2005 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 2005 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa and were coached by Kirk Ferentz.

2005 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Outback Bowl, L 2431 vs. Florida
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen O'Keefe (7th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (7th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,585)
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Penn State $+  7 1   11 1  
No. 4 Ohio State %+  7 1   10 2  
No. 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

Iowa finished the season 75, including a record of 53 in the Big Ten Conference. Despite an up-and-down season, the Hawkeyes were invited to a January bowl game in Florida for the fourth consecutive year.

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