2005 Clemson Tigers football team

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2005 Clemson Tigers football
Clemson Tigers logo.svg
Champs Sports Bowl champion
Champs Sports Bowl, W 1910, vs. Colorado
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 21
Record84 (44 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinator Vic Koenning (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 23 Florida State xy$  5 3   8 5  
No. 18 Boston College x  5 3   9 3  
No. 21 Clemson  4 4   8 4  
Wake Forest  3 5   4 7  
NC State  3 5   7 5  
Maryland  3 5   5 6  
Coastal Division
No. 7 Virginia Tech x  7 1   11 2  
No. 17 Miami (FL)  6 2   9 3  
Georgia Tech  5 3   7 5  
North Carolina  4 4   5 6  
Virginia  3 5   7 5  
Duke  0 8   1 10  

Championship: Florida State 27, Virginia Tech 22
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tommy Bowden and played their homes game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Clemson started off its season with wins over a ranked Texas A&M team and the Maryland Terrapins. However, Clemson then lost the following three games to Miami, Boston College, and Wake Forest. The losses to Miami and Boston College came in overtime. Clemson then rebounded to win the next two games against NC State and Temple. The next week, Clemson lost a close game to Georgia Tech. Clemson then closed out the regular season with three straight wins over Duke, ACC rival Florida State, and instate rival South Carolina. In the post-season, Clemson received an invitation to play in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl against Colorado. Clemson won the game, 1910, to finish the season at 84.

Clemson finished the season ranked in the top 25 (21st in both the AP and the Coaches' Poll) for the second time in three years. Clemson also recorded wins against three AP top 20 teams in the 2005 season for just the fourth time in school history. Clemson lost its four games by a combined 14 points.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 38:00 p.m.No. 17 Texas A&M * ABC W 25–2479,917
September 103:30 p.m.at Maryland No. 25 ESPN W 28–2450,637
September 173:30 p.m.No. 13 Miami (FL) No. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ABCL 30–36 3OT79,135 [1]
September 2412:00 p.m. Boston College
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC (rivalry)
JPS L 13–16 OT77,684
October 13:30 p.m.at Wake Forest ESPNU L 27–3732,153
October 137:45 p.m.at NC State ESPNW 31–1057,500
October 2212:30 p.m. Temple *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
CN8 Comcast Network W 37–774,841
October 293:30 p.m.at Georgia Tech ESPNL 9-1055,000
November 51:00 p.m. Duke Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
W 49–2077,278
November 1212:00 p.m.No. 17 Florida State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC (rivalry)
ESPNW 35–1480,536
November 197:00 p.m.at No. 19 South Carolina * ESPN2 W 13–983,368
December 275:00 p.m.vs. Colorado *No. 23ESPNW 19–1031,470
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2005 Clemson Tigers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Charlie Whitehurst Redshirt.svg  Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

References

  1. "Miami vs. Clemson - Game Recap - September 17, 2005 - ESPN". Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.