2005 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 2005 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2005 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Walt Harris, replacing fired coach Buddy Teevens.^[1] The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference.

2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 USC † $	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 13 Oregon	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 16 UCLA	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 25 California	4	–	4	8	–	4
Arizona State	4	–	4	7	–	5
Stanford	4	–	4	5	–	6
Oregon State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Washington State	1	–	7	4	–	7
Washington	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) and 1 loss due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	3:00 p.m.	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	W 41–38	35,670
September 17	7:00 p.m.	UC Davis*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 17–20	31,250
October 1	2:00 p.m.	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 20–44	27,690
October 8	4:00 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 24–21	33,422
October 15	4:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 20–16	54,216
October 22	2:00 p.m.	Arizona State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 45–35	31,711
October 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 8 UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	L 27–30 ^OT	42,850
November 5	7:00 p.m.	at No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	TBS	L 21–51	90,212
November 12	3:30 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 20–17	42,960
November 19	4:00 p.m.	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (108th Big Game)	ABC	L 3–27	71,743
November 26	5:00 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy)	ABC	L 31–38	56,057
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time