2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2005 Purdue Boilermakers football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2005 record	5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (9th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (9th year)
Offensive scheme	Spread offense
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (9th year)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Rob Ninkovich
Captain	Charles Davis
Captain	Matt Turner
Captain	Brandon Villarreal
Captain	Jerod Void
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 62,500)
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Penn State $+		7	–	1		11	–	1
#4 Ohio State %+		7	–	1		10	–	2
#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 conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Akron	0	14	3	7	24
• Purdue	14	14	0	21	49

Date: September 10
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	14	7	10	0	31
Arizona	7	10	0	7	24

Date: September 17
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Purdue	0	7	21	0	7	0	35
• Minnesota	3	7	10	8	7	7	42

Date: September 24
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	7	21	7	14	49
Purdue	0	0	14	14	28

Date: October 1
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa	14	3	6	11	34
Purdue	7	7	3	0	17

Date: October 8
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Northwestern	14	14	0	6	34
Purdue	3	6	14	6	29

Date: October 15
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	10	3	7	20
• Wisconsin	10	0	14	7	31

Date: October 22
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	7	0	0	8	15
• Penn St	3	13	7	10	33

Date: October 29
Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania

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.

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