2005 BYU Cougars football team

The 2005 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2005 BYU Cougars football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 28–35 vs. California
Conference	Mountain West
2005 record	6–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Bronco Mendenhall (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Robert Anae
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 64,045)

2005 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 TCU $		8	–	0					11	–	1
BYU		5	–	3					6	–	6
Colorado State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Utah		4	–	4					7	–	5
New Mexico		4	–	4					6	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5					4	–	7
Wyoming		2	–	6					4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:30 PM	No. 22 Boston College*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ABC	L 3–20	58,108
September 10	1:00 PM	Eastern Illinois*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	W 45–10	52,630
September 24	1:00 PM	TCU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 50–51 ^OT	58,320
October 1	8:00 PM	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	SWP	L 10–31	41,680
October 8	6:00 PM	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	SWP	W 27–24	39,233
October 15	8:00 PM	Colorado State	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	W 24–14	58,165
October 22	12:30 PM	at No. 9 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 23–49	80,795
October 29	1:00 PM	Air Force	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN+	W 62–41	57,687
November 5	1:00 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV	ESPN+	W 55–14	23,677
November 12	4:00 PM	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	SWP	W 35–21	15,889
November 19	1:00 PM	Utah	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN+	L 34–41 ^OT	64,312
December 22	6:00 PM	vs. California*	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–35	40,053
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

Game summaries

Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total • #22/22 Boston College 7 3 0 10 20 BYU 0 0 3 0 3 Date: September 3 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:40 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:27 Game attendance: 58,198 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 77°F, wind S 10 mph Referee: Tom Zimorski TV announcers (ESPN): Paul Page, Ray Bentley, Vince Welch

Scoring summary 1 0:30 BC Chris Miller 14-yard pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohliger kick) BC 7-0 2 0:03 BC Ryan Ohliger 39-yard field goal BC 10-0 3 10:16 BYU Jared McLaughlin 35-yard field goal BC 10-3 4 14:53 BC Chris Miller 4-yard pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohliger kick) BC 17-3 4 0:41 BC Ryan Ohliger 26-yard field goal BC 20-3

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Illinois 0 0 3 7 10 • BYU 17 14 0 14 45 Date: September 10 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:00 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 52,630 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 67°F, wind NW 7 mph Referee: Pete Gautreau TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 11:34 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 8:55 BYU John Beck 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 1 2:47 BYU Jared McLaughlin 20-yard field goal BYU 17-0 2 12:31 BYU Todd Watkins 31-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-0 2 3:46 BYU Todd Watkins 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 31-0 3 9:48 EIU Zach Yates 23-yard field goal BYU 31-3 4 12:22 EIU Vincent Webb 2-yard run (Zach Yates kick) BYU 31-10 4 6:01 BYU Naufahu Tahi 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 38-10 4 0:41 BYU Naufahu Tahi 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 45-10

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TCU

1 2 3 4 OT Total • TCU 10 6 7 21 7 51 BYU 21 3 10 10 6 50 Date: September 17 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 4:42 Game attendance: 58,320 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 67°F, wind S 4 mph Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer

Scoring summary 1 11:34 BYU Zac Collie 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 9:17 BYU Todd Watkins 39-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 1 9:05 TCU Cory Rodgers 100-yard kickoff return (Chris Manfredini kick) BYU 14-7 1 6:29 TCU Chris Manfredini 43-yard field goal BYU 14-10 1 5:03 BYU Zac Collie 37-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 21-10 2 12:33 TCU Chris Manfredini 33-yard field goal BYU 21-13 2 4:07 BYU Jared McLaughlin 30-yard field goal BYU 24-13 2 1:57 TCU Chris Manfredini 31-yard field goal BYU 24-16 3 11:25 BYU Jared McLaughlin 47-yard field goal BYU 27-16 3 10:14 BYU Todd Watkins 67-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 34-16 3 1:51 TCU Cory Rodgers 2-yard run (Chris Manfredini kick) BYU 34-23 4 13:41 TCU William Jackson 1-yard run (Aaron Brown rush failed) BYU 34-29 4 8:35 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 41-29 4 6:02 TCU Cory Rodgers 34-yard pass from Jeff Ballard (Chris Manfredini kick) BYU 41-36 4 1:25 TCU Aaron Brown 35-yard pass from Jeff Ballard (Jeff Ballard rush) TCU 44-41 4 0:00 BYU Jared McLaughlin 39-yard field goal TIED 44-44 OT BYU Todd Wtakins 25-yard pass from John Beck (kick fumbled) BYU 50-44 OT TCU Cory Rodgers 3-yard run (Chris Manfredini kick) TCU 51-51

