2005 Auburn Tigers football team

The 2005 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Despite having four starters from the 2004 team selected in the first round of 2005 NFL draft, Auburn finished the season with a 9–3 record, including a 7–1 record in the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers shared the SEC Western Division championship with LSU, but because the Bayou Bengals defeated Auburn 20–17 in overtime on October 22, the Tigers did not advance to the SEC Championship Game. Head coach Tommy Tuberville became only the third Tigers coach to lead Auburn to a fourth consecutive win over arch rival Alabama when the Tigers defeated the Crimson Tide 28–18 at Jordan–Hare Stadium on November 19. Auburn finished the season ranked #14 in both the Coaches Poll and AP Poll, with a #13 consensus ranking.^[1]

2005 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Capital One Bowl, L 10–24 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
Record	9–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Al Borges (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	David Gibbs (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$		6	–	2					10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 12 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 14 Auburn x		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Alabama		6	–	2					10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:45 pm	Georgia Tech*	No. 16	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–23	87,451
September 10	11:30 am	Mississippi State		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	JPS	W 28–0	81,921
September 17	1:30 pm	Ball State*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	PPV	W 63–3	78,427
September 24	1:30 pm	No. 1 (I-AA) Western Kentucky*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama		W 37–14	80,632
October 1	6:00 pm	South Carolina		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	ESPN2	W 48–7	87,451
October 15	6:00 pm	at Arkansas	No. 21	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas		W 34–17	71,673
October 22	6:45 pm	at No. 7 LSU	No. 16	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–20 OT	92,664
October 29	11:30 am	Ole Miss	No. 19	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	JPS	W 27–3	85,791
November 5	12:00 pm	at Kentucky	No. 17	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	CSS	W 49–27	60,519
November 12	6:45 pm	at No. 9 Georgia	No. 15	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–30	92,746
November 19	2:30 pm	No. 8 Alabama	No. 11	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	CBS	W 28–18	87,451
January 1	12:00 pm	vs. No. 21 Wisconsin*	No. 7	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	L 10–24	57,221
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2005 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Devin Aromashodu Sr QB 12 Brandon Cox So G 76 Tim Duckworth Jr OT 77 King Dunlap So G 69 Ben Grubbs Jr RB 23 Kenny Irons Jr RB 28 Brad Lester Fr OT 73 Marcus McNeill Sr WR 9 Anthony Mix Sr WR 2 Ben Obomanu Sr G 79 Jonathan Palmer Jr OT 66 Troy Reddick Sr WR 15 Prechae Rodriguez So WR 21 Rodgeriqus Smith Fr RB 22 Tre Smith Jr FB 32 Carl Stewart So WR 86 Courtney Taylor Jr TE 93 Cooper Wallace Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 10 Tray Blackmon Fr SS 33 Eric Brock So DE 52 Antonio Coleman Fr FS 27 Tristan Davis Fr LB 21 Karibi Dede Jr NG 90 Tyronne Green Fr DE 54 Quentin Groves So DE 48 Marquies Gunn Jr FS 35 Will Herring Jr FS 49 Kevin Hobbs Sr CB 4 David Irons Sr NG 58 T. J. Jackson Sr CB 20 Pat Lee So DT 94 Sen'Derrick Marks Fr DE 75 Stanley McClover Jr CB 6 Walter McFadden Fr CB 29 Jerraud Powers Fr DT 95 Pat Sims Fr NG 97 Josh Thompson So DB 42 Patrick Trahan Fr CB 24 Jonathan Wilhite So LB 51 Travis Williams Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 30 Kody Bliss Jr K 37 John Vaughn Jr	Head coach Tommy Tuberville Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Offensive starters

Position	Player
QB	Brandon Cox
HB	Kenny Irons
FB	Jake Slaughter
WR	Ben Obomanu
WR	Devin Aromashodu
TE	Cooper Wallace
LT	Marcus McNeill
LG	Ben Grubbs
C	Joe Cope
RG	Tim Duckworth
RT	Troy Reddick

Defensive starters

Position	Player
LE	Marquies Gunn
NG	Tommy Jackson
DT	Wayne Dickens
RE	Stanley McClover
LB	Karibi Dede
LB	Travis Williams
LB	Antarrious Williams
CB	David Irons
SS	Eric Brock
FS	Will Herring
CB	Jonathan Wilhite

Team captains

Position	Player
WR	Ben Obomanu
LT	Marcus McNeill
NG	Tommy Jackson
LB	Travis Williams

Game summaries

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total • Auburn 7 7 7 10 31 Georgia 10 3 7 10 30 Date: November 12 Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia Game start: 7:45 p.m. EST

Scoring summary Q1 9:45 AUB Kenny Irons 30 yard run (John Vaughn kick) AUB 7–0 Q1 8:28 UGA Brandon Coutu 49 yard field goal AUB 7–3 Q1 4:50 UGA Leonard Pope 4 yard pass from D.J. Shockley (Brandon Coutu kick) UGA 10–7 Q2 6:18 AUB Kenny Irons 6 yard run (John Vaughn kick) AUB 14–10 Q2 1:13 UGA Brandon Coutu 28 yard field goal AUB 14–13 Q3 10:45 UGA Mohamed Massaquoi 9 yard pass from D.J. Shockley (Brandon Coutu kick) UGA 20–14 Q3 8:21 AUB Ben Obomanu 30 yard run (John Vaughn kick) AUB 21–20 Q4 12:33 UGA Thomas Brown 6 yard run (Brandon Coutu kick) UGA 27–21 Q4 9:28 AUB Karibi Dede 15 yard fumble return (John Vaughn kick) AUB 28–27 Q4 3:25 UGA Brandon Coutu 41 yard field goal UGA 30–28 Q4 :06 AUB John Vaughn 20 yard field goal AUB 31–30

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References

1. "CollegeTOP25.com - 2005 Final NCAA FBS D1A CFB Top 25 Consensus Rankings (CFB Bowl Subdivision)". www.collegetop25.com. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
2. ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Apr-23.