2005 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

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2005 Florida Atlantic Owls football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record2–9 (2–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Gary Nord (1st as OC, 2nd overall season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinatorKirk Hoza (5th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Lockhart Stadium (20,450, grass)
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Arkansas State +  5 2   6 6  
Louisiana–Lafayette +  5 2   6 5  
Louisiana–Monroe +  5 2   5 6  
Middle Tennessee  3 4   4 7  
Troy  3 4   4 7  
Florida Atlantic  2 5   2 9  
North Texas  2 5   2 9  
FIU 0 4   0 6  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • † – The NCAA vacated all 5 of FIU's (3–4, 5–6) wins

The 2005 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 33:00 p.m.at Kansas *L 19–3040,930
September 87:00 p.m. Oklahoma State * ESPN2 L 3–2316,421
September 177:00 p.m.at Minnesota * ESPN+ L 7–4640,709
September 227:30 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe ESPNU L 21–2811,426
October 112:00 p.m.at No. 24 Louisville *ESPN+L 10–6140,219
October 68:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette ESPN+W 28–1014,208
October 153:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
L 14–3510,117
October 227:00 p.m.at Arkansas State ESPN+L 0–3 OT20,367
November 53:15 p.m.at Troy PPVL 14–2821,053
November 123:00 p.m. North Texas
  • Dolphin Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL
W 26–237,939
November 267:00 p.m.at FIU L 6–5215,322
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2005 Florida Atlantic Owls football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 5Danny EmbickSr
QB 11 Rusty Smith
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Awards and honors

All-Sun Belt honors

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