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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).
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
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 NC 3–31A 81,018 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 49–4290,140 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 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
A NCAA subsequently vacated Alabama victory for a small infraction of NCAA rules that most teams would not have been punished for. 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 ,[ 2] [ 3]
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 UFSteve Addazio – Tackles/Tight Ends – first yearStan Drayton – Running Backs – first yearBilly Gonzales – Wide Receivers – first year
Chuck Heater – Recruiting Coordinator/Cornerbacks – first yearJohn Hevesy – Centers/Guards – 0 years
John "Doc" Holliday – Associate Head Coach/Safeties – first yearGreg Mattison – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – first yearDan Mullen – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – first yearCharlie Strong – Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – sixth year
Players drafted into the NFL
See also
Bibliography
2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide , Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).2012 Florida Football Media Guide Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators , Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3 .
References
^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2005 Media Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018 . ^ 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ^ GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2005 Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
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