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2005 BYU Cougars football team

The 2005 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2005 BYU Cougars football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 28–35 vs. California
ConferenceMountain West
Record6–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRobert Anae (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Base defense3–3–5[1]
Home stadiumLaVell Edwards Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 TCU $   8 – 0     11 – 1  
BYU   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Colorado State   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Utah   4 – 4     7 – 5  
New Mexico   4 – 4     6 – 5  
San Diego State   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Air Force   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Wyoming   2 – 6     4 – 7  
UNLV   1 – 7     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 31:30 pmNo. 22 Boston College*
ABCL 3–2058,108
September 101:00 pmEastern Illinois*
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
SWPW 45–1052,630
September 241:00 pmTCU
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPN+L 50–51 OT58,320
October 18:00 pmat San Diego State
SWPL 10–3141,680
October 86:00 pmat New Mexico
SWPW 27–2439,233
October 158:00 pmColorado State 
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
SWPW 24–1458,165
October 2212:30 pmat No. 9 Notre Dame*
NBCL 23–4980,795
October 291:00 pmAir Force
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPN+W 62–4157,687
November 51:00 pmat UNLV
ESPN+W 55–1423,677
November 124:00 pmat Wyoming
SWPW 35–2115,889
November 191:00 pmUtah
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT (Holy War)
ESPN+L 34–41 OT64,312
December 226:00 pmvs. California*
ESPNL 28–3540,053
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

Roster

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2005 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 John Beck Sr
WR 1 Todd Watkins Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 41 Bryan Kehl So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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Boston College

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• #22/22 Boston College 7 3010 20
BYU 0 030 3
Scoring summary
10:30BCChris Miller 14-yard pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohliger kick)BC 7-0
20:03BCRyan Ohliger 39-yard field goalBC 10-0
310:16BYUJared McLaughlin 35-yard field goalBC 10-3
414:53BCChris Miller 4-yard pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohliger kick)BC 17-3
40:41BCRyan Ohliger 26-yard field goalBC 20-3

Eastern Illinois

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Eastern Illinois 0 037 10
• BYU 17 14014 45
  • Date: September 10
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:15
  • Game attendance: 52,630
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C), wind NW 7 mph (11 km/h)
  • Referee: Pete Gautreau
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
Scoring summary
111:34BYUCurtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 7-0
18:55BYUJohn Beck 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 14-0
12:47BYUJared McLaughlin 20-yard field goalBYU 17-0
212:31BYUTodd Watkins 31-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 24-0
23:46BYUTodd Watkins 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 31-0
39:48EIUZach Yates 23-yard field goalBYU 31-3
412:22EIUVincent Webb 2-yard run (Zach Yates kick)BYU 31-10
46:01BYUNaufahu Tahi 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 38-10
40:41BYUNaufahu Tahi 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 45-10

TCU

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• TCU 10 67217 51
BYU 21 310106 50
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 4:42
  • Game attendance: 58,320
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C), wind S 4 mph (6.4 km/h)
  • Referee: Gerald Wright
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer
Scoring summary
111:34BYUZac Collie 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 7-0
19:17BYUTodd Watkins 39-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 14-0
19:05TCUCory Rodgers 100-yard kickoff return (Chris Manfredini kick)BYU 14-7
16:29TCUChris Manfredini 43-yard field goalBYU 14-10
15:03BYUZac Collie 37-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 21-10
212:33TCUChris Manfredini 33-yard field goalBYU 21-13
24:07BYUJared McLaughlin 30-yard field goalBYU 24-13
21:57TCUChris Manfredini 31-yard field goalBYU 24-16
311:25BYUJared McLaughlin 47-yard field goalBYU 27-16
310:14BYUTodd Watkins 67-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 34-16
31:51TCUCory Rodgers 2-yard run (Chris Manfredini kick)BYU 34-23
413:41TCUWilliam Jackson 1-yard run (Aaron Brown rush failed)BYU 34-29
48:35BYUCurtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 41-29
46:02TCUCory Rodgers 34-yard pass from Jeff Ballard (Chris Manfredini kick)BYU 41-36
41:25TCUAaron Brown 35-yard pass from Jeff Ballard (Jeff Ballard rush)TCU 44-41
40:00BYUJared McLaughlin 39-yard field goalTIED 44-44
OTBYUTodd Wtakins 25-yard pass from John Beck (kick fumbled)BYU 50-44
OTTCUCory Rodgers 3-yard run (Chris Manfredini kick)TCU 51-51

