northern Iowa +^   5 2     11 4  
No. 7 Southern Illinois +^   5 2     9 4  
No. 14 Youngstown State +   5 2     8 3  
No. 22 Illinois State   4 3     7 4  
Western Kentucky   4 3     6 5  
Western Illinois   3 4     5 6  
Missouri State   2 5     4 6  
Indiana State   0 7     0 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 9–4 record overall and a 5–2 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions. The team received an at-large bid to the Division I-AA playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois before losing to Appalachian State in the quarterfinals.[1] Southern Illinois was ranked No. 7 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of FCS teams.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at Southeast Missouri State*No. 5W 58–2310,100[3]
September 10Union (KY)*No. 4W 82–79,557[4]
September 17at Western Michigan*No. 1L 28–3424,497[5]
October 1Missouri StateNo. 2
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 30–23 OT13,140[6]
October 8at Western IllinoisNo. 2W 34–2410,112[7]
October 15Illinois StateNo. 1
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 35–6111,381[8]
October 22at Indiana StateNo. 10W 42–203,714[9]
October 27at No. 1
L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
  • W 31–2010,701[10]
    November 5No. 15 Youngstown StateNo. 5
    • McAndrew Stadium
    • Carbondale, IL
    W 31–178,017[11]
    November 12at No. 14 Northern IowaNo. 4L 24–2515,536[12]
    November 19No. 20 North Dakota State*No. 11
    • McAndrew Stadium
    • Carbondale, IL
    W 9–05,809[13]
    November 26at No. 19 Eastern Illinois*No. 8W 21–62,896[14]
    December 3at No. 5 Appalachian State*No. 8
    L 24–3811,108[15]

    References

    1. ^ "2021 Record Book" (PDF). Southern Illinois University Athletics. p. 78. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
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