2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team won the SEC tournament and placed second at the Miami Regional at the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
SEC Baseball Tournament champion
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	42–22 (13-16 SEC)
Head coach	Ron Polk (26th season)
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium

2005 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	23		.676
No. 8 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			46	–	21		.687
No. 26 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			41	–	23		.641
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			34	–	21		.618
Georgia  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			30	–	25		.545
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	22		.241			29	–	27		.518
Western
No. 11 Ole Miss  x‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			40	–	22		.645
No. 19 LSU  x‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			40	–	22		.645
No. 20 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	23		.635
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	16		.448			42	–	22		.656
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			39	–	22		.639
Auburn  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			34	–	26		.567
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Ron Polk was the coach of the Bulldogs, in his 26th year.

Regular season

The Bulldogs closed out the regular season with a 36–20 record and an SEC record of 13-16.

SEC tournament

The Bulldogs defeated LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ole Miss en route to their 5th SEC Tournament victory.

NCAA tournament

The Bulldogs were the 2 seed in the Miami regional, but lost twice to Miami and were eliminated.

Season results

Date	Opponent	Result	Overall	SEC	Notes
Regular season
Feb 25	Eastern Illinois	W 3-1	1-0
Feb 26	Eastern Illinois	W 16-6	2-0
March 1	Miss. Valley State	W 14-7	3-0
March 4	Austin Peay	W 4-3	4-0		NBC Classic - Starkville, MS
March 5	Kansas	W 5-0	5-0		NBC Classic - Starkville, MS
March 6	Kansas	W 9-2	6-0		NBC Classic - Starkville, MS
March 8	Louisiana Tech	W 5-3	7-0
March 9	Jackson State	W 14-2	8-0
March 11	at Arizona	L 3-9	8-1
March 12	at Arizona	L 3-7	8-2
March 13	at Arizona	W 13-12	9-2
March 15	Memphis	W 11-8	10-2
March 16	Memphis	W 4-2	11-2
March 18	Vanderbilt	L 3-10	11-3	0-1
March 19	Vanderbilt	W 5-3	12-3	1-1
March 20	Vanderbilt	W 5-1	13-3	2-1
March 22	New Orleans	W 5-1	14-3
March 23	New Orleans	W 8-4	15-3
March 25	at Arkansas	W 5-3	16-3	3-1
March 26	at Arkansas	W 13-4	17-3	4-1
March 27	at Arkansas	L 5-10	17-4	4-2
March 29	Ole Miss	L 1-5	17-5		Mayor's Trophy - Jackson, MS
April 3	at Tennessee	L 1-2	17-6	4-3
April 3	at Tennessee	L 1-2	17-7	4-4
April 5	Samford	W 14-5	18-7		played in Jackson, MS
April 8	Auburn	W 4-1	19-7	5-4
April 9	Auburn	L 7-8	19-8	5-5
April 10	Auburn	W 4-0	20-8	6-5
April 12	Louisiana-Monroe	W 9-3	21-8
April 13	Samford	W 13-1	22-8
April 15	at Georgia	L 1-5	22-9	6-6
April 16	at Georgia	W 6-0	23-9	7-6
April 17	at Georgia	L 3-6	23-10	7-7
April 19	at South Alabama	W 10-6	24-10
April 20	South Alabama	W 2-1	25-10		played in Jackson, MS
April 22	Kentucky	W 12-4	26-10	8-7
April 23	Kentucky	L 5-12	26-11	8-8
April 24	Kentucky	W 3-2	27-11	9-8
April 26	Southern Miss	W 5-4	28-11
April 27	Southern Miss	L 1-6	28-12
April 29	at Ole Miss	L 4-11	28-13	9-9
April 30	at Ole Miss	L 0-5	28-14	9-10
May 1	at Ole Miss	L 1-9	28-15	9-11
May 6	Alabama	W 7-3	29-15	10-11
May 7	Alabama	L 3-5	29-16	10-12
May 8	Alabama	W 5-3	30-16	11-12
May 9	Birmingham Southern	W 10-4	31-16		played in Jackson, MS
May 10	Miss. Valley State	W 3-2	32-16
May 13	at Florida	L 2-8	32-17	11-13
May 14	at Florida	L 1-2	32-18	11-14
May 15	at Florida	W 6-5	33-18	12-14
May 17	UT-Martin	W 17-3	34-18
May 17	UT-Martin	W 8-3	35-18
May 20	LSU	L 5-7	35-19	12-15
May 21	LSU	W 5-3	36-19	13-15
May 22	LSU	L 2-3	36-20	13-16
SEC tournament - Hoover, AL
May 25	LSU	W 9-2	37-20
May 26	South Carolina	W 6-2	38-20
May 28	Tennessee	W 3-2	39-20
May 29	Ole Miss	W 4-1	40-20		SEC Tournament champion
NCAA Regionals - Coral Gables, FL
June 3	Florida Atlantic	W 13-2	41-20
June 4	Miami	L 1-4	41-21
June 5	Florida Atlantic	W 8-4	42-21
June 5	Miami	L 4-10	42-22		2nd place in Regional

See also

• Mississippi State Bulldogs
• Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball

External links

• 2005 Official Stats