2005 Memphis Tigers football team

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2005 Memphis Tigers football
Memphis Tigers 2003-2021 wordmark.svg
Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 3831 vs. Akron
Conference Conference USA
DivisionEast
Record75 (53 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner (5th season)
Defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn (3rd season)
Home stadium Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Conference USA football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
UCF x  7 1   8 5  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 5  
Memphis  5 3   7 5  
East Carolina  4 4   5 6  
Marshall  3 5   4 7  
UAB  3 5   5 6  
West Division
Tulsa x$  6 2   9 4  
UTEP  5 3   8 4  
Houston  4 4   6 6  
SMU  4 4   5 6  
Tulane  1 7   2 9  
Rice  1 7   1 10  
Championship: Tulsa 44, UCF 27
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:30 pm Ole Miss * ESPN L 6–1053,339
September 177:00 pm Chattanooga *
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 59–1430,772
September 246:00 pmat Tulsa CSTV L 31–37 OT20,645
October 17:30 pm UTEP
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
CSTVW 27–2030,053
October 85:00 pmat UCF CSTVL 17–3820,562
October 154:00 pmat Houston CSTVW 35–2012,800
October 222:30 pm East Carolina Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
CSTVW 27–2431,710
November 16:30 pm UAB
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)
ESPN2 L 20–3747,669
November 121:00 pmat Tennessee * PPV L 16–20106,647
November 197:30 pmat Southern Miss CSTVW 24–2225,667
November 261:00 pm Marshall
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
CSTVW 26–346,403
December 263:00 pmvs. Akron * ESPN W 38–3150,616
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Team players in the 2006 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
DeAngelo Williams Running back127 Carolina Panthers
Stephen Gostkowski Kicker4118 New England Patriots

[2]

References

  1. "Memphis Tigers Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  2. "2006 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2018.