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2005 Michigan Wolverines football

Alamo Bowl, L 28–32 vs. Nebraska

Conference

Big Ten Conference

2005 record

7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)

Head coach

Lloyd Carr (11th year)

Offensive coordinator

Terry Malone (4th year)

Offensive scheme

Multiple

Defensive coordinator

Jim Herrmann (9th year)

Base defense

Multiple

MVP

Jason Avant

Captain

Jason Avant

Captain

Pat Massey

Home stadium

Michigan Stadium
(Capacity: 107,501)

Seasons

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2005 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#3/3 Penn State †§	0*	–	1	0*	–	1
#4/4 Ohio State ‡§	7	–	1	10	–	2
#15/15 Wisconsin	5	–	3	10	–	3
Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	5
Northwestern	5	–	3	7	–	5
Iowa	5	–	3	7	–	5
Minnesota	4	–	4	7	–	5
Purdue	3	–	5	5	–	6
Michigan State	2	–	6	5	–	6
Indiana	1	–	7	4	–	7
Illinois	0	–	8	2	–	9

† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (11-1, 7-1) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

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 #2 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 participate in 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.^[1]

1 Schedule
2 Game notes
3 Statistical achievements
4 Awards and honors
5 Coaching staff
6 References
7 External links

Schedule [edit]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 PM	Northern Illinois*	#4/4	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 33–17	110,971
September 10	12:00 PM	#20/23 Notre Dame*	#3/3	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Rivalry)	ABC	L 10–17	111,386
September 17	12:00 PM	Eastern Michigan*	#14/14	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN+	W 55–0	109,511
September 24	6:00 PM	at Wisconsin	#14/13	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 20–23	83,022
October 1	12:00 PM	at #11/12 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	W 34–31 ^OT	79,401
October 8	1:00 PM	Minnesota	#21/24	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 20–23	111,117
October 15	3:30 PM	#8/10 Penn State		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 27–25	111,249
October 22	12:00 PM	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN	W 23–20 ^OT	70,585
October 29	7:00 PM	at #21/23 Northwestern	#25/NR	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 33–17	47,130
November 12	12:00 PM	Indiana	#21/22	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	W 41–14	110,580
November 19	1:00 PM	#9/9 Ohio State	#17/17	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	L 21–25	111,591
December 28	8:00 PM	vs. Nebraska*	#20/21	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–32	63,016
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game notes [edit]

Michigan State [edit]

Michigan at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Michigan	14	10	0	7	3	34
Michigan St	7	14	3	7	0	31

Date: Saturday, October 1
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Game start: 12:00 EST
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musberger and Gary Danielson

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	8:23	Michigan	Jason Avant 2 yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)	Michigan 7-0

1	7:03	Michigan	Mario Manningham 43 yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)	Michigan 14-0

1	2:44	Michigan St	Drew Stanton 4 yard run (John Goss kick)	Michigan 14-7

2	11:20	Michigan	Brian Thompson 5 yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)	Michigan 21-7

2	5:53	Michigan St	Jehuu Caulcrick 1 yard run (John Goss kick)	Michigan 21-14

2	3:30	Michigan St	Kerry Reed 61 yard pass from Drew Stanton (John Goss kick)	Tie 21-21

2	:09	Michigan	Garrett Rivas 20 yard field goal	Michigan 24-21

3	11:11	Michigan St	John Goss 26 yard field goal	Tie 24-24

4	11:29	Michigan	Mike Hart 1 yard run (Garrett Rivas kick)	Michigan 31-24

4	6:43	Michigan St	Domata Peko 74 yard fumble return (Kyle Mayer kick)	Tie 31-31

OT		Michigan	Garrett Rivas 35 yard field goal	Michigan 34-31

Penn State [edit]

Penn St at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn St	0	0	3	22	25
• Michigan	0	3	7	17	27

Date: Saturday, October 15
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
Television network: ABC

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

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

Iowa [edit]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Michigan	0	7	3	7	6	23
Iowa	7	7	0	3	3	20

Date: October 22
Location: Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

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

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Statistical achievements [edit]

The team led the conference in kick return average in all games (23.4), while Michigan State led in conference games.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Awards and honors [edit]

Co-captains: Jason Avant, Pat Massey
Academic All-American: Avant (second team)^[6]
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

Coaching staff [edit]

Head coach: Lloyd Carr
Assistant coaches: Erik Campbell (assistant head coach), Mike DeBord, Ron English, Fred Jackson, Ron Lee, Scot Loeffler, Andy Moeller, Steve Stripling, Steve Szabo
Trainer: Paul Schmidt

References [edit]

^ Lopresti, Mike (October 23, 2005). "Six unbeatens must fit into two slots for shot at title". USA Today. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
^ ESPN. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
^ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 59. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
^ "Record Book". CBS Interactive. January 5, 2010. p. 115. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
^ "Spartans' first loss at hand of nemesis Wolverines". ESPN. October 1, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ "Michigan's Academic All-Americans". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.

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