2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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2005 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#3/3 Penn State †§	0*	–	1	0*	–	1
#4/4 Ohio State ‡§	7	–	1	10	–	2
#15/15 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 champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (11-1, 7-1) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the college football season of 2005–2006. 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.

1 Schedule
2 Coaching staff
3 Game notes
- 3.1 Iowa
- 3.2 Michigan
4 Awards and honors
5 2006 NFL draftees
6 References

Schedule [edit]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 PM	Miami University*	#9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 34–14	104,695^[6]
September 10	8:00 PM	#2 Texas*	#7	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (1st Meeting)	ABC	L 22–25	105,565^[6]
September 17	12:00 PM	San Diego State*	#9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 27–6	104,533^[6]
September 24	12:00 PM	#21 Iowa	#9	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 31–6	105,225^[6]
October 8	8:00 PM	at #18 Penn State	#6	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN	L 10–17	109,839^[6]
October 15	3:30 PM	#17 Michigan State	#15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 35–24	105,122^[6]
October 22	12:00 PM	at Indiana	#13	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	W 41–10	52,866^[6]
October 29	3:30 PM	at #22 Minnesota	#13	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN	ABC	W 45–31	54,825^[6]
November 5	3:30 PM	Illinois	#12	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ESPN2	W 40–2	104,799^[6]
November 12	3:30 PM	Northwestern	#10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 48–7	105,181^[6]
November 19	1:00 PM	at #17 Michigan	#9	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	W 25–21	111,591^[6]
January 2	4:30 PM	vs. #6 Notre Dame*	#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 [edit]

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 [edit]

Iowa [edit]

#21 Iowa at #8 Ohio State

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

Date: Saturday, September 24
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 105,225
Television network: ABC

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^[7]

Michigan [edit]

#9 Ohio State at #17 Michigan

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

Date: Saturday, November 19
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Television network: ABC

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

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

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

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

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

3	10:01	MICH	Garrett Rivas 27 yard field goal	OHST 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	OHST	Santonio Holmes 26 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	MICH 21-19

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

Awards and honors [edit]

A.J. Hawk, Lombardi Award^[8]

2006 NFL draftees [edit]

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

^[9]

References [edit]

^ "Postgame Notes From No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Texas". Ohio State Football. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
^ "Swagger into Ohio" (PDF). Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Russo, Ralph. "No. 2 Texas 25, No. 4 Ohio State 22". Associated Press. Retrieved December 14, 2006.
^ ESPN article on 2006 Fiesta Bowl
^ Official Stats - 2006 Fiesta Bowl
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Team Game-by-Game Statistics". The Ohio State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
^ ESPN.com
^ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/vincelombardiaw.htm
^ Ohio State Drafted Players

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