2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2005 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Scarlet Knights were led by fifth-year head coach Greg Schiano and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium . They are a member of the Big East Conference . 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 1978 . They would lose 45 – 40 to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Insight Bowl
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2005 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team