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
Conference	Mountain West
Record	6–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Bronco Mendenhall (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Robert Anae (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Base defense	3–3–5[1]
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:30 pm	No. 22 Boston College*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ABC	L 3–20	58,108
September 10	1:00 pm	Eastern Illinois*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	W 45–10	52,630
September 24	1:00 pm	TCU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 50–51 OT	58,320
October 1	8:00 pm	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	SWP	L 10–31	41,680
October 8	6:00 pm	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	SWP	W 27–24	39,233
October 15	8:00 pm	Colorado State	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	W 24–14	58,165
October 22	12:30 pm	at No. 9 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 23–49	80,795
October 29	1:00 pm	Air Force	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN+	W 62–41	57,687
November 5	1:00 pm	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV	ESPN+	W 55–14	23,677
November 12	4:00 pm	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	SWP	W 35–21	15,889
November 19	1:00 pm	Utah	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN+	L 34–41 OT	64,312
December 22	6:00 pm	vs. California*	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–35	40,053
*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

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 Bronco Mendenhall Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total • #22/22 Boston College 7 3 0 10 20 BYU 0 0 3 0 3 Date: September 3 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:40 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:27 Game attendance: 58,198 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 77 °F (25 °C), wind S 10 mph (16 km/h) Referee: Tom Zimorski TV announcers (ESPN): Paul Page, Ray Bentley, Vince Welch

Scoring summary 1 0:30 BC Chris Miller 14-yard pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohliger kick) BC 7-0 2 0:03 BC Ryan Ohliger 39-yard field goal BC 10-0 3 10:16 BYU Jared McLaughlin 35-yard field goal BC 10-3 4 14:53 BC Chris Miller 4-yard pass from Quinton Porter (Ryan Ohliger kick) BC 17-3 4 0:41 BC Ryan Ohliger 26-yard field goal BC 20-3

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Illinois 0 0 3 7 10 • BYU 17 14 0 14 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 1 11:34 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 8:55 BYU John Beck 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 1 2:47 BYU Jared McLaughlin 20-yard field goal BYU 17-0 2 12:31 BYU Todd Watkins 31-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-0 2 3:46 BYU Todd Watkins 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 31-0 3 9:48 EIU Zach Yates 23-yard field goal BYU 31-3 4 12:22 EIU Vincent Webb 2-yard run (Zach Yates kick) BYU 31-10 4 6:01 BYU Naufahu Tahi 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 38-10 4 0:41 BYU Naufahu Tahi 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 45-10

TCU

1 2 3 4 OT Total • TCU 10 6 7 21 7 51 BYU 21 3 10 10 6 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 1 11:34 BYU Zac Collie 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 9:17 BYU Todd Watkins 39-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 1 9:05 TCU Cory Rodgers 100-yard kickoff return (Chris Manfredini kick) BYU 14-7 1 6:29 TCU Chris Manfredini 43-yard field goal BYU 14-10 1 5:03 BYU Zac Collie 37-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 21-10 2 12:33 TCU Chris Manfredini 33-yard field goal BYU 21-13 2 4:07 BYU Jared McLaughlin 30-yard field goal BYU 24-13 2 1:57 TCU Chris Manfredini 31-yard field goal BYU 24-16 3 11:25 BYU Jared McLaughlin 47-yard field goal BYU 27-16 3 10:14 BYU Todd Watkins 67-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 34-16 3 1:51 TCU Cory Rodgers 2-yard run (Chris Manfredini kick) BYU 34-23 4 13:41 TCU William Jackson 1-yard run (Aaron Brown rush failed) BYU 34-29 4 8:35 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 41-29 4 6:02 TCU Cory Rodgers 34-yard pass from Jeff Ballard (Chris Manfredini kick) BYU 41-36 4 1:25 TCU Aaron Brown 35-yard pass from Jeff Ballard (Jeff Ballard rush) TCU 44-41 4 0:00 BYU Jared McLaughlin 39-yard field goal TIED 44-44 OT BYU Todd Wtakins 25-yard pass from John Beck (kick fumbled) BYU 50-44 OT TCU Cory Rodgers 3-yard run (Chris Manfredini kick) TCU 51-51