San Diego State

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BYU 0 307 10
• San Diego State 0 1777 31
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
  • Game start: 7:07 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3:26
  • Game attendance: 41,680
  • Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C), clear and mild, wind NW 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
  • Referee: Terry Leyden
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
  • Source:
Scoring summary
28:57SDSUKevin O'Connell 6-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 7-0
25:54SDSUGarrett Palmer 36-yard field goalSDSU 10-0
22:49BYUJared McLaughlin 33-yard field goalSDSU 10-3
20:37SDSULynel Hamilton 1-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 17-3
310:39SDSUBrandon Bornes 4-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 24-3
413:12BYUNaufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)SDSU 24-10
411:12SDSULynel Hamilton 6-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 31-10

New Mexico

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• BYU 6 7014 27
New Mexico 7 1430 24
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM
  • Game start: 6:09 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:25
  • Game attendance: 39,233
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), cloudy w/ rain, winds gusty SW
  • Referee: Scott Novak
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
  • Source:
Scoring summary
110:17BYUDaniel Coats 11-yard pass from John Beck (kick blocked)BYU 6-0
18:32UNMTravis Brown 17-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick)UNM 7-6
211:27BYUJoe Semanoff 5-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 13-7
27:17UNMKole McKinney 2-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick)UNM 14-13
20:18UNMDonTrell Moore 1-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick)UNM 21-13
33:00UNMKenny Byrd 24-yard field goalUNM 24-13
47:15BYUCurtis Brown 9-yard run (pass failed)UNM 24-19
41:40BYUMatt Allen 22-yard pass from John Beck (Curtis Brown run)BYU 27-24

Colorado State

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Colorado State 0 077 14
• BYU 0 1437 24
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 8:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:03
  • Game attendance: 58,165
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), cloudy w/ showers, winds W 15 mph (24 km/h)
  • Referee: Rich Kollen
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
Scoring summary
212:27BYUCurtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 7-0
21:32BYUDaniel Coats 3-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 14-0
36:40BYUJared McLaughlin 27-yard field goalBYU 17-0
30:00CSUKory Sperry 14-yard pass from Justin Holland (Kevin Mark kick)BYU 17-7
49:00CSUDavid Anderson 19-yard pass from Justin Holland (Kevin Mark kick)BYU 17-14
42:07BYUCurtis Brown 2-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 24-14

Notre Dame

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BYU 10 0130 23
• #9/10 Notre Dame 7 14217 49
  • Source:
Scoring summary
19:51BYUJared McLaughlin 44-yard field goalBYU 3-0
17:12UNDMaurice Stovall 10-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)UND 7-3
12:48BYUJonny Harline 12-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 10-7
210:33UNDJeff Samardzija 14-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)UND 14-10
24:18UNDMaurice Stovall 15-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)UND 21-10
312:50UNDJeff Samardzija 21-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)UND 28-10
39:11BYUJohn Beck 10-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)UND 28-17
35:38BYUTodd Watkins 10-yard pass from John Beck (Beck pass failed)UND 28-23
34:47UNDMaurice Stovall 36-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)UND 35-23
32:16UNDMaurice Stovall 24-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)UND 42-23
49:24UNDTom Zbikowski 83-yard interception return (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)BYU 49-23

Air Force

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Air Force 0 7727 41
• BYU 14 141321 62
  • Date: October 29
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:51
  • Game attendance: 57,687
  • Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C), rainy, winds S 3 mph (4.8 km/h)
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer
Scoring summary
110:58BYUMichael Reed 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 7-0
15:47BYUNate Meikle 12-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 14-0
29:47AFAJason Brown 15-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick)BYU 14-7
27:31BYUCurtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 21-7
21:07BYUNaufafu Tahi 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 28-7
312:04BYUJared McLaughlin 35-yard field goalBYU 31-7
39:05BYUDan Coats 15-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 38-7
30:53BYUJared McLaughlin 38-yard field goalBYU 41-7
30:00AFAJason Brown 57-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick)BYU 41-14
412:47AFAGarrett Ryback 28-yard blocked punt return (kick failed)BYU 41-20
410:52BYUCurtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 48-20
49:50AFAChad Hall 8-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick)BYU 48-27
49:36AFAGreg Kirkwood 36-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick)BYU 48-34
45:12BYUCurtis Brown 20-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 55-34
43:40AFAVictor Thompson 18-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick)BYU 55-41
40:57BYUCurtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 62-41

