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2005 Tennessee Tech

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Ohio Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Tennessee Tech in 2005, game by game: lost at Chattanooga 23–30; won vs. Lambuth 52–10; lost at Northern Illinois 3–42; lost at Eastern Kentucky 3–52; won vs. Murray State 42–21; lost at UT Martin 16–46; lost vs. Tennessee State 20–31; lost at Jacksonville State 17–43; won vs. Samford 42–21; lost at Eastern Illinois 20–31; won vs. Southeast Missouri State 31–24+42−49Lost 23–30 at Chattanooga-7ChattanoogaWon 52–10 vs. Lambuth+42LambuthLost 3–42 at Northern Illinois-39Northern Illino…Lost 3–52 at Eastern Kentucky-49Eastern KentuckyWon 42–21 vs. Murray State+21Murray StateLost 16–46 at UT Martin-30UT MartinLost 20–31 vs. Tennessee State-11Tennessee StateLost 17–43 at Jacksonville State-26Jacksonville St…Won 42–21 vs. Samford+21SamfordLost 20–31 at Eastern Illinois-11Eastern IllinoisWon 31–24 vs. Southeast Missouri State+7Southeast Misso…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atChattanoogaL 23–⁠3056%
Sep 8vsLambuthW 52–⁠1064%
Sep 17atNorthern IllinoisL 3–⁠4213%
Sep 24atEastern KentuckyL 3–⁠5240%
Oct 1vsMurray StateW 42–⁠2153%
Oct 8atUT MartinL 16–⁠4651%
Oct 13vsTennessee StateL 20–⁠3164%
Oct 29atJacksonville StateL 17–⁠4320%
Nov 5vsSamfordW 42–⁠2145%
Nov 12atEastern IllinoisL 20–⁠3122%
Nov 19vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 31–⁠2460%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southeast Missouri State 31–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 6th in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
269–⁠351
Coach
—
Elo
1223 −46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−41.3 No. 82 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

2005 Ohio Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Illinois8–⁠09–⁠3
Eastern Kentucky7–⁠17–⁠4
Jacksonville State6–⁠26–⁠5
UT Martin4–⁠45–⁠5
Samford4–⁠44–⁠6
Tennessee Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
Southeast Missouri State2–⁠62–⁠9
Tennessee State1–⁠62–⁠8
Murray State0–⁠72–⁠9

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