2005 LSU Tigers football team

The 2005 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Les Miles in his first season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Despite all of the distractions from Hurricane Katrina, LSU finished its season with an 11–2 record capped off by a 40–3 victory over No. 9 Miami in the 2005 Peach Bowl without starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell.

2005 LSU Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 40–3 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record11–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJimbo Fisher (6th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorBo Pelini (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 91,600)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$ 62  103 
South Carolina 53  75 
No. 12 Florida 53  93 
Vanderbilt 35  56 
Tennessee 35  56 
Kentucky 26  38 
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy 71  112 
No. 14 Auburn x 71  93 
No. 8 Alabama 62  102 
Arkansas 26  47 
Mississippi State 17  38 
Ole Miss 17  38 
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 108:15 p.m.at No. 15 Arizona State*No. 5ESPNW 35–3163,210
September 266:30 p.m.No. 10 TennesseeNo. 4ESPN2L 27–30 OT91,986
October 11:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 4PPVW 37–748,344
October 86:00 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 11ESPN2W 34–637,309
October 152:30 p.m.No. 11 FloridaNo. 10
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
CBSW 21–1792,402
October 226:45 p.m.No. 16 AuburnNo. 7
ESPNW 20–17 OT92,664
October 297:00 p.m.North Texas*No. 7
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
PPVW 56–392,143
November 57:00 p.m.Appalachian State* No. 6
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 24–091,414
November 122:30 p.m.at No. 4 AlabamaNo. 5CBSW 16–13 OT81,018
November 196:45 p.m.at Ole MissNo. 4ESPN2W 40–759,543
November 251:30 p.m.ArkansasNo. 3
CBSW 19–1791,606
December 35:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 GeorgiaNo. 3CBSL 14–3473,717
December 306:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Miami (FL)*No. 10
ESPNW 40–365,620
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

2005 LSU Tigers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB10Joseph AddaiSr
WR80Dwayne BoweJr
RB22Alley BroussardJr
QB15Matt FlynnSo
WR5Skyler GreenSr
QB4JaMarcus RussellJr
OT76Andrew WhitworthSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Game summaries

Florida

#11 Florida at #10 LSU
1234Total
Florida0710017
LSU1400721

LSU Tigers in the 2006 National Football League Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickOverallNFL Team
Joseph AddaiRunning Back13030Indianapolis Colts
Andrew WhitworthOffensive Tackle22355Cincinnati Bengals
Claude WrotenDefensive Tackle3468St. Louis Rams
Skyler GreenWide Receiver428125Dallas Cowboys
Kyle WilliamsDefensive Tackle51134Buffalo Bills
Melvin OliverDefensive End628197San Francisco 49ers
Bennie BrazellWide Receiver723231Cincinnati Bengals

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2006.htm Archived 2008-12-20 at the Wayback Machine

LSU Tigers in the 2006 Canadian Football League Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickOverallCFL Team
Peter DyakowskiOffensive Tackle2311Hamilton Tiger-Cats

https://archive.today/20130628050643/http://cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2006&team=

References