2005 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2005 Bowling Green Falcons football
MAC East Division co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
Record	6–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Gregg Brandon (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Studrawa (3rd as OC, 5th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lovett (1st season)
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium

2005 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

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

See also: Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry

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