2005 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	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

2005 Ole Miss Rebels football
2005 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
2005 record	3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Ed Orgeron (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ed Orgeron (1st season)
Captain	Michael Bozeman; Tre' Stallings
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium; (Capacity: 60,580)
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated in the Southeastern Conference in the Western Division. The team played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They were coached by head coach Ed Orgeron.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 pm	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN	W 10–6	53,339
September 17	11:30 am	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	L 23–31	34,847
September 24	6:00 pm	Wyoming*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		L 14–24	53,652
October 1	11:30 am	at No. 10 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	JPS	L 10–27	107,709
October 8	1:00 pm	The Citadel*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		W 27–7	50,272
October 15	2:30 pm	No. 6 Alabama	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)	CBS	L 10–13	60,135
October 22	1:00 pm	Kentucky	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		W 13–7	48,457
October 29	11:30 am	at No. 19 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	JPS	L 3–27	85,791
November 12	1:00 pm	Arkansas	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)		L 17–28	53,289
November 19	6:45 pm	No. 4 LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN2	L 7–40	59,543
November 26	1:30 pm	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)		L 14–35	53,655
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2005 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR		Mike Espy	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Billy Cannon's Halloween run Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear Tony the Landshark "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove The Blind Side
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

2005 Ole Miss Rebels football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
2005 record	3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Ed Orgeron (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ed Orgeron (1st season)
Captain	Michael Bozeman Tre' Stallings
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 60,580)
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	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