2005 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record3–8 (2–2 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWill McCombs (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJohnny Burnett (4th season)
Home stadiumAlumni Memorial Field
(Capacity: 10,000)
2005 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Coastal Carolina +  3 1   9 2  
Charleston Southern +  3 1   7 4  
Gardner–Webb  2 2   5 6  
VMI  2 2   3 8  
Liberty  0 4   1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2005 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the Keydets' 115th year of football, and their 3rd season in the Big South Conference.

After opening the year with a shutout win over Davidson, VMI lost its next three games to William & Mary, FBS-Duke, and Lehigh. They rebounded by winning two straight conference games over Charleston Southern, 34–12, and Liberty, 10–7, but ending the year on a five-game losing streak to end the season at 3–8 and 2–2 in Big South play, including a 22–14 loss to The Citadel in the Military Classic of the South.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 3Davidson*W 33–05,215
September 10at William & Mary*L 7–417,140
September 17at Duke*L 14–4010,126
September 24Lehigh*dagger
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
L 26–286,524
October 1at LibertyW 10–711,263
October 8Charleston Southern
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
W 34–126,844
October 15at Wofford*L 23–385,111
October 22Gardner–Webb
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
L 52–55 3OT5,845
October 29at Coastal CarolinaL 14–387,218
November 5at Richmond*L 3–389,853
November 19The Citadel*
L 14–228,674
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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