2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team

The 2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Indians offense scored 239 points while the defense allowed 339 points.^[1] It was the final season in which Louisiana–Monroe used the nickname of Indians. Louisiana–Monroe adopted its current nickname of Warhawks beginning with the 2006–07 school year.

2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football
Sun Belt co-champion
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	5–6 (5–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Charlie Weatherbie (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Todd Berry (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kim Dameron (1st season)
Home stadium	Malone Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arkansas State +		5	–	2					6	–	6
Louisiana–Lafayette +		5	–	2					6	–	5
Louisiana–Monroe +		5	–	2					5	–	6
Middle Tennessee		3	–	4					4	–	7
Troy		3	–	4					4	–	7
Florida Atlantic		2	–	5					2	–	9
North Texas		2	–	5					2	–	9
FIU†		0	–	4					0	–	6
+ – Conference co-champions † – The NCAA vacated all 5 of FIU's (3–4, 5–6) wins

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Northwestern State*	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA (rivalry)		L 23–27	21,726
September 10	2:00 pm	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		L 0–38	20,165
September 17	12:00 pm	at No. 6 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	CSS	L 7–44	92,746
September 22	2:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic	Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL	ESPNU	W 28–21	11,426
October 1	6:00 pm	Arkansas State	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		W 31–27	14,929
October 8	6:00 pm	at Arkansas*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		L 15–44	54,209
October 15	2:30 pm	Troy	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	ESPN Plus	W 27–3	10,813
November 5	3:00 pm	FIU	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		L 29–31	10,111
November 12	2:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 34–31	11,654
November 19	6:00 pm	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX		W 24–19	19,632
November 26	2:30 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA (Battle on the Bayou)		L 21–54	15,505
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time