2005 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
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2005 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Big Ten co-champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 34-20 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
2005 record10-2 (7-1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Bollman (5th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJim Heacock (1st; 10th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorLuke Fickell (1st; 5th overall season)
Base defense4-3
MVPA. J. Hawk
Captains
Home stadiumOhio Stadium (c. 101,568, grass)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
No. 3 Penn State $+   7 – 1         11 – 1  
No. 4 Ohio State %+   7 – 1         10 – 2  
No. 15 Wisconsin   5 – 3         10 – 3  
Michigan   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Northwestern   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Iowa   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Minnesota   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Purdue   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Michigan State   2 – 6         5 – 6  
Indiana   1 – 7         4 – 7  
Illinois   0 – 8         2 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 10–2, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7–1. They tied for the Big Ten championship with Penn State.

In 2005, A. J. Hawk was the sixth Ohio State player to receive the Lombardi Award. He was also voted OSU's season MVP for this year and was All-American. All year, Troy Smith and Justin Zwick competed for the spot of starting quarterback.

Early in the season, they played their first ever meeting against the Texas Longhorns of The University of Texas,[1][2][3] which they lost, 25-22.[3]

To conclude the season, they made an appearance in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl and defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-20.[4][5] They finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 33:30 p.m.Miami (OH)*No. 6
ABCW 34-14104,695[6]
September 108:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas*No. 4
ABCL 22-25105,565[6]
September 173:30 p.m.San Diego State*No. 9
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 27-6104,533[6]
September 2412:00 p.m.No. 21 IowaNo. 8
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 31-6105,225[6]
October 88:00 p.m.at No. 18 Penn StateNo. 6
ESPNL 10-17109,839[6]
October 1512:00 p.m.No. 16 Michigan StatedaggerNo. 15
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH (rivalry)
ABCW 35-24105,122[6]
October 2212:00 p.m.at IndianaNo. 14
ESPN+W 41-1052,866[6]
October 2912:00 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 12
ABCW 45-3154,825[6]
November 53:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 12
ESPN2W 40-2104,799[6]
November 1212:00 p.m.No. 25 NorthwesternNo. 10
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 48-7105,181[6]
November 191:00 p.m.at No. 17 MichiganNo. 9
ABCW 25-21111,591[6]
January 2, 20064:30 p.m.vs. No. 5 Notre Dame*No. 4
ABCW 34-2076,196[6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

  • Jim Tressel - Head Coach (5th year)
  • Tim Beckman - Defensive Cornerbacks (1st year)
  • Jim Bollman - Offensive Line/OC (5th year)
  • Joe Daniels - Quarterbacks / Passing Game Coordinator (5th year)
  • Luke Fickell - Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers (4th year)
  • Paul Haynes - Defensive Safeties (1st year)
  • Darrell Hazell - Assistant Head Coach / Wide Receivers (2nd year)
  • Jim Heacock - Defensive Coordinator / Defensive line (10th year)
  • John Peterson - Offensive Tight Ends / Recruiting Coordinator (2nd year)
  • Dick Tressel - Running Backs (5th year)
  • Bob Tucker - Director of Football Operations (11th year)
  • Stan Jefferson - Director of Player Development (2nd year)
  • Butch Reynolds - Speed Coordinator (1st year)

Game summaries

Miami University

1 234Total
Miami (OH) 0 0014 14
• Ohio State 10 10140 34


Justin Zwick would start at quarterback due to Troy's Smith's suspension the previous year. [7]

Texas

1 234Total
• Texas 10 339 25
Ohio State 0 1660 22

Justin Zwick would start and then give way to Troy Smith, who would start at quarterback the rest of the year, in a matchup of the #2 vs #4 teams that year. [8]

San Diego State

Iowa

Ohio State came into the contest looking to avenge the previous year's 33-7 loss to Iowa.

Penn State

1 234Total
Ohio State 3 700 10
• Penn State 0 1430 17

[9]

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan State 10 770 24
• Ohio State 7 7714 35

[10]

Indiana

Minnesota

Illinois

Northwestern

1 234Total
Northwestern 7 000 7
• Ohio State 14 141010 48

[11]

Michigan

#9 Ohio State at #17 Michigan
1 234Total
• Ohio State 6 6013 25
Michigan 0 7113 21

Fiesta Bowl

2006 Fiesta Bowl
1 234Total
• Ohio State 7 14310 34
Notre Dame 7 067 20


[12]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: Increase in ranking. Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ? = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
AP 6 4 9 8 8 6 15 14 12 12 10 9 7 6 4 4
Coaches 9 7 9 9 8 6 15 13 13 12 10 9 7 6 4 4
Harris Not released 8 6 17 14 13 12 10 9 7 6 4 Not released
BCS Not released 15 13 10 8 7 6 6 4 Not released

Awards and honors

  • A. J. Hawk, Lombardi Award[13]

2006 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
A. J. Hawk 1 5 Linebacker Green Bay Packers
Donte Whitner 1 8 Defensive Back Buffalo Bills
Bobby Carpenter 1 18 Linebacker Dallas Cowboys
Santonio Holmes 1 25 Wide Receiver Pittsburgh Steelers
Nick Mangold 1 29 Center New York Jets
Ashton Youboty 3 70 Defensive Back Buffalo Bills
Anthony Schlegel 3 76 Linebacker New York Jets
Nate Salley 4 121 Defensive Back Carolina Panthers
Rob Sims 4 128 Guard Seattle Seahawks

[14]

References

  1. ^ "Postgame Notes From No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Texas". The Ohio State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved 2006.
  2. ^ "Swagger into Ohio" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics. Associated Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2006. Retrieved 2006.
  3. ^ a b Russo, Ralph. "No. 2 Texas 25, No. 4 Ohio State 22". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved 2006.
  4. ^ "Smith, Ginn Lift Speedy Ohio State to Another Fiesta Title". ESPN. January 2, 2006. Retrieved 2014.
  5. ^ Official Stats - 2006 Fiesta Bowl Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Team Game-by-Game Statistics". The Ohio State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved 2011.
  7. ^ "Miami (OH) 14, (6) Ohio State 34". Sports Reference, LLC. September 3, 2005. Retrieved 2014.
  8. ^ "(2) Texas 25, (4) Ohio State 22". Sports Reference, LLC. September 10, 2005. Retrieved 2014.
  9. ^ "(6) Ohio State 10, (16) Penn State 17". Sports Reference, LLC. October 8, 2005. Retrieved 2014.
  10. ^ "Buckeyes' Smith Throws 3 TDs as Spartans Falter". ESPN. October 15, 2005. Retrieved 2014.
  11. ^ "Smith, Ohio State Cruise Past Wildcats for Fifth Straight Win". ESPN. November 12, 2005. Retrieved 2014.
  12. ^ 2006 Fiesta Bowl Recap
  13. ^ Alder, James. "Lombardi Award". About.com. Retrieved 2014.
  14. ^ "Ohio St. Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2014.

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