2005 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2005 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2005 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Hawks were led by 13th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in NEC play to tie for second place.

2005 Monmouth Hawks football
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	6–4 (4–3 NEC)
Head coach	Kevin Callahan (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Fabish (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Andy Bobik (12th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kessler Field

2005 Northeast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Central Connecticut State +		5	–	2					7	–	4
Stony Brook +		5	–	2					6	–	5
Monmouth		4	–	3					6	–	4
Albany		4	–	3					5	–	6
Wagner		3	–	4					6	–	5
Sacred Heart		3	–	4					4	–	6
Saint Francis (PA)		3	–	4					3	–	8
Robert Morris		1	–	6					2	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 26–54	8,063
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at La Salle*	McCarthy Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 65–27	1,705
September 17	1:00 p.m.	California (PA)*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	W 16–15	2,650
October 1	1:00 p.m.	at Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	W 36–7	2,534
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	W 45–14	1,132
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Wagner	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	L 20–26	3,156
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	W 14–0	1,882
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Central Connecticut State	Arute Field New Britain, CT	L 13–15	2,670
November 5	1:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)	Pine Bowl Loretto, PA	L 15–19	1,273
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Albany	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	W 16–13	1,842
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time