2005 Missouri Tigers football team

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.

2005 Missouri Tigers football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 38–31 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
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

2005 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North 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
South 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

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 OT	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