2005 BYU Cougars football team

American college 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
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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

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

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

•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

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

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