2005 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 2005 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Rich Brooks.

2005 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	3–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Rich Brooks (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joker Phillips (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Archer (3rd season)
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$		6	–	2					10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 12 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 14 Auburn x		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Alabama		6	–	2					10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 pm	No. 12 Louisville*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Governor's Cup)	ESPN	L 24–31	70,752
September 10	6:00 pm	Idaho State*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 41–29	59,519
September 17	6:45 pm	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (rivalry)	ESPNC	L 13–48	40,240
September 24	3:30 pm	No. 5 Florida	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (rivalry)	CBS	L 28–49	66,820
October 8	1:00 pm	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	L 16–44	71,009
October 22	2:00 pm	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		L 7–13	48,457
October 29	7:00 pm	Mississippi State	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 13–7	55,163
November 5	1:00 pm	No. 17 Auburn	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		L 17–49	60,519
November 12	2:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)		W 48–43	29,506
November 19	12:30 pm	at No. 14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	JPS	L 13–45	92,746
November 26	12:30 pm	Tennessee	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	L 8–27	61,924
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time