2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Big Ten co-champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 34–20 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
2005 record	10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Tressel (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Bollman (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Heacock (1st; 10th overall year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Luke Fickell (1st; 5th overall year)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	A. J. Hawk
Captain	A. J. Hawk
Captain	Nick Mangold
Captain	Nate Salley
Captain	Rob Sims
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (c. 101,568, grass)

2005 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Penn State $+		7	–	1		11	–	1
#4 Ohio State %+		7	–	1		10	–	2
#15 Wisconsin		5	–	3		10	–	3
Michigan		5	–	3		7	–	5
Northwestern		5	–	3		7	–	5
Iowa		5	–	3		7	–	5
Minnesota		4	–	4		7	–	5
Purdue		3	–	5		5	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Indiana		1	–	7		4	–	7
Illinois		0	–	8		2	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 10–2, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7–1. They tied for the Big Ten championship with Penn State.

In 2005, A.J. Hawk was the sixth Ohio State player to receive the Lombardi Award. He was also voted OSU's season MVP for this year and was All-American. All year, Troy Smith and Justin Zwick competed for the spot of starting quarterback.

Early in the season, they played their first ever meeting against the Texas Longhorns of The University of Texas,^[1]^[2]^[3] which they lost, 25–22.^[3]

To conclude the season, they made an appearance in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl and defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34–20.^[4]^[5] They finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	No. 6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 34–14	104,695^[6]
September 10	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 Texas*	No. 4	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (1st Meeting)	ABC	L 22–25	105,565^[6]
September 17	12:00 p.m.	San Diego State*	No. 9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 27–6	104,533^[6]
September 24	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Iowa	No. 8	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 31–6	105,225^[6]
October 8	8:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Penn State	No. 6	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 10–17	109,839^[6]
October 15	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Michigan State	No. 15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 35–24	105,122^[6]
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	W 41–10	52,866^[6]
October 29	3:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 12	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN	ABC	W 45–31	54,825^[6]
November 5	3:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 12	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	ESPN2	W 40–2	104,799^[6]
November 12	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 Northwestern	No. 10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 48–7	105,181^[6]
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Michigan	No. 9	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	W 25–21	111,591^[6]
January 2, 2006	4:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Notre Dame*	No. 4	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	W 34–20	76,196^[6]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Coaching staff

Jim Tressel – Head Coach (5th year)
Tim Beckman – Defensive Cornerbacks (1st year)
Jim Bollman – Offensive Line/OC (5th year)
Joe Daniels – Quarterbacks / Passing Game Coordinator (5th year)
Luke Fickell – Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers (4th year)
Paul Haynes – Defensive Safeties (1st year)
Darrell Hazell – Assistant Head Coach / Wide Receivers (2nd year)
Jim Heacock – Defensive Coordinator / Defensive line (10th year)
John Peterson – Offensive Tight Ends / Recruiting Coordinator (2nd year)
Dick Tressel – Running Backs (5th year)
Bob Tucker - Director of Football Operations (11th year)
Stan Jefferson - Director of Player Development (2nd year)
Butch Reynolds - Speed Coordinator (1st year)

Game notes

Miami University

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (OH)	0	0	0	14	14
• Ohio State	10	10	14	0	34

Date: September 3
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 104,695
TV announcers (ABC): Mike Tirico (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Sam Ryan (Sideline)

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Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	3	3	9	25
Ohio State	0	16	6	0	22

Date: September 10
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 105,565
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	10:03	TEX	David Pino 42 yard field goal	TEX 3–0

Q1	1:37	TEX	Billy Pittman 5 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 10–0

Q2	14:17	OSU	Josh Huston 47 yard field goal	TEX 10–3

Q2	8:11	OSU	Santonio Holmes 36 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Tie 10–10

Q2	4:33	OSU	Josh Huston 36 yard field goal	OSU 13–10

Q2	:35	OSU	Josh Huston 25 yard field goal	OSU 16–10

Q2	:02	TEX	David Pino 37 yard field goal	OSU 16–13

Q3	11:46	OSU	Josh Huston 44 yard field goal	OSU 19–13

Q3	7:36	TEX	David Pino 25 yard field goal	OSU 19–16

Q3	5:12	OSU	Josh Huston 26 yard field goal	OSU 22–16

Q4	2:37	TEX	Limas Sweed 24 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 23–22

Q4	:19	TEX	Safety, Troy Smith tackled by Larry Dibbles in end zone	TEX 25–22

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Iowa

#21 Iowa at #8 Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	0	3	3	6
• Ohio State	7	10	7	7	31

Date: September 24
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 105,225
TV announcers (ABC): Mike Tirico (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Suzy Shuster (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1	7:43	OHST	Anthony Gonzalez 8-yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	OHST 7–0

2	14:30	OHST	Troy Smith 16-yard run (Josh Huston kick)	OHST 14–0

2	0:00	OHST	Josh Huston 47-yard field goal	OHST 17–0

3	9:59	OHST	Troy Smith 4-yard run (Josh Huston kick)	OHST 24–0

3	2:48	IOWA	Kyle Schlicher 52-yard field goal	OHST 24–3

4	11:48	IOWA	Kyle Schlicher 37-yard field goal	OHST 24–6

4	6:36	OHST	Anthony Gonzalez 29-yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	OHST 31–6

Ohio State came into the contest looking to avenge the previous year's 33–7 loss to Iowa.

