The 2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the SEC's Western Division. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	Murray State*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		W 38–6	41,143
September 10	11:30 am	at No. 25 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	JPS	L 0–28	81,921
September 17	7:00 pm	at Tulane*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	CSTV	W 21–14	16,421
September 24	6:45 pm	No. 6 Georgia	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 10–23	49,903
October 1	1:30 pm	No. 5 LSU	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	PPV	L 7–37	48,344
October 8	11:30 am	at No. 13 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	JPS	L 9–35	90,104
October 22	1:30 pm	Houston*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		L 16–28	40,957
October 29	6:00 pm	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 7–13	55,163
November 5	2:30 pm	No. 4 Alabama	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	CBS	L 0–17	52,125
November 19	1:00 pm	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		L 10–44	55,712
November 26	1:30 pm	Ole Miss	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 35–14	53,655
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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