2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Khanun (Kiko)
More than 800,000 people were evacuated from their homes as the storm neared. Many people, evacuated by the army, were taken to schools, railway stations, hotels and other solid buildings to take shelter from the approaching storm.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Khanun (Kiko)
The city of Taizhou, Zhejiang bore the initial brunt of the storm as it was close to where the storm made landfall, 220 km south of Shanghai. Other coastal cities braced for the typhoon as it headed north. At least 14 people were killed and 1 went missing in Zhejiang province. Damages totaled to $1.22 billion (2005 USD).


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Khanun (Kiko)
Japan's southern Sakishima Islands suffered strong winds, high waves and heavy rains as the storm passed. Opening hours at some polling stations were altered to make sure citizens could still vote in the Japanese general election despite the weather.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Vicente
Tropical Depression 16W formed 205 nautical miles (375 km) east-southeast of Dong Tac Airport, Vietnam on the morning of September 16. It reached Tropical Storm strength overnight local time and was named Vicente, a Chamorro male name. Shortly after forming, Vicente interacted with a tropical disturbance west of Luzon and made a cyclonic loop. Vicente then absorbed the disturbance before passing just south of Hainan Island. Eventually, Vicente tracked into the Vietnam coast northwest of Huế on September 18 and gradually dissipated.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Vicente
As the pressure gradient between Vicente and a ridge of high pressure over southeastern China brought a strong easterly airstream to the coastal areas of Guangdong and caused rough seas with swells, a swimmer was drowned on September 17. Another one drowned the following day in rough seas at Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Also, a ship from China struck a reef between Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands. All seventeen crew members were rescued.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Vicente
In Vietnam, about 5 people were killed or reported missing.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Saola
A tropical disturbance formed from the monsoon and moved northwest on September 15. The next day, it became more organized and the Japan Meteorological Agency initiated a warning for Tropical Depression 18W southwest of Marcus Island, Japan at 0000 UTC (0900 JST), September 20. The depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Saola 18 hours later as it continued to strengthen moving westward. Due to a normal speed of a typhoon and warm waters, Saola became a typhoon and reached peak intensity early on September 22. The storm didn't made landfall but it affect Japan from September 23 to 25 by bringing heavy rainfall. Saola weakened to a tropical storm and became extratropical on September 26.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo)
Due to its proximity to the Philippines, PAGASA assigned it the name Labuyo and began issuing advisories on a disturbed area of tropical weather to the east of the islands on September 19. The JMA started to warn on the system on the same day. On September 20 it was classified as Tropical Depression 17W by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. On September 21, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Damrey. It strengthened into a typhoon on September 24. Damrey is a Cambodian word for elephant.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo)
Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo) made landfall at Wanning, in China's Hainan province at 2000 UTC, September 25 (0400 September 26 local time) with maximum sustained winds up to 180 km/h. This made Damrey the strongest typhoon to strike Hainan since Typhoon Marge in September 1973.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Damrey (Labuyo)
At least 16 people are believed to have died in China, and the entire province of Hainan suffered power outages. Damrey then went on to impact Vietnam before losing tropical characteristics while a Tropical Storm. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center ceased advisories with the final one at 0900 UTC September 27 with the system 90 nautical miles (170 km) south-southwest of Hanoi, Vietnam.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Longwang (Maring)
Tropical Depression 19W formed about 335 nautical miles (620 km) south-southeast of Iwo Jima, Japan on September 26. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated a warning for it at 0000 UTC the same day, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Longwang six hours later. Longwang is Chinese for Dragon King. At 0300 UTC September 27, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded it to a typhoon. It continued to increase in strength as it tracked west to west-northwest towards Taiwan, and was upgraded to a super typhoon on September 29. PAGASA named the storm Maring for Philippine warnings on September 29. Longwang made landfall at 0515 local time on October 2 south of Hualien City, Taiwan as a Category 4 storm. Half a day later, at 2135 local time (1335 UTC), it made second landfall in Fujian Province, China as a minimal typhoon. Longwang dissipated on the next day.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Longwang (Maring)
Despite its intensity, Longwang caused mostly property damage, and claimed only one life in Taiwan.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 20W
The meteorological agencies is now operated of Guangdong and Hainan upgraded a low-pressure center over South China Sea to a tropical depression at 0800 local time, October 6. The Hong Kong Observatory followed suit 30 hours later. The JTWC finally issued a warning for this system at 1500 UTC October 7 (2300 local time), and tropical depression number 20W was issued to the system. The JTWC issued its final advisory on the system just six hours later, 55 nautical miles (102 km) west-northwest of Huế, Vietnam. As the system never reached Tropical Storm strength, it was not given a name from the list. The only damage it did, if any, however, was that massive rainfall amounts were recorded – over 230 mm (9 inches) were recorded in some parts of Hainan.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kirogi (Nando)
A large cluster of thunderstorms formed with convection developed and separated into three low-pressure areas on October 6. But dew to warm waters in the western side, two failed to become storms and the Japan Meteorological Agency began issuing warnings for the other disturbance and became Tropical Depression 21W, which was located southeast of Okinawa at 1200 UTC, October 9 and assigned the name Kirogi to it at 0600 UTC next day. Prior to becoming a Tropical Storm it entered the Philippine area of responsibility and was assigned the name Nando by PAGASA for Philippine warnings.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kirogi (Nando)
JTWC finally issued a warning for Kirogi at 0900 UTC, October 10, despite listing it as a Tropical Depression. It was upgraded to a typhoon at 0000 UTC October 12, and reached Category 4 strength about nine hours later. On October 16, Kirogi weakened was it pushes northeast. Kirogi was declared extratropical at 0300 UTC October 19. Kirogi is a Korean word for a type of migrating bird that lives in North Korea from autumn to spring.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kai-tak
A tropical disturbance developed north of Papua New Guinea on October 20. It entered in an area of favorable environments on October 23, as it slowly intensified. On October 25, it affected the Philippines and rapidly moved to the South China Sea on October 27. The next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency initiated marine warnings for a Tropical Depression. Fifteen hours later, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued the number 22W to the system. The next day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Kai-tak. Kai-tak was a name submitted by Hong Kong in honor of their former airport.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kai-tak
On October 30 it was upgraded to a Typhoon. Kai-tak made landfall north of Huế, Vietnam, early on the morning of November 2. At least 19 people were killed and 10 others were left missing in Vietnam. Damages from the storm were estimated to be at least $11 million (2005 USD).


