2005 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 2005 Tennessee Volunteers (variously "Tennessee", "UT", or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division, the team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer, in his thirteenth full year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–5 in the SEC), and failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time during Fulmer's tenure as head coach and the first time overall since 1988.^[1]

2005 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis (11th season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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

Tennessee entered their 2005 season ranked as the number three team in the nation and as a favorite to win the Eastern Division and compete for the SEC championship.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 pm	UAB*	No. 3	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	JPS	W 17–10	107,529
September 17	8:00 pm	at No. 6 Florida	No. 5	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (Third Saturday in September)	CBS	L 7–16	90,716
September 26	7:30 pm	at No. 4 LSU	No. 10	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	ESPN2	W 30–27 OT	91,986
October 1	12:30 pm	Ole Miss	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	W 27–10	107,709
October 8	3:30 pm	No. 5 Georgia	No. 8	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	CBS	L 14–27	108,470
October 22	3:30 pm	at No. 5 Alabama	No. 17	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	L 3–6 ‡	81,018
October 29	7:45 pm	South Carolina	No. 23	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 15–16	107,716
November 5	2:30 pm	at No. 8 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	L 21–41	80,795
November 12	2:00 pm	Memphis*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	PPV	W 20–16	106,647
November 19	12:30 pm	Vanderbilt		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	L 24–28	107,487
November 26	12:30 pm	at Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	W 27–8	61,924
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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‡ As part of their penalty for NCAA violations, Alabama has retroactively vacated its 2005 victory over Tennessee.^[5] However, the penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected game or award a victory to the opponent, therefore Tennessee still considers the game a loss in their official records.^[6]

Roster

2005 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 8 Jonathan Crompton Fr WR 9 Bret Smith Jr QB 10 Erik Ainge So WR 11 Slick Shelley Fr WR 12 Lucas Taylor Fr WR 13 Chris Hannon Sr QB 14 Bo Hardegree So G 78 Ramon Foster Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 18 Jason Allen Sr DT 92 Justin Harrell Jr DE 98 Parys Haralson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Phillip Fulmer Coordinators/assistant coaches Randy Sanders – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Trooper Taylor – Running backs/assistant head coach Pat Washington – Wide receivers Greg Adkins – Tight ends/assistant offensive line/recruiting coordinator Jimmy Ray Stephens – Offensive line John Chavis – Defensive coordinator/associate head coach/linebackers Dan Brooks – Defensive line Larry Slade – Defensive backs Steve Caldwell – Special teams/defensive ends Jason Michael – Graduate assistant Jay Graham – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

Main article: 2006 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jason Allen	Cornerback	1	16	Miami Dolphins
Parys Haralson	Defensive end	5	140	San Francisco 49ers
Omar Gaither	Linebacker	5	168	Philadelphia Eagles
Jesse Mahelona	Defensive tackle	5	169	Tennessee Titans
Kevin Simon	Linebacker	7	250	Washington Redskins

• References:^[7][8][9]