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2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; + - USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions.; Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA Bruins football
2005 UCLA Bruins football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 50-38 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 16
2005 record	10-2 (6-2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Karl Dorrell (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom Cable (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (3rd season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl; (Capacity: 91,136)
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

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*		Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	W 44-21	50,710^[3]
September 10	7:00 pm	Rice*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 63-21	44,808^[4]
September 17	12:30 pm	No. 21 Oklahoma*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 41-24	56,522^[5]
October 1	7:15 pm	Washington	No. 20	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 21-17	64,249^[6]
October 8	4:30 pm	No. 10 California	No. 20	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	TBS	W 47-40	84,811^[7]
October 15	3:30 pm	at Washington State	No. 12	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 44-41 ^OT	35,117^[8]
October 22	4:00 pm	Oregon State	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	TBS	W 51-28	49,932^[9]
October 29	3:30 pm	at Stanford	No. 8	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	W 30-27 ^OT	42,850^[10]
November 5	3:15 pm	at Arizona	No. 7	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSNW2	L 14-52	55,775^[11]
November 12	4:00 pm	Arizona State	No. 14	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 45-35	84,983^[12]
December 3	1:30 pm	at No. 1 USC	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (College GameDay)	ABC	L 19-66 (vacated)	92,000^[13]
December 30	12:00 pm	vs. Northwestern*	No. 17	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 50-38	50,426^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

San Diego State

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	7	7	7	0	21
• UCLA	21	28	0	14	63

Date: Saturday, September 10
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Oklahoma

#21 Oklahoma at UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	7	3	7	7	24
• UCLA	10	3	7	21	41

Date: Saturday, September 17
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST

Source: ESPN

Washington

Washington at #20 UCLA

	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

	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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• UCLA	0	14	7	17	6	44
Washington St	14	14	10	0	3	41

Date: Saturday, October 15
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington
Game start: 6:30 p.m. EST

Oregon State

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 22
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Stanford

#8 UCLA at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• UCLA	0	3	0	21	6	30
Stanford	7	0	7	10	3	27

Date: Saturday, October 29
Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
Game start: 6:30 p.m. EST

Arizona

#7 UCLA at Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	7	0	7	14
• Arizona	21	10	21	0	52

Date: Saturday, November 5
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Arizona State

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 12
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

USC

#11 UCLA at #1 USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	6	0	13	19
• USC	10	21	21	14	66

Date: Saturday, December 3
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	22	0	3	13	38
• UCLA	7	22	7	14	50

Date: Friday, December 30
Location: Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas

UCLA overcame a 22-0 deficit to Northwestern in the first quarter to win 50-38.

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	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

[1] "2005-2006 Football Schedule". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2011.

[2] "2005 Preseason Consensus". Stassen.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006. Retrieved 2011.

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[8] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/wsu-ucla.html

[9] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/osuucla.html

[10] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/ucla-stan.html

[11] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/uclaariz.html

[12] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/asuucla.html

[13] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/uclausc.html

[14] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/nuucla.html

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2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 2 USC + $		8	–	0		12	–	1
No. 13 Oregon		7	–	1		10	–	2
No. 16 UCLA		6	–	2		10	–	2
No. 25 California		4	–	4		8	–	4
Arizona State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Stanford		4	–	4		5	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6		3	–	8
Washington State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Washington		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion + - USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll