2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2005 Northwestern Wildcats football
Sun Bowl, L 38–50 vs. UCLA
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Dunbar (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorGreg Colby (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Brett Basanez[1]
  • Zach Strief
  • Barry Cofield
  • Tim McGarigle
Home stadiumRyan Field
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Penn State $+   7 – 1     11 – 1  
No. 4 Ohio State %+   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 15 Wisconsin   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 5  
  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

The 2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Randy Walker. The Wildcats finished tied for 3rd place in the Big Ten with a conference record of 5–3.

This would be Walker's last season as the Wildcats' coach, as he would die suddenly from a heart attack on June 29, 2006 at the age of 52. Linebackers coach/recruiting coordinator and Northwestern alum Pat Fitzgerald would be promoted to head coach on July 7, 2006.[2][3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 311:00 amOhio*
ESPNUW 38–1420,115
September 103:00 pmNorthern Illinois*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNCW 38–3735,114
September 179:00 pmat No. 18 Arizona State*
L 21–5255,029
September 2411:00 amPenn State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN2L 29–3424,395
October 811:00 amNo. 14 Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNW 51–4833,859
October 1511:00 amat Purdue
ESPN2W 34–2962,866
October 2211:00 amat No. 22 Michigan State
ESPN2W 49–1474,636
October 296:00 pmNo. 25 MichiganNo. 21
ESPNL 17–3347,130
November 511:00 amIowa
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNW 28–2734,550
November 1211:00 amat No. 10 Ohio StateNo. 25
ABCL 7–48105,181
November 1911:00 amat Illinois
ESPN+W 38–2131,465
December 301:00 pmvs. No. 17 UCLA*
CBSL 38–5050,426
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Jonathan Fields Sr
WR 3 Shaun Herbert Jr
RB 4 Akeem Hunter  Fr
WR 7 Jeff Yarbrough  Fr
WR 8 Rasheed Ward Fr
WR 9 Mark Philmore Sr
WR 10 Eric Peterman Fr
RB 11 Brandon Roberson So
QB 12 Andrew Brewer Fr
QB 13 Mike Kafka Fr
QB 14 Brett Basanez Sr
WR 17 Anthony Ward Jr
QB 18 C. J. Bachér  Fr
RB 19 Tyrell Sutton Fr
RB, WR 23 Gerard Hamlett  Fr
RB 26 Terrell Jordan Sr
RB 29 Omar Conteh Fr
WR 32 Sam Cheatham So
FB 35 Mark Woodsum Fr
TE 44 Erryn Cobb Jr
TE, FB 49 Frayne Abernathy So
OL 51 Joe Tripodi Jr
OL 52 Joel Belding  Fr
OL 56 Ryan Keenan Jr
OL 59 Alex Rucks  Fr
OL 60 Ramon Diaz Fr
OL 62 Austin Matthews So
OL 63 Zach Strief Sr
OL 65 Thomas Bemenderfer Fr
OL 68 Tyler Compton Fr
OL 73 Fred McConnell So
OL 74 Dylan Thiry So
OL 75 Vince Clarke Sr
OL 77 Adam Crum So
OL 78 Kurt Mattes Fr
WR 80 Kevin Mitchell Fr
WR 81 Kevin Frymire Fr
TE 83 Sean Mansfield Sr
WR 84 Kim Thompson So
WR 87 T. J. Jones So
TE 88 Colin Kennedy Fr
WR 89 Ross Lane  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 6 Cory Dious Jr
CB 16 David Oredugba  Fr
CB 20 Marquice Cole Jr
S 21 Bryan Heinz Jr
CB 22 Deante Battle So
S 24 Herschel Henderson Jr
S 25 Frederic Tarver Sr
S 27 Reggie McPherson So
LB 31 Mike Dinard Fr
S 34 André Butler  Fr
CB 35 Ryan Black So
LB 36 Prince Kwateng Fr
LB 37 Campbell Black Jr
LB 38 Nick Roach Jr
DB 39 Brendan Smith Fr
LB 40 Eddie Simpson So
LB 41 Tim McGarigle Sr
LB 42 Demetrius Eaton Jr
LB 43 Adam Kadela So
S, LB 44 Todd Dockery Fr
S 45 Ben Rothrauff So
LB 46 Malcolm Arrington Fr
CB 47 Chaz Richart  Fr
LB 48 Rejaie Johnson  Fr
CB 49 Tim Downing  Fr
LB 50 Chris Jeske Fr
DL 53 Trevor Schultz Jr
LB 55 Kyle Wagner So
DL 57 Matt Clark  Fr
DE 58 Warren Anderson So
DE 61 Dave Harper  Fr
DT 64 Ron Bardwell Jr
DT 67 Barry Cofield Sr
DT 70 John Gill Fr
DL 71 Tanner Highlen Fr
DL 72 David Ngene So
DL 76 Desmond Taylor Fr
DL 79 Adam Hahn Fr
LB 86 Phil Brunner  Fr
DE 91 Mark Koehn So
DL 92 Keegan Kennedy Fr
DE 95 Kevin Mims  Fr
DE 99 Corey Wootton Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 15 Slade Larscheid Jr
PK 85 Michael Awadalla Fr
P 90 Ryan Pederson Sr
PK 93 Joel Howells Jr
PK 96 Amado Villarreal  Fr
PK 97 Kyle Daley  Fr
LS 98 Chris Horton Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Ohio

