2005 Detroit Lions season

2005 Detroit Lions season
Head coach	Steve Mariucci Dick Jauron (interim)
General manager	Matt Millen
Owner	William Clay Ford, Sr.
Home field	Ford Field
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	3rd NFC North
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 2005 Detroit Lions was the 76th season in team history.

The season began with the team attempting to improve on their 6–10 record in 2005. However, they were unable to improve their 2004 record and fell to 5—11.

After the embarrassing Thanksgiving defeat against Atlanta, head coach Steve Mariucci was fired, and Dick Jauron took over for the rest of the season.

Personnel

Staff

2005 Detroit Lions staff

Front office

Owner and Chairman – William Clay Ford, Sr.
Vice Chairman – William Clay Ford, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer – Matt Millen
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Tom Lewand
Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager – Martin Mayhew
Director of Pro Personnel – Sheldon White
Director of College Scouting – Scott McEwen
Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Charlie Sanders

Head coaches

Head Coach – Steve Mariucci

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Ted Tollner
Quarterbacks – Greg Olson
Running Backs – Tom Rathman
Wide Receivers – Fred Graves
Tight Ends – Andy Sugarman
Offensive Line – Pat Morris
Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Sean Kugler
Offensive Assistant – Stan Kwan

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Dick Jauron
Defensive Line – Larry Brooks
Linebackers – Johnny Holland
Defensive Backs – George Catavolos
Defensive Assistant – Don Clemons
Defensive Assistant – Phil Snow

Special teams coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Chuck Priefer
Assistant Special Teams – Stan Kwan

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Jason Arapoff
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Malcolm Blacken

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Roster

2005 Detroit Lions final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

76 Jeff Backus T
79 Kelly Butler T
64 Rick DeMulling G
63 Brock Gutierrez C
69 Kyle Kosier G
51 Dominic Raiola C
71 Victor Rogers T
65 Damien Woody G

Defensive linemen

94 Marcus Bell DT
75 Shaun Cody DT
95 Jared DeVries DE
98 Kalimba Edwards DE
96 James Hall DE
78 Cory Redding DE
92 Shaun Rogers DT
90 Bill Swancutt DE
72 Dan Wilkinson DT

Linebackers

55 Donté Curry OLB
52 James Davis OLB
48 Matt Grootegoed OLB
58 Wali Rainer OLB
53 Nate Wayne MLB
57 LeVar Woods MLB

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

97 Boss Bailey LB (IR)
25 Fernando Bryant CB (IR)
50 Earl Holmes LB (IR)
42 Terrence Holt FS (IR)
85 Kevin Johnson WR (IR)
54 Teddy Lehman LB (IR)
59 Alex Lewis LB (IR)
62 David Loverne G (IR)

Practice squad

99 Sarth Benoit LB
77 Kevin Carberry DT
86 Paris Hamilton WR (Injured)
12 Glenn Martinez WR
43 Will Matthews FB (Injured)
74 Levi Newton G
60 Dave Pearson C
89 Jason Randall TE
15 DeAndrew Rubin WR
73 Clint Stickdorn T

Rookies in italics
53 Active, 8 Inactive, 10 Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 11, 2005	Green Bay Packers	W 17–3	1–0	61,877
2	September 18, 2005	at Chicago Bears	L 38–6	1–1	62,019
3	Bye
4	October 2, 2005	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–13	1–2	64,994
5	October 9, 2005	Baltimore Ravens	W 35–17	2–2	61,201
6	October 16, 2005	Carolina Panthers	L 21–20	2–3	61,083
7	October 23, 2005	at Cleveland Browns	W 13–10	3–3	72,923
8	October 30, 2005	Chicago Bears	L 19–13 (OT)	3–4	61,814
9	November 6, 2005	at Minnesota Vikings	L 27–14	3–5	63,813
10	November 13, 2005	Arizona Cardinals	W 29–21	4–5	61,091
11	November 20, 2005	at Dallas Cowboys	L 20–7	4–6	62,670
12	November 24, 2005	Atlanta Falcons	L 27–7	4–7	62,390
13	December 4, 2005	Minnesota Vikings	L 21–16	4–8	61,375
14	December 11, 2005	at Green Bay Packers	L 16–13 (OT)	4–9	70,019
15	December 18, 2005	Cincinnati Bengals	L 41–17	4–10	61,749
16	December 24, 2005	at New Orleans Saints	W 13–12	5–10	63,747
17	January 1, 2006	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 35–21	5–11	63,794

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	3	0	0	3
• Lions	7	0	3	7	17

Date: September 11
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Game start: 4:15 p.m.
Game weather: indoors (dome)
Referee: Jeff Triplette
Television network: Fox

Scoring summary

1	DET	Marcus Pollard 9 yard pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick)	Lions 7–0

2	GB	Ryan Longwell 50 yard field goal	Lions 7–3

3	DET	Jason Hanson 21 yard field goal	Lions 10–3

4	DET	Mike Williams 3 yard pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick)	Lions 17–3

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Standings

NFC North
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Chicago Bears	11	5	0	.688	5–1	10–2	260	202	L1
Minnesota Vikings	9	7	0	.563	5–1	8–4	306	344	W1
Detroit Lions	5	11	0	.313	1–5	3–9	254	345	L1
Green Bay Packers	4	12	0	.250	1–5	4–8	298	344	W1

Images

The Thanksgiving Day game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Detroit Lions
Angry Lions fans organizing a "Fire Millen" protest in 2005

References

↑ "Administration and Coaches". 2005 Detroit Lions Media Guide. pp. 4–29.
↑ "Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. 2005-09-11. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

External links

2005 Detroit Lions at Pro-Football-Reference.com

Media related to 2005 Detroit Lions season at Wikimedia Commons

Detroit Lions

Founded in 1930 Formerly the Portsmouth Spartans (1930–1933) Based in Detroit, Michigan Headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan

Franchise	Franchise Team history Seasons Players First-round draft picks Starting quarterbacks Coaches

Stadiums	Universal Stadium University of Detroit Stadium Tiger Stadium Pontiac Silverdome Ford Field

Culture	NFL on Thanksgiving Day Paper Lion (film) "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye song) Home Improvement Cheerleaders

Lore	1932 Playoff Game Curse of Bobby Layne Mike Utley gives a thumbs up Marty Mornhinweg takes the wind "Fire Millen" 0–16 "Calvin Johnson rule" Miracle in Motown

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings

Notable people	William Clay & Martha Firestone Ford Barry Sanders Bobby Layne Glenn Presnell

Division championships (4)	1935 1983 1991 1993

Conference championships (4)	1952 1953 1954 1957

League championships (4)	1935 1952 1953 1957

Broadcasters	Radio: Radio network Dan Miller Jim Brandstatter Tony Ortiz WJR TV: Television network Matt Shepard Chris Spielman Jennifer Hammond WJBK Fox Sports Detroit

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (87)	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Portsmouth Spartans–Detroit Lions seasons

Portsmouth Spartans 1930 1931 1932 1933 Detroit 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

2005 NFL season

East	North	South	West	East	North	South	West
Buffalo	Baltimore	Houston	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta	Arizona
Miami	Cincinnati	Indianapolis	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Carolina	St. Louis
New England	Cleveland	Jacksonville	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans	San Francisco
NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	San Diego	Washington	Minnesota	Tampa Bay	Seattle

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