2005 Arena Football League season
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The 2005 Arena Football League season was the 19th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Colorado Crush, who defeated the Georgia Force in ArenaBowl XIX. The AFL changed its playoff format to allow the top four teams per conference to make the playoffs. Previously, the top eight teams in the league make the playoffs, regardless of their conference. Also, there was no inter-conference play in the playoffs until the Arena Bowl starting in 2005. The division champions also received an automatic playoff berth. This was probably brought on by the fact that the year before the Eastern Division champion New York Dragons missed the playoffs.
Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Ties | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| National Conference | |||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||
| New York Dragons | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Dallas Desperados | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.531 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Philadelphia Soul | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Columbus Destroyers | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0.125 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Southern Division | |||||||
| Georgia Force | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0.687 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 |
| Orlando Predators | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| Tampa Bay Storm | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| New Orleans VooDoo | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.562 | 2 | 6 | 0.250 |
| Austin Wranglers | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | 2 | 6 | 0.250 |
| American Conference | |||||||
| Central Division | |||||||
| Colorado Crush | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Chicago Rush | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.562 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Nashville Kats | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0.406 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Grand Rapids Rampage | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.250 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Western Division | |||||||
| Los Angeles Avengers | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.625 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| San Jose SaberCats | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.562 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Las Vegas Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.500 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Arizona Rattlers | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.438 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates best conference record
Playoffs
All games televised by NBC.
| Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | ArenaBowl XIX | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tampa Bay | 46 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia | 60 | ||||||||||||
| National Conference | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Orlando | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New York | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Orlando | 47 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Georgia | 48 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Colorado | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Colorado | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Colorado (OT) | 49 | ||||||||||||
| American Conference | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago | 52 |
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