2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football

Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 13–10 (vacated) vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
2005 record	0–2*, 10 wins vacated (0–2 SEC, 6 wins vacated)
Head coach	Mike Shula (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	David Rader
Offensive scheme	Pro–style
Defensive coordinator	Joe Kines
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium (Capacity: 81,018)
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#10 Georgia x$		6	–	2		10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	5
#12 Florida		5	–	3		9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5		5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6		3	–	8
Western Division
#5 LSU xy		7	–	1		11	–	2
#14 Auburn x		7	–	1		9	–	3
#8 Alabama		6	–	2		10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7		3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7		3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee	0	7	0	0	7
• Alabama	2	7	14	3	26

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 6:12 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:01
Game attendance: 81,018
Game weather: 85°, clear, winds NNE at 7 mph
Referee: Terry Brown
Television network: CTSN PPV

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Miss	14	7	0	0	21
• Alabama	10	7	6	7	30

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 6:52 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:34
Game attendance: 81,018
Game weather: 82°, clear, winds ENE at 4 mph
Referee: Penn Wagers
Television network: ESPN2

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• Alabama	14	6	10	7	37
South Carolina	7	0	0	7	14

Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Game start: 2:30 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:21
Game attendance: 82,968
Game weather: 94°, partly cloudy, winds WSW at 10 mph
Referee: Rocky D. Goode
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Todd Blackledge, Tracy Wolfson

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas	0	3	0	10	13
• #20 Alabama	0	7	3	14	24

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 11:34 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:11
Game attendance: 81,018
Game weather: 83°, winds SE at 12 mph
Referee: Matt Austin
Television network: JPS

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	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Florida	0	3	0	0	3
• #15 Alabama	17	7	7	0	31

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 2:37 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:19
Game attendance: 81,018
Game weather: 86°, partly cloudy, winds ESE at 7 mph
Referee: Penn Wagers
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Todd Blackledge & Tracy Wolfson

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• #6 Alabama	0	3	7	3	13
Ole Miss	7	0	0	3	10

Location: Oxford, Mississippi
Game start: 11:10 a.m.
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 60,135
Game weather: 77°, sunny, winds NE at 4 mph
Referee: Jeff Roberson
Television network: CBS

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Third Saturday in October

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Tennessee	0	0	0	3	3
• #5 Alabama	0	0	3	3	6

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 2:39 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:14
Game attendance: 81,018
Game weather: 66°, partly cloudy, winds NNW at 9 mph
Referee: Thomas Ritter
Television network: CBS

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah State	0	0	3	0	3
• #5 Alabama	14	7	7	7	35

Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Game start: 2:08 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:06
Game attendance: 81,018
Game weather: 68°, sunny, winds NE at 4 mph
Referee: Rick Loumiet
Television network: PPV

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The 2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's 73rd season in the SEC. The 2005 squad collected a record of 10-2. Coach Mike Shula who was entericoach. The team started off the season at 9–0, which included wins over Florida and Tennessee. However, the team lost their two final regular season games against LSU and Auburn. The team received a bid to the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas Tech. They defeated the Red Raiders on a last second field goal by Jamie Christensen.

The season was also marked by a notable catch by wide receiver Tyrone Prothro, known to Alabama fans as The Catch. The receiver's career was ended later that season as he suffered a broken leg against Florida. Prothro's catch would win ESPN's Game Changing Performance for week two, and later the ESPY Award for Best Play in all of sports for 2005.

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Alabama opened the 2005 season by defeating the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 26–7. Alabama scored first on a defensive play. Late in the first quarter, Mark Anderson sacked the Blue Raider quarterback Clint Marks for a safety and a 2–0 Crimson Tide lead. Alabama then scored their first touchdown of the season in the second quarter on a one-yard Tim Castille run to cap a 51-yard drive. The Blue Raiders responded on the next drive with a 14-yard Marks touchdown pass to Nick McAfee to cut the Alabama lead to 9–7 at halftime.

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