2005 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 2005 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans were led by third-year head coach John L. Smith.

2005 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Baldwin (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorChris Smeland (3rd season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium (c. 75,005 natural grass)
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 312:00 p.m.Kent State*ESPN+W 49–1473,949
September 103:30 p.m.Hawaii*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNUW 42–1474,043
September 173:30 p.m.at No. 10 Notre Dame*NBCW 44–41 OT80,795
September 2412:00 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 17ESPN+W 61–1451,649
October 112:00 p.m.MichiganNo. 11
ABCL 31–34 OT79,401
October 1512:00 p.m.at No. 15 Ohio StateNo. 16ABCL 24–35105,122
October 2212:00 p.m.NorthwesterndaggerNo. 22
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN2L 14–4974,636
October 2912:00 p.m.Indiana
ESPN+W 46–1574,063
November 512:00 p.m.at PurdueESPNUL 21–2862,467
November 1212:10 p.m.at MinnesotaESPN+L 14–4845,187
November 194:00 p.m.No. 5 Penn State
ESPNL 22–3175,005
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP/Coaches Polls released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2005 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 74 Kyle Cook Jr
QB 7 Brian Hoyer  Fr
C 51 Chris Morris Sr
WR 15 Kerry Reed Jr
QB 5 Drew Stanton Jr
G 77 Daniel Zynn Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 96 Domata Peko Sr
DB 36 Eric Smith  Sr
DT 70 Joe Toth So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 8 Brandon Fields Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

2006 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Eric Smith397SafetyNew York Jets
Domata Peko4123Defensive TackleCincinnati Bengals
Chris Morris7214CenterOakland Raiders

References


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