2005 BYU Cougars football team

2005 BYU Cougars football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 28–35 vs. California
Conference	Mountain West
2005 record	6–6 (5–3 MWC)
Head coach	Bronco Mendenhall (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Robert Anae
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 64,045)

2005 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 TCU $		8	–	0					11	–	1
BYU		5	–	3					6	–	6
Colorado State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Utah		4	–	4					7	–	5
New Mexico		4	–	4					6	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5					4	–	7
Wyoming		2	–	6					4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:30 PM	#22 Boston College*	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ABC	L 3–20	58,108
September 10	1:00 PM	Eastern Illinois*	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 45–10	52,630
September 24	1:00 PM	TCU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 50–51 OT	58,320
October 1	8:00 PM	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	KSL	L 10–31	41,680
October 8	6:00 PM	at New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	KSL	W 27–24	39,233
October 15	8:00 PM	Colorado State	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	SWP	W 24–14	58,165
October 22	12:30 PM	at #9 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 23–49	80,795
October 29	1:00 PM	Air Force	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN+	W 62–41	57,687
November 5	1:00 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	ESPN+	W 55–14	23,677
November 12	4:00 PM	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	SWP	W 35–21	15,889
November 19	1:00 PM	Utah	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN+	L 34–41 OT	64,312
December 22	6:00 PM	vs. California*	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–35	40,053
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Illinois 0 0 3 7 10 • BYU 17 14 0 14 45 Date: September 10 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:00 MST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 52,630 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 67°F, wind 7 NW

Scoring summary 1 11:34 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 7-0 1 8:55 BYU John Beck 1-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 14-0 1 2:47 BYU Jared McLaughlin 20-yard field goal BYU 17-0 2 12:31 BYU Todd Watkins 31-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 24-0 2 3:46 BYU Todd Watkins 6-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 31-0 3 9:48 EIU Zach Yates 23-yard field goal BYU 31-3 4 12:22 EIU Vincent Webb 2-yard run (Zach Yates kick) BYU 31-10 4 6:01 BYU Naufahu Tahi 7-yard pass from John Beck (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 38-10 4 0:41 BYU Naufahu Tahi 6-yard run (Jared McLaughlin kick) BYU 45-10