American college football season
2005 Texas A&M Aggies football |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | South Division |
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Record | 5–6 (3–5 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Dennis Franchione (3rd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Les Koenning (3rd season) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple |
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Defensive coordinator | Carl Torbush (3rd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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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.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 7:00 pm | at Clemson* | No. 17 | | ABC | L 24–25 | 79,917 |
September 17 | 11:30 am | SMU* | | | FSN | W 66–8 | 75,128 |
September 22 | 7:30 pm | Texas State* | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| FSN | W 44–31 | 72,741 |
October 1 | 11:30 am | Baylor | | | FSN | W 16–13 OT | 79,280 |
October 8 | 6:00 pm | at Colorado | | | FSN | L 20–41 | 50,686 |
October 15 | 2:30 pm | Oklahoma State | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 62–23 | 78,451 |
October 22 | 1:10 pm | at Kansas State | | | | W 30–28 | 45,915 |
October 29 | 2:30 pm | Iowa State | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| ABC | L 14–42 | 86,172 |
November 5 | 6:00 pm | at No. 16 Texas Tech | | | FSN | L 17–56 | 55,755 |
November 12 | 11:00 am | at Oklahoma | | | ABC | L 30–36 | 84,943 |
November 25 | 11:00 am | No. 2 Texas | | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| ABC | L 29–40 | 86,617 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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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.[2] 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 |
References
- ^ Davis, Brian (December 16, 2005). "A&M starts pumping up Darnell". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
- ^ "Aggies win game moved up by Hurricane Rita". ESPN. September 23, 2005. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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