2005 Florida Gators football team explained

Year:2005
Team:Florida Gators
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Division:Eastern Division
Short Conf:SEC
Coachrank:16
Aprank:12
Record:9–3
Conf Record:5–3
Head Coach:Urban Meyer
Hc Year:1st
Off Coach:Dan Mullen
Oc Year:1st
Codef Coach1:Charlie Strong
Off Scheme:Spread option
Codc1 Year:3rd
Codef Coach2:Greg Mattison
Codc2 Year:1st
Def Scheme:4–3
Captain:Vernell Brown
Mike Degory
Jarvis Herring
Chris Leak
Jeremy Mincey
Stadium:Ben Hill Griffin Stadium[1]
Champion:Outback Bowl champion
Bowl:Outback Bowl
Bowl Result:W 31–24 vs. Iowa

The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The season was the team's first of six under head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to an Outback Bowl berth and an overall win–loss record of 9–3 (.750).

Schedule

Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide,[2] and GatorZone.com.[3]

Rankings

See also: 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings.

Game summaries

Wyoming

Louisiana Tech

Tennessee

Kentucky

Alabama

Mississippi State

LSU

Georgia

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Florida State

Iowa

Outback Bowl

Coaching staff

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2006 NFL draft.

2 36 WR New England Patriots
6 191 DE New England Patriots
7 236 CB Jacksonville Jaguars

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Florida Sports Information Department. Florida 2005 Media Guide. floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc.. 15 March 2018.
  2. 2012 Florida Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  3. GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2005 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.