2005 Michigan Wolverines football team

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 #2 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 participate in 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]

2005 Michigan Wolverines football
Alamo Bowl, L 28–32 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2005 record	7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Malone (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (9th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Jason Avant
Captains	Jason Avant Pat Massey
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium (Capacity: 107,501)

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois*	No. 4	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 33–17	110,971
September 10	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Notre Dame*	No. 3	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–17	111,386
September 17	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan*	No. 14	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN+	W 55–0	109,511
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at Wisconsin	No. 14	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 20–23	83,022
October 1	12:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	W 34–31 ^OT	79,401
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 21	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	ABC	L 20–23	111,117
October 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 8 Penn State		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 27–25	111,249
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 23–20 ^OT	70,585
October 29	7:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Northwestern	No. 25	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 33–17	47,130
November 12	12:00 p.m.	Indiana	No. 21	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	W 41–14	110,580
November 19	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 Ohio State	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–25	111,591
December 28	8:00 p.m.	vs. Nebraska*	No. 20	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–32	63,016
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Michigan State

See also: 2005 Michigan State Spartans football team and Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Michigan	14	10	0	7	3	34
Michigan St	7	14	3	7	0	31

at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan

• Date: October 1
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 79,401
• Referee: Dennis Lipski
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, and Jack Arute
• Michigan Football

Game information
Michigan Chad Henne 26/35, 256 Yds, 3 TD, INT Mike Hart 36 Rush, 218 Yds, TD Jason Avant 10 Rec, 96 Yds,TD Michigan State Drew Stanton 20/30, 282 Yds, TD, INT Jason Teague 8 Rush, 72 Yds Jerramy Scott 3 Rec, 80 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP MICH MSU 1 8:23 10 98 3:40 Michigan Jason Avant 2-yard touchdown reception from Chad Henne, Garrett Rivas kick good 7 0 1 7:03 2 52 0:15 Michigan Mario Manningham 43-yard touchdown reception from Chad Henne, Garrett Rivas kick good 14 0 1 2:44 10 80 4:19 Michigan St Drew Stanton 4-yard touchdown run, John Goss kick good 14 7 2 11:20 11 87 3:44 Michigan Brian Thompson 5-yard touchdown reception from Chad Henne, Garrett Rivas kick good 21 7 2 5:53 12 78 5:21 Michigan St Jehuu Caulcrick 1-yard touchdown run, John Goss kick good 21 14 2 3:30 2 67 0:49 Michigan St Kerry Reed 61-yard touchdown reception from Drew Stanton, John Goss kick good 21 21 2 0:09 13 69 3:15 Michigan 20-yard field goal by Garrett Rivas 24 21 3 11:11 4 8 2:24 Michigan St 26-yard field goal by John Goss 24 24 4 11:29 5 80 2:09 Michigan Mike Hart 1-yard touchdown run, Garrett Rivas kick good 31 24 4 6:43 Michigan St Fumble recovery returned 74 yards for touchdown by Domata Peko, Kyle Mayer kick good 31 31 OT 3 7 Michigan 35-yard field goal by Garrett Rivas 34 31 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 31

Penn State

Penn State at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 0 3 22 25 • Michigan 0 3 7 17 27 Date: October 15 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline) Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 2 MICH 4:34 Garrett Rivas 35-yard field goal MICH 3-0 3 11:10 MICH Mike Hart 2-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick) MICH 10-0 3 :10 PSU Kevin Kelly 25-yard field goal MICH 10-3 4 11:56 PSU Michael Robinson 4-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick) Tied 10-10 4 11:39 PSU Alan Zemaitis 35-yard fumble return (Kevin Kelly run) PSU 18-10 4 9:32 MICH Mario Manningham 33-yard pass from Chad Henne (Mike Hart run) Tied 18-18 4 3:45 MICH Garrett Rivas 47-yard field goal MICH 21-18 4 :53 PSU Michael Robinson 3-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick) PSU 25-21 4 :00 MICH Mario Manningham 10-yard pass from Chad Henne (no kick) MICH 27-25

Iowa

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Michigan 0 7 3 7 6 23 Iowa 7 7 0 3 3 20 Date: October 22 Location: Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST TV announcers (ABC): Mike Tirico (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Suzy Shuster (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 9:07 IOWA Herb Grigsby 15-yard pass from Drew Tate (Kyle Schlicher kick) Iowa 7-0 2 13:45 MICH Jason Avant 5-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) Tie 7-7 2 8:09 IOWA Herb Grigsby 4-yard pass from Drew Tate (Kyle Schlicher kick) Iowa 14-7 3 8:25 MICH Garrett Rivas 27-yard field goal Iowa 14-10 4 8:51 MICH Steve Breaston 52-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) Michigan 17-14 4 :00 IOWA Kyle Schlicher 32-yard field goal Tie 17-17 OT IOWA Kyle Schlicher 28-yard field goal Iowa 20-17 OT MICH Jerome Jackson 1-yard run Michigan 23-20

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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

• Co-captains: Jason Avant, Pat Massey
• Academic All-American: Avant (second team)[6]
• All-Conference: Jason Avant, Matt Lentz, Adam Stenavich, Gabe Watson
• Most Valuable Player: Jason Avant
• Meyer Morton Award: Tim Massaquoi
• John Maulbetsch Award: Chad Henne
• Frederick Matthei Award: Leon Hall
• Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Paul Sarantos, David Schoonover
• Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Adam Stenavich
• Robert P. Ufer Award: Tim Massaquoi
• Roger Zatkoff Award: David Harris
• Dick Katcher Award: Alan Branch

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Lloyd Carr
• Assistant coaches: Erik Campbell (assistant head coach), Mike DeBord,[Jim Herrmann] Ron English, Fred Jackson, Ron Lee, Scot Loeffler, Andy Moeller, Steve Stripling, Steve Szabo
• Trainer: Paul Schmidt

References

1. Lopresti, Mike (October 23, 2005). "Six unbeatens must fit into two slots for shot at title". USA Today. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
2. "Iowa's Home Win Streak Ends With OT Loss". ESPN. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
3. "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 59. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
4. "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2010. p. 115. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
5. "Spartans' first loss at hand of nemesis Wolverines". ESPN. October 1, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
6. "Michigan's Academic All-Americans". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2010-07-18. Retrieved July 10, 2010.

External links

• 2005 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
• 2005 Michigan at NCAA.org
• 2005 statistics at ESPN.com