2005 Michigan State Spartans football team

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2005 Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans script.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorChris Smeland (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 75,005 natural grass)
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

The 2005 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans were led by third-year head coach John L. Smith.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:00 p.m. Kent State * ESPN+ W 49–1473,949
September 103:30 p.m. Hawaii *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNU W 42–1474,043
September 173:30 p.m.at No. 10 Notre Dame * NBC W 44–41 OT80,795
September 2412:00 p.m.at Illinois No. 17ESPN+W 61–1451,649
October 112:00 p.m. Michigan No. 11
ABC L 31–34 OT79,401
October 1512:00 p.m.at No. 15 Ohio State No. 16ABCL 24–35105,122
October 2212:00 p.m. Northwestern Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 22
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN2 L 14–4974,636
October 2912:00 p.m. Indiana
ESPN+W 46–1574,063
November 512:00 p.m.at Purdue ESPNUL 21–2862,467
November 1212:10 p.m.at Minnesota ESPN+L 14–4845,187
November 194:00 p.m.No. 5 Penn State
ESPN L 22–3175,005
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP/Coaches Polls released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2005 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 74 Kyle Cook Jr
QB 7 Brian Hoyer Redshirt.svg  Fr
C 51 Chris Morris Sr
WR 15Kerry ReedJr
QB 5 Drew Stanton Jr
QB 16 John Van Dam So
G 77Daniel ZynnJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 96 Domata Peko Sr
DB 36 Eric Smith Redshirt.svg  Sr
DT 70Joe TothSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 8 Brandon Fields Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

2006 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 2006 NFL draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL team
Eric Smith 397Safety New York Jets
Domata Peko 4123Defensive Tackle Cincinnati Bengals
Chris Morris 7214Center Oakland Raiders

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