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2005 LSU Tigers football team

The 2005 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Les Miles in his first season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Despite all of the distractions from Hurricane Katrina, LSU finished its season with an 11–2 record capped off by a 40–3 victory over No. 9 Miami in the 2005 Peach Bowl without starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell.

2005 LSU Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 40–3 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record11–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJimbo Fisher (6th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorBo Pelini (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 91,600)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$   6 – 2     10 – 3  
South Carolina   5 – 3     7 – 5  
No. 12 Florida   5 – 3     9 – 3  
Vanderbilt   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Tennessee   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Kentucky   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 14 Auburn x   7 – 1     9 – 3  
No. 8 Alabama   6 – 2     10 – 2  
Arkansas   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Ole Miss   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 108:15 p.m.at No. 15 Arizona State*No. 5
ESPNW 35–3163,210
September 266:30 p.m.No. 10 TennesseeNo. 4
ESPN2L 27–30 OT91,986
October 11:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 4
PPVW 37–748,344
October 86:00 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 11
ESPN2W 34–637,309
October 152:30 p.m.No. 11 FloridaNo. 10
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
CBSW 21–1792,402
October 226:45 p.m.No. 16 AuburnNo. 7
ESPNW 20–17 OT92,664
October 297:00 p.m.North Texas*No. 7
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
PPVW 56–392,143
November 57:00 p.m.Appalachian State* No. 6
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 24–091,414
November 122:30 p.m.at No. 4 AlabamaNo. 5
CBSW 16–13 OT81,018
November 196:45 p.m.at Ole MissNo. 4
ESPN2W 40–759,543
November 251:30 p.m.ArkansasNo. 3
CBSW 19–1791,606
December 35:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 GeorgiaNo. 3
CBSL 14–3473,717
December 306:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Miami (FL)*No. 10
ESPNW 40–365,620
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster edit

2005 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 10 Joseph Addai Sr
WR 80 Dwayne Bowe Jr
RB 22 Alley Broussard Jr
QB 15 Matt Flynn So
WR 5 Skyler Green Sr
QB 4 JaMarcus Russell Jr
OT 76 Andrew Whitworth Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries edit

Florida edit

#11 Florida at #10 LSU
1 234Total
Florida 0 7100 17
• LSU 14 007 21
Scoring summary
111:42LSUBennie Brazell 43-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell (Colt David kick)LSU 7-0
11:10LSUDwayne Bowe 27-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell (Colt David kick)LSU 14-0
28:44FLAKestahn Moore 32-yard run (Chris Hetland kick)LSU 14-7
311:31FLAChris Hetland 22-yard field goalLSU 14-10
34:02FLADeShawn Wynn 1-yard run (Chris Hetland kick)FLA 17-14
412:35LSUJoseph Addai 3-yard run (Colt David kick)LSU 21-17

LSU Tigers in the 2006 National Football League Draft edit

Player Position Round Pick Overall NFL Team
Joseph Addai Running Back 1 30 30 Indianapolis Colts
Andrew Whitworth Offensive Tackle 2 23 55 Cincinnati Bengals
Claude Wroten Defensive Tackle 3 4 68 St. Louis Rams
Skyler Green Wide Receiver 4 28 125 Dallas Cowboys
Kyle Williams Defensive Tackle 5 1 134 Buffalo Bills
Melvin Oliver Defensive End 6 28 197 San Francisco 49ers
Bennie Brazell Wide Receiver 7 23 231 Cincinnati Bengals

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2006.htm Archived 2008-12-20 at the Wayback Machine

LSU Tigers in the 2006 Canadian Football League Draft edit

Player Position Round Pick Overall CFL Team
Peter Dyakowski Offensive Tackle 2 3 11 Hamilton Tiger-Cats

https://archive.today/20130628050643/http://cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2006&team=

References edit

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