2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented 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 102, and a Big Ten Conference record of 71. They tied for the Big Ten championship with Penn State.

2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten co-champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 34–20 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Bollman (5th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJim Heacock (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorLuke Fickell (1st season)
Base defense4–3
MVPA. J. Hawk
Captains
  • Rob Sims
Home stadiumOhio Stadium (c. 101,568, grass)
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

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, which they lost, 25–22.

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

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