2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Rutgers athletics logo.png
Insight Bowl, L 40–45 vs. Arizona State
Conference Big East Conference
Record7–5 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Craig Ver Steeg (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Rutgers Stadium
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Big East Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 West Virginia $  7 0   11 1  
No. 19 Louisville  5 2   9 3  
Rutgers  4 3   7 5  
South Florida  4 3   6 6  
Pittsburgh  4 3   5 6  
Connecticut  2 5   5 6  
Cincinnati  2 5   4 7  
Syracuse  0 7   1 10  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2005 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights were led by fifth-year head coach Greg Schiano and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium. They are a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 4–3 in Big East play to finish in a tie for third place as well as their first winning season since 1992. After the season, they were invited to their first Bowl game since 1978. They would lose 45–40 to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Insight Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:00 pmat Illinois * ESPN2 L 30–33 OT50,112
September 103:30 pm Villanova *W 38–632,412
September 178:00 pmat Buffalo * YES W 17–317,620
September 308:00 pm Pittsburgh
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
ESPN2 W 37–2937,514
October 812:00 pm West Virginia
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
ESPN+ L 14–2721,717
October 1512:00 pmat Syracuse ESPN+W 31–939,022
October 223:00 pmat Connecticut ESPN+W 26–2440,000
October 293:30 pm Navy *
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
W 31–2141,716
November 512:00 pm South Florida
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
ESPN+L 31–4531,131
November 118:00 pmat No. 23 Louisville ESPN2 L 5–5641,219
November 261:00 pm Cincinnati
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
W 44–934,611
December 278:30 pmvs. Arizona State * ESPN L 40–4543,536

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References

  1. "2021 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule".