2005 Washington Huskies football team

The 2005 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2005 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Tyrone Willingham, the team compiled a 2–9 record and tied for last in the Pacific-10 Conference. Home games were played on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle. The conference opponent not played this season was Stanford.

2005 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-10
Record2–9 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Tyrone Willingham (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorTim Lappano (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorKent Baer (1st season)
Base defense4–3
MVPJames Sims (O)
MVPJoe Lobendahn (D)
Captains
  • Evan Benjamin
  • Joe Lobendahn
  • James Sims
  • Brad Vanneman
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 USC † $  8 –0   12 –1  
No. 13 Oregon  7 –1   10 –2  
No. 16 UCLA  6 –2   10 –2  
No. 25 California  4 –4   8 –4  
Arizona State  4 –4   7 –5  
Stanford  4 –4   5 –6  
Oregon State  3 –5   5 –6  
Arizona  2 –6   3 –8  
Washington State  1 –7   4 –7  
Washington  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) and 1 loss due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

Willingham was previously the head coach for three seasons at Notre Dame, preceded by seven years at Stanford.

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