2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Texas Tech Athletics logo.svg
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 20
2005 record9–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Mike Leach (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorSonny Dykes (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDana Holgorsen (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorLyle Setencich (3rd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumJones SBC Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Northern Division
Colorado x   5 3     7 6  
No. 24 Nebraska   4 4     8 4  
Missouri   4 4     7 5  
Iowa State   4 4     7 5  
Kansas   3 5     7 5  
Kansas State   2 6     5 6  
Southern Division
No. 1 Texas x$#   8 0     13 0  
No. 20 Texas Tech   6 2     9 3  
No. 22 Oklahoma   6 2     8 4  
Texas A&M   3 5     5 6  
Baylor   2 6     5 6  
Oklahoma State   1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 70, Colorado 3
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 9–3 record (6–2 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, lost to Alabama in the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 473 to 226.[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Previous season[]

The 2004 team finished the season with an overall record of 8–4, 5–3 in Big 12 play, finishing tied in third place in the Southern Division. The Red Raiders finished the regular season with a 31–15 upset victory over the no. 23 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys. The team was invited to the Holiday Bowl, defeating no. 4 California 45–31. The 2004 team was ranked no. 18 and no. 17 in the final AP and Coaches' polls, respectively. Quarterback Sonny Cumbie finished the season leading the nation in passing yards, throwing for 4,742 yards.

NFL draftees[]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4 129 Dylan Gandy G Indianapolis Colts
5 150 Daniel Loper T Tennessee Titans
7 234 Mike Smith LB Baltimore Ravens

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 106:00 PMFIU*No. 21
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 56–350,156
September 176:00 PMSam Houston State*No. 19
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 80–2150,171
September 246:00 PMIndiana State*No. 19
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
FSSWW 63–744,681
October 16:00 PMKansasNo. 16
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 30–1752,601
October 83:00 PMat NebraskaNo. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
TBSW 34–3177,580
October 1511:00 AMKansas StatedaggerNo. 13
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
ABCW 59–2050,813
October 222:30 PMat No. 2 TexasNo. 10ABCL 17–5283,919
October 2911:30 AMat BaylorNo. 17FSNW 28–043,525
November 56:00 PMTexas A&MNo. 16
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX (rivalry)
FSNW 56–1755,755
November 121:00 PMat Oklahoma StateNo. 13
L 17–2440,035
November 1911:00 AMOklahomaNo. 21
  • Jones SBC Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
FSNW 23–2152,625
January 210:00 AMvs. No. 13 Alabama*No. 18FOXL 10–13[n 1]74,222
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source:[3]

Personnel[]

