The 2005 Fresno State football team represented Fresno State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...

, and competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

. Led by head coach Pat Hill

Pat Hill

Pat Hill is a college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Fresno State.-Early positions:Pat Hill attended Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, graduating in 1970...

, the Bulldogs played their home games at Bulldog Stadium

Bulldog Stadium

Bulldog Stadium at Jim Sweeney Field is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of California State University, Fresno in Fresno, California. It is the home field of the Fresno State Bulldogs of the Western Athletic Conference. The stadium opened in 1980 with a capacity of 30,000 and has a...

 in Fresno

Fresno, California

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, California

California

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.

Season Notes

The 2005 season was among the most remarkable in recent memory, with the Bulldogs beating archrival Hawaii

2005 Hawaii Warriors football team

The 2005 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A college football season. Hawaii finished the 2005 season with a 5–7 record, going 4–4 in WAC play...

 in the islands for the first time since 1994; beating WAC rival Boise State

2005 Boise State Broncos football team

The 2005 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football during the 2005 season...

 for the first time since they joined the WAC; and taking the two-time national champion USC Trojans

2005 USC Trojans football team

The 2005 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the college football season of 2005–2006, winning the Pacific-10 Conference , and playing for the NCAA Division I-A national championship...

 to the wire in a memorable game in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the season fell apart after that loss, with the Bulldogs dropping three more games afterward, including a to former WAC foe, .

Schedule

Weber State Wildcats

Oregon Ducks

Toledo Rockets

New Mexico State Aggies

Utah State Aggies

Idaho Vandals

Hawai’i Warriors

San Jose State Spartans

Boise State Broncos

Southern California Trojans

Nevada Wolfpack

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Coaching staff

• Pat Hill
  Pat Hill
  Pat Hill is a college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Fresno State.-Early positions:Pat Hill attended Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, graduating in 1970...
  
   - Head Coach
• Steve Hagan- Offensive Coordinator
• Dan Brown - Defensive Coordinator
• John Baxter - Special Teams/Wide Receivers
• Tom Mason
  Tom Mason (American football coach)
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  - Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers
• Kerry Locklin
  Kerry Locklin
  Kerry Barth Locklin is an American football coach, most recently the defensive line coach for the New York Jets in the National Football League....
  
  - Defensive Line
• Tim Skipper - Running Backs