2005 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2005 BYU Cougars BYU Cougars logo.svg 200 Mountain West MW 6–6 5–3 Bronco Mendenhall 1st Robert Anae 1st Air raid 3–3–5Bleacher Report Ellsworth Jon https://bleacherreport.com/articles/61231-byus-winning-formula-part-1 BYU's Winning Formula, Part 1 September 24, 2008 October 21, 2023 LaVell Edwards Stadium Las Vegas Bowl L 28–35 vs. California The 2005 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Schedule 2005 AP Mountain September 3 1:30 pm l y Boston College 22 LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ABC 3–20 58,108 September 10 1:00 pm w y Eastern Illinois LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT SWP 45–10 52,630 September 24 1:00 pm l TCU LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN+ 50–51 OT 58,320 October 1 8:00 pm l y San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA SWP 10–31 41,680 October 8 6:00 pm w y New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM SWP 27–24 39,233 October 15 8:00 pm w y Colorado State LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT SWP 24–14 58,165 October 22 12:30 pm l y y Notre Dame 9 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC 23–49 80,795 October 29 1:00 pm w Air Force LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN+ 62–41 57,687 November 5 1:00 pm w y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV ESPN+ 55–14 23,677 November 12 4:00 pm w y Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY SWP 35–21 15,889 November 19 1:00 pm l Utah Holy War LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN+ 34–41 OT 64,312 December 22 6:00 pm l y y California Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV ESPN 28–35 40,053 •SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5. Roster 2005 BYU Cougars f 12 Sr John Beck QB y John Beck (gridiron football) 1 Sr Todd Watkins WR y 41 So Bryan Kehl LB y https://byucougars.com/roster/football/2005 *Bronco Mendenhall Game summaries Boston College #22/22 Boston College 7 3 0 10 BYU 0 0 3 0 September 3 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:40 p.m. MST 3:27 58,198 Partly Cloudy, 77 F, wind S 10 mph on Tom Zimorski Paul Page, Ray Bentley, Vince Welch ESPN yes 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 yes Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois 0 0 3 7 BYU 17 14 0 14 September 10 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:00 p.m. MST 3:15 52,630 Partly Cloudy, 67 F, wind NW 7 mph on Pete Gautreau Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 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 yes TCU TCU 10 6 7 21 7 BYU 21 3 10 10 6 September 17 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:07 p.m. MST 4:42 58,320 Partly Cloudy, 67 F, wind S 4 mph on Gerald Wright Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer ESPN+ yes 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 yes San Diego State BYU 0 3 0 7 San Diego State 0 17 7 7 October 1 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA 7:07 p.m. PST 3:26 41,680 71 F, clear and mild, wind NW 6 mph on Terry Leyden Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest Source: yes 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 yes New Mexico BYU 6 7 0 14 New Mexico 7 14 3 0 October 8 University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM 6:09 p.m. MST 3:25 39,233 70 F, cloudy w/ rain, winds gusty SW Scott Novak Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest Source: yes 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 yes Colorado State Colorado State 0 0 7 7 BYU 0 14 3 7 October 15 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 8:07 p.m. MST 3:03 58,165 66 F, cloudy w/ showers, winds W 15 mph on Rich Kollen Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 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 yes Notre Dame BYU 10 0 13 0 #9/10 Notre Dame 7 14 21 7 October 22 Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN 1:38 p.m. CST 3:46 80,795 51 F, overcast w/ rain, winds W 7 mph on Gerald Wright Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, Lewis Johnson NBC Source: yes 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 yes Air Force Air Force 0 7 7 27 BYU 14 14 13 21 October 29 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:00 p.m. MST 3:51 57,687 41 F, rainy, winds S 3 mph on Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer ESPN+ yes 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 yes UNLV BYU 7 20 14 14 UNLV 0 7 0 7 November 5 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV 12:00 p.m. PST 3:50 23,677 70 F, clear, winds SE 6 mph on Terry Leyden Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer ESPN+ yes 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 yes Wyoming BYU 14 14 7 0 Wyoming 14 0 7 0 November 12 War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY 4:07 p.m. MST 3:10 15,889 38 F, cold and windy, winds WNW 35 mph on Scott Novak Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest Source: yes 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 yes Utah Utah 14 10 7 3 7 BYU 3 0 21 10 0 November 19 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:07 p.m. MST 4:15 64,312 Clear but hazy, 47 F, wind W 6 mph on Terry Leyden Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer ESPN+ yes 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 yes Las Vegas Bowl: California BYU 0 14 0 14 Cal 7 14 14 0 December 22 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV 5:00 p.m. PST 3:49 40,053 61 F, cloudy, winds 0 mph on Gil Gelbke Sean McDonough, Mike Gottfried, Alex Flanagan (ESPN)Larry Kahn, John Robinson (Sports USA) ESPN/Sports USA yes 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 yes References BYU Category:BYU Cougars football seasons BYU Cougars football