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American college football season
The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the
University of Florida in the sport of
American football during the
2005 college football season . The Gators competed in
Division I-A of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's
Gainesville, Florida campus. The season was the team's first of six under head coach
Urban Meyer , who led the Gators to an
Outback Bowl berth and an overall win–loss record of 9–3 (.750).
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3
Wyoming * No. 10
PPV W 32–1490,707
September 10
Louisiana Tech * No. 10 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV W 41–390,099
September 17 No. 5
Tennessee No. 6 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (
rivalry )
CBS W 16–790,716
September 24 at
Kentucky No. 5 CBS W 49–2866,820
October 1 at No. 15
Alabama No. 5 CBS L 3–3181,018
October 8
Mississippi State No. 13 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL
JPS W 35–990,104
October 15 at No. 10
LSU No. 11 CBS L 17–2192,402
October 29 vs. No. 4
Georgia No. 16 CBS W 14–1084,501
November 5
Vanderbilt No. 13 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL
ESPN2 W 49–42 2OT 90,140
November 12 at
South Carolina No. 12 JPS L 22–3083,421
November 26 No. 23
Florida State * No. 19 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (
rivalry ) CBS W 34–790,669
January 2, 2006 vs. No. 25
Iowa * No. 16
ESPN W 31–2465,881
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide ,
[2] and GatorZone.com.
[3]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
AP 10 10 6 5 5 13 11 18 16 13 12 20 19 17 16 12
Coaches 11 10 7 5 5 15 13 19 18 15 12 20 19 18 18 16
Harris Not released 4 14 12 19 17 15 13 20 19 18 17т Not released
BCS Not released 20 19 16 13 22 23 17 17 Not released
Game summaries
Wyoming
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
0
0
7
7
14
Gators
7
10
9
6
32
Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
3
0
0
3
Gators
7
14
13
7
41
Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Volunteers
0
7
0
0
7
Gators
7
0
6
3
16
Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Gators
14
35
0
0
49
Wildcats
7
0
7
14
28
Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Gators
0
3
0
0
3
Crimson Tide
17
7
7
0
31
Mississippi State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
0
6
0
9
Gators
3
9
9
14
35
LSU
1
2
3
4
Total
Gators
0
7
10
0
17
Tigers
14
0
0
7
21
Georgia
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
3
7
0
10
Gators
14
0
0
0
14
Vanderbilt
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Commodores
7
7
0
21 7 0
42
Gators
7
7
14
7 7 7
49
South Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Gators
3
9
7
3
22
Gamecocks
7
13
7
3
30
Florida State
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
0
0
0
7
7
Gators
0
14
3
17
34
Iowa
Outback Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
7
0
17
24
Gators
7
17
7
0
31
Coaching staff
Players drafted into the NFL
References
^ University of Florida Sports Information Department.
"Florida 2005 Media Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
^
2012 Florida Football Media Guide
Archived 2013-05-27 at the
Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
^ GatorZone.com, Football, History,
Florida Football 2005
Archived 2012-05-02 at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
Bibliography
2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide , Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators , Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007).
ISBN
0-7948-2298-3 .
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