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2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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Conference
  
Big East Conference

AP
  
No. 5

Head coach
  
Coaches
  
No. 6

2005 record
  
11–1 (7–0 Big East)

Offensive coordinator
  

The 2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with an 11–1 record. The Mountaineers won their third consecutive Big East Title with a conference record of 7–0. They ended the season with a 38–35 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia.

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Preseason

The 2005 season followed a disappointing 2004 campaign, where the Mountaineers started the season with National Championship expectations only to finish the season 8-4. Despite a number of starters returning on defense, the question marks on offense lead many to think the '05 season was going to be a rebuilding year with most national publications picking the Mountaineers to finish behind Louisville and Pitt or lower. With QB Rasheed Marshall and RB K.J. Harris leaving, the quarterback and halfback positions were open. Adam Bednarik and redshirt-freshman Pat White were competing for the spot, with Coach Rich Rodriguez opting to use a rotation that allowed them both to play. It marked the first season for the "new" Big East, welcoming Louisville, Cincinnati, and South Florida into the league following Boston College leaving to join former members Virginia Tech and Miami in the ACC.

Roster

  1. 5 Pat White,#10 Steve Slaton

References

2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team Wikipedia


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