2005 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2005 UCLA Bruins UCLA Bruins logo.svg 125 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 13 16 10–2 6–2 Karl Dorrell 3rd Tom Cable 2nd Larry Kerr 3rd Multiple pro-style 4–3 Rose Bowl Sun Bowl champion Sun Bowl W 50–38 vs. Northwestern 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.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/ucla-m-footbl-sched-2005.html 2005–2006 Football Schedule UCLA December 2, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927175811/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/ucla-m-footbl-sched-2005.html 2012-09-27 dead 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. Schedule 2005 AP Pacific September 3 7:00 pm w y y San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA ESPN2 44–21 50,710 September 10 7:00 pm w y Rice Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSNW2 63–21 44,808 September 17 12:30 pm w y Oklahoma 21 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ABC 41–24 56,522 October 1 7:15 pm w 20 Washington Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSNW2 21–17 64,249 October 8 4:30 pm w 20 California 10 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA rivalry TBS 47–40 84,811 October 15 3:30 pm w y 12 Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSN 44–41 OT 35,117 October 22 4:00 pm w y 8 Oregon State Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA TBS 51–28 49,932 October 29 3:30 pm w y 8 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA rivalry FSN 30–27 OT 42,850 November 5 3:15 pm l y 7 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ FSNW2 14–52 55,775 November 12 4:00 pm w 14 Arizona State Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ABC 45–35 84,983 December 3 1:30 pm l y 11 USC 1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA College GameDay, Victory Bell ABC 19–66 92,000 December 30 12:00 pm w y y 17 Northwestern Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Sun Bowl CBS 50–38 50,426 Rankings 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings 15 4 7 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 20 21 18 20 16 16 12 12 11 8 9 8 9 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 5 14 14 14 15 12 11 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 12 17 17 18 16 16 13 Preseason UCLA was ranked No. 24 by Lindy's and No. 19 by Blue Ribbon in the preseason polls.http://preseason.stassen.com/consensus/2005.html#national 2005 Preseason Consensus Stassen.com December 2, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060716125850/http://preseason.stassen.com/consensus/2005.html July 16, 2006 Game summaries San Diego State 2005 San Diego State Aztecs football team UCLA 7 17 17 3 San Diego St 6 0 8 7 Saturday, September 3 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California Rice 2005 Rice Owls football team Rice 7 7 7 0 UCLA 21 28 0 14 Saturday, September 10 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Oklahoma 2005 Oklahoma Sooners football team #21 Oklahoma at UCLA Oklahoma 7 3 7 7 UCLA 10 3 7 21 Saturday, September 17 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California 3:30 p.m. EST Source: ESPN yes 1 10:47 OKLA Travis Wilson 56-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) OKLA 7–0 1 5:31 UCLA Andrew Baumgartner 19-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Tied 7–7 1 0:05 UCLA Justin Medlock 44-yard field goal UCLA 10–7 2 3:15 UCLA Justin Medlock 51-yard field goal UCLA 13–7 2 0:15 OKLA Garrett Hartley 37-yard field goal UCLA 13–10 3 13:13 UCLA Spencer Havner 13-yard fumble return (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 20–10 3 3:25 OKLA Adrian Peterson 11-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) UCLA 20–17 4 12:32 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 19-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 27–17 4 7:16 UCLA Chris Markey 7-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 34–17 4 3:49 OKLA Rhett Bomar 16-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) UCLA 34–24 4 2:33 UCLA Maurice Drew 9-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 41–24 yes Washington 2005 Washington Huskies football team Washington at #20 UCLA Washington 3 7 7 0 UCLA 0 0 7 14 Saturday, October 1 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California California 2005 California Golden Bears football team California–UCLA football rivalry #10 California at #20 UCLA California 14 13 10 3 UCLA 7 14 7 19 Saturday, October 8 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Washington State 2005 Washington State Cougars football team #12 UCLA at Washington State UCLA 0 14 7 17 6 Washington St 14 14 10 0 3 Saturday, October 15 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington 6:30 p.m. EST yes 1 12:50 WSU Jerome Harrison 57-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 7–0 1 2:38 WSU Jason Hill 6-yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 14–0 2 14:56 WSU Michael Bumpus 9-yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 21–0 2 8:07 UCLA Gavin Ketchum 21-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 21–7 2 5:36 WSU Jerome Harrison 21-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 28–7 2 :24 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 4-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 28–14 3 8:21 UCLA Maurice Drew 45-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 28–21 3 6:20 WSU Loren Langley 48-yard field goal Wash St 31–21 3 :23 WSU Alex Brink 4-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 38–21 4 14:32 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 9-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 38–28 4 9:56 UCLA Justin Medlock 36-yard field goal Wash St 38–31 4 :44 UCLA Marcus Everett 9-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Tie 38–38 OT WSU Loren Langley 37-yard field goal Wash St 41–38 OT UCLA Maurice Drew 1-yard run UCLA 44–41 yes Oregon State 2005 Oregon State Beavers football team Oregon State at #8 UCLA Oregon St 7 7 7 7 UCLA 10 21 10 10 Saturday, October 22 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Stanford 2005 Stanford Cardinal football team Stanford–UCLA football rivalry #8 UCLA at Stanford UCLA 0 3 0 21 6 Stanford 7 0 7 10 3 Saturday, October 29 Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California 6:30 p.m. EST yes 1 7:09 Stanford J.R. Lemon 13-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 7–0 2 10:19 UCLA Justin Medlock 32-yard field goal Stanford 7–3 3 4:16 Stanford J.R. Lemon 9-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 14–3 4 13:18 Stanford Michael Sgroi 40-yard field goal Stanford 17–3 4 8:26 Stanford Nick Frank 7-yard run (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 24–3 4 7:04 UCLA Maurice Drew 6-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) Stanford 24–10 4 4:43 UCLA Joe Cowan 31-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Stanford 24–17 4 0:46 UCLA Maurice Drew 1-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) Tie 24–24 OT Stanford Michael Sgroi 42-yard field goal Stanford 27–24 OT UCLA Brandon Breazell 23-yard pass from Drew Olson UCLA 30–27 yes Arizona 2005 Arizona Wildcats football team #7 UCLA at Arizona UCLA 0 7 0 7 Arizona 21 10 21 0 Saturday, November 5 Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona Arizona State 2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team Arizona State at #14 UCLA Arizona St 14 14 0 7 UCLA 21 7 14 3 Saturday, November 12 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California USC 2005 USC Trojans football team Victory Bell (UCLA–USC) #11 UCLA at #1 USC UCLA 0 6 0 13 USC 10 21 21 14 Saturday, December 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California 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. Northwestern—Sun Bowl 2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team 2005 Sun Bowl Northwestern vs. #17 UCLASun Bowl Northwestern 22 0 3 13 UCLA 7 22 7 14 Friday, December 30 Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas UCLA overcame a 22–0 deficit to Northwestern in the first quarter to win 50–38. References UCLA Category:UCLA Bruins football seasons Category:Sun Bowl champion seasons UCLA Bruins football Category:21st century in Pasadena, California