2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Wisconsin Badgers football
2005 Wisconsin Badgers football
Capital One Bowl champion
Capital One Bowl, W 24–10 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
2005 record	10–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Paul Chryst; Brian White
Defensive coordinator	Bret Bielema
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium; (Capacity: 80,321)
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Barry Alvarez, the Badgers completed the season with a 10–3 record, including a 5–3 mark in the Big Ten Conference, good for a third-place tie with Michigan, Northwestern and Iowa.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 a.m.	Bowling Green*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	W 56–42	82,138^[2]
September 10	11:00 a.m.	Temple*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPNU	W 65–0	81,806^[2]
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 14–5	60,000^[2]
September 24	5:00 p.m.	No. 14 Michigan		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	W 23–20	83,022^[2]
October 1	11:00 a.m.	Indiana	No. 17	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	W 41–24	82,330^[2]
October 8	11:00 a.m.	at Northwestern	No. 14	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 48–51	33,859^[2]
October 15	11:00 a.m.	at No. 22 Minnesota	No. 23	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN	W 38–34	65,089^[2]
October 22	2:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 19	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	W 31–20	82,828^[2]
October 29	11:00 a.m.	at Illinois	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN	W 41–24	52,158^[2]
November 5	2:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Penn State	No. 14	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 14–35	109,865^[2]
November 12	2:30 p.m.	Iowa	No. 19	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Heartland Trophy)	ESPN	L 10–20	83,184^[2]
November 25	9:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*	No. 24	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	ESPN2	W 41–24	34,031^[2]
January 2, 2006	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Auburn*	No. 21	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 24–10	57,221^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`2`	Brian Calhoun	Sr
TE	`11`	Owen Daniels	Sr
QB	`12`	Tyler Donovan	So
WR	`9`	Jonathan Orr	Sr
RB	`34`	Bill Rentmeester	Fr
QB	`7`	John Stocco	Jr
T	`72`	Joe Thomas	Jr
G	`63`	Kraig Urbik	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`96`	Nick Hayden	So
CB	`6`	Jack Ikegwuonu	So
CB	`22`	Roderick Rogers	Jr
DB	`16`	Joe Stellmacher	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`94`	Ken DeBauche	So

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v t Wisconsin Badgers football
Venues	Randall Field (1895–1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game Crazylegs
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Retired numbers
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 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

2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	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