American college football season
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 September 3 7:00 pm at Clemson * No. 17 ABC L 24–2579,917
September 17 11:30 am SMU * FSN W 66–875,128
September 22 7:30 pm No. 14 (I-AA ) Texas State * Kyle Field College Station, TX FSN W 44–3172,741
October 1 11:30 am Baylor FSN W 16–13 OT 79,280
October 8 6:00 pm at Colorado FSN L 20–4150,686
October 15 2:30 pm Oklahoma State Kyle Field College Station, TX W 62–2378,451
October 22 1:10 pm at Kansas State W 30–2845,915
October 29 2:30 pm Iowa State Kyle Field College Station, TX ABC L 14–4286,172
November 5 6:00 pm at No. 16 Texas Tech FSN L 17–5655,755
November 12 11:00 am at Oklahoma ABC L 30–3684,943
November 25 11:00 am No. 2 Texas Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry ) ABC L 29–4086,617
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries
Clemson
Total
Texas A&M
3
7
7
7
24
Clemson
10
6
3
6
25
Southern Methodist
Total
Southern Methodist
6
2
0
0
8
Texas A&M
7
17
28
14
66
Texas State
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
Total
Baylor
3
0
7
0 3
13
Texas A&M
7
0
0
3 6
16
Colorado
Total
Texas A&M
0
6
0
14
20
Colorado
21
10
10
0
41
Oklahoma State
Total
Oklahoma State
0
17
0
6
23
Texas A&M
20
7
14
21
62
Kansas State
Total
Texas A&M
14
2
7
7
30
Kansas State
0
8
0
20
28
Iowa State
Total
Iowa State
7
7
14
14
42
Texas A&M
7
0
0
7
14
Texas Tech
Total
Texas A&M
3
7
0
7
17
Texas Tech
14
0
21
21
56
Oklahoma
Total
Texas A&M
7
7
10
6
30
Oklahoma
28
0
2
6
36
Texas
Total
Texas
14
7
13
6
40
Texas A&M
9
6
14
0
29
References
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