2005 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2005 Bowling Green Falcons football
2005 Bowling Green Falcons football
MAC East Division co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East
Record	6–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Gregg Brandon (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Greg Studrawa (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lovett (1st season)
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Akron xy$	5	–	3	7	–	6
Miami (OH) x	5	–	3	7	–	4
Bowling Green x	5	–	3	6	–	5
Ohio	3	–	5	4	–	7
Buffalo	1	–	7	1	–	10
Kent State	0	–	8	1	–	10
West Division
Northern Illinois xy	6	–	2	7	–	5
Toledo x	6	–	2	9	–	3
Western Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	4
Central Michigan	5	–	3	6	–	5
Ball State	4	–	4	4	–	7
Eastern Michigan	3	–	5	4	–	7
Championship: Akron 31, NIU 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2005 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 87th season of play for the Falcons.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:00 pm	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN	L 42–56	82,138
September 10	8:00 pm	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, Indiana		W 40–31	17,460
September 21	8:00 pm	at Boise State*	Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho	ESPN2	L 20–48	30,561
October 1	4:00 pm	Temple	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio		W 70–7	19,462
October 8	6:00 pm	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio		W 38–14	14,177
October 15	1:30 pm	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		W 27–7	6,436
October 22	4:00 pm	Western Michigan	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio	BCSN	L 14–45	13,959
October 29	4:00 pm	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio		L 14–24	9,608
November 5	2:00 pm	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, Ohio (Battle for the Anniversary Award)	ESPN+	W 24–14	6,357
November 15	7:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio	ESPN2	W 42–14	5,749
November 22	7:00 pm	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio (Peace Pipe Trophy)	ESPN2	L 41–44 ^2OT	17,438
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2005 Bowling Green Falcons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`4`	Omar Jacobs	Jr
OC	`78`	Kory Lichtensteiger	So
RB	`33`	P. J. Pope	Sr
WR	`12`	Steve Sanders	Sr
WR	`1`	Charles Sharon	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`99`	Diyral Briggs	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Gregg Brandon

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Season summary

Toledo

Toledo Rockets (7–3) at Bowling Green Falcons (6–4)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Toledo	0	7	17	7	13	44
Bowling Green	7	0	10	14	10	41

at Doyt Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, Ohio

Date: November 22, 2005
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 17,438
TV: ESPN2
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

BGSU – Omar Jacobs 1-yard run (Joe Timchenko kick), 7:33. Bowling Green 7–0. Drive: 15 plays, 89 yards, 7:27.

Second quarter

TOL – Steve Odom 29-yard pass from Bruce Gradkowski (Jason Robbins kick), 1:11. Tie 7–7. Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards, 0:57.

Third quarter

TOL – Jason Robbins 44-yard field goal, 11:41. Toledo 10–7. Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards, 3:19.
BGSU – BJ Lane 1-yard run (Joe Timchenko kick), 8:45. Bowling Green 14–10. Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, 2:53.
TOL – Trinity Dawson 23-yard run (Jason Robbins kick), 4:49. Toledo 17–14. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 3:48.
BGSU – Joe Timchenko 27-yard field goal, 2:39. Tie 17–17. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 2:03.
TOL – Josh Powell 17-yard pass from Bruce Gradkowski (Jason Robbins kick), 1:29. Toledo 24–17. Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:03.

Fourth quarter

BGSU – Steve Sanders 21-yard pass from Omar Jacobs (Joe Timchenko kick), 12:40. Tie 24–24. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 1:38.
BSGU – Charles Sharon 11-yard pass from Omar Jacobs (Joe Timchenko kick), 8:01. Bowling Green 31–24. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:38.
TOL – Chris Hopkins 3-yard pass from Bruce Gradkowski (Jason Robbins kick), 1:43. Tie 31–31. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 6:13.

Overtime

TOL – Trinity Dawson 2-yard run (Jason Robbins kick). Toledo 38–31.
BGSU – Steve Sanders 25-yard pass from Omar Jacobs (Joe Timchenko kick). Tie 38–38.
BGSU – Joe Timchenko 37-yard field goal. Bowling Green 41–38.
TOL – Chris Hopkins 22-yard pass from Bruce Gradkowski (no kick). Toledo 44–41.

Top passers

TOL – Bruce Gradkowski – 23/36, 298 yards, 4 TD
BGSU – Omar Jacobs – 25/43, 315 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

TOL – Trinity Dawson – 28 rushes, 170 yards, 2 TD
BGSU – P.J. Pope – 23 rushes, 131 yards

Top receivers

TOL – Steve Odom – 10 receptions, 146 yards, TD
BGSU – Charles Sharon – 10 receptions, 106 yards, TD

References

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