2005 South Carolina State

7–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠2, over 11 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

South Carolina State in 2005, game by game: won vs. Bethune-Cookman 27–24; lost vs. Coastal Carolina 23–24; won at Norfolk State 35–21; won vs. Florida A&M 49–3; lost at Hampton 10–14; won vs. Delaware State 24–3; won at Howard 23–9; won vs. Morgan State 65–15; won vs. North Carolina A&T 43–27+50−4Won 27–24 vs. Bethune-Cookman+3Bethune-CookmanLost 23–24 vs. Coastal Carolina-1Coastal CarolinaWon 35–21 at Norfolk State+14Norfolk StateWon 49–3 vs. Florida A&M+46Florida A&MLost 10–14 at Hampton-4HamptonWon 24–3 vs. Delaware State+21Delaware StateWon 23–9 at Howard+14HowardWon 65–15 vs. Morgan State+50Morgan StateWon 43–27 vs. North Carolina A&T+16North Carolina …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina A&T 43–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 25 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists two games of South Carolina 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.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
299–⁠140
Coach
—
Elo
1449 +74 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−21.5 No. 28 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

2005 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Hampton7–⁠09–⁠1
South Carolina State7–⁠17–⁠2
Florida A&M5–⁠26–⁠4
Delaware State5–⁠25–⁠4
Bethune-Cookman4–⁠45–⁠4
Norfolk State2–⁠54–⁠5
Howard1–⁠63–⁠6
North Carolina A&T1–⁠62–⁠7
Morgan State1–⁠72–⁠8

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