American college football season
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | at No. 23 Virginia* | | ESPN360 | L 19–31 | 61,244 | |
September 10 | 7:00 pm | at Toledo | | CL | L 23–56 | 18,912 | |
September 17 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 (I-AA) Southern Illinois* | | | W 34–28 | 24,497 | [1] |
September 24 | 1:00 pm | at Temple | | | 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 | | | W 45–14 | 13,959 | |
October 29 | 2:00 pm | Kent State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Waldo Stadium
- Kalamazoo, MI
| CL | W 44–14 | 14,168 | |
November 5 | 1:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | | CL | W 44–36 | 11,191 | |
November 12 | 2:00 pm | Central Michigan | | ESPN+ | W 31–24 | 23,484 | |
November 23 | 1:30 pm | at Northern Illinois | | 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
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2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team roster |
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- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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