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2005 App State

10–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 12–⁠3, over 15 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

App State in 2005, game by game: won at Eastern Kentucky 24–16; lost at Kansas 8–36; won vs. Coastal Carolina 30–3; won at The Citadel 45–13; lost at Furman 31–34; won vs. Georgia Southern 24–7; won at Wofford 49–17; won vs. Chattanooga 35–25; lost at No. 6 LSU 0–24; won vs. Western Carolina 35–7; won at Elon 52–14; won vs. Lafayette 34–23; won vs. Southern Illinois 38–24+38−28Won 24–16 at Eastern Kentucky+8Eastern KentuckyLost 8–36 at Kansas-28KansasWon 30–3 vs. Coastal Carolina+27Coastal CarolinaWon 45–13 at The Citadel+32The CitadelLost 31–34 at Furman-3FurmanWon 24–7 vs. Georgia Southern+17Georgia SouthernWon 49–17 at Wofford+32WoffordWon 35–25 vs. Chattanooga+10ChattanoogaLost 0–24 at No. 6 LSU-24No. 6 LSUWon 35–7 vs. Western Carolina+28Western CarolinaWon 52–14 at Elon+38ElonWon 34–23 vs. Lafayette+11LafayetteWon 38–24 vs. Southern Illinois+14Southern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atEastern KentuckyW 24–⁠1643%
Sep 10atKansasL 8–⁠3623%
Sep 17vsCoastal CarolinaW 30–⁠349%
Sep 24atThe CitadelW 45–⁠1357%
Oct 8atFurmanL 31–⁠3436%
Oct 15vsGeorgia SouthernW 24–⁠752%
Oct 22atWoffordW 49–⁠1751%
Oct 29vsChattanoogaW 35–⁠2583%
Nov 5at6LSUL 0–⁠2414%
Nov 12vsWestern CarolinaW 35–⁠773%
Nov 19atElonW 52–⁠1482%
Nov 26vsLafayetteIaa PlayoffsW 34–⁠2366%
Dec 3vsSouthern IllinoisIaa PlayoffsW 38–⁠2453%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Illinois 38–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 58 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of App State’s 2005 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 10vsFurmanW 29–⁠23App State’s article, Furman’s article
Dec 16vsNorthern IowaW 21–⁠16App State’s article, Northern Iowa’s article

Southern Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
405–⁠243
Coach
—
Elo
1522 +196 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.1 No. 5 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Collaborative
Defensive coordinator
John Wiley
Offense
Multiple spread
Defense
4–⁠3

2005 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
App State6–⁠110–⁠3
Furman5–⁠211–⁠2
Georgia Southern5–⁠28–⁠4
Western Carolina4–⁠35–⁠4
Wofford3–⁠46–⁠5
Chattanooga3–⁠46–⁠5
The Citadel2–⁠54–⁠7
Elon0–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.