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Tembin (Ondoy)
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated warning for Tropical Depression 23W at 0900 UTC November 7, north-northwest of the Micronesian island of Yap. The storm gained enough power to warrant upgrading to a Tropical Storm 12 hours later. The system entered the Philippine area of responsibility on the morning of November 8 and was named Ondoy by PAGASA. The storm encountered shear as it moved west, and lost organisation on November 8, being downgraded to a tropical depression. On November 9 it regained tropical storm strength and had a better LLCC (low-level circulation centre).


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Tembin (Ondoy)
On November 10 it was named Tembin by the JMA. Tembin is a Japanese constellation for the group of stars known in the west as Libra. Tembin then made landfall near midnight November 11 local time in the northern Philippines and lost much of its circulation and convection. Tembin dissipated rapidly the next day.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Bolaven (Pepeng)
A low-pressure area formed along from the outflow of Tropical Storm Tembin on November 10. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated a TCFA warning for a low-pressure system about 150 nautical miles (280 km) west-southwest of Palau late on November 12. This was upgraded to a tropical depression the next afternoon, 290 nautical miles (550 km) west of Palau. Forming inside the Philippine area of responsibility it has been named Pepeng by PAGASA. It was named Bolaven on November 16 by the JMA. Bolaven is a Laotian word meaning plateau or mesa. Although it strengthened into a Category 1 typhoon on November 17, it weakened to a tropical storm before making landfall on November 20 at about 800 local time in Cagayan Valley in the northern Philippines. Bolaven rapidly dissipated that same day north of the Philippines on November 21.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 25W (Quedan)
On December 16, a tropical disturbance developed and was given the name Quedan by PAGASA. Quedan organized into Tropical Depression 25W on December 18 off the northern coast of Borneo. On December 19, the JTWC classified it as a Tropical Storm. The JMA upgraded it to a tropical depression, but they warned it for a brief time. The storm dissipated early on December 20, as wind shear increased on the system.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
Within the North-western Pacific Ocean, both the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration assign names to tropical cyclones that develop in the Western Pacific, which can result in a tropical cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency's RSMC Tokyo — Typhoon Center assigns international names to tropical cyclones on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization's Typhoon Committee, should they be judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h, (40 mph).


