2005 Missouri Tigers football team

2005 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Texas 70, Colorado 3
	# – BCS National Champion; $ – BCS representative as conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Missouri Tigers football
2005 Missouri Tigers football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 38–31 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
2005 record	7–5 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Pinkel (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dave Christensen (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Matt Eberflus (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Faurot Field; (Capacity: 68,349)
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team finished with a 7–5 record, including 4–4 in Big 12 Conference play. The season culminated with a win over South Carolina in the Independence Bowl. The team led by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 am	vs. Arkansas State*	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri		W 44–17	32,906
September 10	6:00 pm	New Mexico*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	KRCG 13	L 35–45	50,701
September 17	1:00 pm	Troy*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 52–21	50,167
October 1	11:00 am	No. 2 Texas	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	ABC	L 20–51	57,231
October 8	1:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 38–31	42,511
October 15	1:00 pm	Iowa State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 27–24	55,016
October 22	11:30 am	Nebraska	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (rivalry)	FSN	W 41–24	60,641
October 29	12:00 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)		L 3–13	48,238
November 5	2:30 pm	at No. 24 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	ABC	L 12–41	49,196
November 12	1:00 pm	Baylor	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 31–16	46,425
November 19	1:10 pm	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		L 28–36	46,039
December 30	2:30 pm	vs. South Carolina*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–31	41,332
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

v t Missouri Tigers football
Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

2005 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
Colorado x		5	–	3		7	–	6
No. 24 Nebraska		4	–	4		8	–	4
Missouri		4	–	4		7	–	5
Iowa State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		7	–	5
Kansas State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Southern Division
No. 1 Texas x$#		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 20 Texas Tech		6	–	2		9	–	3
No. 22 Oklahoma		6	–	2		8	–	4
Texas A&M		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		2	–	6		5	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Championship: Texas 70, Colorado 3
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll