2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
| 2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football | |
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| Conference | Gateway Football Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (4–3 Gateway) |
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| Offensive coordinator | T. J. Weist (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Dietzel (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | L. T. Smith Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were coached by David Elson. The Hilltoppers started the season strong, but after being ranked number 1 in Division I-AA, they lost their last four games and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999.[1]
The team included future National Football League (NFL) players Curtis Hamilton and Greg Ryan. Erik Losey and Antonio Thomas were named to the AP All American team and Chris James made the 1AA All-Star Team.[2] The All-Conference team included Losey, Thomas, James, Lerron Moore, Marion Rumph, Deion Holts, Dennis Mitchell, and Daniel Williams.[3]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | West Virginia Tech* | No. 8 | W 63–3 | 8,878 | ||
| September 10 | Eastern Kentucky* | No. 2 |
| W 23–21 | 18,944 | |
| September 24 | at Auburn* | No. 1 | L 14–37 | 80,632 | ||
| October 1 | at Indiana State | No. 3 | W 38–28 | 2,906 | ||
| October 8 | at Illinois State | No. 3 | W 37–34 OT | 10,416 | [4] | |
| October 15 | Missouri State | No. 3 |
| W 37–28 | 13,105 | |
| October 22 | at Western Illinois | No. 1 | W 42–7 | 13,558 | [5] | |
| October 27 | No. 8 Southern Illinois | No. 1 |
| L 20–31 | 10,701 | [6] |
| November 5 | No. 14 Northern Iowa | No. 6 |
| L 20–23 2OT | 12,364 | |
| November 12 | at No. 19 Youngstown State | No. 12 | L 10–42 | 12,706 | ||
| November 19 | at FIU | No. 23 | L 35–38 | 13,388 | ||
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FIU's win was later vacated by the NCAA due to infractions.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ 2005: A Year in Review - Tragedies, near misses By NORM HANEY, The Daily News, Jan 1, 2006 retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ 2019 MVC Football Records, retrieved 30 April 2020
- ^ "James' field goal lifts Western in OT, 37-34". The Courier-Journal. October 9, 2005. p. C12. Retrieved November 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "No. 1 Toppers roll on, 42-7". Messenger-Inquirer. October 23, 2005. p. 4B. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Grant, Michael (October 28, 2005). "Western mistakes costly vs. Salukis". The Courier-Journal. p. C1. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NCAA sanctions Florida International". Yahoo! Sports. May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
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