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
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record9–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorDavid Gibbs (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:45 pmGeorgia Tech*No. 16ESPNL 14–2387,451
September 1011:30 amMississippi State
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
JPSW 28–081,921
September 171:30 pmBall State*
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
PPVW 63–378,427
September 241:30 pmNo. 1 (I-AA) Western Kentucky*
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 37–1480,632
October 16:00 pmSouth Carolina
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
ESPN2W 48–787,451
October 156:00 pmat ArkansasNo. 21W 34–1771,673
October 226:45 pmat No. 7 LSUNo. 16ESPNL 17–20 OT92,664
October 2911:30 amOle MissNo. 19
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
JPSW 27–385,791
November 512:00 pmat KentuckyNo. 17CSSW 49–2760,519
November 126:45 pmat No. 9 GeorgiaNo. 15ESPNW 31–3092,746
November 192:30 pmNo. 8 AlabamaNo. 11
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
CBSW 28–1887,451
January 112:00 pmvs. No. 21 Wisconsin*No. 7ABCL 10–2457,221
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

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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
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Offensive starters

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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

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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

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

Game summaries

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Georgia

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1 234Total
• Auburn 7 7710 31
Georgia 10 3710 30

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References

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  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.