2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 9–3 record (6–2 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, lost to Alabama in the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 473 to 226.[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 10–13 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 20
2005 record	9–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Sonny Dykes (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Dana Holgorsen (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Lyle Setencich (3rd season)
Home stadium	Jones SBC Stadium

2005 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
Colorado x		5	–	3					7	–	6
Missouri		4	–	4					7	–	5
No. 24 Nebraska		4	–	4					8	–	4
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5					7	–	5
Kansas State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Southern Division
No. 1 Texas x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 20 Texas Tech		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 22 Oklahoma		6	–	2					8	–	4
Texas A&M		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		2	–	6					5	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Championship: Texas 70, Colorado 3
– BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	6:00 PM	FIU*	No. 21	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 56–3	50,156
September 17	6:00 PM	Sam Houston State*	No. 19	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 80–21	50,171
September 24	6:00 PM	Indiana State*	No. 19	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSSW	W 63–7	44,681
October 1	6:00 PM	Kansas	No. 16	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 30–17	52,601
October 8	3:00 PM	at Nebraska	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	TBS	W 34–31	77,580
October 15	11:00 AM	Kansas State	No. 13	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	W 59–20	50,813
October 22	2:30 PM	at No. 2 Texas	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 17–52	83,919
October 29	11:30 AM	at Baylor	No. 17	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 28–0	43,525
November 5	6:00 PM	Texas A&M	No. 16	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 56–17	55,755
November 12	1:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 13	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK (rivalry)		L 17–24	40,035
November 19	11:00 AM	Oklahoma	No. 21	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 23–21	52,625
January 2	10:00 AM	vs. No. 13 Alabama*	No. 18	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	L 10–13*	74,222
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source:[2]

Personnel

2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 88 Jarrett Hicks Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike Leach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
2. "2005 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.