2005 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2005 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Music City Bowl, L 31–34 vs. Virginia
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMitch Browning (6th as OC, 9th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (6th as OC, 7th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Lockwood (1st as DC, 4th overall season)
CaptainGreg Eslinger, Anthony Montgomery, John Pawielski, Mark Setterstrom
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

The 2005 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Glen Mason. Minnesota played its home games at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The most notable win of the season came as Minnesota defeated Michigan to win the Little Brown Jug for the first time since 1986.