2005 Fort Worth Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2005

| game_name = Fort Worth Bowl

| football_season = 2005

| visitor_name_short = Kansas

| visitor_nickname = Jayhawks

| visitor_school = Kansas University

| home_name_short = Houston

| home_nickname = Cougars

| home_school = University of Houston

| visitor_record = 6–5

| visitor_conference = Big 12

| home_record = 6–5

| home_conference = C-USA

| visitor_coach = Mark Mangino

| home_coach = Art Briles

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 7

| visitor_3q = 14

| visitor_4q = 14

| home_1q = 0

| home_2q = 10

| home_3q = 3

| home_4q = 0

| date_game_played = December 23

| stadium = Amon G. Carter Stadium

| city = Fort Worth, Texas

| MVP = Jason Swanson (QB, Kansas) & Kevin Kolb (QB, Houston){{cite web |url=https://www.armedforcesbowl.com/the-game#history-section |title=Our History – Past MVPs |website=armedforcesbowl.com |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

| odds = Kansas by 3

| referee = Tom Zimorski (ACC)

| attendance = 33,505{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26440177/fort_worth_bowl/ |title=Fort Worth Bowl |newspaper=El Paso Times |page=22 |date=December 24, 2005 |accessdate=December 22, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}

| payout = 750,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/|title=NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships | NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com|accessdate=19 December 2022}}

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Gary Thorne (play-by-play)
Ed Cunningham (color)
Dr. Jerry Punch (sideline)

| different_next = 2006

}}

The 2005 edition of the Fort Worth Bowl (later known as the Armed Forces Bowl), the third edition, featured the Kansas Jayhawks and the Houston Cougars.