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
2005 record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Chaney (9th season)
Offensive schemeSpread offense
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (9th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPRob Ninkovich
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
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

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

2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Dorien Bryant
WR Kyle Ingraham
QB Brandon Kirsch
QB Curtis Painter
RB Jerod Void (C)
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE Rob Ninkovich
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Ben Jones
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

Akron

1 234Total
Akron 0 1437 24
Purdue 14 14021 49

Arizona

1 234Total
Purdue 14 7100 31
Arizona 7 1007 24

Minnesota

1 234OT2OTTotal
Purdue 0 721070 35
Minnesota 3 710877 42

Notre Dame

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

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 14 3611 34
Purdue 7 730 17

Northwestern

1 234Total
Northwestern 14 1406 34
Purdue 3 6146 29

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Purdue 0 1037 20
Wisconsin 10 0147 31

at Penn State

Purdue Boilermakers (2–5) at #11 Penn State Nittany Lions (7–1)
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

Michigan State

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

Illinois

1 234Total
Illinois 0 003 3
Purdue 0 10720 37

Indiana

1 234Total
Purdue 0 2777 41
Indiana 7 007 14

2006 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bernard PollardSafety254Kansas City Chiefs
Ray EdwardsDefensive Lineman4127Minnesota Vikings
Rob NinkovichDefensive End5135New Orleans Saints
Charles DavisTight End5167Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University.
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