2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Tiller and played its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium. Purdue played eleven games in the 2005 season, finishing with a 5–6 record and missing a post-season bowl game for the first time since 1996. Purdue was predicted by many as a dark horse for the Big Ten title, but after a strong 2–0 start, lost six straight before rebounding to finish a more respectable 5–6.

2005 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Chaney (9th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (9th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPRob Ninkovich
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Penn State $+   7 1     11 1  
No. 4 Ohio State %+   7 1     10 2  
No. 15 Wisconsin   5 3     10 3  
Michigan   5 3     7 5  
Northwestern   5 3     7 5  
Iowa   5 3     7 5  
Minnesota   4 4     7 5  
Purdue   3 5     5 6  
Michigan State   2 6     5 6  
Indiana   1 7     4 7  
Illinois   0 8     2 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 101:00 pmAkron*No. 13ESPN360W 49–2464,757[1]
September 1710:00 pmat Arizona*No. 12W 31–2456,400[1]
September 2412:00 pmat MinnesotaNo. 11ESPNL 35–42 2OT48,116[1]
October 17:45 pmNo. 13 Notre Dame*No. 22
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNL 28–4965,491[1]
October 84:30 pmIowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNL 17–3464,785[1]
October 151:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2L 29–3462,866[1]
October 223:30 pmat No. 19 WisconsinABCL 20–3182,828[1]
October 293:30 pmat No. 11 Penn StateABCL 15–33109,467[1]
November 512:00 pmMichigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNUW 28–2162,467[1]
November 1212:00 pmIllinois
ESPN+W 37–357,611[1]
November 191:00 pmat IndianaESPN360W 41–1450,023[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

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2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 9 Dorien Bryant So
TE 21 Charles Davis Sr
RB 42 Anthony Heygood Fr
TE 28 Dustin Keller So
QB 11 Brandon Kirsch Jr
G 67 Uche Nwaneri   So
WR 21 Greg Orton Fr
OT 65 Mike Otto   Jr
QB 12 Curtis Painter Fr
RB 40 Kory Sheets Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 85 Cliff Avril So
DL 90 Ryan Baker   Fr
DE 45 Eugene Bright   So
DE 10 Ray Edwards Jr
LB 30 George Hall   Jr
LB 39 Bobby Iwuchukwu Sr
LB 59 Stanford Keglar   So
CB 18 Brandon King Fr
DT 71 Alex Magee Fr
DE 93 Rob Ninkovich Sr
SS 31 Bernard Pollard Jr
FS 27 Jerad Grey So
DE 49 Anthony Spencer   Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries

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Akron

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1 234Total
Akron 0 1437 24
• Purdue 14 14021 49

Arizona

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1 234Total
• Purdue 14 7100 31
Arizona 7 1007 24

Minnesota

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1 234OT2OTTotal
Purdue 0 721070 35
• Minnesota 3 710877 42

Notre Dame

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1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 21714 49
Purdue 0 01414 28

Iowa

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1 234Total
• Iowa 14 3611 34
Purdue 7 730 17

Northwestern

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1 234Total
• Northwestern 14 1406 34
Purdue 3 6146 29

Wisconsin

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1 234Total
Purdue 0 1037 20
• Wisconsin 10 0147 31

At Penn State

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Purdue Boilermakers (2–5) at #11 Penn State Nittany Lions (7–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Purdue 7 0 0815
Penn St 3 13 71033

at Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Partly sunny, 49 °F (9 °C)
  • Game attendance: 109,467
  • Referee: S. Newman
  • Box Score
Game information

Michigan State

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1 234Total
Michigan St 14 700 21
• Purdue 7 777 28

Illinois

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1 234Total
Illinois 0 003 3
• Purdue 0 10720 37

Indiana

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1 234Total
• Purdue 0 2777 41
Indiana 7 007 14

2006 NFL Draft

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Bernard Pollard Safety 2 54 Kansas City Chiefs
Ray Edwards Defensive Lineman 4 127 Minnesota Vikings
Rob Ninkovich Defensive End 5 135 New Orleans Saints
Charles Davis Tight End 5 167 Pittsburgh Steelers

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University.