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 3 0 7 10 • San Diego State 0 17 7 7 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 2 8:57 SDSU Kevin O'Connell 6-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 7-0 2 5:54 SDSU Garrett Palmer 36-yard field goal SDSU 10-0 2 2:49 BYU Jared McLaughlin 33-yard field goal SDSU 10-3 2 0:37 SDSU Lynel Hamilton 1-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 17-3 3 10:39 SDSU Brandon Bornes 4-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 24-3 4 13:12 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) SDSU 24-10 4 11:12 SDSU Lynel Hamilton 6-yard run (Garrett Palmer kick) SDSU 31-10

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 6 7 0 14 27 New Mexico 7 14 3 0 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 1 10:17 BYU Daniel Coats 11-yard pass from John Beck (kick blocked) BYU 6-0 1 8:32 UNM Travis Brown 17-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 7-6 2 11:27 BYU Joe Semanoff 5-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 13-7 2 7:17 UNM Kole McKinney 2-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 14-13 2 0:18 UNM DonTrell Moore 1-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 21-13 3 3:00 UNM Kenny Byrd 24-yard field goal UNM 24-13 4 7:15 BYU Curtis Brown 9-yard run (pass failed) UNM 24-19 4 1:40 BYU Matt Allen 22-yard pass from John Beck (Curtis Brown run) BYU 27-24

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado State 0 0 7 7 14 • BYU 0 14 3 7 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 2 12:27 BYU Curtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 2 1:32 BYU Daniel Coats 3-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 3 6:40 BYU Jared McLaughlin 27-yard field goal BYU 17-0 3 0:00 CSU Kory Sperry 14-yard pass from Justin Holland (Kevin Mark kick) BYU 17-7 4 9:00 CSU David Anderson 19-yard pass from Justin Holland (Kevin Mark kick) BYU 17-14 4 2:07 BYU Curtis Brown 2-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-14

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 10 0 13 0 23 • #9/10 Notre Dame 7 14 21 7 49 Date: October 22 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN Game start: 1:38 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:46 Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), overcast w/ rain, winds W 7 mph (11 km/h) Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, Lewis Johnson Source:

Scoring summary 1 9:51 BYU Jared McLaughlin 44-yard field goal BYU 3-0 1 7:12 UND Maurice Stovall 10-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 7-3 1 2:48 BYU Jonny Harline 12-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 10-7 2 10:33 UND Jeff Samardzija 14-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 14-10 2 4:18 UND Maurice Stovall 15-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 21-10 3 12:50 UND Jeff Samardzija 21-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 28-10 3 9:11 BYU John Beck 10-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) UND 28-17 3 5:38 BYU Todd Watkins 10-yard pass from John Beck (Beck pass failed) UND 28-23 3 4:47 UND Maurice Stovall 36-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 35-23 3 2:16 UND Maurice Stovall 24-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) UND 42-23 4 9:24 UND Tom Zbikowski 83-yard interception return (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) BYU 49-23

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total Air Force 0 7 7 27 41 • BYU 14 14 13 21 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 1 10:58 BYU Michael Reed 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 5:47 BYU Nate Meikle 12-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 2 9:47 AFA Jason Brown 15-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 14-7 2 7:31 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 21-7 2 1:07 BYU Naufafu Tahi 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 28-7 3 12:04 BYU Jared McLaughlin 35-yard field goal BYU 31-7 3 9:05 BYU Dan Coats 15-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 38-7 3 0:53 BYU Jared McLaughlin 38-yard field goal BYU 41-7 3 0:00 AFA Jason Brown 57-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 41-14 4 12:47 AFA Garrett Ryback 28-yard blocked punt return (kick failed) BYU 41-20 4 10:52 BYU Curtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 48-20 4 9:50 AFA Chad Hall 8-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 48-27 4 9:36 AFA Greg Kirkwood 36-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 48-34 4 5:12 BYU Curtis Brown 20-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 55-34 4 3:40 AFA Victor Thompson 18-yard pass from Adam Fitch (Scott Eberle kick) BYU 55-41 4 0:57 BYU Curtis Brown 4-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 62-41

