2005 LSU Tigers football team

The 2005 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Les Miles in his first season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Despite all of the distractions from Hurricane Katrina, LSU finished its season with an 11–2 record capped off by a 40–3 victory over No. 9 Miami in the 2005 Peach Bowl without starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell.

2005 LSU Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 40–3 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
2005 record11–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJimbo Fisher (6th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorBo Pelini (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 91,600)
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$  6 2     10 3  
South Carolina  5 3     7 5  
No. 12 Florida  5 3     9 3  
Vanderbilt  3 5     5 6  
Tennessee  3 5     5 6  
Kentucky  2 6     3 8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy  7 1     11 2  
No. 14 Auburn x  7 1     9 3  
No. 8 Alabama  6 2     10 2  
Arkansas  2 6     4 7  
Mississippi State  1 7     3 8  
Ole Miss  1 7     3 8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

LSU's season open against No. 15 Arizona State was originally scheduled as home game for the Tigers, but when LSU offered hurricane victims refuge on their campus, the NCAA moved the game to Tempe, Arizona. Things looked bleak for the Tigers early in the fourth quarter against Arizona State when they trailed 17–7. Then LSU's special teams blocked two kicks, a 47-yard field goal attempt and a punt, returning both for TDs to give LSU a 21–17 lead. However, Arizona State regained the lead at 31–28 with four minutes left in the game. LSU started with the ball on their own 9-yard line. Nine plays later, LSU found themselves in a fourth down situation on the Arizona State 39-yard line where JaMarcus Russell threw a 39-yard TD to Early Doucet to take a 35–31 lead. Arizona State tried their own game-winning drive, but they were stopped on downs inside the Tigers' 30-yard line.

LSU's first home game came on prime time against No. 10 Tennessee. The game was moved from Saturday to Monday, September 26 because of Hurricane Rita. LSU had a huge lead at halftime, but the lead slipped away and the Tigers lost the game in overtime.

On October 15, LSU faced No. 11 Florida. Late in the third quarter, the Gators went up 17–14. Then, early in the fourth quarter JaMarcus Russell led the Tigers on a 12-play, 75-yard drive, capped by a 3-yard TD run by Joseph Addai, which put the Tigers up 21–17. LSU's defense took over from there, holding Florida to less than 30 yards the rest of the fourth quarter.

On October 22, LSU squared off against No. 16 Auburn. With just under five minutes left in the game, Auburn took a 17–14 lead. LSU responded by driving down to the Auburn 27-yard line, setting up a 44-yard field goal attempt by Chris Jackson. The kick was good, and the game went to overtime. LSU took the first possession and Chris Jackson made a 30-yard field goal to put LSU up 20–17. LSU's defense forced Auburn settle for a 39-yard field goal attempt by John Vaughn. Vaughn's kick hit the left upright, giving LSU the victory.

On November 12, LSU went to Tuscaloosa to play undefeated No. 4 Alabama. At halftime, Alabama led 10–0, but the Tigers came back in the third quarter to tie the game 10–10. After the Tigers missed three second half field goal attempts, the game went to overtime. In overtime, the Tiger defense held Alabama to a field goal. During LSU's ensuing possession, JaMarcus Russell hit Dwayne Bowe for an 11-yard TD pass, giving LSU a 16–13 victory.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 108:15 p.m.at No. 15 Arizona State*No. 5ESPNW 35–3163,210
September 266:30 p.m.No. 10 TennesseeNo. 4ESPN2L 27–30 OT91,986
October 11:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 4PPVW 37–748,344
October 86:00 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 11ESPN2W 34–637,309
October 152:30 p.m.No. 11 FloridaNo. 10
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
CBSW 21–1792,402
October 226:45 p.m.No. 16 AuburnNo. 7
ESPNW 20–17 OT92,664
October 297:00 p.m.North Texas*No. 7
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
PPVW 56–392,143
November 57:00 p.m.Appalachian State*No. 6
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 24–091,414
November 122:30 p.m.at No. 4 AlabamaNo. 5CBSW 16–13 OT81,018
November 196:45 p.m.at Ole MissNo. 4ESPN2W 40–759,543
November 251:30 p.m.ArkansasNo. 3
CBSW 19–1791,606
December 35:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 GeorgiaNo. 3CBSL 14–3473,717
December 306:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Miami (FL)*No. 10
ESPNW 40–365,620
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Florida

#11 Florida at #10 LSU
1 234Total
Florida 0 7100 17
LSU 14 007 21

LSU Tigers in the 2006 National Football League Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickOverallNFL Team
Joseph AddaiRunning Back13030Indianapolis Colts
Andrew WhitworthOffensive Tackle22355Cincinnati Bengals
Claude WrotenDefensive Tackle3468St. Louis Rams
Skyler GreenWide Receiver428125Dallas Cowboys
Kyle WilliamsDefensive Tackle51134Buffalo Bills
Melvin OliverDefensive End628197San Francisco 49ers
Bennie BrazellWide Receiver723231Cincinnati Bengals

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2006.htm

LSU Tigers in the 2006 Canadian Football League Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickOverallCFL Team
Peter DyakowskiOffensive Tackle2311Hamilton Tiger-Cats

https://archive.is/20130628050643/http://cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2006&team=

References

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