2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	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 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. It played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

The Sept. 10 game vs. LSU was scheduled to be played at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, but was moved to Tempe due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in south Louisiana. LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center, which is just north of Tiger Stadium, was serving as a triage center for seriously injured victims from the storm. Arizona State had to grant dispensation for ESPN to televise the game, as the Pac-10 did not have a broadcast contract in place with ESPN at the time, and for the use of Southeastern Conference game officials in a Pac-10 stadium.

After a victory over the Arizona Wildcats in the Territorial Cup, Arizona State went on to play in the 2005 Insight Bowl defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 45-40 for their second consecutive bowl victory in a row.

Schedule

September 17:00 PMTemple*No. 20

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

W 63-16 50,049 September 106:15 PMNo. 5 LSU*No. 15

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

ESPNL 31-35 63,210 September 177:00 PMNorthwestern*No. 18

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

W 52-21 55,029 September 247:00 PMat Oregon StateNo. 18

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

TBSW 42-24 41,374 October 112:30 PMNo. 1 USCNo. 14

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

ABCL 28-38 71,706 October 87:15 PMNo. 25 OregonNo. 17

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

FSNL 17-31 62,789 October 222:00 PMat Stanford

• Stanford Stadium
• Stanford, CA

L 35-45 31,711 October 293:30 PMWashington

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

W 44-20 57,678 November 52:00 PMat Washington State

• Martin Stadium
• Pullman, WA

W 27-24 31,054 November 124:00 PMat No. 14 UCLA

• Rose Bowl
• Pasadena, CA

ABCL 35-45 84,983 November 251:00 PMArizona

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ (Duel in the Desert)

FSNW 23-20 67,635 December 276:30 PMat Rutgers

• Bank One Ballpark
• Phoenix, AZ (Insight Bowl)

ESPNW 45-40 43,536

Season summary

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 3 14 3 0 20 • Arizona St 5 0 7 11 23 Date: November 25 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game start: 3:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary 1 10:58 ASU Jesse Ainsworth 32 yard field goal Arizona St 3–0 1 7:36 ARIZ Nick Folk 37 yard field goal Tie 3–3 1 3:19 ASU Safety Arizona St 5–3 2 9:37 ARIZ Travis Bell 7 yard pass from Willie Tuitama (Nick Folk kick) Arizona 10–5 2 2:19 ARIZ Mike Bell 1 yard run (Nick Folk kick) Arizona 17–5 3 8:01 ARIZ Nick Folk 47 yard field goal Arizona 20–5 3 5:48 ASU Rudy Burgess 7 yard run (Jesse Ainsworth kick) Arizona 20–12 4 7:52 ASU Terry Richardson 71 yard punt return (Zach Miller pass from Rudy Carpenter) Tie 20–20 4 :09 ASU Jesse Ainsworth 20 yard field goal Arizona St 23–20