2004-2005 жылғы NCAA футболдан ойындар сериясы

The 2004–05 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 32 post season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2004 and January 2005 for Division I A football teams and their all stars. The post season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 14, 2004, and concluded on January 29, 2005, with the season ending Senior Bowl. A total of 28 team competitive games, and five all star games, were played. For the first time in three years, the 56 available bowl slots were filled by teams with winning records, as no teams with non winning seasons (6–6, or .500) were invited to participate in bowl games.

Non BCS BowlsDateTimeGameSiteMatchupRef. Dec 14 7:30 PM New Orleans Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA Southern Miss 31, North Texas 10 Dec 21 7:45 PM Champs Sports Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL Georgia Tech 51, Syracuse 14 Dec 22 8:00 PM GMAC Bowl Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL Bowling Green 52, Memphis 35Dec 23 6:30 PM Fort Worth Bowl Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14 9:45 PM Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV Wyoming 24, UCLA 21 Dec 24 7:00 PM Hawaii Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI Hawaii 59, UAB 40Dec 27 2:00 PM MPC Computers Bowl Bronco StadiumBoise, ID Fresno State 37, No. 18 Virginia 34 5:30 PM Motor City Bowl Ford FieldDetroit, MI Connecticut 39, Toledo 10Dec 28 6:30 PM Independence Bowl Independence StadiumShreveport, LA Iowa State 17, Miami (OH) 13 9:45 PM Insight Bowl Bank One BallparkPhoenix, AZ Oregon State 38, Notre Dame 21Dec 29 4:30 PM Houston Bowl Reliant StadiumHouston, TX Colorado 33, UTEP 28 8:00 PM Alamo Bowl AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX No. 24 Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7Dec 30 1:00 PM Continental Tire Bowl Ericsson StadiumCharlotte, NC No. 25 Boston College 37, North Carolina 24 4:30 PM Emerald Bowl SBC ParkSan Francisco, CA Navy 34, New Mexico 19 8:00 PM Holiday Bowl Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA No. 23 Texas Tech 45, No. 4 California 31 11:00 PM Silicon Valley Football Classic Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA Northern Illinois 34, Troy 21Dec 31 12:00 PM Music City Bowl The ColiseumNashville, TN Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 2:00 PM Sun Bowl Sun BowlEl Paso, TX No. 21 Arizona State 27, Purdue 23 3:30 PM Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN No. 7 Louisville 44, No. 10 Boise State 40 7:30 PM Peach Bowl Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA No. 13 Miami (FL) 27, No. 20 Florida 10Jan 1 11:00 AM Outback Bowl Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL No. 8 Georgia 24, No. 16 Wisconsin 21 11:00 AM Cotton Bowl Cotton BowlDallas, TX No. 15 Tennessee 38, No. 22 Texas A&M 7 12:30 PM Gator Bowl Alltel StadiumJacksonville, FL No. 17 Florida State 30, West Virginia 18 1:00 PM Capital One Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL No. 11 Iowa 30, No. 12 LSU 25BCS BowlsJan 1 5:00 PM Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, CA No. 6 Texas 38, No. 13 Michigan 37 8:30 PM Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ No. 5 Utah 35, No. 19 Pittsburgh 7 Jan 3 8:00 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA No. 3 Auburn 16, No. 9 Virginia Tech 13 Jan 4 8:00 PM Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship Game) Pro Player StadiumMiami Gardens, FL No. 1 USC 55, No. 2 Oklahoma 19 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Of the 59 Division I A football teams with winning records, 56 were invited to the various bowl games. This season, bowl officials had more difficulty than usual filling their slots. Because the regular season was only 11 games, teams had to finish at least 6–5 to qualify. Teams that were allowed under NCAA rules to play a 12th regular season game in return for playing at Hawaii had to finish at least 7–5. Four conferences – the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 10, and SEC – all failed to produce enough bowl eligible teams to fill their contracted bowl slots. In addition, a massive brawl between Clemson and South Carolina players during their November 20 game, less than 24 hours following the Pacers–Pistons brawl during a National Basketball Association game, led both schools to announce that they would not go to any bowl game as a self imposed punishment. Both schools were otherwise bowl eligible, thus forcing bowl organizers to scramble even more to fill their slots. In addition, Utah's unexpected entry into the BCS caused further shuffling of normal bowl tie ins. The main beneficiary of this unexpected chaos was the Mid American Conference, which received five bowl bids instead of its contracted two. The only bowl eligible team willing to accept an invitation that was left out of this season's bowl games was another MAC school, Akron. The Zips would make their first bowl appearance the next season. Three schools made their first ever bowl appearance this season: UAB (Hawaii Bowl), UConn (2004 Motor City Bowl), and Troy State (Silicon Valley Football Classic). Of these three, only UConn won its game. For the first time since the 1968–1969 bowl season Nebraska did not go to a bowl game. Records shown are pre bowl.

