2005 Oregon State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Riley.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 2005, game by game: won vs. Portland State 41–14; won vs. Boise State 30–27; lost at No. 11 Louisville 27–63; lost vs. No. 18 Arizona State 24–42; won vs. Washington State 44–33; won at No. 18 California 23–20; lost at No. 8 UCLA 28–51; lost vs. Arizona 27–29; won at Washington 18–10; lost vs. Stanford 17–20; lost at No. 10 Oregon 14–56+27−42Won 41–14 vs. Portland State+27Portland StateWon 30–27 vs. Boise State+3Boise StateLost 27–63 at No. 11 Louisville-36No. 11 LouisvilleLost 24–42 vs. No. 18 Arizona State-18No. 18 Arizona StateWon 44–33 vs. Washington State+11Washington StateWon 23–20 at No. 18 California+3No. 18 CaliforniaLost 28–51 at No. 8 UCLA-23No. 8 UCLALost 27–29 vs. Arizona-2ArizonaWon 18–10 at Washington+8WashingtonLost 17–20 vs. Stanford-3StanfordLost 14–56 at No. 10 Oregon-42No. 10 Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 56–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
293–⁠365
Coach
Mike Riley
Elo
1530 −63 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 59 of 118; offense No. 64, defense No. 51
SRS
−0.6 No. 64 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 45
Offensive coordinator
Danny Langsdorf
Defensive coordinator
Mark Banker
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense48th of 119
  • Defense52nd of 119
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0738%1.0548th of 119
Defense0.0636%1.1752nd 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
Offense0.0own 332% allowed
Defense0.0own 313% 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

Ian Brinker OT★★★No. 829
Wilson Holman DT★★No. 966
Patrick Henderson CB★★No. 1132
Nick Thurston FB★★No. 1132
Kyle Brown WR★★No. 1132

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

The 2005 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs22.00.733
Receivers12.00.767
Offensive line22.50.755
Defensive line12.00.789
Defensive backs22.00.733
Whole class82.10.750

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 6Mike Hass WRNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Keith Ellison LBBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 2 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.