2005 UCLA Bruins football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 50–38 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 16
Record	10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Karl Dorrell (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Cable (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (3rd season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl
Seasons ←  2004 2006 →

2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 USC † $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 13 Oregon		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 16 UCLA		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 25 California		4	–	4					8	–	4
Arizona State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Stanford		4	–	4					5	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Washington		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) and 1 loss due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall, and were third in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 6–2 record. ^[1] The Bruins were invited to play in the Vitalis Sun Bowl vs. Northwestern on December 30, 2005. After giving up 22 unanswered points in the first quarter, the Bruins came back to win 50–38. The team was ranked #16 in the final AP Poll and #13 in the final Coaches Poll.

Pre-season

UCLA was ranked #24 by Lindy's and #19 by Blue Ribbon in the pre-season polls. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	at San Diego State*		Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	W 44–21	50,710
September 10	7:00 pm	Rice*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 63–21	44,808
September 17	12:30 pm	No. 21 Oklahoma*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 41–24	56,522
October 1	7:15 pm	Washington	No. 20	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 21–17	64,249
October 8	4:30 pm	No. 10 California	No. 20	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	TBS	W 47–40	84,811
October 15	3:30 pm	at Washington State	No. 12	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 44–41 OT	35,117
October 22	4:00 pm	Oregon State	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	TBS	W 51–28	49,932
October 29	3:30 pm	at Stanford	No. 8	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	W 30–27 OT	42,850
November 5	3:15 pm	at Arizona	No. 7	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSNW2	L 14–52	55,775
November 12	4:00 pm	Arizona State	No. 14	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 45–35	84,983
December 3	1:30 pm	at No. 1 USC	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ( College GameDay)	ABC	L 19–66	92,000
December 30	12:00 pm	vs. Northwestern*	No. 17	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX ( Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 50–38	50,426
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total • UCLA 7 17 17 3 44 San Diego St 6 0 8 7 21 Date: Saturday, September 3 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Rice

1 2 3 4 Total Rice 7 7 7 0 21 • UCLA 21 28 0 14 63 Date: Saturday, September 10 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Oklahoma

#21 Oklahoma at UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 3 7 7 24 • UCLA 10 3 7 21 41 Date: Saturday, September 17 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 10:47 OKLA Travis Wilson 56-yard run ( Garrett Hartley kick) OKLA 7–0 1 5:31 UCLA Andrew Baumgartner 19-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Tied 7–7 1 0:05 UCLA Justin Medlock 44-yard field goal UCLA 10–7 2 3:15 UCLA Justin Medlock 51-yard field goal UCLA 13–7 2 0:15 OKLA Garrett Hartley 37-yard field goal UCLA 13–10 3 13:13 UCLA Spencer Havner 13-yard fumble return (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 20–10 3 3:25 OKLA Adrian Peterson 11-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) UCLA 20–17 4 12:32 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 19-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 27–17 4 7:16 UCLA Chris Markey 7-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 34–17 4 3:49 OKLA Rhett Bomar 16-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) UCLA 34–24 4 2:33 UCLA Maurice Drew 9-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 41–24

Washington

Washington at #20 UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 3 7 7 0 17 • UCLA 0 0 7 14 21 Date: Saturday, October 1 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

California

#10 California at #20 UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total California 14 13 10 3 40 • UCLA 7 14 7 19 47 Date: Saturday, October 8 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Washington State

#12 UCLA at Washington State

1 2 3 4 OT Total • UCLA 0 14 7 17 6 44 Washington St 14 14 10 0 3 41 Date: Saturday, October 15 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Game start: 6:30 p.m. EST

Scoring summary 1 12:50 WSU Jerome Harrison 57-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 7–0 1 2:38 WSU Jason Hill 6-yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 14–0 2 14:56 WSU Michael Bumpus 9-yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 21–0 2 8:07 UCLA Gavin Ketchum 21-yard pass from Drew Olson ( Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 21–7 2 5:36 WSU Jerome Harrison 21-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 28–7 2 :24 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 4-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 28–14 3 8:21 UCLA Maurice Drew 45-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 28–21 3 6:20 WSU Loren Langley 48-yard field goal Wash St 31–21 3 :23 WSU Alex Brink 4-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 38–21 4 14:32 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 9-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 38–28 4 9:56 UCLA Justin Medlock 36-yard field goal Wash St 38–31 4 :44 UCLA Marcus Everett 9-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Tie 38–38 OT WSU Loren Langley 37-yard field goal Wash St 41–38 OT UCLA Maurice Drew 1-yard run UCLA 44–41

Oregon State

Oregon State at #8 UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 7 7 7 7 28 • UCLA 10 21 10 10 51 Date: Saturday, October 22 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Stanford

#8 UCLA at Stanford

1 2 3 4 OT Total • UCLA 0 3 0 21 6 30 Stanford 7 0 7 10 3 27 Date: Saturday, October 29 Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Game start: 6:30 p.m. EST

Scoring summary 1 7:09 Stanford J.R. Lemon 13-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 7–0 2 10:19 UCLA Justin Medlock 32-yard field goal Stanford 7–3 3 4:16 Stanford J.R. Lemon 9-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 14–3 4 13:18 Stanford Michael Sgroi 40-yard field goal Stanford 17–3 4 8:26 Stanford Nick Frank 7-yard run (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 24–3 4 7:04 UCLA Maurice Drew 6-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) Stanford 24–10 4 4:43 UCLA Joe Cowan 31-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Stanford 24–17 4 0:46 UCLA Maurice Drew 1-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) Tie 24–24 OT Stanford Michael Sgroi 42-yard field goal Stanford 27–24 OT UCLA Brandon Breazell 23-yard pass from Drew Olson UCLA 30–27

Arizona

#7 UCLA at Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 7 0 7 14 • Arizona 21 10 21 0 52 Date: Saturday, November 5 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Arizona State

Arizona State at #14 UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 14 14 0 7 35 • UCLA 21 7 14 3 45 Date: Saturday, November 12 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

USC

#11 UCLA at #1 USC

1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 6 0 13 19 • USC 10 21 21 14 66 Date: Saturday, December 3 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

On June 10, 2010, the NCAA found that Reggie Bush was ineligible for college athletics during the 2005 season, and USC was forced to vacate all wins from that year.

Sun Bowl

Northwestern vs. #17 UCLA
Sun Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 22 0 3 13 38 • UCLA 7 22 7 14 50 Date: Friday, December 30 Location: Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas

UCLA overcame a 22–0 deficit to Northwestern in the first quarter to win 50–38.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	25	20	20	12	8	8	7	14	12	11	11	17	16
Coaches	—	—	—	23	21	16	12	9	8	7	14	11	11	11	17	13
Harris	Not released				18	16	11	8	7	6	14	12	11	11	18	Not released
BCS	Not released							9	6	5	15	11	12	12	16	Not released

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