2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football | |
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Big Ten co-champion
Fiesta Bowl champion |
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Fiesta Bowl, W 34–20 vs. Notre Dame
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 4 |
2005 record | 10–2 (7–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Jim Tressel (5th year) |
Offensive coordinator | Jim Bollman (5th year) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Jim Heacock (1st; 10th overall year) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Luke Fickell (1st; 5th overall year) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
MVP | A. J. Hawk |
Captain | A. J. Hawk |
Captain | Nick Mangold |
Captain | Nate Salley |
Captain | Rob Sims |
Home stadium | Ohio Stadium (c. 101,568, grass) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 Penn State $+ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Ohio State %+ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#15 Wisconsin | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scoring summary | ||||
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Q1 |
10:03
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TEX | David Pino 42 yard field goal | TEX 3–0 |
Q1 |
1:37
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TEX | Billy Pittman 5 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick) | TEX 10–0 |
Q2 |
14:17
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OSU | Josh Huston 47 yard field goal | TEX 10–3 |
Q2 |
8:11
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OSU | Santonio Holmes 36 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick) | Tie 10–10 |
Q2 |
4:33
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OSU | Josh Huston 36 yard field goal | OSU 13–10 |
Q2 |
:35
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OSU | Josh Huston 25 yard field goal | OSU 16–10 |
Q2 |
:02
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TEX | David Pino 37 yard field goal | OSU 16–13 |
Q3 |
11:46
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OSU | Josh Huston 44 yard field goal | OSU 19–13 |
Q3 |
7:36
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TEX | David Pino 25 yard field goal | OSU 19–16 |
Q3 |
5:12
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OSU | Josh Huston 26 yard field goal | OSU 22–16 |
Q4 |
2:37
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TEX | Limas Sweed 24 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick) | TEX 23–22 |
Q4 |
:19
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TEX | Safety, Troy Smith tackled by Larry Dibbles in end zone | TEX 25–22 |
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Scoring summary | ||||
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1 |
7:43
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OHST | Anthony Gonzalez 8-yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick) | OHST 7–0 |
2 |
14:30
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OHST | Troy Smith 16-yard run (Josh Huston kick) | OHST 14–0 |
2 |
0:00
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OHST | Josh Huston 47-yard field goal | OHST 17–0 |
3 |
9:59
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OHST | Troy Smith 4-yard run (Josh Huston kick) | OHST 24–0 |
3 |
2:48
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IOWA | Kyle Schlicher 52-yard field goal | OHST 24–3 |
4 |
11:48
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IOWA | Kyle Schlicher 37-yard field goal | OHST 24–6 |
4 |
6:36
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OHST | Anthony Gonzalez 29-yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick) | OHST 31–6 |
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Scoring summary | ||||
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1 |
6:02
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MSU | John Goss 32 yard field goal | Michigan St 3–0 |
1 |
4:34
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MSU | Jehuu Caulcrick 3 yard run (John Goss kick) | Michigan St 10–0 |
1 |
2:37
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OHST | Santonio Holmes 51 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick) | Michigan St 10–7 |
2 |
6:30
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MSU | Jerramy Scott 36 yard pass from Drew Stanton (John Goss kick) | Michigan St 17–7 |
2 |
:00
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OHST | Ashton Youboty 72 yard blocked field goal return (Josh Huston kick) | Michigan St 17–14 |
3 |
10:21
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OHST | Ted Ginn Jr. 57 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick) | Ohio St 21–17 |
3 |
4:53
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MSU | Jason Teague 6 yard run (John Goss kick) | Michigan St 24–21 |
4 |
4:56
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OHST | Santonio Holmes 46 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick) | Ohio St 28–24 |
4 |
1:29
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OHST | Troy Smith 1 yard run (Josh Huston kick) | Ohio St 35–24 |
The 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 10–2, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7–1. They tied for the Big Ten championship with Penn State.
In 2005, A.J. Hawk was the sixth Ohio State player to receive the Lombardi Award. He was also voted OSU's season MVP for this year and was All-American. All year, Troy Smith and Justin Zwick competed for the spot of starting quarterback.
Early in the season, they played their first ever meeting against the Texas Longhorns of The University of Texas, which they lost, 25–22.
To conclude the season, they made an appearance in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl and defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34–20. They finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.
Ohio State came into the contest looking to avenge the previous year's 33–7 loss to Iowa.
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