2005 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football | |
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LSC South Division champion LSC champion | |
NCAA Division II Second Round, L 3–41 vs.
Pittsburg State | |
Conference | Lone Star Conference |
South Division | |
Ranking | |
AFCA | No. 15 |
Record | 10–2 (8–1 LSC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Lee Hays (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | Mike Salinas (1st season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Commerce | 5 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Oklahoma | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Central | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern State | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 15 West Texas A&M $^ | 8 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Angelo State ^ | 7 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarleton State | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Midwestern State | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Kingsville | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern New Mexico | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University in the 2005 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Buffaloes were led by first-year head coach Don Carthel and played their games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon, Texas.
In Carthel's first year as head coach, the Buffaloes finished with an overall record of 10–2, going 8–1 in LSC play, winning the LSC's South Division and were named conference champions. West Texas A&M qualified for the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, earning a first-round bye, but the Buffaloes were eliminated by No. 23 Pittsburg State, 41–3, in the second round.
Head coach Ronnie Jones was suspended with pay on April 13, 2005, amid allegations that he had misused university resources for personal gain. [1] Jones resigned as the Buffaloes' head coach on April 18 after a university investigation discovered that Jones was running a marketing business out of his office; offensive coordinator Lee Hays was named the team's interim head coach. [2] In three years as the program's head coach, the Buffaloes went 0–11, 3–8, and 2–8 under Jones for an overall record of 5–27.
The university hired Don Carthel to replace Jones. Carthel had previously applied to be the Buffaloes' head coach in 2001, but Jones was selected over Carthel. [3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 25 | 8:00 p.m. | at New Mexico Highlands* |
| W 90–21 | |||
September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | East Central | W 37–6 | ||||
September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Central Oklahoma | W 44–31 | ||||
September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | Southwestern Oklahoma |
| W 41–14 | 8,599 | ||
September 24 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 3 Texas A&M–Kingsville |
| W 28–20 | 14,095 | ||
October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Midwestern State | No. 22 | W 47–44 | 7,883 | [4] | |
October 8 | 7:00 p.m. |
Eastern New Mexico![]() | No. 16 |
| W 52–51 OT | 22,993 ^A | |
October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian | No. 10 | W 40–24 | 10,000 | [5] | |
October 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Angelo State | No. 7 |
| L 53–58 | 17,127 | [6] |
October 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M–Commerce | No. 13 |
| W 19–17 | 1,246 | [7] |
November 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Tarleton State | No. 12 | W 30–26 | |||
November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 23 Pittsburg State* | No. 7 |
| L 3–41 | 8,510 | [8] |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
AFCA | — | — | — | RV | RV | 22 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 15 |