2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2005 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights were led by fifth-year head coach Greg Schiano and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium. They are a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 4–3 in Big East play to finish in a tie for third place. After the season, they were invited to their first Bowl game since 1978. They would lose 45–40 to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Insight Bowl.
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Insight Bowl, L 40–45 vs. Arizona State | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
2005 record | 7–5 (4–3 Big East) |
Head coach | Greg Schiano (5th season) |
Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium (Capacity: 41,500) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 West Virginia $ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Louisville | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 12:00 PM | at Illinois* | ESPN2 | L 30–33 OT | 50,112 | |
September 10 | 3:30 PM | Villanova* |
| W 38–6 | 32,412 | |
September 17 | 8:00 PM | at Buffalo* | YES | W 17–3 | 17,620 | |
September 30 | 8:00 PM | Pittsburgh |
| ESPN2 | W 37–29 | 37,514 |
October 8 | 12:00 PM | West Virginia |
| ESPN+ | L 14–27 | 21,717 |
October 15 | 12:00 PM | at Syracuse | ESPN+ | W 31–9 | 39,022 | |
October 22 | 3:00 PM | at Connecticut |
| ESPN+ | W 26–24 | 40,000 |
October 29 | 3:30 PM | Navy* |
| W 31–21 | 41,716 | |
November 5 | 12:00 PM | South Florida |
| ESPN+ | L 31–45 | 31,131 |
November 11 | 8:00 PM | at No. 23 Louisville |
| ESPN2 | L 5–56 | 41,219 |
November 26 | 1:00 PM | Cincinnati |
| W 44–9 | 34,611 | |
December 27 | 8:30 PM | vs. Arizona State* | ESPN | L 40–45 | 43,536 | |
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