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2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Big Ten co-champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 34–20 vs. Notre Dame
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)
Seasons
« 2004 2006 »
2005 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
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  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Miami (OH) 0 0 0 14 14
Ohio State 10 10 14 0 34
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas 10 3 3 9 25
Ohio State 0 16 6 0 22
#21 Iowa at #8 Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
Iowa 0 0 3 3 6
Ohio State 7 10 7 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio State 3 7 0 0 10
Penn State 0 14 3 0 17
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan State 10 7 7 0 24
Ohio State 7 7 7 14 35

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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