2005 South Florida Bulls football team

2005 South Florida Bulls football
Meineke Car Care Bowl, L 0–14 vs. NC State
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	6–6 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Leavitt (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rod Smith (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinators	Rick Kravitz (9th season) Wally Burnham (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 West Virginia $		7	–	0					11	–	1
No. 19 Louisville		5	–	2					9	–	3
Rutgers		4	–	3					7	–	5
South Florida		4	–	3					6	–	6
Pittsburgh		4	–	3					5	–	6
Connecticut		2	–	5					5	–	6
Cincinnati		2	–	5					4	–	7
Syracuse		0	–	7					1	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. South Florida was led by head coach Jim Leavitt played home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 2005 college football season was only the 9th season overall for the Bulls, and their first season in the Big East Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	3:30 p.m.	at Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPNU	L 13–23	99,235
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Florida A&M*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 37–3	43,122	[1]
September 17	7:00 p.m.	UCF*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (War on I–4)	FSNF	W 31–14	45,139
September 24	6:45 p.m.	No. 9 Louisville	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPNU	W 45–14	33,586
October 1	8:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPNU	L 7–27	58,308
October 15	2:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN360	L 17–31	33,497
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	W 45–31	31,131
November 12	1:30 p.m.	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY		W 27–0	40,144
November 19	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN+	W 31–16	27,204
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ABC	L 10–15	40,000
December 3	7:30 p.m.	No. 12 West Virginia	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		L 13–28	45,274
December 31	11:00 a.m.	vs. NC State*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Meineke Car Care Bowl)	ESPN2	L 0–14	57,937
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "South Florida pulls away from FAMU". Tallahassee Democrat. September 11, 2005. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.