2005 Florida Gators football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 12

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$		6	–	2					10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 12 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 14 Auburn x		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Alabama		6	–	2					10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

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).

Pre-season

The 2005 season would open with high expectations of new head coach Urban Meyer. Fourteen starters, seven from offense and seven from defense, would return for the 2005 season. The Gators would open the season in Gainesville against Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference. This year would also be the first time former Gator coach Steve Spurrier would coach against his alma mater.

Schedule

September 3Wyoming*No. 10

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

PPVW 32–1490,707 September 10Louisiana Tech*No. 10

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

PPVW 41–390,099 September 17No. 5 TennesseeNo. 6

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

CBSW 16–790,716 September 24KentuckyNo. 5

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, KY

CBSW 49–2866,820 October 1No. 15 AlabamaNo. 5

• Bryant–Denny Stadium
• Tuscaloosa, AL

CBSL 3–31^A81,018 October 8Mississippi StateNo. 13

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

JPSW 35–990,104 October 15No. 10 LSUNo. 11

• Tiger Stadium
• Baton Rouge, LA

CBSL 17–2192,402 October 29No. 4 GeorgiaNo. 16

• Alltel Stadium
• Jacksonville, FL

CBSW 14–1084,501 November 5VanderbiltNo. 13

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

ESPN2W 49–4290,140 November 12South CarolinaNo. 12

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

JPSL 22–3083,421 November 26No. 23 Florida State*No. 19

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

CBSW 34–790,669 January 2No. 25 Iowa*No. 16

• Raymond James Stadium
• Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)

ESPNW 31–2465,881

^A NCAA subsequently vacated Alabama victory for major infractions of NCAA rules. As a result, Alabama does not count the game as a victory, but Florida continues to count it as a loss.

Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, and GatorZone.com.

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	Total
Commodores	7	7	0	21	7	42
Gators	7	7	14	7	14	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

• Urban Meyer – Head Coach – first year at UF
• Steve Addazio – Tackles/Tight Ends – first year
• Stan Drayton – Running Backs – first year
• Billy Gonzales – Wide Receivers – first year
• Chuck Heater – Recruiting Coordinator/Cornerbacks – first year
• John Hevesy – Centers/Guards – 0 years
• John "Doc" Holliday – Associate Head Coach/Safeties – first year
• Greg Mattison – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – first year
• Dan Mullen – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – first year
• Charlie Strong – Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – sixth year

See also

• Florida–Florida State football rivalry
• Florida Gators
• Florida–Georgia football rivalry
• Florida–LSU football rivalry
• Florida–Tennessee football rivalry
• History of the University of Florida

Bibliography

• 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
• 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012).
• Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.