See also: 2005 Ohio Bobcats football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 7 0 7 14
Wildcats 3 28 7 0 38
Statistics OHIO NU
First downs 13 28
Total yards 239 550
Rushing yards 62 194
Passing yards 177 356
Turnovers 3 3
Time of possession 20:58 39:02
Team Category Player Statistics
Ohio Passing Austin Everson 10/26, 157 yards, INT
Rushing Kalvin McRae 10 rushes, 34 yards
Receiving Scott Mayle 4 receptions, 100 yards
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 27/37, 353 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 17 rushes, 104 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Kim Thompson 5 receptions, 99 yards

Northern Illinois

See also: 2005 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 7 14 9 37
Wildcats 3 21 7 7 38
Statistics NIU NU
First downs 28 33
Total yards 539 502
Rushing yards 256 282
Passing yards 283 220
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 32:08 27:52
Team Category Player Statistics
Northern Illinois Passing Phil Horvath 24/36, 283 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Garrett Wolfe 34 rushes, 245 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Sam Hurd 7 receptions, 90 yards, TD
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 21/32, 220 yards
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 30 rushes, 214 yards, 4 TD
Receiving Shaun Herbert 6 receptions, 73 yards

At No. 18 Arizona State

See also: 2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 7 21
No. 18 Sun Devils 7 31 7 7 52
Statistics NU ASU
First downs 24 30
Total yards 416 773
Rushing yards 180 290
Passing yards 236 483
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 24:13 35:47
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 24/37, 224 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 15 rushes, 98 yards
Receiving Ross Lane 4 receptions, 73 yards
Arizona State Passing Sam Keller 20/31, 409 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Keegan Herring 23 rushes, 197 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Matt Miller 3 receptions, 103 yards, TD

Penn State

See also: 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Nittany Lions 0 14 3 17 34
Wildcats 10 13 0 6 29
Statistics PSU NU
First downs 21 24
Total yards 480 427
Rushing yards 209 198
Passing yards 271 229
Turnovers 4 1
Time of possession 20:01 39:59
Team Category Player Statistics
Penn State Passing Michael Robinson 17/36, 271 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Tony Hunt 13 rushes, 99 yards
Receiving Jordan Norwood 5 receptions, 83 yards
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 20/38, 229 yards, INT
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 32 rushes, 112 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Jonathan Fields 4 receptions, 70 yards

No. 14 Wisconsin

See also: 2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Team 1 234Total
No. 14 Badgers 7 101021 48
• Wildcats 0 102714 51
Scoring summary
Q18:47WISOrr 15 yard pass from Stocco (Mehlhaff kick)WIS 7–0
Q212:25NWBasanez 4 yard run (Howells kick)Tie 7–7
Q26:36WISStanley 5 yard run (Mehlhaff kick)WIS 14–7
Q21:59WISMehlhaff 27 yard field goalWIS 17–7
Q20:04NWHowells 21 yard field goalWIS 17–10
Q312:43NWPhilmore 4 yard pass from Basanez (kick blocked)WIS 17–16
Q35:52NWSutton 1 yard run (Howells kick)NW 23–17
Q33:34WISMehlhaff 46 yard field goalNW 23–20
Q32:22NWThompson 52 yard pass from Basanez (Howells kick)NW 30–20
Q31:15WISCalhoun 1 yard run (Mehlhaff kick)NW 30–27
Q30:47NWSutton 14 yard run (Howells kick)NW 37–27
Q414:13WISOrr 9 yard pass from Stocco (Mehlhaff kick)NW 37–34
Q49:44NWSutton 9 yard pass from Basanez (Howells kick)NW 44–34
Q44:22NWSutton 62 yard run (Howells kick)NW 51–34
Q43:53WISOrr 13 yard pass from Stocco (Mehlhaff kick)NW 51–41
Q42:48WISOrr 21 yard pass from Stocco (Mehlhaff kick)NW 51–48
Statistics WIS NU
First downs 27 28
Total yards 515 674
Rushing yards 189 313
Passing yards 326 361
Turnovers 2 2
Time of possession 30:36 29:24
Team Category Player Statistics
Wisconsin Passing John Stocco 24/31, 326 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Brian Calhoun 23 rushes, 122 yards, TD
Receiving Brian Calhoun 11 receptions, 128 yards
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 26/36, 361 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 29 rushes, 244 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Mark Philmore 6 receptions, 97 yards, TD

