The 2005 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University

Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....

 in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

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. The team was coached by Tommy Bowden

Tommy Bowden

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 and played their homes game at Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium, Clemson

Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium, popularly known as Death Valley, is home to the Clemson University Tigers, a NCAA Division I-A football team, located in Clemson, South Carolina...

 in Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson is a college town located in Pickens County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 11,939 at the 2000 census and center of an urban cluster with a total population of 42,199...

.

Season

Clemson started off its season with wins over a ranked Texas A&M

2005 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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 team and the Maryland Terrapins

2005 Maryland Terrapins football team

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. However, Clemson then lost the following three games to Miami

2005 Miami Hurricanes football team

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, Boston College, and Wake Forest. The losses to Miami and Boston College came in overtime. Clemson then rebounded to win the next two games against NC State

2005 NC State Wolfpack football team

The 2005 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's Head Coach was Chuck Amato. N.C. State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since the league's inception in 1953, and participated in...

 and . The next week, Clemson lost a close game to Georgia Tech

2005 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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. Clemson then closed out the regular season with three straight wins over Duke

2005 Duke Blue Devils football team

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, ACC

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 rival Florida State

2005 Florida State Seminoles football team

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, and instate rival South Carolina

2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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. In the post-season, Clemson received an invitation to play in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl

2005 Champs Sports Bowl

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 against Colorado

2005 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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. Clemson won the game, 19–10, to finish the season at 8–4.

Clemson finished the season ranked in the top 25 (21st in both the AP

AP Poll

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 and the Coaches' Poll) for the second time in three years. Clemson also recorded wins against three AP top 20 teams in the 2005 season for just the fourth time in school history. Clemson lost its four games by a combined 14 points.

Schedule