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
While the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it. The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired, by both PAGASA and the Typhoon Committee. Should the list of names for the Philippine region be exhausted then names will be taken from an auxiliary list of which the first ten are published each season. Unused names are marked in gray.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, International names
During the season 23 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Japan Meteorological Agency, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a list of a 140 names submitted by the fourteen members nations and territories of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee. After the season the Typhoon Committee retired the names Matsa, Nabi and Longwang from its naming lists, and in February 2006, the names were subsequently replaced with Pakhar, Doksuri and Haikui for future seasons.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines
During the season PAGASA used its own naming scheme for the 22 tropical cyclones, that either developed within or moved into their self-defined area of responsibility. The names not retired used again during 2009. This same list used during 2001, except Bising, Dante, Nando, Pepeng, Ramil, Santi, Tino, Undang, Yolanda and Zoraida, which replaced Barok, Darna, Nanang, Pabling, Roleta, Sibak, Talahib, Ubbeng, Yaning and Zuma. The names Dante, Nando and Pepeng were used for the first time this year; Bising was previously included in the old lists. No names have been retired, although PAGASA later changed the unused name Undang to Urduja, as it was retired in 1984.


2005 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects
This table summarizes all the systems that developed within or moved into the North Pacific Ocean, to the west of the International Date Line during 2005. The tables also provide an overview of a system's intensity, duration, land areas affected and any deaths or damages associated with the system.


2005 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2005 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 10 and March 12, 2005 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The champion of the tournament was Washington, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Salim Stoudamire of Arizona.


2005 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.


2005 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2005 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author):


2005 Palau Soccer League
The 2005 season of the Palau Soccer League was the second season of association football competition in Palau. Team Bangladesh won the championship, their first title.


2005 Palestinian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip of the Palestinian National Authority on Sunday, 9 January 2005 to elect the President of the Palestinian National Authority, to succeed Yasser Arafat, who had died on 11 November 2004. The election was the first to be held since the 1996 general election, and voters elected Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Mahmoud Abbas for a four-year term.


2005 Palestinian presidential election
Seven candidates contested the election. Abbas won over 67% of the votes cast, independent candidate Mustafa Barghouti came second with 21%, and the remaining candidates were far behind. The election was boycotted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Hamas urged supporters to stay away, but did not try to disrupt the election. In the Gaza Strip, where Hamas is strongest, it is estimated that about half of the eligible voters voted.


2005 Palestinian presidential election
No presidential elections have taken place since 2005. Abbas has continued in office since the expiration of the four-year term on 9 January 2009, with planned elections repeatedly postponed.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Candidates
On 25 November 2004, Fatah's Revolutionary Council endorsed Mahmoud Abbas as its preferred candidate for the presidential election, scheduled for 9 January 2005, despite his relative lack of popular appeal. Abbas was a former PA Prime Minister.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Candidates
Marwan Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Fatah leader in the West Bank, who was in an Israeli prison after being convicted for a number of intifada killings, suggested that he might run, inspiring considerable speculation about his prospects. He was seen as the only candidate who could hope to compete seriously against Abbas. However, his proposed candidacy met with resistance from Fatah activists. After contradictory announcements, Marwan Barghouti declared his candidacy just before the registration deadline expired but then withdrew from the race on 12 December, after discussions between his representatives and the Fatah leadership. Opinion polls before Marwan Barghouti withdrew his candidacy suggested that the contest would largely be between Abbas and Marwan Barghouti. Some of these polls showed:


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Candidates
With Marwan Barghouti's withdrawal, Abbas was seen as the clear favourite, with Marwan Barghouti‘s cousin Mustafa Barghouti in second place.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Candidates, Final list of candidates
Three other candidates who registered by the end of the registration period subsequently withdrew: they were Marwan Barghouti, Hassan Khreisheh and Abd al-Sattar Qasim.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Registration, Preparation of voting register
The CEC had made enormous efforts to register all eligible Palestinian voters, but almost a third of eligible voters did not register or were unable to register. Problems were due to a not up to date civil registry and the translation of Arabic names, which were in Hebrew on Israeli ID cards. In an effort to boost low turnout, the CEC made a controversial decision in the final hours of polling day to allow unregistered voters to cast ballots using only their identity cards, which raised fears of multiple voting. A Palestinian election official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the changes came after heavy pressure from Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, which feared a low turnout could weaken Abbas. ("Abbas Wins Palestinian Vote in Landslide," Associated Press, 10 January 2005).


