2005 Temple Owls football team

2005 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–11
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWillie J. Slater (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorRaymond Monica (8th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPChristian Dunbar
Captains
  • Christian Dunbar
  • John Gross
  • Ray Lamb
  • Mike Mendenhall
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
2005 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Notre Dame  %       9 3  
Navy       8 4  
Army       4 7  
Temple       0 11  
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Temple competed as an independent, and finished with a winless record of 0–11. The team was coached by Bobby Wallace and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field. After a 0–6 start Bobby Wallace did not seek renewal of his contract.

This was the first season since 1990 that the Owls did not compete as members of the Big East Conference. In 2001, the Big East announced that Temple would be expelled from the conference following the 2004 season, citing low attendance records.