2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL 72 Josh Aleman Redshirt.svg Fr
HB 20 Danny Amendola So
OL 66 Cody Baker Redshirt.svg Fr
RB 34 Justin Bradley So
RB 40 Edward Britton Fr
OL 64 Shawn Byrnes Fr
OL 60 Brandon Carter Fr
OL 76 David Chatterton Fr
OL 68 Daniel Christian Sr
WR 85 Chris Cunigan Fr
WR 87 Michael Dorsey Fr
WR 11 Brandon Douglas Jr
WR 8 Joel Filani Jr
OL 78 Gabe Hall Jr
OL 71 Stephen Hamby Redshirt.svg Fr
QB 6 Graham Harrell Redshirt.svg Fr
RB 19 Taurean Henderson Sr
WR 88 Jarrett Hicks Jr
WR 85 Kelly Hildebrandt So
QB 10 Cody Hodges Sr
WR 83 Slade Hodges Sr
WR 2 Catron Houston Fr
OL 69 Glenn January Jr
OL 61 Andrew Johnson Fr
WR 27 Marquis Johnson Jr
WR 9 Robert Johnson Redshirt.svg Jr
OL 73 Brandon Jones Jr
OL 62 Bryan Kegans Sr
WR 15 John King Redshirt.svg Fr
RB 37 Kobey Lewis Fr
RB 32 Caesar Martinez Sr
TE 26 Austin Mickelson Fr
WR 12 Eric Morris Redshirt.svg Fr
TE 33 Bristol Olomua Sr
OL 63 Manuel Ramirez Jr
RB 18 Taurance Rawls So
WR 86 L. A. Reed Redshirt.svg Fr
TE 80 Rylan Reed Fr
RB 31 Pete Richardson Fr
QB 7 Ryan Rowland So
WR 29 David Schaefer So
OL 77 David Spriggs Fr
OL 79 Gary Taylor Fr
QB 13 Chris Todd Fr
OL 65 Louis Vasquez Fr
WR 4 Todd Walker Fr
WR 28 Travis Wheat So
OL 75 E. J. Whitley Sr
OL 67 Marlon Winn Fr
WR 85 Josh Witherspoon Redshirt.svg Fr
RB 21 Shannon Woods Redshirt.svg Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 31 Greg Aycock Jr
DT 51 Dek Bake Sr
DE 43 Brett Bischofberger Sr
LB 41 Sylvester Brinkley Sr
S 9 Chris Brister Jr
CB 28 Marcus Bunton Redshirt.svg Fr
DB 10 Daniel Charbonnet So
DL 84 Randall Cherry Sr
S 32 Hunter Coleman So
CB 13 James Conwright So
DE 96 Keyunta Dawson Jr
DT 91 McKinner Dixon Fr
CB 21 Clifton Eddington Jr
CB 18 Phill Ervin So
DB 24 Lance Fuller Redshirt.svg Fr
FS 49 Joe Garcia So
LB 50 Ryan Hale Fr
LB 54 Chad Hill So
S 23 Anthony Hines Redshirt.svg Fr
DL 93 Chris Hudler Jr
CB 36 Antonio Huffman Jr
DE 95 Rashad Hunt Fr
DE 52 Victor Hunter Fr
DT 90 Brian Jones Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 94 Philip Jones Fr
LB 62 John Knust Fr
CB 25 Sirdon Lewis Sr
LB 68 Ty Linder So
CB 7 Darcel McBath Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 57 Jamequinlon McGill Jr
FS 1 Vincent Meeks Sr
DB 26 Khalid Naziruddin Sr
CB 33 Brent Nickerson Fr
DE 92 Seth Nitschmann Jr
CB 82 Kennedy Offoegbu Redshirt.svg Fr
CB 17 Chris Parker So
DE 98 Jake Ratliff Redshirt.svg Fr
S 18 Taylor Read Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 46 Sandy Riley Fr
S 27 Jordy Rowland Redshirt.svg Fr
S 5 John Saldi Sr
DL 99 Ken Scott Jr
LB 42 Fletcher Session Jr
LB 53 Calen Shearer Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 39 Brent Slaughter Jr
S 3 Dwayne Slay Sr
LB 45 Brock Stratton Jr
LB 29 Jordan Thomas Fr
DL 97 Fred Thwreatt Sr
LB 56 Kellen Tillman Jr
S 84 Lashawn Vation Fr
S 16 Loy White So
DE 77 Jared Williams Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 48 Paul Williams So
DE 89 Tyler Yenzer So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 92 Grant Berg So
DS 61 Michael Bettenhausen So
DS 50 Austin Burns Fr
P 22 Alex Reyes Jr
P 87 Brandon Ritchey So
DS 58 Ian Smetona Sr
K 14 Keith Toogood Jr
K 30 Alex Trlica So
Head coach
  • Mike Leach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries[]

FIU[]

FIU Golden Panthers at No. 21 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Golden Panthers 0 3 003
No. 21 Red Raiders 14 14 72156

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 87 °F (31 °C) • Weather: Partly cloudy • Wind: SSE 14 MPH
  • Game attendance: 50,156
  • Referee: Tom Walker
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

Sam Houston State[]

Sam Houston State Bearkats at No. 19 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Bearkats 0 7 01421
No. 19 Red Raiders 28 21 171480

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: September 17
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 94 °F (34 °C) • Weather: Mostly cloudy • Wind: S 12 MPH
  • Game attendance: 50,171
  • Referee: James Hatfield
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

Indiana State[]

Indiana State Sycamores at No. 19 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Sycamores 0 0 077
No. 19 Red Raiders 14 35 7763

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: September 24
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 89 °F (32 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SE 8 MPH
  • Game attendance: 44,681
  • Referee: Steve Usechek
  • TV: FSSW
  • Box score, Recap

Kansas[]

Kansas Jayhawks at No. 16 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Jayhawks 0 0 14317
No. 16 Red Raiders 7 13 7330