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 7 20 14 14 55 UNLV 0 7 0 7 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 1 6:15 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 2 12:21 UNLV Greg Estandia 5-yard pass from Jarrod Jackson (Sergio Aguayo kick) TIED 7-7 2 8:42 BYU Jared McLaughlin 45-yard field goal BYU 10-7 2 6:17 BYU Todd Watkins 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 17-7 2 3:22 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-7 2 0:00 BYU Jared McLaughlin 37-yard field goal BYU 27-7 3 12:51 BYU Curtis Brown 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 34-7 3 5:15 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 41-7 4 13:49 UNLV Erick Jackson 15-yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick) BYU 41-14 4 10:07 BYU Jonny Harline 11-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 48-14 4 4:49 BYU Wayne Latu 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 55-14

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 14 14 7 0 35 Wyoming 14 0 7 0 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 1 10:17 WY Jovon Bouknight 21-yard pass from Corey Bramlet (Rhett Almond kick) WY 7-0 1 8:50 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) TIED 7-7 1 2:16 BYU Jonny Harline 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-7 1 1:11 WY Wynel Seldon 69-yard run (Rhett Almond kick) TIED 14-14 2 7:50 BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 21-14 2 4:21 BYU Naufahu Tahi 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 28-14 3 10:12 WY Wynel Seldon 2-yard run (Rhett Almond kick) BYU 28-21 3 0:46 BYU Jonny Harline 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 35-21

Utah

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Utah 14 10 7 3 7 41 BYU 3 0 21 10 0 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 1 11:51 UTAH Brian Hernandez 3-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 7-0 1 5:25 UTAH Chad Jacobsen 15-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 14-0 1 0:19 BYU Jared McLaughlin 31-yard field goal UTAH 14-3 2 8:05 UTAH Dan Beardall 35-yard field goal UTAH 17-3 2 4:37 UTAH Brett Ratliff 4-yard run (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 24-3 3 11:37 BYU Curtis Brown 5-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 24-10 3 10:04 BYU Curtis Brown 64-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 24-17 3 5:47 UTAH Brian Hernandez 48-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 31-17 3 1:32 BYU Todd Watkins 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 31-24 4 10:35 UTAH Dan Beardall 44-yard field goal UTAH 34-24 4 8:31 BYU Matt Allen 28-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) UTAH 34-31 4 4:50 BYU Jared McLaughlin 37-yard field goal TIED 34-34 OT UTAH Travis LaTendresse 25-yard pass from Brett Ratliff (Dan Beardall kick) UTAH 41-34

Las Vegas Bowl: California

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 14 0 14 28 • Cal 7 14 14 0 35 Date: December 22 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Game start: 5:00 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3:49 Game attendance: 40,053 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), cloudy, winds 0 mph (0 km/h) Referee: Gil Gelbke TV announcers (ESPN/Sports USA): Sean McDonough, Mike Gottfried, Alex Flanagan (ESPN) Larry Kahn, John Robinson (Sports USA)

Scoring summary 1 11:56 CAL Marshawn Lynch 3-yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 7-0 2 14:16 BYU Curtis Brown 19-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) TIED 7-7 2 12:00 CAL Marshawn Lynch 12-yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 14-7 2 0:38 BYU Naufahu Tahi 3-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) TIED 14-14 2 0:03 CAL DeSean Jackson 42-yard pass from Steve Levy (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 21-14 3 10:47 CAL Marshawn Lynch 35-yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 28-14 3 3:48 CAL DeSean Jackson 22-yard pass from Steve Levy (Tom Schneider kick) BYU 35-14 4 14:14 BYU Jonny Harline 14-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) CAL 35-21 4 5:35 BYU Todd Watkins 9-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) CAL 35-28

References

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