| 2005 NIFL season | |
| League: | National Indoor Football League |
| Sport: | indoor American football |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Odessa Roughnecks |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Atlantic |
| Conf1 Champ: | Rome Renegades |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Cincinnati Marshals |
| Conf2: | Pacific |
| Conf2 Champ: | Tri-Cities Fever |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Odessa Roughnecks |
| Finals: | Indoor Bowl V |
| Finals Champ: | Tri-Cities Fever |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Rome Renegades |
| Seasonslist: | List of NIFL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | NIFL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2004 National Indoor Football League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2004 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2006 National Indoor Football League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2006 |
The 2005 National Indoor Football League season was the fifth season of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The league champions were the Tri-Cities Fever, who defeated the Rome Renegades in Indoor Bowl V.
| Team | Overall | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| Atlantic Conference | ||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| RiverCity Rage | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Cincinnati Marshals | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Dayton Warbirds | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| New Jersey XTreme | 0 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Daytona Beach Hawgs | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 9 | 2 | 0.818 |
| Miami Morays | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 |
| Lakeland Thunderbolts | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 4 | 5 | 0.444 |
| Kissimmee Kreatures | 2 | 12 | 0.143 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Montgomery Maulers | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Rome Renegades | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 |
| Fayetteville Guard | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 |
| Pacific Conference | ||||||
| Northern Division | ||||||
| Odessa Roughnecks | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Lubbock Gunslingers | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 |
| San Angelo Stampede | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Everett Hawks | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wyoming Cavalry | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Tri-Cities Fever | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Billings Mavericks | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| Lincoln Capitols | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers | 10 | 4 | 0.715 | 6 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Corpus Christi Hammerheads | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Beaumont Drillers | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 |
Atlantic Conference
Pacific Conference