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Regular season | |
Number of teams | 120 |
Duration | September 1 – November 25 |
Payton Award | Erik Meyer [1] |
Buchanan Award | Chris Gocong [2] |
Playoff | |
Duration | November 26 – December 16 |
Championship date | December 16, 2005 |
Championship site | Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Champion | Appalachian State |
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The 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season, the 2005 season of college football for teams in Division I-AA, began on September 1, 2005, and concluded on December 16, 2005. In the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, played in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Northern Iowa Panthers. [3]
There are several rules that have changed for the 2005 season. [4] Following are some highlights:
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Florida Atlantic | I-AA Independent | Sun Belt (I-A) |
FIU | I-AA Independent | Sun Belt (I-A) |
Southeastern Louisiana | I-AA Independent | Southland |
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Atlantic 10 Conference | New Hampshire and Richmond |
Big Sky Conference | Eastern Washington, Montana, and Montana State |
Gateway Football Conference | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, and Youngstown State |
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | Hampton |
Ohio Valley Conference | Eastern Illinois |
Patriot League | Colgate and Lafayette |
Southern Conference | Appalachian State |
Southland Conference | Nicholls State and Texas State |
Conference | Champion |
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Big South Conference | Charleston Southern and Coastal Carolina |
Great West Football Conference | Cal Poly and UC Davis |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Duquesne |
Northeast Conference | Central Connecticut State and Stony Brook |
Pioneer Football League | San Diego |
Conference | Champion |
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Ivy League | Brown |
Southwestern Athletic Conference | Grambling State |
First Round [5] November 26 Campus sites | Quarterfinals December 3 Campus sites | Semifinals December 9 and December 10 Campus sites | National Championship Game December 16 | ||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | New Hampshire * | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | New Hampshire* | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa * | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Texas State* | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Texas State * | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Texas State* | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Montana* | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Northern Iowa* | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Appalachian State | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Appalachian State * | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Appalachian State* | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois* | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Appalachian State* | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
Furman | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Hampton* | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Richmond* | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Furman * | 14 |
*Host institution
Date | Location | Venue | West Div. Champion | East Div. Champion | Result |
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December 10 | Birmingham, Alabama | Legion Field | Grambling State | Alabama A&M | Grambling State, 45–6 [6] |
Standings are from The Sports Network final 2005 poll.
Rank [7] | Team | Record |
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1 | Appalachian State Mountaineers | 12–3 |
2 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 11–4 |
3 | Furman Paladins | 11–3 |
4 | Texas State Bobcats | 11–3 |
5 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 11–2 |
6 | Cal Poly Mustangs | 9–4 |
7 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 9–4 |
8 | Richmond Spiders | 9–4 |
9 | Georgia Southern Eagles | 8–4 |
10 | Hampton Pirates | 11–1 |
11 | Grambling State Tigers | 11–1 |
12 | Montana Grizzlies | 8–4 |
13 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 7–5 |
14 | Youngstown State Penguins | 8–3 |
15 | Brown Bears | 9–1 |
16 | Eastern Illinois Panthers | 9–3 |
17 | Nicholls State Colonels | 6–4 |
18 | Montana State Bobcats | 7–4 |
19 | Massachusetts Minutemen | 7–4 |
20 | South Carolina State Bulldogs | 9–2 |
21 | Lafayette Leopards | 8–4 |
22 | Illinois State Redbirds | 7–4 |
23 | Colgate Raiders | 8–4 |
24 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 9–2 |
25 | James Madison Dukes | 7–4 |
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