Statistics

OHST: Troy Smith 13/19, 191 Yds, 18 Rush, 127 Yds
OHST: Antonio Pittman 28 Rush, 171 Yds^[9]

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	3	7	0	0	10
• Penn State	0	14	3	0	17

Date: October 8
Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 109,839
TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

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Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	10	7	7	0	24
• Ohio State	7	7	7	14	35

Date: October 15
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 105,122
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1	6:02	MSU	John Goss 32 yard field goal	Michigan St 3–0

1	4:34	MSU	Jehuu Caulcrick 3 yard run (John Goss kick)	Michigan St 10–0

1	2:37	OHST	Santonio Holmes 51 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Michigan St 10–7

2	6:30	MSU	Jerramy Scott 36 yard pass from Drew Stanton (John Goss kick)	Michigan St 17–7

2	:00	OHST	Ashton Youboty 72 yard blocked field goal return (Josh Huston kick)	Michigan St 17–14

3	10:21	OHST	Ted Ginn Jr. 57 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio St 21–17

3	4:53	MSU	Jason Teague 6 yard run (John Goss kick)	Michigan St 24–21

4	4:56	OHST	Santonio Holmes 46 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio St 28–24

4	1:29	OHST	Troy Smith 1 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio St 35–24

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Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	7	0	0	0	7
• Ohio State	14	14	10	10	48

Date: November 12
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 105,181
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1	12:34	NW	Tyrell Sutton 5 yard pass from Brett Basanez (Joel Howells kick)	Northwestern 7–0

1	6:53	OHST	Troy Smith 4 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	Tie 7–7

1	1:02	OHST	Troy Smith 2 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio State 14–7

2	14:46	OHST	A.J. Hawk 8 yard blocked punt return (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio State 21–7

2	1:37	OHST	Maurice Wells 13 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio State 28–7

3	11:21	OHST	Josh Huston 33 yard field goal	Ohio State 31–7

3	5:52	OHST	Antonio Pittman 4 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio State 38–7

4	13:20	OHST	Josh Huston 37 yard field goal	Ohio State 41–7

4	4:53	OHST	Erik Haw 3 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	Ohio State 48–7

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Michigan

#9 Ohio State at #17 Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	6	6	0	13	25
Michigan	0	7	11	3	21

Date: November 19
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 111,591
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	8:44	OSU	Troy Smith 4-yard run (kick failed)	OSU 6-0

2	12:49	OSU	Josh Huston 49-yard field goal	OSU 9-0

2	5:18	MICH	Jason Avant 2-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)	OSU 9-7

2	0:23	OSU	Josh Huston 25-yard field goal	OSU 12-7

3	10:01	MICH	Garrett Rivas 27-yard field goal	OSU 12-10

3	1:20	MICH	Kevin Grady 2-yard run (Chad Henne run)	MICH 18-12

4	7:49	MICH	Garrett Rivas 19-yard field goal	MICH 21-12

4	6:40	OSU	Santonio Holmes 26-yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	MICH 21-19

4	0:24	OSU	Antonio Pittman 3-yard run (pass failed)	OSU 25-21

Fiesta Bowl

2006 Fiesta Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	7	14	3	10	34
Notre Dame	7	0	6	7	20

Date: January 2, 2006
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Game start: 4:30 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 76,196
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1	ND	Darius Walker 20 yard run (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)	ND 7-0

1	OSU	Ted Ginn, Jr.56 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Tied 7-7

2	OSU	Ted Ginn, Jr. 68 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	OSU 14-7

2	OSU	Santonio Holmes 85 yard pass	OSU 21-7

3	ND	Darius Walker 10 yard run (kick failed)	OSU 21-13

3	OSU	Josh Huston 40 yard field goal	OSU 24-13

3	OSU	Josh Huston 26 yard field goal	OSU 27-13

4	ND	Darius Walker 3 yard run (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)	OSU 27-20

4	OSU	Antonio Pittman 60 yard run (Josh Huston kick)	OSU 34-20

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Awards and honors

A.J. Hawk, Lombardi Award^[14]

