# 2005 UCLA Bruins football team

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. 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 pm | at San Diego State* | | Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA | ESPN2 | W 44–21 | 50,710 |
| September 10 | 7:00 pm | Rice* | | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSNW2 | W 63–21 | 44,808 |
| September 17 | 12:30 pm | No. 21 Oklahoma* | | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | ABC | W 41–24 | 56,522 |
| October 1 | 7:15 pm | Washington | No. 20 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSNW2 | W 21–17 | 64,249 |
| October 8 | 4:30 pm | No. 10 California | No. 20 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | TBS | W 47–40 | 84,811 |
| October 15 | 3:30 pm | at Washington State | No. 12 | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | FSN | W 44–41 $^{OT}$ | 35,117 |
| October 22 | 4:00 pm | Oregon State | No. 8 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | TBS | W 51–28 | 49,932 |
| October 29 | 3:30 pm | at Stanford | No. 8 | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | FSN | W 30–27 $^{OT}$ | 42,850 |
| November 5 | 3:15 pm | at Arizona | No. 7 | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | FSNW2 | L 14–52 | 55,775 |
| November 12 | 4:00 pm | Arizona State | No. 14 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | ABC | W 45–35 | 84,983 |
| December 3 | 1:30 pm | at No. 1 USC | No. 11 | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA (College GameDay) | ABC | L 19–66 | 92,000 |
| December 30 | 12:00 pm | vs. Northwestern* | No. 17 | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) | CBS | W 50–38 | 50,426 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • UCLA | 7 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 44 |
| San Diego St | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 |

### Rice

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

### Oklahoma

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

### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| • UCLA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| California | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 40 |
| • UCLA | 7 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 47 |

### Washington State

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

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oregon St | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| • UCLA | 10 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 51 |

### Stanford

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

### Arizona

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

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Arizona St | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| • UCLA | 21 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 45 |

### USC

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

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Northwestern | 22 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 38 |
| • UCLA | 7 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 50 |
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 — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | 25 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 16 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | 23 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 13 |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 18 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 18 | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 9 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 16 | Not released |