2005 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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2005 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Gateway co-champion
Conference Gateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
Record9–4 (5–2 Gateway)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover (5th season)
Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys (5th season)
Home stadium McAndrew Stadium
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Gateway Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Northern Iowa +^  5 2   11 4  
No. 7 Southern Illinois +^  5 2   9 4  
No. 14 Youngstown State +  5 2   8 3  
No. 22 Illinois State  4 3   7 4  
Western Kentucky  4 3   6 5  
Western Illinois  3 4   5 6  
Missouri State  2 5   4 6  
Indiana State  0 7   0 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 9–4 record overall and a 5–2 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions. The team received an at-large bid to the Division I-AA playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois before losing to Appalachian State in the quarterfinals. [1] Southern Illinois was ranked No. 7 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of FCS teams. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at Southeast Missouri State *No. 5W 58–2310,100 [3]
September 10 Union (KY) *No. 4W 82–79,557 [4]
September 17at Western Michigan *No. 1L 28–3424,497 [5]
October 1 Missouri State No. 2
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 30–23 OT13,140 [6]
October 8at Western Illinois No. 2W 34–2410,112 [7]
October 15 Illinois State No. 1
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 35–6111,381 [8]
October 22at Indiana State No. 10W 42–203,714 [9]
October 27at No. 1 Western Kentucky No. 8W 31–2010,701 [10]
November 5No. 15 Youngstown State No. 5
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 31–178,017 [11]
November 12at No. 14 Northern Iowa No. 4L 24–2515,536 [12]
November 19No. 20 North Dakota State *No. 11
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 9–05,809 [13]
November 26at No. 19 Eastern Illinois *No. 8W 21–62,896 [14]
December 3at No. 5 Appalachian State *No. 8
L 24–3811,108 [15]

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The 2009 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dale Lennon and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium. The Salukis finished the season with an 11–2 record overall and an 8–0 mark in conference play, winning the MVFC title. The team received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round before losing to William & Mary in the quarterfinals. The team was ranked No. 6 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of FCS teams.

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The 2000 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jan Quarless and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 3–8 record overall and a 2–4 record in conference play.

The 1999 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jan Quarless and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 1–5 record in conference play.

The 1996 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by third-year head coach Shawn Watson and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 1–4 record in conference play.

The 1995 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by second-year head coach Shawn Watson and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 2–4 record in conference play.

The 1994 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by first-year head coach Shawn Watson and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 1–10 record overall and an 0–6 record in conference play.

The 1993 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bob Smith and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 2–9 record overall and a 1–5 record in conference play.

The 2005 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 3–4 record in conference play.

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