2005 North Dakota State Bison football team
American college football season
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The 2005 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their homes game at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. The Bison finished the season with an overall record of 7–4 and tied for second place in the Great West Conference with a mark of 3–2.[1] Despite being ranked #20 at the end of the year, North Dakota State was ineligible for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs per NCAA rules that mandated a four-year probationary period for programs entering NCAA Division I-AA. The Bison were ranked in the top-25 in 10 of the 11 weeks in the season.
- Craig Bohl (3rd season)
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| Conference | Great West Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (3–2 GWC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Patrick Perles (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Willie Mack Garza (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Fargodome |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Cal Poly +^ | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis + | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 0 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | 7:00 pm | Arkansas–Monticello* | No. 22 | W 59–7 | 13,793 | [2] | |
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | at No. 9 Northwestern State* | No. 20 | W 35–7 | 13,252 | [3] | |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Weber State* | No. 12 |
| W 41–0 | 14,368 | [4] |
| September 24 | 1:00 pm | at No. 18 Montana State* | No. 8 | L 17–20 | 13,327 | [5] | |
| October 1 | 6:00 pm | Nicholls State* | No. 13 |
| W 26–13 | 14,022 | [6] |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | at No. 9 Cal Poly | No. 12 | L 6–37 | 6,923 | [7] | |
| October 22 | 1:00 pm | UC Davis | No. 17 |
| L 14–20 | 16,193 | [8] |
| October 29 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Utah | W 37–21 | 1,621 | [9] | ||
| November 5 | 1:00 pm | at Northern Colorado | No. 24 |
| W 44–0 | 10,809 | [10] |
| November 12 | 6:00 pm | South Dakota State | No. 22 |
| W 41–17 | 15,777 | [11] |
| November 19 | 3:00 pm | No. 11 Southern Illinois | No. 20 | L 0–9 | 5,809 | [12] | |
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