2005 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2005 Virginia Cavaliers football
2005 Virginia Cavaliers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 34–31 vs. Minnesota
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal
Record	7–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Al Groh (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Prince (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (5th season)
Home stadium	Scott Stadium; (Capacity: 61,500)
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

2005 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 23 Florida State xy$	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 18 Boston College x	5	–	3	9	–	3
No. 21 Clemson	4	–	4	8	–	4
Wake Forest	3	–	5	4	–	7
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	5
Maryland	3	–	5	5	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 7 Virginia Tech x	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 17 Miami (FL)	6	–	2	9	–	3
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	7	–	5
North Carolina	4	–	4	5	–	6
Virginia	3	–	5	7	–	5
Duke	0	–	8	1	–	10
Championship: Florida State 27, Virginia Tech 22
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:30 pm	Western Michigan*	No. 23	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN360	W 31–19	61,244
September 17	12:00 pm	at Syracuse*	No. 20	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	W 27–24	40,027
September 24	3:30 pm	Duke	No. 19	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN360	W 38–7	61,021
October 1	12:00 pm	at Maryland	No. 18	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	JPS	L 33–45	52,656
October 8	1:00 pm	at No. 17 Boston College	No. 25	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	L 17–28	35,286
October 15	8:00 pm	No. 5 Florida State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 26–21	63,106
October 22	12:00 pm	at North Carolina	No. 24	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	L 5–7	52,000
November 5	3:30 pm	Temple*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 51–3	57,060
November 12	3:30 pm	No. 24 Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 27–17	60,061
November 19	12:00 pm	No. 6 Virginia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ESPN	L 14–52	63,344
November 26	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Miami		Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ABC	L 17–25	37,629
December 30	12:00 pm	vs. Minnesota*		LP Field Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 34–31	40,519
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2005 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Marques Hagans
OL	`77`	Ian-Yates Cunningham	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class