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2005 USC Trojans football team

2005 USC Trojans football
Pac-10 champion (vacated)
Rose Bowl (BCS NCG),
L 38–41 (vacated) vs. Texas
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2[1]
APNo. 2[2]
Record12–1, 12 wins 1 loss vacated[3] (8–0 Pac-10, 8 wins vacated)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLane Kiffin (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Base defense4–3
CaptainDarnell Bing
Reggie Bush
Matt Leinart
Dallas Sartz
Home stadiumLos Angeles Coliseum
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 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and playing for the NCAA Division I-A national championship.[4] The team was coached by Pete Carroll, led on offense by quarterback and 2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart,[5] and played their home games in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

With many of their starters returning,[6] a highly ranked recruiting class,[7] and a number one ranking before the season,[8][9] the team had high expectations of repeating as national champions and planned on becoming the first FBS-equivalent team to three-peat as AP champions since Minnesota in 1936. They had nearly all of their offensive starters returning, although they had only two returning defensive starters from the previous year. The team went undefeated in the regular season with nine of their twelve wins by 17 points or more and were compared with the greatest teams in the history of college football.[10] Once again ranked first in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, they were invited to the national championship bowl game at the Rose Bowl, where they lost to the Texas Longhorns.[11] With a final record of 12–1, they finished the season ranked second in the nation in both the Associated Press (AP) and Coaches' Polls.[1][2]

A number of players from the team won national awards, with running back Reggie Bush becoming the school's seventh Heisman winner before it was later vacated due to a violation of NCAA rules.[12] Bush would eventually have his 2005 Heisman Trophy Award, as well as his USC statistics, reinstated.[13] Nevertheless, punishments which the NCAA enacted against USC still remain in effect.[14] Following the season, Bush was selected second in the 2006 National Football League (NFL) Draft and was followed by Leinart at tenth and nine other Trojans during the draft, with the team sending eleven players to the NFL that season.[15][16]

On June 10, 2010, USC was forced to vacate two wins from the 2004 season, and all wins from the 2005 season, after an NCAA investigation into the football program (and men's basketball program) declared Bush retroactively ineligible. Additional sanctions included a bowl ban in 2010 and 2011, and the loss of 30 football scholarships (10 per year in 2010, 2011, and 2012).[17] All official NCAA records show the Trojans as having a 0–0 record during the 2005 season, including the loss to Texas in the national championship being vacated.[3]

  1. ^ a b "2005 NCAA Football Rankings – Final (Dec. 12) (USA Today Coaches Poll)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "2005 NCAA Football Rankings – Final (Dec. 12) (AP Poll)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "USC says 4-0 mark vs. Texas is correct as NCAA voided Trojans' participation in 2005 season". ESPN.com. September 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "Trojans blast Bruins, punch ticket for Rose Bowl". ESPN. December 3, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  5. ^ "Matt Leinart Of The University Of Southern California Selected As The 2004 Heisman Winner". Heisman.com. December 11, 2004. Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved July 30, 2006.
  6. ^ "2005 USC Football Notes". USCTrojans.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
  7. ^ "2005 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  8. ^ "USC Football Ranked No. 1 In USA Today Coaches Pre-Season Poll". USCTrojans. August 5, 2005. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
  9. ^ "Trojans No. 1 In Preseason AP Poll". USCTrojans. August 20, 2005. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
  10. ^ "The greatest ever?". The Orange County Register. July 27, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2007.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Horns of plenty: VY, Texas deny USC three-peat bid". ESPN. January 4, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
  12. ^ "REGGIE BUSH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SELECTED AS THE 2005 HEISMAN WINNER". Heisman.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  13. ^ "Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes". Associated Press. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  14. ^ Lingard, Michael (April 24, 2024). "USC Still Frosty Despite Reggie Bush Getting Heisman Back". Fox Sports Radio. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Seven Trojans Taken In First Day Of NFL Draft". USCTrojans. April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
  16. ^ "Four More Trojans Selected On Second Day Of NFL Draft". USCTrojans. April 30, 2005. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
  17. ^ Mark Saxon, NCAA delivers postseason football ban, ESPN, June 10, 2010.

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