2005 Gator Bowl

2005 Toyota Gator Bowl
Florida State Seminoles West Virginia Mountaineers (8-3) (8-3) 30 18 Head coach:  Bobby Bowden Head coach:  Rich Rodriguez AP Coaches BCS 17 15 16 Coaches 23
1 2 3 4 Total Florida State 10 3 10 7 30 West Virginia 12 0 3 3 18
Date	January 1, 2005
Season	2004
Stadium	Alltel Stadium
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Leon Washington Kay-Jay Harris
Referee	Land Clark (Pac-10)
Attendance	70,112
United States TV coverage
Network	NBC
Announcers	Tom Hammond and Pat Haden

The 2005 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida State Seminoles and the West Virginia Mountaineers on January 1, 2005, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the final game of the 2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season for each team and resulted in a 30-18 Florida State Victory. West Virginia represented the Big East Conference while Florida State represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).