# 2005 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 2005 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 5–6 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 3–5.

## Season

Despite being ranked #17 in preseason polls, the 2005 Aggie defense ranked 107th nationally (out of 119 NCAA Division I-A teams) and allowed 443.8 yards per game. This prompted head coach Dennis Franchione to dismiss defensive coordinator Carl Torbush. Franchione then hired former Western Michigan head coach Gary Darnell to replace Torbush.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 pm | at Clemson* | No. 17 | Memorial StadiumClemson, SC | ABC | L 24–25 | 79,917 |
| September 17 | 11:30 am | SMU* | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | FSN | W 66–8 | 75,128 |
| September 22 | 7:30 pm | No. 14 (I-AA) Texas State* | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | FSN | W 44–31 | 72,741 |
| October 1 | 11:30 am | Baylor | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | FSN | W 16–13 $^{OT}$ | 79,280 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | at Colorado | | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | FSN | L 20–41 | 50,686 |
| October 15 | 2:30 pm | Oklahoma State | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 62–23 | 78,451 |
| October 22 | 1:10 pm | at Kansas State | | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | | W 30–28 | 45,915 |
| October 29 | 2:30 pm | Iowa State | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ABC | L 14–42 | 86,172 |
| November 5 | 6:00 pm | at No. 16 Texas Tech | | Jones SBC StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) | FSN | L 17–56 | 55,755 |
| November 12 | 11:00 am | at Oklahoma | | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | ABC | L 30–36 | 84,943 |
| November 25 | 11:00 am | No. 2 Texas | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | ABC | L 29–40 | 86,617 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Clemson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Clemson | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 |

### Southern Methodist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Southern Methodist | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 66 |

### Texas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas State | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Texas A&M | 13 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 44 |
This game was originally scheduled for Saturday, September 24, but was moved up to Thursday, September 22, due to the threat of Hurricane Rita. Out of town fans were encouraged to not travel to the game so actual attendance was about half of the reported 72,741. The Texas A&M campus was already hosting evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and many more people from the Texas Gulf Coast were coming to or through College Station before Hurricane Rita made landfall.

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Baylor | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Colorado | 21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 41 |

### Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oklahoma State | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| Texas A&M | 20 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 62 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 14 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| Kansas State | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 28 |

### Iowa State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Texas Tech | 14 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 56 |

### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 36 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas | 14 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 40 |
| Texas A&M | 9 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 29 |