2005 Arizona Wildcats football team

2005 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	3–8 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Stoops (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark Stoops (1st season)
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 56,002)

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 Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Mike Stoops.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 p.m.	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	L 24–27	45,528
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSNAZ	W 31–12	55,728
September 17	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Purdue*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 24–31	56,400
October 1	4:00 p.m.	at No. 12 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	TBS	L 0–28	55,944
October 8	12:30 p.m.	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 21–42	90,221
October 15	4:00 p.m.	Stanford	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 16–20	54,216
October 22	4:00 p.m.	No. 15 Oregon	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 21–28	48,052
October 29	1:05 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 29–27	40,759
November 5	4:20 p.m.	No. 7 UCLA	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 52–14	55,775
November 12	4:00 p.m.	Washington	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 14–38	52,505
November 25	1:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FSN	L 20–23	67,635
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time