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2005 USC Trojans football team

2005 USC Trojans football
Interlocking USC Logo.svg
Pac-10 champion (vacated)
Rose Bowl (BCS NCG), L 41–38 vs. Texas
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 2
2005 record 0–1, 12 wins vacated (0–0 Pac-10, 8 wins vacated)
Head coach Pete Carroll
Offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin/Steve Sarkisian
Offensive scheme Multiple
Base defense 4–3
Captain Darnell Bing
Captain Reggie Bush
Captain Matt Leinart
Captain Dallas Sartz
Home stadium Los Angeles Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#2 USC * $   8 0         12 1  
#13 Oregon   7 1         10 2  
#16 UCLA   6 2         10 2  
#25 California   4 4         8 4  
Arizona State   4 4         7 5  
Stanford   4 4         5 6  
Oregon State   3 5         5 6  
Arizona   2 6         3 8  
Washington State   1 7         4 7  
Washington   1 7         2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and playing for the NCAA Division I-A national championship. The team was coached by Pete Carroll, led on offense by quarterback and 2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

With many of their starters returning, a highly ranked recruiting class, and a number one ranking before the season, the team had high expectations of repeating as national champions as they had nearly all of their offensive starters returning, although they had only two returning defensive starters from the previous year. The team went undefeated in the regular season with nine of their twelve wins by 17 points or more and were compared with the greatest teams in the history of college football. Once again ranked first in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, they were invited to the national championship bowl game at the Rose Bowl, where they lost to the Texas Longhorns. With a final record of 12–1, they finished the season ranked second in the nation in both the Associated Press (AP) and Coaches' Polls.


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