2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{ Infobox NCAA team season
| mode = football
| year = 2005
| team = Rutgers Scarlet Knights
| image= Rutgers athletics logo.png
| image_size= 125
| conference= Big East Conference
| conference_link= Big East Conference (1979–2013)
| short_conf= Big East
| CoachRank =
| APRank =
| BCSRank =
| record = 7–5
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach= Greg Schiano
| hc_year = 5th
| off_coach=Craig Ver Steeg
| oc_year= 3rd
| off_scheme= Pro-style
| def_scheme=4–3
| stadium= Rutgers Stadium
| champion =
| bowl = Insight Bowl
| bowl_result = L 40–45 vs. Arizona State
}}
{{2005 Big East football standings}}
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 as well as their first winning season since 1992. 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.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2005
| poll = Coaches'
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 3
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, Il
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 30–33
| overtime = OT
| attend = 50,112
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 10
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Villanova
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, New Jersey
| tv =
| score = 38–6
| attend = 32,412
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| time = 8:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = UB Stadium
| site_cityst = Buffalo, New York
| tv = YES
| score = 17–3
| attend = 17,620
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time = 8:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, New Jersey
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 37–29
| attend = 37,514
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = West Virginia
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, New Jersey
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 14–27
| attend = 21,717
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Syracuse
| site_stadium = Carrier Dome
| site_cityst = Syracuse, New York
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 31–9
| attend = 39,022
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| time = 3:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Connecticut
| site_stadium = Rentschler Field
| site_cityst = East Hartford, Connecticut
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 26–24
| attend = 40,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, New Jersey
| tv =
| score = 31–21
| attend = 41,716
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = South Florida
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, New Jersey
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 31–45
| attend = 31,131
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| time = 8:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Louisville
| opprank = 23
| site_stadium = Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
| site_cityst = Louisville, Kentucky
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 5–56
| attend = 41,219
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cincinnati
| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, New Jersey
| tv =
| score = 44–9
| attend = 34,611
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 27
| time = 8:30 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Arizona State
| gamename = Insight Bowl
| site_stadium = Chase Field
| site_cityst = Phoenix, Arizona
| tv = ESPN
| score = 40–45
| attend = 43,536
}}
}}
References
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