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Registration, Preparation of voting register
The day before the election the total number of registered voters was 1,092,407 according to a CEC press release. On 23 November, the CEC said: "The number of registrants on the voters’ list reached 1,111,868, or 67 percent of the estimated number of eligible voters, during the registration process conducted between September 4 and October 13, 2004. Of these names, 19,000 were removed from the voters’ list because the accompanying data was incomplete or the names were repeated on the list. With this adjustment, the number of registered voters decreased to 1,092,856." ("46% of Registered Voters are Youths, 46% are Women.")


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Registration, Palestinian diaspora
According to UNRWA, there were 2.6 million Palestinians registered as refugees with the agency eligible to receive services who lived outside Palestine, in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. An unknown additional number sometimes estimated to be up to one million live in the diaspora in Europe, North and South America and in other Arab countries.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct
The election was conducted by the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC), which was also responsible for the preparation of an electoral register. The head of the CEC was Hanna Nasir, who was appointed in 2002 by Yasser Arafat. The CEC was established by the Palestinian Authority in 1995 as an independent body.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct
The CEC experienced some technical problems, including those due to the incomplete electoral register. Persons not listed on the electoral register were permitted to vote on presentation of a valid identity card. In view of the registration problems, in an effort to boost low turnout, in the final hours of polling day the CEC was controversially instructed to extend voting by two hours beyond the appointed closing time to allow unregistered voters to cast ballots using only their identity cards. The decision raised fears of multiple voting.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct
The election was observed by a number of international observers, including former President Jimmy Carter and U.S. Senators Joe Biden and John E. Sununu.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct, Obstruction by Israel
The election campaign faced problems due to the widespread blockade of the Palestinian territories by the Israel Defense Forces. Despite Israel's assurances that it would do what it could to ensure that the election took place, in many instances Israeli forces actively interfered in the campaign. Among reported incidents was the arrest of Mustafa Barghouti by Israeli forces and his subsequent expulsion from East Jerusalem when he was going to hold an election speech there. He was also prevented from entering Nablus and Gaza. Bassam al-Salhi, candidate for the socialist Palestinian People's Party, was also prevented from visiting East Jerusalem. Many of Abbas' opponents claimed that they were unfairly treated as Israel denied them entry to areas Abbas was allowed to visit during the election campaign. Abbas was the only candidate allowed access to Gaza.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct, Obstruction by Israel
Voter registration was hampered by closure of registration centers due to curfews, roadblocks and road closures. Registration staff and supervisors were detained. Israeli troops, used gas grenades and noise in the vicinity. A number of centers were raided.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct, Obstruction by Israel
Particularly East Jerusalem was affected. Checking of the names of voters in the voters list was prevented. Also the polling was supervised by the Israeli postal authority. The votes were not counted at the polling centers themselves, but first transported to the Jerusalem electoral constituency office in Dahiyat al-Barid. Voters were intimidated by recording the ID card numbers that were listed in the register and registration staff members were detained.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct, Obstruction by Israel
There were difficulties in accessing polling stations. In Khan Younis Israeli soldiers opened fire against a school used as a polling station and by roadblocks prevented thousands of people from getting to the polling stations.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Conduct, Obstruction by Israel
The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana criticized Israel for obstructing the Palestinian presidential election. He was quoted as saying that "We expected the Israelis to offer more facilities for the Palestinian election process but they did not live up to promises."


2005 Palestinian presidential election, Results
Mahmoud Abbas won the election with over 67% of the votes cast.


2005 Palestinian presidential election, International response
The EU praised the election, with European Commission president José Manuel Durão Barroso describing it as "a very important step towards the creation of a viable and democratic Palestinian state".


2005 Palmer Cup
The 2005 Palmer Cup was held on June 8–9, 2005 on the Irish Course, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin. The United States won 14 to 10.


2005 Palmer Cup, Format
On Wednesday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon. Four foursomes matches were played on the Thursday morning with a further eight singles in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.


2005 Palmer Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition.


2005 Palmer Cup, Teams
Eight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.


2005 Palmer Cup, Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Matt Every and David Skinns.


2005 Palu market bombing
The 2005 Palu market bombing occurred on 31 December 2005, in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. An improvised explosive device, described as a nail bomb or similar, detonated around 7:00 a.m. within a Palu butcher's market mostly frequented by Christians shopping for New Year's Eve celebrations, killing eight people and wounding a further 53.


2005 Palu market bombing
The bomb detonated within a partially enclosed butcher's shop that sold pig and dog meat direct to the public, both of which are forbidden under Islamic custom. A second explosive device was reportedly discovered around four metres from the initial blast site, nearby a stall selling pork, and defused.


