The 2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented

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in the

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. The Scarlet Knights were led by fifth-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They are a member of the

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. They finished the season 7–5, 4–3 in Big East play to finish in a tie for third place. After the season, they were invited to their first Bowl game since

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. They would lose 45–40 to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Insight Bowl.

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons

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