At Purdue

See also: 2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 14 0 6 34
Boilermakers 3 6 14 6 29
Statistics NU PUR
First downs 32 30
Total yards 603 505
Rushing yards 128 127
Passing yards 475 378
Turnovers 1 4
Time of possession 27:50 32:10
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 37/55, 463 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 13 rushes, 89 yards, TD
Receiving Shaun Herbert 11 receptions, 96 yards
Purdue Passing Brandon Kirsch 37/58, 360 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Jerod Void 7 rushes, 37 yards, TD
Receiving Dorien Bryant 16 receptions, 153 yards

At No. 22 Michigan State

See also: 2005 Michigan State Spartans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 21 7 49
No. 22 Spartans 7 0 0 7 14
Statistics NU MSU
First downs 31 28
Total yards 533 480
Rushing yards 202 189
Passing yards 331 291
Turnovers 1 4
Time of possession 27:25 32:35
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 24/30, 331 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 21 rushes, 109 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Shaun Herbert 10 receptions, 138 yards
Michigan State Passing Drew Stanton 20/38, 234 yards, TD, 3 INT
Rushing Javon Ringer 18 rushes, 104 yards
Receiving Kyle Brown 1 reception, 53 yards

No. 25 Michigan

See also: 2005 Michigan Wolverines football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Wolverines 14 13 0 6 33
No. 21 Wildcats 7 10 0 0 17
Statistics MICH NU
First downs 22 18
Total yards 427 415
Rushing yards 253 89
Passing yards 174 326
Turnovers 4 3
Time of possession 38:01 21:59
Team Category Player Statistics
Michigan Passing Chad Henne 17/30, 174 yards, TD, 3 INT
Rushing Jerome Jackson 24 rushes, 105 yards
Receiving Jason Avant 5 receptions, 67 yards
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 26/49, 326 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 10 rushes, 50 yards
Receiving Mark Philmore 9 receptions, 139 yards, 2 TD

Iowa

See also: 2005 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 14 10 0 3 27
Wildcats 0 7 7 14 28
Statistics IOWA NU
First downs 27 25
Total yards 492 453
Rushing yards 216 115
Passing yards 276 338
Turnovers 0 2
Time of possession 30:42 29:18
Team Category Player Statistics
Iowa Passing Drew Tate 21/35, 273 yards
Rushing Albert Young 38 rushes, 202 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Herb Grigsby 7 receptions, 84 yards
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 31/51, 338 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 17 rushes, 65 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Mark Philmore 10 receptions, 123 yards

At No. 10 Ohio State

See also: 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Wildcats 7 0 0 0 7
No. 10 Buckeyes 14 14 10 10 48
Statistics NU OSU
First downs 16 23
Total yards 251 422
Rushing yards 98 317
Passing yards 153 105
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 25:38 34:22
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 15/31, 121 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 14 rushes, 93 yards
Receiving Jonathan Fields 4 receptions, 45 yards
Ohio State Passing Troy Smith 7/12, 77 yards, INT
Rushing Antonio Pittman 18 rushes, 132 yards, TD
Receiving Santonio Holmes 3 receptions, 49 yards

At Illinois

See also: 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 17 7 7 38
Fighting Illini 0 21 0 0 21
Statistics NU ILL
First downs 36 24
Total yards 596 440
Rushing yards 356 199
Passing yards 240 241
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 32:24 27:36
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 25/31, 240 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 34 rushes, 212 yards
Receiving Mark Philmore 5 receptions, 62 yards, TD
Illinois Passing Tim Brasic 20/35, 241 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Pierre Thomas 18 rushes, 97 yards, TD
Receiving Kendrick Jones 3 receptions, 95 yards

Vs. No. 17 UCLA (Sun Bowl)

See also: 2005 Sun Bowl and 2005 UCLA Bruins football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 22 0 3 13 38
No. 17 Bruins 7 22 7 14 50
Statistics NU UCLA
First downs 33 24
Total yards 584 453
Rushing yards 168 310
Passing yards 416 143
Turnovers 3 4
Time of possession 30:50 29:10
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern Passing Brett Basanez 38/70, 416 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Tyrell Sutton 18 rushes, 84 yards
Receiving Ross Lane 7 receptions, 136 yards
UCLA Passing Drew Olson 10/24, 143 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Chris Markey 24 rushes, 161 yards
Receiving Ryan Moya 1 reception, 58 yards, TD

The Wildcats were invited to play in the 2005 Sun Bowl. They lost 38–50 to the UCLA Bruins, who staged a 22-point comeback, a record for the Bruins at the time.

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Fitzgerald becomes youngest coach in Division I-A". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. July 8, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Northwestern Hires Fitzgerald As Coach". www.washingtonpost.com. The Associated Press. July 7, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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