2005 Arena Football League season

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.

tandings

* "Green indicates clinched playoff berth"
* "Purple indicates division champion"
* "Grey indicates best conference record"

Playoffs

All games televised by NBC.

8TeamBracket | RD1=Conference Semifinals
RD2=Conference Finals
RD3=ArenaBowl XIX
group1=National Conference
group2=American Conference

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Georgia 11-5
RD1-score1=62
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=Tampa Bay 10-6
RD1-score2=46

RD1-seed3=2
RD1-team3=New York 10-6
RD1-score3=42
RD1-seed4=3
RD1-team4=Orlando 10-6
RD1-score4=47

RD1-seed5=1
RD1-team5=Colorado 10-6
RD1-score5=56
RD1-seed6=4
RD1-team6=San Jose 9-7
RD1-score6=48

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Los Angeles 10-6
RD1-score7=45
RD1-seed8=3
RD1-team8=Chicago 9-7
RD1-score8=52

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Georgia 12-5
RD2-score1=60
RD2-seed2=3
RD2-team2=Orlando 11-6
RD2-score2=58

RD2-seed3=1
RD2-team3=Colorado 11-6 (OT)
RD2-score3=49
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Chicago 10-7
RD2-score4=43

RD3-seed1=N1
RD3-team1=Georgia 13-5
RD3-score1=48
RD3-seed2=A1
RD3-team2=Colorado 12-6
RD3-score2=51