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: October 1
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 93 °F (34 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: WSW 11 MPH
  • Game attendance: 52,601
  • Referee: Clair Gausman
  • Box score, Recap

at Nebraska[]

No. 15 Texas Tech Red Raiders at Nebraska Cornhuskers  – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 15 Red Raiders 7 14 6734
Cornhuskers 0 14 71031

at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: S 7 MPH
  • Game attendance: 77,580
  • Referee: Jon Bible
  • TV announcers (TBS): Bob Neal (play-by-play), Tom Ramsey (analyst) and Kip Lewis (sideline)
  • Box score, Recap

Kansas State[]

Kansas State Wildcats at No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Wildcats 3 10 7020
No. 13 Red Raiders 3 14 281459

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Mostly cloudy • Wind: WNW 3 MPH
  • Game attendance: 50,813
  • Referee: Drew George
  • TV: ABC
  • Box score, Recap

Quarterback Cody Hodges finished the game 44-of-65 for 643 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. Hodges's 643 passing yards are the fourth most by a quarterback in Division I-A (now Division I FBS) and the second time a Texas Tech quarterback threw for over 600 yards in a single game, with B. J. Symons throwing for 661 yards against Ole Miss in 2003.[4]

at No. 2 Texas[]

No. 10 Texas Tech Red Raiders at No. 2 Texas Longhorns  – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 10 Red Raiders 7 3 7017
No. 2 Longhorns 10 21 14752

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

  • Date: October 22
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NNE 5–15 MPH
  • Game attendance: 83,919
  • Referee: Tom Walker
  • TV: ABC
  • Box score, Recap

at Baylor[]

No. 17 Texas Tech Red Raiders at Baylor Bears  – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 17 Red Raiders 3 3 02228
Bears 0 0 000

at Floyd Casey Stadium, Waco, Texas

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 11:30 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 64 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: SSE 11 MPH
  • Game attendance: 43,525
  • Referee: Randy Christal
  • TV: FSN
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

Texas A&M[]

Texas A&M Aggies at No. 16 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Aggies 3 7 0717
No. 16 Red Raiders 14 0 212156

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: November 5
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: W 14 MPH
  • Game attendance: 55,755
  • Referee: W. Davenport
  • TV: FSN
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

at Oklahoma State[]

No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oklahoma State Cowboys  – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 13 Red Raiders 0 0 31417
Cowboys 14 0 3724

at Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, Oklahoma

  • Date: November 12
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Fair and windy • Wind: SSW 22 MPH
  • Game attendance: 40,035
  • Referee: Tom Walker
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

Oklahoma[]

Oklahoma Sooners at No. 21 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Sooners 0 7 01421
No. 21 Red Raiders 3 7 01323

at Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: November 19
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 54 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Sunny with gusty winds • Wind: NNE 25–40 MPH
  • Game attendance: 52,625
  • Referee: Randy Christal
  • TV announcers (FSN): Drew Goodman (play-by-play), Dave Lapham (analyst) and Jim Knox (sideline)
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

vs. No. 13 Alabama (Cotton Bowl Classic)[]

No. 18 Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide (Cotton Bowl Classic)  – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 18 Red Raiders 3 0 0710
No. 13 Crimson Tide 7 0 3313

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: January 2, 2006
  • Game time: 10:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 63 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Clear and sunny • Wind: NNW 10 MPH
  • Game attendance: 74,222
  • Referee: Terry Leyden
  • TV: Fox
  • Box score, Recap
Game information

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 21 21 19 19 16 15 13 10 17 16 13 21 18 18 18 20 
Coaches Poll 21 19 19 16 13 13 11 8 16 17 13 19 17 16 15 19 
Harris Poll Not released 16 15 13 9 16 16 12 19 17 16 15 Not released 
BCS Not released 7 16 15 12 19 16 16 15 Not released

Players drafted into the NFL[]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
7 216 E. J. Whitley C Dallas Cowboys

Notes[]

  1. ^ Alabama's win in the Cotton Bowl was later vacated by the NCAA due to infractions committed by the Crimson Tide during the season.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Alabama wins vacated". 11 June 2009.
  3. ^ "2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Hodges throws for 643 yards, 5 TDs in No. 13 Texas Tech win". ESPN. October 15, 2005. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
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