American college football season
The 2005 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season . They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell . It was Dorrell's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall, and were third in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 6–2 record.[1] The Bruins were invited to play in the Vitalis Sun Bowl vs. Northwestern on December 30, 2005. After giving up 22 unanswered points in the first quarter, the Bruins came back to win 50–38. The team was ranked #16 in the final AP Poll and #13 in the final Coaches Poll .
Pre-season
UCLA was ranked #24 by Lindy's and #19 by Blue Ribbon in the pre-season polls.[2]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 pm at San Diego State * ESPN2 W 44–2150,710
September 10 7:00 pm Rice * FSNW2 W 63–2144,808
September 17 12:30 pm No. 21 Oklahoma * ABC W 41–2456,522
October 1 7:15 pm Washington No. 20 FSNW2 W 21–1764,249
October 8 4:30 pm No. 10 California No. 20 TBS W 47–4084,811
October 15 3:30 pm at Washington State No. 12 FSN W 44–41 OT 35,117
October 22 4:00 pm Oregon State No. 8 TBS W 51–2849,932
October 29 3:30 pm at Stanford No. 8 FSN W 30–27 OT 42,850
November 5 3:15 pm at Arizona No. 7 FSNW2 L 14–5255,775
November 12 4:00 pm Arizona State No. 14 ABC W 45–3584,983
December 3 1:30 pm at No. 1 USC No. 11 ABC L 19–6692,000
December 30 12:00 pm vs. Northwestern * No. 17 CBS W 50–3850,426
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Game summaries
San Diego State
1
2 3 4 Total
• UCLA
7
17 17 3
44
San Diego St
6
0 8 7
21
Rice
1
2 3 4 Total
Rice
7
7 7 0
21
• UCLA
21
28 0 14
63
Oklahoma
#21 Oklahoma at UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma
7
3 7 7
24
• UCLA
10
3 7 21
41
Washington
Washington at #20 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington
3
7 7 0
17
• UCLA
0
0 7 14
21
Date: Saturday, October 1Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
California
#10 California at #20 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
California
14
13 10 3
40
• UCLA
7
14 7 19
47
Date: Saturday, October 8Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Washington State
#12 UCLA at Washington State
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• UCLA
0
14 7 17 6
44
Washington St
14
14 10 0 3
41
Oregon State
Oregon State at #8 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Oregon St
7
7 7 7
28
• UCLA
10
21 10 10
51
Date: Saturday, October 22Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Stanford
#8 UCLA at Stanford
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• UCLA
0
3 0 21 6
30
Stanford
7
0 7 10 3
27
Arizona
#7 UCLA at Arizona
1
2 3 4 Total
UCLA
0
7 0 7
14
• Arizona
21
10 21 0
52
Arizona State
Arizona State at #14 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Arizona St
14
14 0 7
35
• UCLA
21
7 14 3
45
Date: Saturday, November 12Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
USC
#11 UCLA at #1 USC
1
2 3 4 Total
UCLA
0
6 0 13
19
• USC
10
21 21 14
66
On June 10, 2010, the NCAA found that Reggie Bush was ineligible for college athletics during the 2005 season, and USC was forced to vacate all wins from that year.
Sun Bowl
Northwestern vs. #17 UCLA Sun Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
22
0 3 13
38
• UCLA
7
22 7 14
50
UCLA overcame a 22–0 deficit to Northwestern in the first quarter to win 50–38.
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — 25 20 20 12 8 8 7 14 12 11 11 17 16 Coaches — — — 23 21 16 12 9 8 7 14 11 11 11 17 13 Harris Not released 18 16 11 8 7 6 14 12 11 11 18 Not released BCS Not released 9 6 5 15 11 12 12 16 Not released
References
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