2005 Michigan Wolverines football team

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2005 Michigan Wolverines football
Michigan Wolverines Logo.svg
Alamo Bowl, L 28–32 vs. Nebraska
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Terry Malone (4th season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jim Herrmann (9th season)
Base defenseMultiple
MVP Jason Avant
Captains
  • Jason Avant
  • Pat Massey
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
(Capacity: 107,501)
Seasons
←  2004
2006  →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. That year Michigan Wolverines football competed in the Big Ten Conference in almost all intercollegiate sports including men's college football. Despite a disappointing 7–5 finish after being ranked as high as No. 3 early in the season, Michigan did not lose a game by more than a touchdown and upset Penn State, who finished #3 in the nation, on a last second touchdown pass from Chad Henne to Mario Manningham. The team earned an invitation to the 2005 Alamo Bowl, where it lost to the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a 32–28 margin. The team's first five conference games were all decided in the final 24 seconds of regulation or in overtime. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 33:30 p.m. Northern Illinois *No. 4
 ABC W 33–17110,971
September 1012:00 p.m.No. 20 Notre Dame *No. 3
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
ABCL 10–17111,386
September 1712:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan *No. 14
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI
 ESPN Plus W 55–0109,511
September 246:00 p.m.at Wisconsin No. 14
 ESPN2 L 20–2383,022
October 112:00 p.m.at No. 11 Michigan State
ABCW 34–31 OT79,401
October 81:00 p.m. Minnesota Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 21
ABCL 20–23111,117
October 153:30 p.m.No. 8 Penn State
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
ABCW 27–25111,249
October 2212:00 p.m.at Iowa
ABCW 23–20 OT70,585
October 297:00 p.m.at No. 21 Northwestern No. 25
ESPNW 33–1747,130
November 1212:00 p.m. Indiana No. 21
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI
ESPN2W 41–14110,580
November 191:00 p.m.No. 9 Ohio State No. 17
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
ABCL 21–25111,591
December 288:00 p.m.vs. Nebraska *No. 20
ESPNL 28–3263,016
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Michigan State

Paul Bunyan Trophy: Michigan Wolverines (2–2) at #11 Michigan State Spartans (4–0)
Period1234OTTotal
Michigan141007334
Michigan St71437031

at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan

Game information

Penn State

Penn State at Michigan
1234Total
Penn State0032225
•Michigan0371727
Scoring summary
2MICH4:34Garrett Rivas 35-yard field goalMICH 3-0
311:10MICHMike Hart 2-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick)MICH 10-0
3:10PSUKevin Kelly 25-yard field goalMICH 10-3
411:56PSUMichael Robinson 4-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick)Tied 10-10
411:39PSUAlan Zemaitis 35-yard fumble return (Kevin Kelly run)PSU 18-10
49:32MICHMario Manningham 33-yard pass from Chad Henne (Mike Hart run)Tied 18-18
43:45MICHGarrett Rivas 47-yard field goalMICH 21-18
4:53PSUMichael Robinson 3-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick)PSU 25-21
4:00MICHMario Manningham 10-yard pass from Chad Henne (no kick)MICH 27-25

Iowa

1234OTTotal
•Michigan0737623
Iowa7703320
Scoring summary
19:07IOWAHerb Grigsby 15-yard pass from Drew Tate (Kyle Schlicher kick)Iowa 7-0
213:45MICH Jason Avant 5-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)Tie 7-7
28:09IOWAHerb Grigsby 4-yard pass from Drew Tate (Kyle Schlicher kick)Iowa 14-7
38:25MICHGarrett Rivas 27-yard field goalIowa 14-10
48:51MICH Steve Breaston 52-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)Michigan 17-14
4:00IOWAKyle Schlicher 32-yard field goalTie 17-17
OTIOWAKyle Schlicher 28-yard field goalIowa 20-17
OTMICHJerome Jackson 1-yard runMichigan 23-20

[2]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

2005 Michigan Wolverines football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 16 Adrian Arrington So
WR 8 Jason Avant Sr
WR 18 Antonio Bass Fr
WR 15 Steve Breaston Sr
RB 3 Kevin Grady Fr
QB 12 Matt Gutierrez Sr
RB 20 Mike Hart So
QB 7 Chad Henne So
G 57 Adam Kraus Jr
G 67 Matt Lentz Redshirt.svg  Sr
OT 77 Jake Long Jr
WR 86 Mario Manningham Fr
TE 88 Tim Massaquoi Redshirt.svg  Sr
G 60 David Moosman Fr
OT 71 Mark Ortmann Fr
OL 72 Rueben Riley Sr
OT 79 Adam Stenavich Redshirt.svg  Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 22 Jamar Adams So
DT 80 Alan Branch So
LB 6 Prescott Burgess Jr
LB 2 Shawn Crable Jr
LB 37 Chris Graham So
CB 29 Leon Hall Jr
LB 45 David Harris Sr
DE 90 Tim Jamison So
CB 13 Grant Mason Fr
S 21 Ryan Mundy Jr
CB 25 Johnny Sears Jr. Fr
DT 67 Terrance Taylor Fr
CB 14 Morgan Trent So
DT 78 Gabe Watson Sr
DE 56 LaMarr Woodley Jr
LB 99 Pierre Woods Redshirt.svg  Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 41 Zoltán Meskó Fr
K 38 Garrett Rivas Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Statistical achievements

The team led the conference in kick return average in all games (23.4), while Michigan State led in conference games. [3] Mike Hart set the school record for career 200-yard games (4), passing Ron Johnson's 3 set in 1968. He extended the record, which is still standing, to 5 in 2007. [4] His 200-yard game came after missing two and a half games due to injury. During the three injury-affected games Michigan lost to Notre Dame and Wisconsin and slipped out of the polls for the first time since 1998, snapping the nation's longest streak of 114-straight poll appearances. [5]

Awards and honors

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