2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the SEC's Western Division. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Ellis Johnson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$		6	–	2					10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 12 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 14 Auburn x		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Alabama		6	–	2					10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	Murray State*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		W 38–6	41,143
September 10	11:30 am	at No. 25 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	JPS	L 0–28	81,921
September 17	7:00 pm	at Tulane*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	CSTV	W 21–14	16,421
September 24	6:45 pm	No. 6 Georgia	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 10–23	49,903
October 1	1:30 pm	No. 5 LSU	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	PPV	L 7–37	48,344
October 8	11:30 am	at No. 13 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	JPS	L 9–35	90,104
October 22	1:30 pm	Houston*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		L 16–28	40,957
October 29	6:00 pm	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 7–13	55,163
November 5	2:30 pm	No. 4 Alabama	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	CBS	L 0–17	52,125
November 19	1:00 pm	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		L 10–44	55,712
November 26	1:30 pm	Ole Miss	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 35–14	53,655
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time