2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team

2005 Western Michigan Broncos football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	7–4 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Bill Cubit (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	George McDonald (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Waldo Stadium (Capacity: 30,200)

2005 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	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 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as members of the Mid-American Conference in the West Division. The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Broncos won the Michigan MAC Trophy and the WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	6:00 pm	at No. 23 Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN360	L 19–31	61,244
September 10	7:00 pm	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	CL	L 23–56	18,912
September 17	7:00 pm	No. 1 (I-AA) Southern Illinois*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 34–28	24,497	[1]
September 24	1:00 pm	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 19–16	8,922
October 1	7:00 pm	Buffalo	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 31–21	14,198
October 8	7:00 pm	Ball State	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	CL	L 57–60 ^5OT	18,183
October 22	4:00 pm	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		W 45–14	13,959
October 29	2:00 pm	Kent State	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	CL	W 44–14	14,168
November 5	1:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	CL	W 44–36	11,191
November 12	2:00 pm	Central Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI (WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy, Michigan MAC Trophy)	ESPN+	W 31–24	23,484
November 23	1:30 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN2	L 7–42	18,361
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 15 Greg Jennings Sr TE 85 Tony Scheffler Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Cubit Coordinators/assistant coaches George McDonald – Offensive coordinator / wide receivers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "WMU ends losing skid". The Herald-Palladium. Associated Press. September 18, 2005. p. 3B. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.