2005 Howard Bison football team

2005 Howard Bison football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	4–7 (1–7 MEAC)
Head coach	Rayford Petty (4th season)
Home stadium	William H. Greene Stadium

2005 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Hampton $^		8	–	0					11	–	1
No. 20 South Carolina State		7	–	1					9	–	2
Delaware State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Florida A&M		5	–	3					6	–	5
Bethune–Cookman		4	–	4					7	–	4
Norfolk State		2	–	6					4	–	7
North Carolina A&T		2	–	6					3	–	8
Howard		1	–	7					4	–	7
Morgan State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Rayford Petty, the Bison compiled an overall record of 4–7, with a conference record of 1–7, and finished tied for eighth in the MEAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September3	Winston-Salem State*	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	W 20–6
September 10	No. 13 Hampton	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC (rivalry)	L 12–22	10,500
September 17	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 20–33	9,701
September 24	at Savannah State*	Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA	W 39–21
October 1	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	W 27–22	1,312
October 15	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–7	14,005
October 22	North Carolina A&T	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	W 16–0	10,508
October 29	at Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	L 7–26
November 5	No. 20 South Carolina State	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	L 9–23
November 12	Bethune–Cookman	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC	L 16–45
November 19	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 7–23	2,315
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game