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The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League (NFL).. Regular season play was held from September 8, 2005, to January 1, 2006. The regular season also saw the first ever regular season game played outside the United States, as well as the New Orleans Saints being forced to play elsewhere due to damage to the Superdome and the entire New Orleans area by ...
The Lions failed to improve on their 6–10 record from 2004. The Lions began their 2005 season with a 17–3 win over the rival Green Bay Packers. However, the next week, the Lions were throttled, 38–6, by the Chicago Bears in Chicago. By week 10, the Lions had a 4–5 record after they had defeated the Arizona Cardinals 29–21 at home ...
[1] The Redskins also traded wide receiver Laveranues Coles to the New York Jets for wide receiver Santana Moss. Most sports writers thought that this was a lopsided deal and that the Redskins were getting the worse end of the trade. [2] In the 2005 NFL draft, the Redskins drafted Auburn cornerback Carlos Rogers with the ninth pick.
5–1 10–2 .500 .471 W4 3 [a] Cincinnati Bengals: North 11 5 0 .688 5–1 7–5 .477 .398 L2 4 New England Patriots: East 10 6 0 .625 5–1 7–5 .508 .400 L1 Wild cards: 5 Jacksonville Jaguars: South 12 4 0 .750 4–2 9–3 .465 .375 W3 6 [a] Pittsburgh Steelers: North 11 5 0 .688 4–2 7–5 .492 .415 W4 Did not qualify for the postseason ...
The 2005 season was the Green Bay Packers' 85th in the National Football League (NFL), their 87th overall and the sixth and final under head coach Mike Sherman. It would be the first season the franchise would have involving quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
In 1987, the NFL began regularly scheduling games for Sunday nights to be aired on ESPN during the second half (Weeks 10–18) of the season. The league expanded these games to the entire season in 1990 , though the first half (Weeks 1–9) of the season was televised on TNT , while ESPN continued to carry the second half (Weeks 10–18).
The period between the disappointing 2004 season and the start of the 2005 season was marked by major changes for the Seahawks, starting with the front office. Team owner Paul Allen fired eight-year incumbent General Manager Bob Whitsitt on January 14, the same day that Vice President of Football Operations Ted Thompson was hired away by the Green Bay Packers to be their general manager. [1]
Since 2002, the league has consisted of 32 teams based across the United States. Each NFL season since 2021 has started with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week.