2006 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
A.J. Hawk	1	5	Linebacker	Green Bay Packers
Donte Whitner	1	8	Defensive Back	Buffalo Bills
Bobby Carpenter	1	18	Linebacker	Dallas Cowboys
Santonio Holmes	1	25	Wide Receiver	Pittsburgh Steelers
Nick Mangold	1	29	Center	New York Jets
Ashton Youboty	3	70	Defensive Back	Buffalo Bills
Anthony Schlegel	3	76	Linebacker	New York Jets
Nate Salley	4	121	Defensive Back	Carolina Panthers
Rob Sims	4	128	Guard	Seattle Seahawks

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References

↑ "Postgame Notes From No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Texas". The Ohio State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
↑ "Swagger into Ohio" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics. Associated Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
1 2 Russo, Ralph. "No. 2 Texas 25, No. 4 Ohio State 22". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved December 14, 2006.
↑ "Smith, Ginn Lift Speedy Ohio State to Another Fiesta Title". ESPN. January 2, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ Official Stats - 2006 Fiesta Bowl
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Team Game-by-Game Statistics". The Ohio State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
↑ "Miami (OH) 14, (6) Ohio State 34". Sports Reference, LLC. September 3, 2005. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "(2) Texas 25, (4) Ohio State 22". Sports Reference, LLC. September 10, 2005. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "Hawkeyes' Points Come on Second-Half Field Goals". ESPN. September 24, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
↑ "(6) Ohio State 10, (16) Penn State 17". Sports Reference, LLC. October 8, 2005. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "Buckeyes' Smith Throws 3 TDs as Spartans Falter". ESPN. October 15, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
↑ "Smith, Ohio State Cruise Past Wildcats for Fifth Straight Win". ESPN. November 12, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
↑ 2006 Fiesta Bowl Recap
↑ Alder, James. "Lombardi Award". About.com. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "Ohio St. Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Illibuck) Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man Marching band Snow Bowl (1950) 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game The Kick "Holy Buckeye" 2006 "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" The Ten Year War WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference	Wisconsin (1896) Wisconsin (1897) Michigan (1898) Chicago (1899) Iowa & Minnesota (1900) Michigan & Wisconsin (1901) Michigan (1902) Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903) Michigan & Minnesota (1904) Chicago (1905) Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906) Chicago (1907) Chicago (1908) Minnesota (1909) Illinois & Minnesota (1910) Minnesota (1911) Wisconsin (1912) Chicago (1913) Illinois (1914) Illinois & Minnesota (1915) Ohio State (1916) Ohio State (1917)

Big Ten	Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918) Illinois (1919) Ohio State (1920) Iowa (1921) Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922) Illinois & Michigan (1923) Chicago (1924) Michigan (1925) Michigan & Northwestern (1926) Illinois & Minnesota (1927) Illinois (1928) Purdue (1929) Michigan & Northwestern (1930) Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931) Michigan & Purdue (1932) Michigan & Minnesota (1933) Minnesota (1934) Minnesota & Ohio State (1935) Northwestern (1936) Minnesota (1937) Minnesota (1938) Ohio State (1939)

Big Nine	Minnesota (1940) Minnesota (1941) Ohio State (1942) Michigan & Purdue (1943) Ohio State (1944) Indiana (1945) Illinois (1946) Michigan (1947) Michigan (1948)

Big Ten	Michigan & Ohio State (1949) Michigan (1950) Illinois (1951) Purdue & Wisconsin (1952) Illinois & Michigan State (1953) Ohio State (1954) Ohio State (1955) Iowa (1956) Ohio State (1957) Iowa (1958) Wisconsin (1959) Minnesota & Iowa (1960) Ohio State (1961) Wisconsin (1962) Illinois (1963) Michigan (1964) Michigan State (1965) Michigan State (1966) Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967) Ohio State (1968) Michigan & Ohio State (1969) Ohio State (1970) Michigan (1971) Michigan & Ohio State (1972) Michigan & Ohio State (1973) Michigan & Ohio State (1974) Ohio State (1975) Michigan & Ohio State (1976) Michigan & Ohio State (1977) Michigan & Michigan State (1978) Ohio State (1979) Michigan (1980) Iowa & Ohio State (1981) Michigan (1982) Illinois (1983) Ohio State (1984) Iowa (1985) Michigan & Ohio State (1986) Michigan State (1987) Michigan (1988) Michigan (1989) Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990) Michigan (1991) Michigan (1992) Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993) Penn State (1994) Northwestern (1995) Ohio State & Northwestern (1996) Michigan (1997) Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998) Wisconsin (1999) Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000) Illinois (2001) Ohio State & Iowa (2002) Michigan (2003) Iowa & Michigan (2004) Ohio State & Penn State (2005) Ohio State (2006) Ohio State (2007) Ohio State & Penn State (2008) Ohio State (2009) Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010) Wisconsin (2011) Wisconsin (2012) Michigan State (2013) Ohio State (2014) Michigan State (2015) Penn State (2016)

National championships in bold

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