2005 Palu market bombing
The target, a market in a district dominated by the mostly Christian Minahasa ethnic group, may have been selected to maximize Christian casualties, as Central Sulawesi province had previously been the site of significant sectarian violence between Christian and Muslim factions that claimed over a thousand lives between 1998 and 2002.


2005 Palu market bombing
The conflict had largely been concentrated around the Poso region of the province and Palu had largely been spared wide scale violence and then Indonesian Security Minister Widodo Adisucipto suggested Jemaah Islamiyah may have been responsible for the attack, because it is related to the death of Dr. Azahari in an ambush at Batu, East Java on 9 November 2005 ago.


2005 Palu market bombing, The attack
The device, described as home-made and low-explosive, detonated at 7:05 a.m. within a meat stall in front of a house used for the slaughter of pigs and opposite the Bethel Church in the Maesa subdistrict, south of Palu. Police officials stated the bomb was filled with nails and ball bearings, and most of the victims suffered injuries to their limbs due to the shrapnel from the device. Bystanders are described as having carried the wounded from the makeshift market to a road, and placing them in passing cars to be taken to local hospitals, where at least 20 shoppers were treated for serious injuries in the attack.


2005 Palu market bombing, The attack
Several of the fatalities were identified as Bambang Wiyono Saputra (50), Yakulina Tana (45), Agustina Mande (37) the owners of the stall, Yoppie (42) and his wife Meisye (39) and a member of the Intelligence Unit of the Tadulako District Army Command, Sgt. Tasman Lahansang.


2005 Palu market bombing, Investigation
Following the attack, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denounced the bombing and conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims. Roadblocks were established in the Palu region and a team from Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), was deployed directly to Palu to aid the ongoing investigation.


2005 Palu market bombing, Investigation
A single person was arrested the same day, according to a report by provincial police chief Oegroseno, although it was unclear whether he was a direct suspect, police would only say that he had been acting suspiciously and asked vendors where they lived.


2005 Palu market bombing, Investigation
Convicted terrorist financier Eko Budi Wardoyo is suspected of involvement in the Palu market bombing following his involvement in the murder of Reverend Susianti Tinulele, a female pastor killed on 18 July 2004 during an attack on a South Palu church that also wounded four teenagers. Wardoyo was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2010 for funding that attack and giving assistance to the criminals found responsible for the 2005 Tentena market bombings that claimed 22 lives on 28 May 2005.


2005 Palu market bombing, Investigation
Another bomb was discovered among street vendors near Palu Plaza during the Idul Fitri festival in 2008 and detonated by the local Palu bomb squad without incident.


2005 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships
The 2005 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico. The competition was organized by the Mexican Gymnastics Federation.


2005 Pan American Cycling Championships
The 2005 Pan American Cycling Championships took place at the Julio Polet Velodrome, Mar del Plata, Argentina April 25, May 1, 2005.


2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships
The 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships were held in Brazil. Artistic gymnastics events were competed in Rio de Janeiro, October 6–9, 2005, while rhythmic gymnastics events were held in Vitória, November 11–13, 2005.


2005 Pan American Judo Championships
The 2005 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Coliseo Solá Besarez in Caguas, Puerto Rico from 19 May to 20 May 2005.


2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
The 13th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held inWindsor, Ontario at the University of Windsor Stadium on July 29–31, 2005.


2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the Athletics Canada, the CACAC, the USA Track & Field, and the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
An unofficial count yields the number of about 387 athletes from about 35 countries:  Anguilla (1), Antigua and Barbuda (3), Argentina (5), Aruba (1), Bahamas (16), Barbados (6), Bermuda (5), Brazil (29), British Virgin Islands (3), Canada (73), Cayman Islands (4), Chile (6), Colombia (10), Costa Rica (5), Cuba (14), Dominican Republic (2), El Salvador (1), Grenada (2), Guatemala (5), Guyana (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (43), Mexico (21), Nicaragua (2), Panama (1), Paraguay (2), Peru (6), Puerto Rico (18), Saint Kitts and Nevis (6), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (17), United States (80), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (3).


2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Medal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the Athletics Canada, on the CACAC, on the USA Track & Field and on the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Medal table (unofficial)
The medal count has been published. It is in agreement with the following unofficial medal count.


2005 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship
The 2005 American Handball Men's Youth Championships took place in Brusque from September 6–10.


2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup
The 2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Lima, Perú on 7–8 May. The track of the Cup runs in the Avenida Augusto Pérez Aranibar.


