2005 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 2005 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their homes game at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. The Bison finished the season with an overall record of 7–4 and tied for second place in the Great West Conference with a mark of 3–2. Despite being ranked #20 at the end of the year, North Dakota State was ineligible for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs per NCAA rules that mandated a four-year probationary period for programs entering NCAA Division I-AA. The Bison were ranked in the top-25 in 10 of the 11 weeks in the season.

2005 North Dakota State Bison football
ConferenceGreat West Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 20
2005 record7–4 (3–2 Great West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Perles (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorWillie Mack Garza (1st season)
Home stadiumFargodome
2005 Great West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Cal Poly +^  4 1     9 4  
UC Davis +  4 1     6 5  
North Dakota State  3 2     7 4  
South Dakota State  3 2     6 5  
Southern Utah  1 4     1 9  
Northern Colorado  0 5     4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmArkansas-Monticello*No. 22W 59-713,793
September 106:00 pmat No. 9 Northwestern State*No. 20W 35-713,252
September 176:00 pmWeber State*No. 12
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 41-014,368
September 241:00 pmat No. 18 Montana State*No. 8L 17-2013,327
October 16:00 pmNo. 21 Nicholls State*No. 13
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Trees Bowl)
W 26-1314,022
October 86:00 pmat No. 9 Cal PolyNo. 12L 6-376,923
October 221:00 pmUC DavisNo. 17
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
L 14-2016,193
October 296:00 pmat Southern UtahW 37-211,621
November 51:00 pmat Northern ColoradoNo. 24
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)
W 44-010,809
November 126:00 pmSouth Dakota StateNo. 22
W 41-1715,777
November 193:00 pmNo. 11 Southern IllinoisNo. 20L 0-95,809

References

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