2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2005 Northwestern Wildcats football
2005 Northwestern Wildcats football
Sun Bowl, L 38–50 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Brett Basanez; Zach Strief; Barry Cofield; Tim McGarigle;
Home stadium	Ryan Field
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

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.

2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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
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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 am	Ohio*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPNU	W 38–14	20,115
September 10	3:00 pm	Northern Illinois*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPNC	W 38–37	35,114
September 17	9:00 pm	at No. 18 Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 21–52	55,029
September 24	11:00 am	Penn State		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 29–34	24,395
October 8	11:00 am	No. 14 Wisconsin		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 51–48	33,859
October 15	11:00 am	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 34–29	62,866
October 22	11:00 am	at No. 22 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN2	W 49–14	74,636
October 29	6:00 pm	No. 25 Michigan	No. 21	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–33	47,130
November 5	11:00 am	Iowa		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 28–27	34,550
November 12	11:00 am	at No. 10 Ohio State	No. 25	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 7–48	105,181
November 19	11:00 am	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	W 38–21	31,465
December 30	1:00 pm	vs. No. 17 UCLA*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 38–50	50,426
*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

Randy Walker

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Jerry Brown
Assistant head coach/Defensive backs
Mike Dunbar
Offensive coordinator
Greg Colby
Defensive coordinator
Adam Cushing
Tight ends/Fullbacks
Pat Fitzgerald
Linebackers/Recruiting coordinator
Kevin Johns
Running backs
Garrick McGee
Wide receivers
James Patton
Offensive line
Eric Washington
Defensive line

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Ohio

	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

	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

	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

	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

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Badgers	7	10	10	21	48
• Wildcats	0	10	27	14	51

Date: October 8
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:47
Game attendance: 33,859
Game weather: Overcast; 54 °F (12 °C); wind 17 mph (27 km/h) NE
Referee: Dan Capron
TV announcers (ESPN2): Pam Ward (Play-by-play), David Norrie (Color) & Jimmy Dykes (Sideline)

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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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)

	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

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

[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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