The 2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Tiller and played its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium. Purdue played eleven games in the 2005 season, finishing with a 5–6 record and missing a post-season bowl game for the first time since 1996. Purdue was predicted by many as a dark horse for the Big Ten title, but after a strong 2–0 start, lost six straight before rebounding to finish a more respectable 5–6.
This was also the last season Purdue started games at different local times with other teams in the Eastern Time Zone, as the State of Indiana began observing Daylight Saving Time in 2006.
Schedule
Personnel
Game summaries
Akron
Arizona
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Iowa
Northwestern
Wisconsin
At Penn State
Michigan State
Illinois
Indiana
2006 NFL draft Player Position Round Pick NFL club Bernard Pollard Safety 2 54 Kansas City Chiefs Ray Edwards Defensive Lineman 4 127 Minnesota Vikings Rob Ninkovich Defensive End 5 135 New Orleans Saints Charles Davis Tight End 5 167 Pittsburgh Steelers
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