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2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team
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American college football season
August 2023
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football
2005
Purdue Boilermakers
Purdue Boilermakers workmark.svg
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Big Ten Conference
Big Ten
5–6
3–5
Joe Tiller
9th
Jim Chaney
9th
Brock Spack
9th
Spread
4–3
Rob Ninkovich
Charles Davis
Matt Turner
Brandon Villarreal
Jerod Void
Ross–Ade Stadium
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.
This was also the last season Purdue started games at different local times with other teams in the Eastern Time Zone, as the State of Indiana began observing Daylight Saving Time in 2006.Clock Changes in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 2005 https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/@4928096?year=2005 timeanddate.com
Schedule
2005 AP Eastern September 10 1:00 pm w y 13 Akron Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN360 49–24 64,757Cumulative Season Statistics http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/teamcume.html Purdue University September 17 10:00 pm w y y 12 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ 31–24 56,400 September 24 12:00 pm l y 11 Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN ESPN 35–42 2OT 48,116 October 1 7:45 pm l y 22 Notre Dame 13 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN 28–49 65,491 October 8 4:30 pm l Iowa Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN 17–34 64,785 October 15 1:00 pm l Northwestern Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 29–34 62,866 October 22 3:30 pm l y Wisconsin 19 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ABC 20–31 82,828 October 29 3:30 pm l y Penn State 11 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC 15–33 109,467 November 5 12:00 pm w Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPNU 28–21 62,467 November 12 12:00 pm w Illinois Purdue Cannon Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN+ 37–3 57,611 November 19 1:00 pm w y Indiana Old Oaken Bucket Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN ESPN360 41–14 50,023
Personnel
2005 Purdue Boilermakers y 9 So Dorien Bryant WR y
20 Jr Andre Chattams WR n
21 Sr Charles Davis Charles Davis (tight end) TE y
Jordan Grimes OL n
80 Sr Brian Hare WR n
42 Fr Anthony Heygood RB y
89 Jr Kyle Ingraham WR n
27 So Brandon Jones RB n
28 So Dustin Keller TE y
11 Jr Brandon Kirsch QB y
23 Sr Kevin Noel WR n
67 So Uche Nwaneri OG y y
21 Fr Greg Orton Greg Orton (wide receiver) WR y
65 Jr Mike Otto Mike Otto (American football) OT y y
12 Fr Curtis Painter QB y
Robbie Powell OL n
74 Fr Sean Sester OL n
40 Fr Kory Sheets RB y
88 So Jake Standeford WR n
56 Sr Matt Turner OL n
32 Sr Jarod Void RB n
94 Fr Jake Wasikowski TE n
19 Fr Brandon Whittington WR n
2 Sr Ray Williams WR n 85 So Cliff Avril LB y
90 Fr Ryan Baker DL y y
36 So Dan Bick LB n
45 So Eugene Bright DE y y
91 Jr Nick Cavallo DL n
10 Jr Ray Edwards Ray Edwards (American football) DE y
17 So Josh Ferguson LB n
15 Fr Christian Graham DB n
27 Jerad Grey FS So y
Brent Grover DL n
79 Fr Jermaine Guynn DL n
30 Jr George Hall George Hall (American football) LB y y
33 Sr Brian Hickman DB n
39 Sr Bobby Iwuchukwu LB y
59 So Stanford Keglar LB y y
18 Fr Brandon King Brandon King (cornerback) CB y
41 Jr John Lampert LB n
5 Fr Zach Logan DB n
25 So Paul Long DB n
71 Fr Alex Magee DT y
38 Jr Brian Mattaway DB n
26 Fr Lance Melvin DB n
93 Sr Rob Ninkovich DE y
24 Sr Sean Petty DB n
31 Bernard Pollard SS Jr y
81 Jr Al Royal LB n
7 Sr Kyle Smith DB n
49 Jr Anthony Spencer DE y y Anthony Spencer (American football)
55 Sr Brandon Villareal DL n
34 Fr Kyle Williams LB n 16 So Dave Brytus P n
35 Sr Ben Jones K n
Joe Tiller Jim Chaney (offensive coordinator)
Brock Spack (defensive coordinator)
Lou Anarumo (defensive backs)
Tony Samuel (defensive ends)
2005 Purdue Boilermakers Roster https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/2005-roster.html January 23, 2025
Game summaries
Akron
Akron 0 14 3 7 Purdue 14 14 0 21 September 10 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
Arizona
Purdue 14 7 10 0 Arizona 7 10 0 7 September 17 Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
Minnesota
Purdue 0 7 21 0 7 0 Minnesota 3 7 10 8 7 7 September 24 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota 12:00 Mark Jones, Chris Spielman, Rob Stone ABC
Notre Dame
Notre Dame 7 21 7 14 Purdue 0 0 14 14 October 1 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 7:45 Ron Franklin, Bob Davie, Holly Rowe ESPN
Iowa
Iowa 14 3 6 11 Purdue 7 7 3 0 October 8 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 4:30 Mark Jones, Chris Spielman, Rob Stone ESPN
Northwestern
Northwestern 14 14 0 6 Purdue 3 6 14 6 October 15 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 1:00 Pam Ward, David Norrie, Jimmy Dykes ESPN2
Wisconsin
Purdue 0 10 3 7 Wisconsin 10 0 14 7 October 22 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin 3:30 Gary Thorne, Ed Cunningham, Dave LaMont ABC
At Penn State
2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Purdue Boilermakers (2–5) at #11 Penn State Nittany Lions (7–1) October 29 3:30 p.m. EST Purdue 7 0 0 8 Penn St 3 13 7 10 Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania 109,467 Partly sunny, 49 F C S. Newman ABC Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute Box Score 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
Michigan St 14 7 0 0 Purdue 7 7 7 7 November 5 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 12:00 Wayne Larrivee, Randy Wright, Quint Kessenich ESPNU/ESPN+
Illinois
Illinois 0 0 0 3 Purdue 0 10 7 20 November 12 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
Indiana
Purdue 0 27 7 7 Indiana 7 0 0 7 November 19 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
References
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