2005 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2005 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Big South co-champion
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	7–4 (3–1 Big South)
Head coach	Jay Mills (3rd season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field

2005 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Jay Mills, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, winning a share of the Big South championship.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SCETV	L 14–28	10,316
September 10	1:30 pm	Presbyterian*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		L 0–42	1,421
September 17	1:30 pm	Jacksonville*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 16–10	971
September 24	1:30 pm	at North Greenville*	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC		W 35–28	3,476
October 1	1:30 pm	Howard*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		L 22–27	1,312
October 8	1:00 pm	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA		L 12–34	6,844
October 15	1:30 pm	West Virginia Wesleyan*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 63–42	1,012
October 22	1:30 pm	Savannah State*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 48–28	2,134
November 5	1:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC		W 38–7	3,800
November 12	1:30 pm	Liberty	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 31–30	2,312
November 19	12:30 pm	No. 9 Coastal Carolina	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 34–27 2OT	3,781
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time