The 2005 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season . They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell . It was Dorrell's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall, and were third in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 6–2 record.[1] The Bruins were invited to play in the 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 final AP Poll and #13 in the final Coaches Poll .
Pre-season [ ]
UCLA was ranked #24 by Lindy's and #19 by Blue Ribbon in the pre-season polls.[2]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 PM at San Diego State * ESPN2 W 44–2150,710[3]
September 10 7:00 PM Rice * FSNW2 W 63–2144,808[4]
September 17 12:30 PM No. 21 Oklahoma * ABC W 41–2456,522[5]
October 1 7:15 PM Washington No. 20 FSNW2 W 21–1764,249[6]
October 8 4:30 PM No. 10 California No. 20 TBS W 47–4084,811[7]
October 15 3:30 PM at Washington State No. 12 FSN W 44–41 OT 35,117[8]
October 22 4:00 PM Oregon State No. 8 TBS W 51–2849,932[9]
October 29 3:30 PM at Stanford No. 8 FSN W 30–27 OT 42,850[10]
November 5 3:15 PM at Arizona No. 7 FSNW2 L 14–5255,775[11]
November 12 4:00 PM Arizona State No. 14 ABC W 45–3584,983[12]
December 3 1:30 PM at No. 1 USC No. 11 ABC L 19–66 (vacated)92,000[13]
December 30 12:00 PM vs. Northwestern * No. 17 CBS W 50–3850,426[14]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Game summaries [ ]
San Diego State [ ]
See also: 2005 San Diego State Aztecs football team
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• UCLA
7
17
17
3
44
San Diego St
6
0
8
7
21
Rice [ ]
See also: 2005 Rice Owls football team
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Rice
7
7
7
0
21
• UCLA
21
28
0
14
63
Oklahoma [ ]
#21 Oklahoma at UCLA
by Quarter
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 [ ]
Washington at #20 UCLA
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Washington
3
7
7
0
17
• UCLA
0
0
7
14
21
Date: Saturday, October 1 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
California [ ]
#10 California at #20 UCLA
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
California
14
13
10
3
40
• UCLA
7
14
7
19
47
Date: Saturday, October 8 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Washington State [ ]
#12 UCLA at Washington State
by Quarter
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 from Alex 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 from Drew 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 [ ]
Oregon State at #8 UCLA
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Oregon St
7
7
7
7
28
• UCLA
10
21
10
10
51
Date: Saturday, October 22 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Stanford [ ]
#8 UCLA at Stanford
by Quarter
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 from Trent 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 from Drew 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
Arizona [ ]
See also: 2005 Arizona Wildcats football team
#7 UCLA at Arizona
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
UCLA
0
7
0
7
14
• Arizona
21
10
21
0
52
Arizona State [ ]
See also: 2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Arizona State at #14 UCLA
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Arizona St
14
14
0
7
35
• UCLA
21
7
14
3
45
Date: Saturday, November 12 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
USC [ ]
#11 UCLA at #1 USC
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
UCLA
0
6
0
13
19
• USC
10
21
21
14
66
On June 10, 2010, the NCAA found that Reggie Bush was ineligible for college athletics during the 2005 season, and USC was forced to vacate all wins from that year.
Sun Bowl [ ]
Northwestern vs. #17 UCLA Sun Bowl
by Quarter
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. This is the biggest comeback in UCLA football history.
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
NR
NR
NR
25
20
20
12
8
8
7
14
12
11
11
17
16
Coaches'
NR
NR
NR
23
21
16
12
9
8
7
14
11
11
11
17
13
Harris
Not released
18
16
11
8
7
6
14
12
11
11
18
Not released
BCS
Not released
9
6
5
15
11
12
12
16
Not released
References [ ]