2005 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2005

| team = Northern Arizona Lumberjacks

| sport = football

| image = Northern Arizona Athletics Script.png

| image_size = 150

| conference = Big Sky Conference

| short_conf = Big Sky

| record = 3–8

| conf_record = 1–7

| head_coach = Jerome Souers

| hc_year = 8th

| captain =

| stadium = Walkup Skydome

}}

{{2005 Big Sky Conference football standings}}

The 2005 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2005 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their eighth year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 3–8 record (1–7 against conference opponents), were outscored by a total of 338 to 233, and finished in a tie for last place in the Big Sky.{{cite web|title=2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Guide|publisher=Northern Arizona University|year=2013|page=79|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nau.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/5/26/2013_Football_Media_Guide-Web.pdf|accessdate=October 7, 2021|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004022233/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nau.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/5/26/2013_Football_Media_Guide-Web.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

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| timezone = Mountain

|September 1|||{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Adams State Grizzlies|title=Adams State}}|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|W 52–13||{{cite news|title=Slow Start, Big Finish|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|date=September 2, 2005|pages=B1, B5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87247774/slow-start-big-finish/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 10||at|Arizona|Arizona Stadium|Tucson, AZ|L 12–31|55,728|

|September 17|||{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Southern Utah Thunderbirds|title=Southern Utah}}|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ (rivalry)|W 27–7||

|September 24||at|{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Weber State Wildcats|title=Weber State}}|Stewart Stadium|Ogden, UT|L 23–31||

|October 1||at|Sacramento State|Hornet Stadium|Sacramento, CA|L 24–38||

|October 8|||{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Eastern Washington Eagles|title=Eastern Washington}}|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|L 14–42|8,974|{{cite news|title=No Show for 'O'|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|author=Ed Odeven|date=October 9, 2005|pages=B1, B7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87247395/nau/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 22||at|{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}}|PGE Park|Portland, OR|L 0–45||

|October 29|12:05 p.m.|at|No. 16 Montana State|Bobcat Stadium|Bozeman, MT|L 22–29|13,427|

|November 5|||Montana|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|L 0–23|9,109|{{cite news|title=Stingy NAU comes up short vs. Grizz|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|author=Ed Odeven|date=November 6, 2005|pages=B1, B8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87247532/stingy-nau-comes-up-short-vs-grizz/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 12|||{{cfb link|year=2005|team=Idaho State Bengals|title=Idaho State}}|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|W 42–28|5,020|{{cite news|title=Ax That Streak|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|author=Ed Odeven|date=November 13, 2005|pages=B1, B6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87247310/ax-that-streak/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 19||at|Northern Iowa|UNI-Dome|Cedar Falls, IA|L 17–41|8,142|

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