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2005 California

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Jeff Tedford, finished No. 25 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

California in 2005, game by game: won vs. Sacramento State 41–3; won at Washington 56–17; won vs. Illinois 35–20; won at New Mexico State 41–13; won vs. Arizona 28–0; lost at No. 20 UCLA 40–47; lost vs. Oregon State 20–23; won vs. Washington State 42–38; lost at No. 15 Oregon 20–27; lost vs. No. 1 USC 10–35; won at Stanford 27–3; won vs. BYU 35–28+39−25Won 41–3 vs. Sacramento State+38Sacramento StateWon 56–17 at Washington+39WashingtonWon 35–20 vs. Illinois+15IllinoisWon 41–13 at New Mexico State+28New Mexico StateWon 28–0 vs. Arizona+28ArizonaLost 40–47 at No. 20 UCLA-7No. 20 UCLALost 20–23 vs. Oregon State-3Oregon StateWon 42–38 vs. Washington State+4Washington StateLost 20–27 at No. 15 Oregon-7No. 15 OregonLost 10–35 vs. No. 1 USC-25No. 1 USCWon 27–3 at Stanford+24StanfordWon 35–28 vs. BYU+7BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsSacramento StateW 41–⁠394%
Sep 10atWashingtonW 56–⁠1775%
Sep 17vsIllinoisW 35–⁠2083%
Sep 23atNew Mexico StateW 41–⁠1378%
Oct 1vsArizonaW 28–⁠085%
Oct 8at20UCLAL 40–⁠4752%
Oct 15vsOregon StateL 20–⁠2369%
Oct 22vsWashington StateW 42–⁠3873%
Nov 5at15OregonL 20–⁠2745%
Nov 12vs1USCL 10–⁠3528%
Nov 19atStanfordW 27–⁠358%
Dec 22Bowls & playoffvsBYULas Vegas BowlW 35–⁠2866%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 35–⁠28 in the Las Vegas Bowl; No. 25 in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 12
  6. Wk 6: 10
  7. Wk 7: 18
  8. Wk 8: 25
  9. Wk 9: 24
  10. Wk 10: 23
  11. Final: 25
Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-10
AP final
No. 25 peak No. 10
Points
395–⁠254
Coach
Jeff Tedford
Elo
1655 +21 this season
SP+ rating
18.4 No. 17 of 118; offense No. 19, defense No. 25
SRS
9.6 No. 28 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 10
Offensive coordinator
George Cortez
Defensive coordinator
Bob Gregory
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense10th of 119
  • Defense78th of 119
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.1643%1.0510th of 119
Defense0.0939%1.1678th of 119
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 303% allowed
Defense-0.1own 273% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2005 class

DeSean Jackson WR★★★★★No. 22
Anthony Felder ILB★★★★No. 83
Syd’Quan Thompson CB★★★★No. 119
Kevin Bemoll OG★★★★No. 123
Gary Doxy S★★No. 1132

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2005 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers15.00.991
Offensive line14.00.922
Defensive line12.00.722
Linebackers14.00.968
Defensive backs23.00.849
Whole class63.50.884

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2006

The 2006 draft
Rd 5Ryan O’Callaghan OTNew England Patriots
Rd 6Marvin Philip CPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Aaron Merz OGBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2005 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2005 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠012–⁠12
Oregon7–⁠110–⁠212
UCLA6–⁠210–⁠216
California4–⁠48–⁠425
Arizona State4–⁠47–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠55–⁠6
Arizona2–⁠63–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠74–⁠7
Washington1–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.