2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Tiller and played its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium. Purdue played eleven games in the 2005 season, finishing with a 5–6 record and missing a post-season bowl game for the first time since 1996. Purdue was predicted by many as a dark horse for the Big Ten title, but after a strong 2–0 start, lost six straight before rebounding to finish a more respectable 5–6.

2005 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (9th season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Rob Ninkovich
Captains	Charles Davis Matt Turner Brandon Villarreal Jerod Void
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

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 10	1:00 pm	Akron*	No. 13	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN360	W 49–24	64,757
September 17	10:00 pm	at Arizona*	No. 12	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 31–24	56,400
September 24	12:00 pm	at Minnesota	No. 11	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN	L 35–42 2OT	48,116
October 1	7:45 pm	No. 13 Notre Dame*	No. 22	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	L 28–49	65,491
October 8	4:30 pm	Iowa		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	L 17–34	64,785
October 15	1:00 pm	Northwestern		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	L 29–34	62,866
October 22	3:30 pm	at No. 19 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	L 20–31	82,828
October 29	3:30 pm	at No. 11 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 15–33	109,467
November 5	12:00 pm	Michigan State		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPNU	W 28–21	62,467
November 12	12:00 pm	Illinois		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	ESPN+	W 37–3	57,611
November 19	1:00 pm	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ESPN360	W 41–14	50,023
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 9 Dorien Bryant So TE 21 Charles Davis Sr RB 42 Anthony Heygood Fr TE 28 Dustin Keller So QB 11 Brandon Kirsch Jr G 67 Uche Nwaneri  So WR 21 Greg Orton Fr OT 65 Mike Otto  Jr QB 12 Curtis Painter Fr RB 40 Kory Sheets Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 85 Cliff Avril So DL 90 Ryan Baker  Fr DE 45 Eugene Bright  So DE 10 Ray Edwards Jr LB 30 George Hall  Jr LB 39 Bobby Iwuchukwu Sr LB 59 Stanford Keglar  So CB 18 Brandon King Fr DT 71 Alex Magee Fr DE 93 Rob Ninkovich Sr SS 31 Bernard Pollard Jr FS 27 Jerad Grey So DE 49 Anthony Spencer  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Joe Tiller Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Chaney Brock Spack Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Akron

1 2 3 4 Total Akron 0 14 3 7 24 • Purdue 14 14 0 21 49 Date: September 10 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 14 7 10 0 31 Arizona 7 10 0 7 24 Date: September 17 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Minnesota

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Purdue 0 7 21 0 7 0 35 • Minnesota 3 7 10 8 7 7 42 Date: September 24 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 21 7 14 49 Purdue 0 0 14 14 28 Date: October 1 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Iowa 14 3 6 11 34 Purdue 7 7 3 0 17 Date: October 8 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Northwestern 14 14 0 6 34 Purdue 3 6 14 6 29 Date: October 15 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 10 3 7 20 • Wisconsin 10 0 14 7 31 Date: October 22 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

At Penn State

See also: 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Purdue Boilermakers (2–5) at #11 Penn State Nittany Lions (7–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	7	0	0	8	15
Penn St	3	13	7	10	33

at Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania

• Date: October 29
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Partly sunny, 49 °F (9 °C)
• Game attendance: 109,467
• Referee: S. Newman
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter PSU – Kevin Kelly 27-yard field goal, 7:22. Penn St 3–0. Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards, 5:16. PUR – Curtis Painter 24-yard run, 3:35. Purdue 7–3. Drive: 1 play, 24 yards, 0:08. Second quarter PSU – Kevin Kelly 25-yard field goal, 14:15. Purdue 7–6. Drive: 7 plays, 31 yards, 2:31. PSU – Michael Robinson 1-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick), 8:18. Penn St 13–7. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:53. PSU – Kevin Kelly 33-yard field goal, 0:00. Penn St 16–7. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards, 0:34. Third quarter PSU – BranDon Snow 2-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick), 12:42. Penn St 23–7. Drive: 4 plays, 42 yards, 2:08. Fourth quarter PUR – Brandon Kirsch 4-yard run (run good), 9:50. Penn St 23–15. Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 1:30. PSU – Kevin Kelly 22-yard field goal, 5:41. Penn St 26–15. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 4:09. PSU – BranDon Snow 4-yard run (Kevin Kelly kick), 1:37. Penn St 33–15. Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 3:52. Top passers PUR – Brandon Kirsch – 11/21, 102 yards, INT PSU – Michael Robinson – 13/29, 213 yards Top rushers PUR – Jerod Void – 10 rushes, 57 yards PSU – Tony Hunt – 24 rushes, 129 yards Top receivers PUR – Kyle Ingraham – 7 receptions, 77 yards PSU – Jordan Norwood – 4 receptions, 59 yards

Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan St 14 7 0 0 21 • Purdue 7 7 7 7 28 Date: November 5 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 0 0 0 3 3 • Purdue 0 10 7 20 37 Date: November 12 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 0 27 7 7 41 Indiana 7 0 0 7 14 Date: November 19 Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

2006 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Bernard Pollard	Safety	2	54	Kansas City Chiefs
Ray Edwards	Defensive Lineman	4	127	Minnesota Vikings
Rob Ninkovich	Defensive End	5	135	New Orleans Saints
Charles Davis	Tight End	5	167	Pittsburgh Steelers