2005 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

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2005 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
West Texas A&M Athletics logo.svg
LSC South Division champion
LSC champion
Conference Lone Star Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
AFCANo. 15
Record10–2 (8–1 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLee Hays (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Air raid
Defensive coordinator Mike Salinas (1st season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
SE Oklahoma State  7 –2   8 –2  
Texas A&M–Commerce  5 –4   5 –5  
Central Oklahoma  3 –6   3 –7  
East Central  2 –7   3 –7  
Northeastern State  2 –7   2 –8  
SW Oklahoma State  0 –9   1 –10  
South Division
No. 15 West Texas A&M $^  8 –1   10 –2  
No. 23 Angelo State ^  7 –2   9 –3  
Tarleton State  6 –3   7 –3  
Midwestern State  5 –4   6 –4  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  5 –4   6 –4  
Eastern New Mexico  4 –5   5 –6  
Abilene Christian  4 –5   4 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2005 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University in the 2005 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Buffaloes were led by first-year head coach Don Carthel and played their games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon, Texas.

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In Carthel's first year as head coach, the Buffaloes finished with an overall record of 10–2, going 8–1 in LSC play, winning the LSC's South Division and were named conference champions. West Texas A&M qualified for the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, earning a first-round bye, but the Buffaloes were eliminated by No. 23 Pittsburg State, 41–3, in the second round.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Head coach Ronnie Jones was suspended with pay on April 13, 2005, amid allegations that he had misused university resources for personal gain. [1] Jones resigned as the Buffaloes' head coach on April 18 after a university investigation discovered that Jones was running a marketing business out of his office; offensive coordinator Lee Hays was named the team's interim head coach. [2] In three years as the program's head coach, the Buffaloes went 0–11, 3–8, and 2–8 under Jones for an overall record of 5–27.

The university hired Don Carthel to replace Jones. Carthel had previously applied to be the Buffaloes' head coach in 2001, but Jones was selected over Carthel. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 258:00 p.m.at New Mexico Highlands *
W 90–21
September 36:00 p.m. East Central
W 37–6
September 106:00 p.m.at No. 24 Central Oklahoma
W 44–31
September 176:00 p.m. Southwestern Oklahoma
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 41–148,599
September 246:00 p.m.No. 3 Texas A&M–Kingsville
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 28–2014,095
October 17:00 p.m.at Midwestern State No. 22
W 47–447,883 [4]
October 87:00 p.m. Eastern New Mexico Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 16
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX (Battle for the Wagon Wheel)
W 52–51 OT22,993 ^A
October 152:00 p.m.at Abilene Christian No. 10
W 40–2410,000 [5]
October 226:00 p.m. Angelo State No. 7
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 53–5817,127 [6]
October 292:00 p.m.at Texas A&M–Commerce No. 13
W 19–171,246 [7]
November 57:00 p.m.at No. 22 Tarleton State No. 12
W 30–26
November 191:00 p.m.No. 23 Pittsburg State *No. 7
L 3–418,510 [8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Rankings

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