2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2005 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
Florida x	20	–	10		.667			48	–	23		.676
Tennessee	18	–	11		.621			46	–	21		.687
South Carolina	16	–	14		.533			41	–	23		.641
Vanderbilt	13	–	17		.433			34	–	21		.618
Georgia	12	–	17		.414			30	–	25		.545
Kentucky	7	–	22		.241			29	–	27		.518
Western
Ole Miss x	18	–	12		.600			40	–	22		.645
LSU x	18	–	12		.600			40	–	22		.645
Alabama	17	–	13		.567			40	–	23		.635
Mississippi State ‡	13	–	16		.448			42	–	22		.656
Arkansas	13	–	17		.433			39	–	22		.639
Auburn	13	–	17		.433			34	–	26		.567
x – Division champion ‡ – 2005 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament champion As of June 30, 2005; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team won the SEC Tournament and placed second at the Miami Regional at the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Ron Polk was the coach of the Bulldogs, in his 26th year.

Regular season

The Bulldogs closed out the regular season with a 36-20 record and an SEC record of 13-16.

SEC Tournament

The Bulldogs defeated LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ole Miss en route to their 5th SEC Tournament victory.

NCAA tournament

The Bulldogs were the 2 seed in the Miami regional, but lost twice to Miami and were eliminated.

Season results

Date	Opponent	Result	Overall	SEC	Notes
Regular Season
Feb. 25	Eastern Illinois	W 3-1	1-0
Feb. 26	Eastern Illinois	W 16-6	2-0
March 1	Miss. Valley State	W 14-7	3-0
March 4	Austin Peay	W 4-3	4-0		NBC Classic - Starkville, MS
March 5	Kansas	W 5-0	5-0		NBC Classic - Starkville, MS
March 6	Kansas	W 9-2	6-0		NBC Classic - Starkville, MS
March 8	Louisiana Tech	W 5-3	7-0
March 9	Jackson State	W 14-2	8-0
March 11	at Arizona	L 3-9	8-1
March 12	at Arizona	L 3-7	8-2
March 13	at Arizona	W 13-12	9-2
March 15	Memphis	W 11-8	10-2
March 16	Memphis	W 4-2	11-2
March 18	Vanderbilt	L 3-10	11-3	0-1
March 19	Vanderbilt	W 5-3	12-3	1-1
March 20	Vanderbilt	W 5-1	13-3	2-1
March 22	New Orleans	W 5-1	14-3
March 23	New Orleans	W 8-4	15-3
March 25	at Arkansas	W 5-3	16-3	3-1
March 26	at Arkansas	W 13-4	17-3	4-1
March 27	at Arkansas	L 5-10	17-4	4-2
March 29	Ole Miss	L 1-5	17-5		Mayor's Trophy - Jackson, MS
April 3	at Tennessee	L 1-2	17-6	4-3
April 3	at Tennessee	L 1-2	17-7	4-4
April 5	Samford	W 14-5	18-7		played in Jackson, MS
April 8	Auburn	W 4-1	19-7	5-4
April 9	Auburn	L 7-8	19-8	5-5
April 10	Auburn	W 4-0	20-8	6-5
April 12	Louisiana-Monroe	W 9-3	21-8
April 13	Samford	W 13-1	22-8
April 15	at Georgia	L 1-5	22-9	6-6
April 16	at Georgia	W 6-0	23-9	7-6
April 17	at Georgia	L 3-6	23-10	7-7
April 19	at South Alabama	W 10-6	24-10
April 20	South Alabama	W 2-1	25-10		played in Jackson, MS
April 22	Kentucky	W 12-4	26-10	8-7
April 23	Kentucky	L 5-12	26-11	8-8
April 24	Kentucky	W 3-2	27-11	9-8
April 26	Southern Miss	W 5-4	28-11
April 27	Southern Miss	L 1-6	28-12
April 29	at Ole Miss	L 4-11	28-13	9-9
April 30	at Ole Miss	L 0-5	28-14	9-10
May 1	at Ole Miss	L 1-9	28-15	9-11
May 6	Alabama	W 7-3	29-15	10-11
May 7	Alabama	L 3-5	29-16	10-12
May 8	Alabama	W 5-3	30-16	11-12
May 9	Birmingham Southern	W 10-4	31-16		played in Jackson, MS
May 10	Miss. Valley State	W 3-2	32-16
May 13	at Florida	L 2-8	32-17	11-13
May 14	at Florida	L 1-2	32-18	11-14
May 15	at Florida	W 6-5	33-18	12-14
May 17	UT-Martin	W 17-3	34-18
May 17	UT-Martin	W 8-3	35-18
May 20	LSU	L 5-7	35-19	12-15
May 21	LSU	W 5-3	36-19	13-15
May 22	LSU	L 2-3	36-20	13-16
SEC Tournament - Hoover, AL
May 25	LSU	W 9-2	37-20
May 26	South Carolina	W 6-2	38-20
May 28	Tennessee	W 3-2	39-20
May 29	Ole Miss	W 4-1	40-20		SEC Tournament Champion
NCAA Regionals - Coral Gables, FL
June 3	Florida Atlantic	W 13-2	41-20
June 4	Miami	L 1-4	41-21
June 5	Florida Atlantic	W 8-4	42-21
June 5	Miami	L 4-10	42-22		2nd place in Regional

See also

• Mississippi State Bulldogs
• Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball

External links

• 2005 Official Stats