# 2005 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 2005 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. That year Michigan Wolverines football competed in the Big Ten Conference in almost all intercollegiate sports including men's college football. Despite a disappointing 7–5 finish after being ranked as high as No. 3 early in the season, Michigan did not lose a game by more than a touchdown and upset Penn State, who finished #3 in the nation, on a last second touchdown pass from Chad Henne to Mario Manningham. The team earned an invitation to the 2005 Alamo Bowl, where it lost to the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a 32–28 margin. The team's first five conference games were all decided in the final 24 seconds of regulation or in overtime.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois* | No. 4 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI | ABC | W 33–17 | 110,971 |
| September 10 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Notre Dame* | No. 3 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (rivalry) | ABC | L 10–17 | 111,386 |
| September 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan* | No. 14 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI | ESPN Plus | W 55–0 | 109,511 |
| September 24 | 6:00 p.m. | at Wisconsin | No. 14 | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ESPN2 | L 20–23 | 83,022 |
| October 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Michigan State | | Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (rivalry) | ABC | W 34–31 $^{OT}$ | 79,401 |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Minnesota | No. 21 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug) | ABC | L 20–23 | 111,117 |
| October 15 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Penn State | | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (rivalry) | ABC | W 27–25 | 111,249 |
| October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Iowa | | Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA | ABC | W 23–20 $^{OT}$ | 70,585 |
| October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Northwestern | No. 25 | Ryan FieldEvanston, IL (rivalry) | ESPN | W 33–17 | 47,130 |
| November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Indiana | No. 21 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI | ESPN2 | W 41–14 | 110,580 |
| November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Ohio State | No. 17 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (rivalry) | ABC | L 21–25 | 111,591 |
| December 28 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Nebraska* | No. 20 | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) | ESPN | L 28–32 | 63,016 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Michigan State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Michigan | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Michigan St | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan
* Date: October 1
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game attendance: 79,401
* Referee: Dennis Lipski
* TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, and Jack Arute
* Michigan Football
Game information :
Michigan
Chad Henne 26/35, 256 Yds, 3 TD, INT
Mike Hart 36 Rush, 218 Yds, TD
Jason Avant 10 Rec, 96 Yds,TD
Michigan State
Drew Stanton 20/30, 282 Yds, TD, INT
Jason Teague 8 Rush, 72 Yds
Jerramy Scott 3 Rec, 80 Yds :
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | MICH | MSU |
| 1 | 8:23 | 10 | 98 | 3:40 | Michigan | Jason Avant 2-yard touchdown reception from Chad Henne, Garrett Rivas kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 7:03 | 2 | 52 | 0:15 | Michigan | Mario Manningham 43-yard touchdown reception from Chad Henne, Garrett Rivas kick good | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | 2:44 | 10 | 80 | 4:19 | Michigan St | Drew Stanton 4-yard touchdown run, John Goss kick good | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | 11:20 | 11 | 87 | 3:44 | Michigan | Brian Thompson 5-yard touchdown reception from Chad Henne, Garrett Rivas kick good | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | 5:53 | 12 | 78 | 5:21 | Michigan St | Jehuu Caulcrick 1-yard touchdown run, John Goss kick good | 21 | 14 |
| 2 | 3:30 | 2 | 67 | 0:49 | Michigan St | Kerry Reed 61-yard touchdown reception from Drew Stanton, John Goss kick good | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | 0:09 | 13 | 69 | 3:15 | Michigan | 20-yard field goal by Garrett Rivas | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | 11:11 | 4 | 8 | 2:24 | Michigan St | 26-yard field goal by John Goss | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | 11:29 | 5 | 80 | 2:09 | Michigan | Mike Hart 1-yard touchdown run, Garrett Rivas kick good | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | 6:43 | | | | Michigan St | Fumble recovery returned 74 yards for touchdown by Domata Peko, Kyle Mayer kick good | 31 | 31 |
| OT | | 3 | 7 | | Michigan | 35-yard field goal by Garrett Rivas | 34 | 31 |
| "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 34 | 31 |

### Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| • Michigan | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 |

### Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Michigan | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Iowa | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

* Head coach: Lloyd Carr
* Assistant coaches: Erik Campbell (assistant head coach), Mike DeBord,[Jim Herrmann] Ron English, Fred Jackson, Ron Lee, Scot Loeffler, Andy Moeller, Steve Stripling, Steve Szabo
* Trainer: Paul Schmidt

### Roster
## Statistical achievements

The team led the conference in kick return average in all games (23.4), while Michigan State led in conference games. Mike Hart set the school record for career 200-yard games (4), passing Ron Johnson's 3 set in 1968. He extended the record, which is still standing, to 5 in 2007. His 200-yard game came after missing two and a half games due to injury. During the three injury-affected games Michigan lost to Notre Dame and Wisconsin and slipped out of the polls for the first time since 1998, snapping the nation's longest streak of 114-straight poll appearances.

## Awards and honors

* Co-captains: Jason Avant, Pat Massey
* Academic All-American: Avant (second team)
* All-Conference: Jason Avant, Matt Lentz, Adam Stenavich, Gabe Watson
* Most Valuable Player: Jason Avant
* Meyer Morton Award: Tim Massaquoi
* John Maulbetsch Award: Chad Henne
* Frederick Matthei Award: Leon Hall
* Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Paul Sarantos, David Schoonover
* Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Adam Stenavich
* Robert P. Ufer Award: Tim Massaquoi
* Roger Zatkoff Award: David Harris
* Dick Katcher Award: Alan Branch