2005 Navy Midshipmen football team
| 2005 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Poinsettia Bowl, W 51-30 vs. Colorado State | |
| Conference | NCAA Division I FBS independent schools |
| 2005 record | 8-4 ( Independent) |
| Head coach | Paul Johnson |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Home stadium | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| 2005 Division I-A independents football records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #9 Notre Dame ‡ | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | – | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football during the 2005 season.
Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation.
The team was led by fourth-year head coach Paul Johnson.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Maryland | M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD | CSTV | L 20-23 | 67,809 | ||
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Stanford | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CSTV | L 38-41 | 35,670 | ||
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | W 28-21 | 15,246 | |||
| October 8 | 1:30 p.m. | Air Force | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CSTV | W 27-24 | 35,211 | ||
| October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Kent State | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CSTV | W 34-31 | 30,316 | ||
| October 22 | 5:00 p.m. | at Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 41-9 | 12,714 | |||
| October 29 | 3:30 p.m. | at Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | L 31-41 | 41,716 | |||
| November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Tulane | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CSTV | W 49-21 | 33,608 | ||
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at #7 Notre Dame | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN | NBC | L 21-42 | 80,795 | ||
| November 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Temple | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CSTV | W 38-17 | 30,261 | ||
| December 3 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Army | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | CBS | W 42-23 | 69,322 | ||
| December 22 | 8:30 PM | vs. Colorado State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl) | ESPN2 | W 51-30 | 36,842 | ||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern. | ||||||||
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