2005 California Golden Bears football team

2005 California Golden Bears football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 35–28 vs. BYU
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 25
Record8–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Cortez (4th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorBob Gregory (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

The 2005 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford.

At the beginning of the season quarterback Nate Longshore was chosen to succeed Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback. However he was injured during the first game of the season and replaced by Joe Ayoob for the next nine games. The Bears got off to their best start, at 5–0, since Steve Mariucci coached them in 1996. But then stumbled and lost four of their next five games. Third string quarterback Steve Levy, replaced Ayoob, and was named as the starter for the Big Game. Levy played as fullback during the previous season, in his first time as a starter he led the team to defeat Stanford 27-3.[1] The team ended up in the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl, where they beat BYU, 35–28.

  1. ^ "California vs. Stanford - Game Recap - November 19, 2005 - ESPN". December 28, 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)