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 3 0 7 10 • San Diego State 0 17 7 7 31 Date: October 1 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA Game start: 7:07 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3:26 Game attendance: 41,680 Game weather: 71°F, clear and mild, wind NW 6 mph Referee: Terry Leyden TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler Source:

Scoring summary 2 8:57 SDSU Kevin O'Connell 6-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 7-0 2 5:54 SDSU Garrett Palmer 36-yard field goal SDSU 10-0 2 2:49 BYU Jared McLaughlin 33-yard field goal SDSU 10-3 2 0:37 SDSU Lynel Hamilton 1-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 17-3 3 10:39 SDSU Brandon Bornes 4-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 24-3 4 13:12 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) SDSU 24-10 4 11:12 SDSU Lynel Hamilton 6-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 31-10

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 6 7 0 14 27 New Mexico 7 14 3 0 24 Date: October 8 Location: University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM Game start: 6:09 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 39,233 Game weather: 70°F, cloudy w/ rain, winds gusty SW Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler Source:

Scoring summary 1 10:17 BYU Daniel Coats 11-yard pass from John Beck (kick blocked) BYU 6-0 1 8:32 UNM Travis Brown 17-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 7-6 2 11:27 BYU Joe Semanoff 5-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 13-7 2 7:17 UNM Kole McKinney 2-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 14-13 2 0:18 UNM DonTrell Moore 1-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 21-13 3 3:00 UNM Kenny Byrd 24-yard field goal UNM 24-13 4 7:15 BYU Curtis Brown 9-yard run (pass failed) UNM 24-19 4 1:40 BYU Matt Allen 22-yard pass from John Beck (Curtis Brown run) BYU 27-24

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado State 0 0 7 7 14 • BYU 0 14 3 7 24 Date: October 15 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 8:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:03 Game attendance: 58,165 Game weather: 66°F, cloudy w/ showers, winds W 15 mph Referee: Rich Kollen TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 2 12:27 BYU Curtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 2 1:32 BYU Daniel Coats 3-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 3 6:40 BYU Jared McLaughlin 27-yard field goal BYU 17-0 3 0:00 CSU Kory Sperry 14-yard pass from Justin Holland (Kevin Mark kick) BYU 17-7 4 9:00 CSU David Anderson 19-yard pass from Justin Holland (Kevin Mark kick) BYU 17-14 4 2:07 BYU Curtis Brown 2-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-14

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 10 0 13 0 23 • #9/10 Notre Dame 7 14 21 7 49 Date: October 22 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN Game start: 1:38 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:46 Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: 51°F, overcast w/ rain, winds W 7 mph Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, Lewis Johnson Source:

Scoring summary 1 9:51 BYU Jared McLaughlin 44-yard field goal BYU 3-0 1 7:12 UND Maurice Stovall 10-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 7-3 1 2:48 BYU Jonny Harline 12-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 10-7 2 10:33 UND Jeff Samardzija 14-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 14-10 2 4:18 UND Maurice Stovall 15-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 21-10 3 12:50 UND Jeff Samardzija 21-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 28-10 3 9:11 BYU John Beck 10-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) UND 28-17 3 5:38 BYU Todd Watkins 10-yard pass from John Beck (Beck pass failed) UND 28-23 3 4:47 UND Maurice Stovall 36-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 35-23 3 2:16 UND Maurice Stovall 24-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 42-23 4 9:24 UND Tom Zbikowski 83-yard interception return (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) BYU 49-23

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total Air Force 0 7 7 27 41 • BYU 14 14 13 21 62 Date: October 29 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:00 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:51 Game attendance: 57,687 Game weather: 41°F, rainy, winds S 3 mph TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer

Scoring summary 1 10:58 BYU Michael Reed 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 5:47 BYU Nate Meikle 12-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 2 9:47 AFA Jason Brown 15-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 14-7 2 7:31 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 21-7 2 1:07 BYU Naufafu Tahi 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 28-7 3 12:04 BYU Jared McLaughlin 35-yard field goal BYU 31-7 3 9:05 BYU Dan Coats 15-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 38-7 3 0:53 BYU Jared McLaughlin 38-yard field goal BYU 41-7 3 0:00 AFA Jason Brown 57-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 41-14 4 12:47 AFA Garrett Ryback 28-yard blocked punt return (kick failed) BYU 41-20 4 10:52 BYU Curtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 48-20 4 9:50 AFA Chad Hall 8-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 48-27 4 9:36 AFA Greg Kirkwood 36-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 48-34 4 5:12 BYU Curtis Brown 20-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 55-34 4 3:40 AFA Victor Thompson 18-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 55-41 4 0:57 BYU Curtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 62-41

