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2005 Southern Illinois

9–⁠4 (3–⁠2 Gateway Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 2005, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 58–23; won vs. Union College 82–7; lost at Western Michigan 28–34; won vs. Missouri State 30–23; won at Western Illinois 34–24; lost vs. Illinois State 35–61; won at Indiana State 42–20; won at Western Kentucky 31–20; won vs. Youngstown State 31–17; lost at Northern Iowa 24–25; won vs. North Dakota State 9–0; won at Eastern Illinois 21–6; lost at App State 24–38+75−26Won 58–23 vs. Southeast Missouri State+35Southeast Misso…Won 82–7 vs. Union College+75Union CollegeLost 28–34 at Western Michigan-6Western MichiganWon 30–23 vs. Missouri State+7Missouri StateWon 34–24 at Western Illinois+10Western IllinoisLost 35–61 vs. Illinois State-26Illinois StateWon 42–20 at Indiana State+22Indiana StateWon 31–20 at Western Kentucky+11Western KentuckyWon 31–17 vs. Youngstown State+14Youngstown StateLost 24–25 at Northern Iowa-1Northern IowaWon 9–0 vs. North Dakota State+9North Dakota St…Won 21–6 at Eastern Illinois+15Eastern IllinoisLost 24–38 at App State-14App State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 58–⁠2378%
Sep 10vsUnion CollegeW 82–⁠787%
Sep 17atWestern MichiganL 28–⁠3463%
Oct 1vsMissouri StateW 30–⁠2369%
Oct 8atWestern IllinoisW 34–⁠2472%
Oct 15vsIllinois StateL 35–⁠6171%
Oct 22atIndiana StateW 42–⁠2083%
Oct 27atWestern KentuckyW 31–⁠2041%
Nov 5vsYoungstown StateW 31–⁠1764%
Nov 12atNorthern IowaL 24–⁠2552%
Nov 19vsNorth Dakota StateW 9–⁠065%
Nov 26atEastern IllinoisIaa PlayoffsW 21–⁠656%
Dec 3atApp StateIaa PlayoffsL 24–⁠3847%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to App State 38–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; Gateway Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Gateway Football Conference champions3–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Northern Iowa and Youngstown State

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
449–⁠298
Coach
—
Elo
1505 +38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−12.5 No. 12 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Matt Limegrover
Defensive coordinator
Tracy Claeys

2005 Gateway Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northern Iowa4–⁠110–⁠3
Youngstown State3–⁠28–⁠3
Southern Illinois3–⁠29–⁠4
Illinois State3–⁠27–⁠4
Western Illinois2–⁠35–⁠6
Indiana State0–⁠50–⁠11

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