Records shown are pre bowl.

On June 10, 2010, the NCAA placed the University of Southern California (USC) on a probation period of four years, with two years without any bowl game appearances, and forfeiture of all games in which Reggie Bush (an ineligible player because of accepting payments from an agent) participated in beginning in December 2004, and therefore, includes the Orange Bowl BCS National Championship game. On June 6, 2011, the NCAA officially vacated USC's Orange Bowl BCS National Championship game win.

In the Gridiron Classic, the first of the four post BCS bowl games played January 15, 2005, at The Villages retirement center in Lady Lake, Florida, Marcus Randall (quarterback for LSU) ran seven out of eleven passes for 88 yards as he led the South squad to a win over the North by the score of 24–21. Randall was also declared the game's Most Valuable Player.

The 80th East–West Shrine Game, played January 15, 2005, (just after the Gridiron Classic) at SBC Park in San Francisco, saw two Louisville teammates, Stefan LeFors and J. R. Russell, propel the East squad to a 45–27 win over the West team. The two teams combined for 1,013 yards of offense in the highest scoring Shrine Game since 1979. LeFors was named the MVP for the offense, while Alex Green of Duke won the MVP for the defense.

The 4th edition of the Las Vegas All American Classic was played January 22, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The West won the game by a score of 21–16 over the East.

A total 92 of the best seniors in college football were represented in the January 22, 2005, version of the Hula Bowl game played in Wailuku, Hawaii. Michigan State's Ronald Stanley scored with two defensive touchdowns to help win the game for the East over the West by the score of 20–13. For his efforts, Stanley won Most Valuable Player. This was the first time since 1996 that the Hula Bowl used the East and West squads format.

In the Senior Bowl, the final game of the 2004–05 college football season, Kansas State's Darren Sproles, Akron's Charlie Frye, and Ohio State's Mike Nugent led the North to a 23–13 victory over the South in the annual bowl game played January 29, 2005, in Mobile, Alabama. Frye won the Most Valuable Player honors for his completion of 10 to 12 passes and making possible a 22 yard touchdown at the game's conclusion to seal the victory for the North. Nugent scored three field goals from 25, 36, and 41 yards, respectively, while Sproles earned the North's defensive player of the game for five carries gaining 55 yards. Leroy Hill of Clemson earned the defensive player honors for the South team.

In the following table of teams that played in bowl games, winners are marked in bold and losers are marked in italics. The table is sorted by winning percentage, then by number of competing teams, and finally alphabetically by conference name. Conf#WLPctTeamsMountain West3210.667New Mexico, Utah, WyomingC USA5320.600Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss, UABPac 105320.600Arizona State, California, Oregon State, UCLA, USCACC6330.500Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia TechBig Ten6330.500Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, WisconsinSEC6330.500Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, TennesseeWAC4220.500Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, UTEPIndependent2110.500Navy, Notre DameBig 127430.571Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas TechBig East5230.400Boston College, UConn, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West VirginiaMAC5230.400Bowling Green, Marshall, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, ToledoSun Belt2020.000North Texas, Troy State