UNLV

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• BYU 7 201414 55
UNLV 0 707 14
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
  • Game start: 12:00 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3:50
  • Game attendance: 23,677
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), clear, winds SE 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
  • Referee: Terry Leyden
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer
Scoring summary
16:15BYUNaufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 7-0
212:21UNLVGreg Estandia 5-yard pass from Jarrod Jackson (Sergio Aguayo kick)TIED 7-7
28:42BYUJared McLaughlin 45-yard field goalBYU 10-7
26:17BYUTodd Watkins 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 17-7
23:22BYUCurtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 24-7
20:00BYUJared McLaughlin 37-yard field goalBYU 27-7
312:51BYUCurtis Brown 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 34-7
35:15BYUNaufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 41-7
413:49UNLVErick Jackson 15-yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick)BYU 41-14
410:07BYUJonny Harline 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 48-14
44:49BYUWayne Latu 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 55-14

Wyoming

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• BYU 14 1470 35
Wyoming 14 070 21
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY
  • Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:10
  • Game attendance: 15,889
  • Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C), cold and windy, winds WNW 35 mph (56 km/h)
  • Referee: Scott Novak
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
  • Source:
Scoring summary
110:17WYJovon Bouknight 21-yard pass from Corey Bramlet (Rhett Almond kick)WY 7-0
18:50BYUCurtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)TIED 7-7
12:16BYUJonny Harline 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 14-7
11:11WYWynel Seldon 69-yard run (Rhett Almond kick)TIED 14-14
27:50BYUCurtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 21-14
24:21BYUNaufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 28-14
310:12WYWynel Seldon 2-yard run (Rhett Almond kick)BYU 28-21
30:46BYUJonny Harline 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)BYU 35-21

Utah

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• Utah 14 10737 41
BYU 3 021100 34
  • Date: November 19
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 4:15
  • Game attendance: 64,312
  • Game weather: Clear but hazy, 47 °F (8 °C), wind W 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
  • Referee: Terry Leyden
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer
Scoring summary
111:51UTAHBrian Hernandez 3-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick)UTAH 7-0
15:25UTAHChad Jacobsen 15-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick)UTAH 14-0
10:19BYUJared McLaughlin 31-yard field goalUTAH 14-3
28:05UTAHDan Beardall 35-yard field goalUTAH 17-3
24:37UTAHBrett Ratliff 4-yard run (Dan Beardall kick)UTAH 24-3
311:37BYUCurtis Brown 5-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)UTAH 24-10
310:04BYUCurtis Brown 64-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)UTAH 24-17
35:47UTAHBrian Hernandez 48-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick)UTAH 31-17
31:32BYUTodd Watkins 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)UTAH 31-24
410:35UTAHDan Beardall 44-yard field goalUTAH 34-24
48:31BYUMatt Allen 28-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)UTAH 34-31
44:50BYUJared McLaughlin 37-yard field goalTIED 34-34
OTUTAHTravis LaTendresse 25-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick)UTAH 41-34

Las Vegas Bowl: California

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BYU 0 14014 28
• Cal 7 14140 35
Scoring summary
111:56CALMarshawn Lynch 3-yard run (Tom Schneider kick)CAL 7-0
214:16BYUCurtis Brown 19-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)TIED 7-7
212:00CALMarshawn Lynch 12-yard run (Tom Schneider kick)CAL 14-7
20:38BYUNaufahu Tahi 3-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick)TIED 14-14
20:03CALDeSean Jackson 42-yard pass from Steve Levy (Tom Schneider kick)CAL 21-14
310:47CALMarshawn Lynch 35-yard run (Tom Schneider kick)CAL 28-14
33:48CALDeSean Jackson 22-yard pass from Steve Levy (Tom Schneider kick)BYU 35-14
414:14BYUJonny Harline 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)CAL 35-21
45:35BYUTodd Watkins 9-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick)CAL 35-28

References

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  1. ^ Ellsworth, Jon (September 24, 2008). "BYU's Winning Formula, Part 1". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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