American college football season
The2005 UCLA Bruins football team represented theUniversity of California, Los Angeles in the2005 NCAA Division I-A football season . They played their home games at theRose Bowl inPasadena, California and were coached byKarl Dorrell . It was Dorrell's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall, and were third in thePacific-10 Conference with a 6–2 record.[ 1] Vitalis Sun Bowl vs.Northwestern on December 30, 2005. After giving up 22 unanswered points in the first quarter, the Bruins came back to win 50–38. The team was ranked #16 in the finalAP Poll and #13 in the finalCoaches Poll .
UCLA was ranked #24 by Lindy's and #19 by Blue Ribbon in the pre-season polls.[ 2]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 pm atSan Diego State * ESPN2 W 44–2150,710 September 10 7:00 pm Rice * FSNW2 W 63–2144,808 September 17 12:30 pm No. 21Oklahoma * ABC W 41–2456,522 October 1 7:15 pm Washington No. 20 FSNW2 W 21–1764,249 October 8 4:30 pm No. 10California No. 20 TBS W 47–4084,811 October 15 3:30 pm atWashington State No. 12 FSN W 44–41OT 35,117 October 22 4:00 pm Oregon State No. 8 TBS W 51–2849,932 October 29 3:30 pm atStanford No. 8 FSN W 30–27OT 42,850 November 5 3:15 pm atArizona No. 7 FSNW2 L 14–5255,775 November 12 4:00 pm Arizona State No. 14 ABC W 45–3584,983 December 3 1:30 pm at No. 1USC No. 11 ABC L 19–6692,000 December 30 12:00 pm vs.Northwestern * No. 17 CBS W 50–3850,426 *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inPacific time
1 2 3 4 Total •UCLA 7 17 17 3 44 San Diego St 6 0 8 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Rice 7 7 7 0 21 •UCLA 21 28 0 14 63
#21 Oklahoma at UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 3 7 7 24 •UCLA 10 3 7 21 41
Scoring summary 1 10:47 OKLA Travis Wilson 56-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) OKLA 7–0 1 5:31 UCLA Andrew Baumgartner 19-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Tied 7–7 1 0:05 UCLA Justin Medlock 44-yard field goal UCLA 10–7 2 3:15 UCLA Justin Medlock 51-yard field goal UCLA 13–7 2 0:15 OKLA Garrett Hartley 37-yard field goal UCLA 13–10 3 13:13 UCLA Spencer Havner 13-yard fumble return (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 20–10 3 3:25 OKLA Adrian Peterson 11-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick) UCLA 20–17 4 12:32 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 19-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 27–17 4 7:16 UCLA Chris Markey 7-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 34–17 4 3:49 OKLA Rhett Bomar 16-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick)UCLA 34–24 4 2:33 UCLA Maurice Drew 9-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) UCLA 41–24
Washington at #20 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 3 7 7 0 17 •UCLA 0 0 7 14 21
Date: Saturday, October 1Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#10 California at #20 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total California 14 13 10 3 40 •UCLA 7 14 7 19 47
Date: Saturday, October 8Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#12 UCLA at Washington State 1 2 3 4 OT Total •UCLA 0 14 7 17 6 44 Washington St 14 14 10 0 3 41
Scoring summary 1 12:50 WSU Jerome Harrison 57-yard run (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 7–0 1 2:38 WSU Jason Hill 6-yard pass fromAlex Brink (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 14–0 2 14:56 WSU Michael Bumpus 9-yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 21–0 2 8:07 UCLA Gavin Ketchum 21-yard pass fromDrew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 21–7 2 5:36 WSU Jerome Harrison 21-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 28–7 2 :24 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 4-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick)Wash St 28–14 3 8:21 UCLA Maurice Drew 45-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick)Wash St 28–21 3 6:20 WSU Loren Langley 48-yard field goal Wash St 31–21 3 :23 WSU Alex Brink 4-yard run (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 38–21 4 14:32 UCLA Marcedes Lewis 9-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Wash St 38–28 4 9:56 UCLA Justin Medlock 36-yard field goal Wash St 38–31 4 :44 UCLA Marcus Everett 9-yard pass from Drew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Tie 38–38 OT WSU Loren Langley 37-yard field goal Wash St 41–38 OT UCLA Maurice Drew 1-yard run UCLA 44–41
Oregon State at #8 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 7 7 7 7 28 •UCLA 10 21 10 10 51
Date: Saturday, October 22Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#8 UCLA at Stanford 1 2 3 4 OT Total •UCLA 0 3 0 21 6 30 Stanford 7 0 7 10 3 27
Scoring summary 1 7:09 Stanford J.R. Lemon 13-yard pass fromTrent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 7–0 2 10:19 UCLA Justin Medlock 32-yard field goalStanford 7–3 3 4:16 Stanford J.R. Lemon 9-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 14–3 4 13:18 Stanford Michael Sgroi 40-yard field goal Stanford 17–3 4 8:26 Stanford Nick Frank 7-yard run (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 24–3 4 7:04 UCLA Maurice Drew 6-yard run (Justin Medlock kick)Stanford 24–10 4 4:43 UCLA Joe Cowan 31-yard pass fromDrew Olson (Justin Medlock kick) Stanford 24–17 4 0:46 UCLA Maurice Drew 1-yard run (Justin Medlock kick) Tie 24–24 OT Stanford Michael Sgroi 42-yard field goal Stanford 27–24 OT UCLA Brandon Breazell 23-yard pass from Drew Olson UCLA 30–27
#7 UCLA at Arizona 1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 7 0 7 14 •Arizona 21 10 21 0 52
Arizona State at #14 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 14 14 0 7 35 •UCLA 21 7 14 3 45
Date: Saturday, November 12Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#11 UCLA at #1 USC 1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 6 0 13 19 •USC 10 21 21 14 66
On June 10, 2010, the NCAA found thatReggie Bush was ineligible for college athletics during the 2005 season, and USC was forced to vacate all wins from that year.
Northwestern vs. #17 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 22 0 3 13 38 •UCLA 7 22 7 14 50
UCLA overcame a 22–0 deficit to Northwestern in the first quarter to win 50–38.
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