| 2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA champion SoCon champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, W 21–16 vs. Northern Iowa | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 1[1] |
| Record | 12–3 (6–1 Southern) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Collaborative[2] |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple spread |
| Defensive coordinator | John Wiley (15th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Kidd Brewer Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Appalachian State $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Furman ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Georgia Southern ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 0 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by 17th-year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.[3]
The Mountaineers won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship.[4][5] Appalachian State is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football.[6]
- ^ "Final Sports Network's 2005 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
- ^ Bowman, Tommy (February 25, 2009). "Coaching staff at ASU in place for 2009 season". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
- ^ "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ Mitchell, Mark (December 22, 2005). "History Made In Chattanooga". Mountain Times. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
- ^ Davis, Elizabeth A. (December 16, 2005). "Appalachian State takes fumble and I-AA title from N. Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
- ^ "N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.