American college football season
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.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 10 1:00 pm Akron * No. 13 ESPN360 W 49–2464,757[1]
September 17 10:00 pm at Arizona * No. 12 W 31–2456,400[1]
September 24 12:00 pm at Minnesota No. 11 ESPN L 35–42 2OT 48,116[1]
October 1 7:45 pm No. 13 Notre Dame * No. 22 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN L 28–4965,491[1]
October 8 4:30 pm Iowa Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN L 17–3464,785[1]
October 15 1:00 pm Northwestern Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 L 29–3462,866[1]
October 22 3:30 pm at No. 19 Wisconsin ABC L 20–3182,828[1]
October 29 3:30 pm at No. 11 Penn State ABC L 15–33109,467[1]
November 5 12:00 pm Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPNU W 28–2162,467[1]
November 12 12:00 pm Illinois Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon ) ESPN+ W 37–357,611[1]
November 19 1:00 pm at Indiana ESPN360 W 41–1450,023[1]
*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
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
Ben Jones
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
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
Arizona [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
14
7 10 0
31
Arizona
7
10 0 7
24
Minnesota [ ]
1
2 3 4 OT 2OT Total
Purdue
0
7 21 0 7 0
35
• Minnesota
3
7 10 8 7 7
42
Notre Dame [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
7
21 7 14
49
Purdue
0
0 14 14
28
Iowa [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Iowa
14
3 6 11
34
Purdue
7
7 3 0
17
Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern
14
14 0 6
34
Purdue
3
6 14 6
29
Wisconsin [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
0
10 3 7
20
• Wisconsin
10
0 14 7
31
at Penn State [ ]
Purdue Boilermakers (2–5) at #11 Penn State Nittany Lions (7–1)
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 29Game time : 3:30 p.m. ESTGame weather : Partly sunny, 49 °F (9 °C)Game attendance : 109,467Referee : S. NewmanBox 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
Illinois [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Illinois
0
0 0 3
3
• Purdue
0
10 7 20
37
Indiana [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
0
27 7 7
41
Indiana
7
0 0 7
14
Date: November 19Location: Memorial Stadium , Bloomington, Indiana
2006 NFL Draft [ ]
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