2005 Navy Midshipmen football team
| 2005 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Poinsettia Bowl champion | |
Poinsettia Bowl, W 51–30 vs. Colorado State | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 8–4 |
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| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (4th season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| MVP | Lamar Owens |
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| Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Notre Dame % | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | – | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Paul Johnson.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Maryland | CSTV | L 20–23 | 67,809 | |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Stanford | CSTV | L 38–41 | 35,670 | |
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at Duke | W 28–21 | 15,246 | ||
| October 8 | 1:30 p.m. | Air Force |
| CSTV | W 27–24 | 35,211 |
| October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Kent State |
| CSTV | W 34–31 | 30,316 |
| October 22 | 5:00 p.m. | at Rice | W 41–9 | 12,714 | ||
| October 29 | 3:30 p.m. | at Rutgers | L 31–41 | 41,716 | ||
| November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Tulane |
| CSTV | W 49–21 | 33,608 |
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Notre Dame | NBC | L 21–42 | 80,795 | |
| November 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Temple |
| CSTV | W 38–17 | 30,261 |
| December 3 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Army | CBS | W 42–23 | 69,322 | |
| December 22 | 8:30 p.m. | vs. Colorado State | ESPN2 | W 51–30 | 36,842 | |
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