2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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 coached by Randy Walker. This was Randy's last season as the Wildcats' coach, as he would die from a heart attack following the season. The Wildcats finished tied for 3rd place in the Big Ten with a conference record of 5–3.

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)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Colby (4th season)
Captains
  • Brett Basanez[1]
  • Zach Strief
  • Barry Cofield
  • Tim McGarigle
Home stadiumRyan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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 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 MichigandaggerNo. 21
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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.#NameClass
QB 14 Brett Basanez Sr
QB 13 Mike Kafka Fr
WR 10 Eric Peterman Fr
G 63 Zach Strief Sr
RB 19 Tyrell Sutton Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 67 Barry Cofield Sr
DT 70 John Gill Fr
CB 20 Marquice Cole Jr
LB 41 Tim McGarigle Sr
LB 38 Nick Roach Jr
DE 99 Corey Wootton Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Ohio

Wisconsin
1 234Total
Wisconsin 7 101021 48
• Northwestern 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

[2]

UCLA (Sun Bowl)
See also: 2005 Sun Bowl

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. "Northwestern Knocks Off No. 14 Wisconsin". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2005. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.


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