2005 Michigan Wolverines football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2005 Michigan Wolverines football Michigan Wolverines Logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 7–5 5–3 Lloyd Carr 11th Terry Malone 4th Multiple Jim Herrmann 9th Multiple Jason Avant Jason Avant Pat Massey Michigan Stadium Alamo Bowl L Lost 28–32 vs. Nebraska 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 No. 3 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 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.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2005-10-23-lopresti-unbeatens_x.htm Six unbeatens must fit into two slots for shot at title July 12, 2010 October 23, 2005 USA Today Lopresti, Mike Schedule 2005 AP Eastern September 3 3:30 p.m. w y 4 Northern Illinois Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ABC 33–17 110,971 September 10 12:00 p.m. l y 3 Notre Dame 20 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI rivalry ABC 10–17 111,386 September 17 12:00 p.m. w y 14 Eastern Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ESPN Plus 55–0 109,511 September 24 6:00 p.m. l y 14 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN2 20–23 83,022 October 1 12:00 p.m. w y Michigan State 11 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI rivalry ABC 34–31 OT 79,401 October 8 1:00 p.m. l y 21 Minnesota Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Little Brown Jug ABC 20–23 111,117 October 15 3:30 p.m. w Penn State 8 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI rivalry ABC 27–25 111,249 October 22 12:00 p.m. w y Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA ABC 23–20 OT 70,585 October 29 7:00 p.m. w y 25 Northwestern 21 Ryan Field Evanston, IL rivalry ESPN 33–17 47,130 November 12 12:00 p.m. w 21 Indiana Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ESPN2 41–14 110,580 November 19 1:00 p.m. l 17 Ohio State 9 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI The Game ABC 21–25 111,591 December 28 8:00 p.m. l y y 20 Nebraska Alamodome San Antonio, TX Alamo Bowl ESPN 28–32 63,016 Rankings 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings 15 4 7 4 4 3 3 14 14 14 13 RV RV 25 21 24 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV NR 25 RV RV 25 22 23 22 21 21 22 21 21 17 17 17 15 22 23 24 22 20 21 21 19 20 21 21 20 RV RV Game summaries Michigan State 2005 Michigan State Spartans football team Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry Michigan Wolverines 2; text-align:center collapsed Paul Bunyan Trophy: Michigan Wolverines (2–2) at #11 Michigan State Spartans (4–0) October 1 12:00 p.m. EDT Michigan 14 10 0 7 3 Michigan St 7 14 3 7 0 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan 79,401 Dennis Lipski ABC Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, and Jack Arute Michigan Football Michigan Chad Henne26/35, 256 Yds, 3 TD, INT Mike Hart36 Rush, 218 Yds, TD Jason Avant10 Rec, 96 Yds, TD Michigan State Drew Stanton20/30, 282 Yds, TD, INT Jason Teague8 Rush, 72 Yds Jerramy Scott3 Rec, 80 Yds MICH MSU collapsed 1 8:23 Michigan 10 98 3:40 RecTD Jason Avant Chad Henne 2 good Garrett Rivas run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 0 1 7:03 Michigan 2 52 0:15 RecTD Mario Manningham Chad Henne 43 good Garrett Rivas run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 0 1 2:44 Michigan St 10 80 4:19 RushTD Drew Stanton 4 good John Goss run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 7 2 11:20 Michigan 11 87 3:44 RecTD Brian Thompson Chad Henne 5 good Garrett Rivas run/pass good/failed/incomplete 21 7 2 5:53 Michigan St 12 78 5:21 RushTD Jehuu Caulcrick 1 good John Goss run/pass good/failed/incomplete 21 14 2 3:30 Michigan St 2 67 0:49 RecTD Kerry Reed Drew Stanton 61 good John Goss run/pass good/failed/incomplete 21 21 2 0:09 Michigan 13 69 3:15 FG 20 Garrett Rivas 24 21 3 11:11 Michigan St 4 8 2:24 FG 26 John Goss 24 24 4 11:29 Michigan 5 80 2:09 RushTD Mike Hart 1 good Garrett Rivas run/pass good/failed/incomplete 31 24 4 6:43 Michigan St FumbleTD Domata Peko 74 good Kyle Mayer run/pass good/failed/incomplete 31 31 OT Michigan 3 7 FG 35 Garrett Rivas 34 31 34 31 Penn State Penn State at Michigan Penn State 0 0 3 22 Michigan 0 3 7 17 October 15 Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI 3:30 p.m. EST Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color), & Lynn Swann (Sideline) ABC Source: ESPN yes 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 yes Iowa Michigan 0 7 3 7 6 Iowa 7 7 0 3 3 October 22 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA 12:10 p.m. EST Mike Tirico (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color), & Suzy Shuster (Sideline) ABC yes 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 yes Iowa's Home Win Streak Ends With OT Loss http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=252952294 https://archive.today/20130615171743/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=252952294 dead June 15, 2013 ESPN April 27, 2013 Personnel 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 Roster 2005 Michigan Wolverines f 16 So Adrian Arrington WR y 8 Sr Jason Avant WR y 18 Fr Antonio Bass WR y 15 Sr Steve Breaston WR y 3 Fr Kevin Grady RB y 12 Sr Matt Gutierrez QB y 20 So Mike Hart Mike Hart (American football) RB y 7 So Chad Henne QB y 57 Jr Adam Kraus OG y 67 Sr Matt Lentz OG y y 77 Jr Jake Long OT y 86 Fr Mario Manningham WR y 88 Sr Tim Massaquoi TE y y 60 Fr David Moosman OG y 71 Fr Mark Ortmann OT y 72 Sr Rueben Riley OL y 79 Sr Adam Stenavich OT y y 22 So Jamar Adams S y 80 So Alan Branch DT y 6 Jr Prescott Burgess LB y 2 Jr Shawn Crable LB y 37 So Chris Graham Chris Graham (gridiron football) LB y 29 Jr Leon Hall CB y 45 Sr David Harris David Harris (American football) LB y 90 So Tim Jamison DE y 13 Fr Grant Mason CB y 21 Jr Ryan Mundy S y 25 Fr Johnny Sears Jr. CB y 67 Fr Terrance Taylor Terrance Taylor (American football) DT y 14 So Morgan Trent CB y 78 Sr Gabe Watson DT y 56 Jr LaMarr Woodley DE y 99 Sr Pierre Woods LB y y 41 Fr Zoltán Meskó Zoltán Meskó (American football) P y 38 Jr Garrett Rivas K y https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/rosters/search.php?data=football&year_option=equals&year=2005&sortby=lastname%2C+firstname%2C+year&find=FIND *Lloyd Carr Statistical achievements The team led the conference in kick return average in all games (23.4), while Michigan State led in conference games.http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FullFBMG Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide July 8, 2010 January 5, 2010 CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference 59 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703191457/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FullFBMG July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all 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.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/fbl-record-100509.pdf Record Book July 8, 2010 January 5, 2010 CBS Interactive 115 August 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100807035422/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/fbl-record-100509.pdf dead 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.https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=252740127 Spartans' first loss at hand of nemesis Wolverines July 10, 2010 October 1, 2005 ESPN Awards and honors Co-captains: Jason Avant, Pat Massey Academic All-American: Avant (second team)http://www.mgoblue.com/trads/academic-all-americans.html Michigan's Academic All-Americans July 10, 2010 CBS Interactive https://web.archive.org/web/20100718015918/http://www.mgoblue.com/trads/academic-all-americans.html 2010-07-18 dead 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 References External links 2005 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History 2005 Michigan at NCAA.org Michigan Category:Michigan Wolverines football seasons Michigan Wolverines football