The
2005 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State
University
in the college
football season of
2005-2006. Coached by Les Miles
in his first season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at
Tiger
Stadium
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. Despite all of the distractions from
Hurricane Katrina, LSU finished
its season with an 11-2 record capped off by a 40-3 victory over #9
Miami in the
2005 Peach Bowl without starting
quarterback JaMarcus Russell.
LSU's
season open against #15 Arizona State
was originally scheduled as home game for the Tigers, but when LSU
offered hurricane victims refuge on their campus, the NCAA moved the game
to Tempe,
Arizona
. Things looked bleak for the Tigers early in
the fourth quarter against Arizona State when they trailed 17-7.
Then LSU's special teams blocked two kicks, a 47-yard field goal
attempt and a punt, returning both for TDs to give LSU a 21-17
lead. However, Arizona State regained the lead at 31-28 with four
minutes left in the game. LSU started with the ball on their own
9-yard line. Nine plays later, LSU found themselves in a fourth
down situation on the Arizona State 39-yard line where JaMarcus
Russell threw a 39-yard TD to
Early
Doucet to take a 35-31 lead. Arizona State tried their own
game-winning drive, but they were stopped on downs inside the
Tigers' 30-yard line.
LSU's first home game came on prime time against #10 . The was
moved from Saturday to Monday, September 26 because of
Hurricane Rita. LSU had a huge lead at
halftime, but the lead slipped away and the Tigers lost the game in
overtime.
On October 15, LSU faced #11
Florida. Late in the third
quarter, the Gators went up 17-14. Then, early in the fourth
quarter JaMarcus Russell led the Tigers on a 12-play, 75-yard
drive, capped by a 3-yard TD run by
Joseph
Addai, which put the Tigers up 21-17. LSU's defense took over
from there, holding Florida to less than 30 yards the rest of the
fourth quarter.
On October 22, LSU squared off against #16
Auburn. With just under
five minutes left in the game, Auburn took a 17-14 lead. LSU
responded by driving down to the Auburn 27-yard line, setting up a
44-yard field goal attempt by Chris Jackson. The kick was good, and
the game went to overtime. LSU took the first possession and Chris
Jackson made a 30-yard field goal to put LSU up 20-17. LSU's
defense forced Auburn settle for a 39-yard field goal attempt by
John Vaughn. Vaughn's kick hit the left upright, giving LSU the
victory.
On
November 12, LSU went to Tuscaloosa
to play undefeated #4 Alabama. At
halftime, Alabama led 10-0, but the Tigers came back in the third
quarter to tie the game 10-10. After the Tigers missed three second
half field goal attempts, the game went to overtime. In overtime,
the Tiger defense held Alabama to a field goal. During LSU's
ensuing possession, JaMarcus Russell hit
Dwayne Bowe for an 11-yard TD pass, giving LSU a
16-13 victory.
Schedule
LSU Tigers in the 2006 National Football League Draft
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2006.htm
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