2005 Florida Gators football team explained

Year:	2005
Team:	Florida Gators
Sport:	football
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	Eastern Division
Short Conf:	SEC
Coachrank:	16
Aprank:	12
Record:	9–3
Conf Record:	5–3
Head Coach:	Urban Meyer
Hc Year:	1st
Off Coach:	Dan Mullen
Oc Year:	1st
Codef Coach1:	Charlie Strong
Off Scheme:	Spread option
Codc1 Year:	3rd
Codef Coach2:	Greg Mattison
Codc2 Year:	1st
Def Scheme:	4–3
Captain:	Vernell Brown Mike Degory Jarvis Herring Chris Leak Jeremy Mincey
Stadium:	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium^[1]
Champion:	Outback Bowl champion
Bowl:	Outback Bowl
Bowl Result:	W 31–24 vs. Iowa

The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The season was the team's first of six under head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to an Outback Bowl berth and an overall win–loss record of 9–3 (.750).

Schedule

Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide,^[2] and GatorZone.com.^[3]

Rankings

See also: 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings.

Game summaries

Wyoming

Louisiana Tech

Tennessee

Kentucky

Alabama

Mississippi State

LSU

Georgia

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Florida State

Iowa

Outback Bowl

Coaching staff

• Urban Meyer – Head coach – first year at UF
• Steve Addazio – Tackles/tight ends – first year
• Stan Drayton – Running backs – first year
• Billy Gonzales – Wide receivers – first year
• Chuck Heater – Recruiting coordinator/cornerbacks – first year
• John Hevesy – Centers/guards – 0 years
• John "Doc" Holliday – Associate head coach/safeties – first year
• Greg Mattison – Co-defensive coordinator/defensive line – first year
• Dan Mullen – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – first year
• Charlie Strong – Assistant head coach/co-defensive coordinator/linebackers – sixth year

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2006 NFL draft.

2	36		WR	New England Patriots
6	191		DE	New England Patriots
7	236		CB	Jacksonville Jaguars

Bibliography

• 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
• Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). .

Notes and References

1. Web site: University of Florida Sports Information Department. Florida 2005 Media Guide. floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc.. 15 March 2018.
2. 2012 Florida Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
3. GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2005 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.