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2005 Western Kentucky

6–⁠5 (1–⁠0 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Western Kentucky in 2005, game by game: won vs. WVU Tech 63–3; won vs. Eastern Kentucky 23–21; lost at Auburn 14–37; won at Indiana State 38–28; won at Illinois State 37–34; won vs. Missouri State 37–28; won at Western Illinois 42–7; lost vs. Southern Illinois 20–31; lost vs. Northern Iowa 20–23; lost at Youngstown State 10–42; lost at Florida International 35–38+60−32Won 63–3 vs. WVU Tech+60WVU TechWon 23–21 vs. Eastern Kentucky+2Eastern KentuckyLost 14–37 at Auburn-23AuburnWon 38–28 at Indiana State+10Indiana StateWon 37–34 at Illinois State+3Illinois StateWon 37–28 vs. Missouri State+9Missouri StateWon 42–7 at Western Illinois+35Western IllinoisLost 20–31 vs. Southern Illinois-11Southern Illino…Lost 20–23 vs. Northern Iowa-3Northern IowaLost 10–42 at Youngstown State-32Youngstown StateLost 35–38 at Florida International-3Florida Interna…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsWVU TechW 63–⁠383%
Sep 10vsEastern KentuckyW 23–⁠2172%
Sep 24atAuburnL 14–⁠3714%
Oct 1atIndiana StateW 38–⁠2877%
Oct 8atIllinois StateW 37–⁠3452%
Oct 15vsMissouri StateW 37–⁠2870%
Oct 22atWestern IllinoisW 42–⁠770%
Oct 27vsSouthern IllinoisL 20–⁠3159%
Nov 5vsNorthern IowaL 20–⁠2360%
Nov 12atYoungstown StateL 10–⁠4249%
Nov 19atFlorida InternationalL 35–⁠3862%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida International 38–⁠35; unranked in the final AP poll; first in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠0 first in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
339–⁠292
Coach
—
Elo
1358 −32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.7 No. 22 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
T.J. Weist
Defensive coordinator
Mike Dietzel
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

2005 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Western Kentucky1–⁠06–⁠5
Missouri State0–⁠14–⁠6

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