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 7 20 14 14 55 UNLV 0 7 0 7 14 Date: November 5 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Game start: 12:00 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3:50 Game attendance: 23,677 Game weather: 70°F, clear, winds SE 6 mph Referee: Terry Leyden TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer

Scoring summary 1 6:15 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 2 12:21 UNLV Greg Estandia 5-yard pass from Jarrod Jackson (Sergio Aguayo kick) TIED 7-7 2 8:42 BYU Jared McLaughlin 45-yard field goal BYU 10-7 2 6:17 BYU Todd Watkins 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 17-7 2 3:22 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-7 2 0:00 BYU Jared McLaughlin 37-yard field goal BYU 27-7 3 12:51 BYU Curtis Brown 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 34-7 3 5:15 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 41-7 4 13:49 UNLV Erick Jackson 15-yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick) BYU 41-14 4 10:07 BYU Jonny Harline 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 48-14 4 4:49 BYU Wayne Latu 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 55-14

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 14 14 7 0 35 Wyoming 14 0 7 0 21 Date: November 12 Location: War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 15,889 Game weather: 38°F, cold and windy, winds WNW 35 mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler Source:

Scoring summary 1 10:17 WY Jovon Bouknight 21-yard pass from Corey Bramlet (Rhett Almond kick) WY 7-0 1 8:50 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) TIED 7-7 1 2:16 BYU Jonny Harline 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-7 1 1:11 WY Wynel Seldon 69-yard run (Rhett Almond kick) TIED 14-14 2 7:50 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 21-14 2 4:21 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 28-14 3 10:12 WY Wynel Seldon 2-yard run (Rhett Almond kick) BYU 28-21 3 0:46 BYU Jonny Harline 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 35-21

Utah

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Utah 14 10 7 3 7 41 BYU 3 0 21 10 0 34 Date: November 19 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 4:15 Game attendance: 64,312 Game weather: Clear but hazy, 47°F, wind W 6 mph Referee: Terry Leyden TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer

Scoring summary 1 11:51 UTAH Brian Hernandez 3-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 7-0 1 5:25 UTAH Chad Jacobsen 15-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 14-0 1 0:19 BYU Jared McLaughlin 31-yard field goal UTAH 14-3 2 8:05 UTAH Dan Beardall 35-yard field goal UTAH 17-3 2 4:37 UTAH Brett Ratliff 4-yard run (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 24-3 3 11:37 BYU Curtis Brown 5-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 24-10 3 10:04 BYU Curtis Brown 64-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 24-17 3 5:47 UTAH Brian Hernandez 48-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 31-17 3 1:32 BYU Todd Watkins 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 31-24 4 10:35 UTAH Dan Beardall 44-yard field goal UTAH 34-24 4 8:31 BYU Matt Allen 28-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 34-31 4 4:50 BYU Jared McLaughlin 37-yard field goal TIED 34-34 OT UTAH Travis LaTendresse 25-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 41-34

Las Vegas Bowl: California

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 14 0 14 28 • Cal 7 14 14 0 35 Date: December 22 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Game start: 5:00 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3:49 Game attendance: 40,053 Game weather: 61°F, cloudy, winds 0 mph Referee: Gil Gelbke TV announcers (ESPN/Sports USA): Sean McDonough, Mike Gottfried, Alex Flanagan (ESPN) Larry Kahn, John Robinson (Sports USA)

Scoring summary 1 11:56 CAL Marshawn Lynch 3-yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 7-0 2 14:16 BYU Curtis Brown 19-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) TIED 7-7 2 12:00 CAL Marshawn Lynch 12-yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 14-7 2 0:38 BYU Naufahu Tahi 3-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) TIED 14-14 2 0:03 CAL DeSean Jackson 42-yard pass from Steve Levy (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 21-14 3 10:47 CAL Marshawn Lynch 35-yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 28-14 3 3:48 CAL DeSean Jackson 22-yard pass from Steve Levy (Tom Schneider kick) BYU 35-14 4 14:14 BYU Jonny Harline 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) CAL 35-21 4 5:35 BYU Todd Watkins 9-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) CAL 35-28

References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
2. CougarStats - Football - 2005 season