2005 Texas State Bobcats football team

The 2005 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University–San Marcos as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bobcats were led by second-year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas. They finished the season with an overall record of 11–3 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the SLC title with Nicholls State. Texas State qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship defeating Georgia Southern in the first round and Cal Poly in the second round before falling to Northern Iowa in the semifinals.

2005 Texas State Bobcats football
SLC co-champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2005 record11–3 (5–1 SLC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
(capacity: 10,000)
2005 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Texas State +^  5 1   11 3  
No. 17 Nicholls State +^  5 1   6 4  
McNeese State  3 3   5 4  
Northwestern State  3 3   5 5  
Southeastern Louisiana  2 4   4 6  
Sam Houston State  2 4   3 7  
Stephen F. Austin  1 5   5 6  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3Delta State*No. 23W 32–25
September 10Southern Utah*No. 23
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX
W 34–0
September 227:30 p.m.at Texas A&M*No. 14FSNL 31–4475,128
October 1South Dakota State*No. 16
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX
W 42–12
October 8at Southeastern LouisianaNo. 14W 30–15
October 15Oklahoma Panhandle State*No. 10
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX
W 45–42
October 22Northwestern StateNo. 7
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX
W 31–16
October 29at Nicholls StateNo. 6L 29–32
November 5McNeese StateNo. 10
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX
W 49–7
November 12at Stephen F. AustinNo. 7W 38–21
November 19Sam Houston StateNo. 5
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX
W 26–23 OT
November 262:30 p.m.No. 6 Georgia Southern*No. 4
ESPN2W 50–3510,000
December 3No. 10 Cal Poly*No. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)
ESPN2W 14–7
December 97:05 p.m.No. 7 Northern Iowa*No. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • San Marcos, TX (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)
ESPN2L 37–40 OT15,712

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