2005 Memphis Tigers football team

The 2005 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

2005 Memphis Tigers football
Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 3831 vs. Akron
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast
Record75 (53 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRandy Fichtner (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Lee Dunn (3rd season)
Home stadiumLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 62,338)
2005 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
UCF x  7 1   8 5  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 5  
Memphis  5 3   7 5  
East Carolina  4 4   5 6  
Marshall  3 5   4 7  
UAB  3 5   5 6  
West Division
Tulsa x$  6 2   9 4  
UTEP  5 3   8 4  
Houston  4 4   6 6  
SMU  4 4   5 6  
Tulane  1 7   2 9  
Rice  1 7   1 10  
Championship: Tulsa 44, UCF 27
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:30 pmOle Miss*ESPNL 6–1053,339
September 177:00 pmChattanooga*
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 59–1430,772
September 246:00 pmat TulsaCSTVL 31–37 OT20,645
October 17:30 pmUTEP
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
CSTVW 27–2030,053
October 85:00 pmat UCFCSTVL 17–3820,562
October 154:00 pmat HoustonCSTVW 35–2012,800
October 222:30 pmEast Carolinadagger
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
CSTVW 27–2431,710
November 16:30 pmUAB
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)
ESPN2L 20–3747,669
November 121:00 pmat Tennessee*PPVL 16–20106,647
November 197:30 pmat Southern MissCSTVW 24–2225,667
November 261:00 pmMarshall
  • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
CSTVW 26–346,403
December 263:00 pmvs. Akron*ESPNW 38–3150,616

[1]

Team players in the 2006 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
DeAngelo WilliamsRunning back127Carolina Panthers
Stephen GostkowskiKicker4118New England Patriots

[2]

References

  1. "Memphis Tigers Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  2. "2006 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2018.


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