2005 Arena Football League season

2005 Arena Football League season
2005 Arena Football League season
League	Arena Football League
Sport	Arena football
Duration	January 28, 2005 – June 12, 2005
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Force
AFL Playoffs
National Conference champions	Georgia Force
National Conference runners-up	Orlando Predators
American Conference champions	Colorado Crush
American Conference runners-up	Chicago Rush
ArenaBowl XIX
Champions	Colorado Crush
Runners-up	Georgia Force
Finals MVP	Willis Marshall & Ahmad Hawkins, COL
AFL seasons
	← 2004 2006 →

Last updated August 25, 2023

Crush

Kats

Rampage

Rush

Avengers

Gladiators

Rattlers

SaberCats

Force

Predators

Storm

VooDoo

Wranglers

Desperados

Destroyers

Dragons

Soul

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National: Eastern, Southern
American: Western, Central

The 2005 Arena Football League season was the 19th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Colorado Crush, who defeated the Georgia Force in ArenaBowl XIX. The AFL changed its playoff format to allow the top four teams per conference to make the playoffs. Previously, the top eight teams in the league make the playoffs, regardless of their conference. Also, there was no inter-conference play in the playoffs until the Arena Bowl starting in 2005. The division champions also received an automatic playoff berth. This was probably brought on by the fact that the year before the Eastern Division champion New York Dragons missed the playoffs.

Standings

Team^[1]	Overall				Division
Team^[1]	Wins	Losses	Ties	Percentage	Wins	Losses	Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
New York Dragons	10	6	0	0.625	6	0	1.000
Dallas Desperados	8	7	1	0.531	4	2	0.667
Philadelphia Soul	6	10	0	0.375	1	5	0.167
Columbus Destroyers	2	14	0	0.125	1	5	0.167
Southern Division
Georgia Force	11	5	0	0.687	6	2	0.750
Orlando Predators	10	6	0	0.625	5	3	0.625
Tampa Bay Storm	10	6	0	0.625	5	3	0.625
New Orleans VooDoo	9	7	0	0.562	2	6	0.250
Austin Wranglers	6	10	0	0.375	2	6	0.250
American Conference
Central Division
Colorado Crush	10	6	0	0.625	3	3	0.500
Chicago Rush	9	7	0	0.562	5	1	0.833
Nashville Kats	6	9	1	0.406	2	4	0.333
Grand Rapids Rampage	4	12	0	0.250	2	4	0.333
Western Division
Los Angeles Avengers	10	6	0	0.625	5	1	0.833
San Jose SaberCats	9	7	0	0.562	3	3	0.500
Las Vegas Gladiators	8	8	0	0.500	2	4	0.333
Arizona Rattlers	7	9	0	0.438	2	4	0.333

Green indicates clinched playoff berth
Purple indicates division champion
Grey indicates best conference record

Playoffs

All games televised by NBC.

Conference Semifinals			Conference Finals			ArenaBowl XIX

1	Georgia	62

4	Tampa Bay	46
			1	Georgia	60
National Conference
			3	Orlando	58
2	New York	42

3	Orlando	47
						N1	Georgia	48

						A1	Colorado	51
1	Colorado	56

4	San Jose	48
			1	Colorado (OT)	49
American Conference
			3	Chicago	43
2	Los Angeles	45

3	Chicago	52

Source:^[2]

All-Arena team

Position^[3]	First team	Second team
Quarterback	Mark Grieb, San Jose	Matt Nagy, Georgia
Fullback/Linebacker	Frank Carter, Las Vegas	Rich Young, Colorado
Wide receiver/Linebacker	Cory Fleming, Orlando	Lawrence Samuels, Tampa Bay
Wide receiver/Defensive back	Kevin Ingram, Los Angeles	Will Pettis, Dallas
Offensive specialist	Damian Harrell, Colorado	Siaha Burley, Arizona
Offensive lineman/Defensive lineman	Silas DeMary, Los Angeles B.J Cohen, New Orleans Jermaine Smith, Georgia	Gillis Wilson, Georgia E.J. Burt, Orlando John Moyer, Chicago
Defensive specialist	Billy Parker, New York Kenny McEntyre, Orlando	Kahlil Carter, Nashville Kevin Gaines, Georgia
Kicker	Remy Hamilton, Los Angeles	Clay Rush, Colorado

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↑ "2005 Arena Football League Schedule". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
↑ "2005 Arena Football League". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

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[2] "2005 Arena Football League Schedule". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

[3] "2005 Arena Football League". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

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