| Year: | 2005 |
| Team: | Arkansas State Indians |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 2–6 |
| Conf Record: | 1–2 |
| Wins Vacated: | 4 |
| Conf Wins Vacated: | 4 |
| Head Coach: | Steve Roberts |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Doug Ruse |
| Oc Year: | 4th |
| Codef Coach1: | Kevin Corless |
| Codc1 Year: | 4th |
| Codef Coach2: | Jack Curtis |
| Codc2 Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Indian Stadium |
| Champion: | Sun Belt co-champion |
| Bowl: | New Orleans Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 19–31 vs. Southern Miss |
The 2005 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Steve Roberts, the Indians finished the season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 5–2 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Louisiana–Lafayette and Louisiana–Monroe. Arkansas State was invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they lost to Southern Miss.
The 2005 vacated No Contest against Florida Atlantic was the first scoreless tie since the The Oregon "Civil War" game of 1983, with both teams ending the game 0-0 in regulation. Florida Atlantic was intercepted and Arkansas State kicked a field goal in their overtime period to initially win the game (but was subsequently vacated).
A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, in 2011, four of the football team's wins from the 2005 season all six victories from the 2006 season were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State.[1]