2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup
A detailed report was given by Eduardo Biscayart. Complete results were published.


2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 120 athletes from 16 countries is reported.


2005 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
The 2005 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship.


2005 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship
The 2005 American Handball Women's Youth Championships took place in Brusque from September 6 – 10. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Youth Women's Handball Championship.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
The 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations of the Kuomintang (KMT) and their allied Pan-Blue Coalition to mainland China. They were hailed as the highest level of exchange between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang since Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong met in Chongqing, China on August 28, 1945.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
On March 28, 2005, the Kuomintang's vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung led a delegation in the first official visit to mainland China by a senior leader of the Kuomintang in 60 years. Later, on April 26, 2005, a 70-member delegation led by the Kuomintang's chairman Lien Chan left Taipei for the ROC's de jure capital of Nanjing via Hong Kong, launching Lien's 8-day Taiwan Strait peace tour; also the first such visit to mainland China in 60 years.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
While in mainland China, Lien met with General Secretary Hu Jintao and expressed interest in improving cross-strait dialogues. Both also re-affirmed a belief in the "One China principle", which was not acknowledged by Taiwan's then-ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP); a part of Taiwan's Pan-Green Coalition.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
Lien's itinerary also included visits to Xi'an, where he had lived as a child during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II; Nanjing, the official capital of the Republic of China and the site of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum; and Shanghai, China's largest city and site of extensive Taiwanese financial and economic investment in recent years.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Background
In 2004, the KMT first proposed that the former president candidate Lien Chan would visit mainland China as the elected President of the Republic of China, but this was set aside as Lien failed to win the 2004 ROC Presidential Election. In 2005, the KMT suggested initially sending the vice chairman of the party to mainland China, with further visits to follow. This plan was followed through on March 28, when Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kung led his delegation to mainland China.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Chiang's visit
As part of the "ice-breaking tour", Chiang started his trip in Guangzhou to visit the graves of dozens of KMT members who died during an uprising against the Qing Dynasty in 1911. On the morning of March 30, the delegation visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, then headed for Beijing to meet with CPPCC chairman Jia Qinglin. At the meeting, Jia conveyed Hu Jintao's invitation for Lien to Chiang. On April 1, Lien accepted the invitation at the Aichi Expo 2005.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Lien Chan and his 70-member delegation departed Taipei for Hong Kong on April 26, starting the 8-day "journey of peace" which the mainland Chinese media referred to as a "visit." The Chinese media changed the airport name from "Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport" airport to "Taoyuan airport" to avoid mentioning the name of former leader of KMT and the late President of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
On that morning, about a thousand people gathered at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, and violent conflict broke out among the supporters and opponents of the tour, resulting in many injuries.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Some Pan-Green supporters illegally brought guandao, beer bottles, stones, eggs, firecrackers, clubs, and sharpened sugarcanes into the terminals and started beating Pan-Blue supporters and the police, throwing stones and setting off firecrackers in the meantime. Many members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), and the Taiwan Independence Party were arrested, along with the host of a political talk show.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Pan-Blue supporters fought back, swearing "an eye for an eye". There were suspected Triad members clad in black in the mob, picking on Pan-Green's supporters, causing many to be hospitalized. The New Party chairman Yok Mu-ming was arrested, along with other people in the Pan-Blue Coalition.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Outside the airport, a few taxis attempted to blockade the highway, preventing Lien from reaching the airport, but they were repelled by the motorcade's police escort. Taiwan independence advocate Shi Ming and pan-Green supporters lit firecrackers in front of the terminal, but were not arrested.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Lien avoided the trouble entirely having been taken into the airport via a VIP entrance.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Because the Aviation Police Office of Taiwan proved inept in handling the riot, its director, Chen Jui-tien was dismissed that evening. The Minister of the Interior, Su Jia-chyuan offered to resign, but the offer was rejected by Premier Frank Hsieh.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
On the Internet, teenagers parodied the event with a mock Dynasty Warriors battle.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Nanjing
The delegation transferred onto China Eastern Airlines to Nanjing in Hong Kong, where they were greeted by the PRC Liaison Office of Hong Kong.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Nanjing
Lien and the delegation arrived at Nanjing Lukou International Airport on April 26, at 16:40. Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council head Chen Yunlin was at the airport to welcome the delegation. One of Lien's aides, Joanna Lai, quipped "It would have taken just two and half hours from Taipei to Nanjing by direct flight, but we took 50-60 years." Lien echoed the sentiment in a short speech upon arrival, saying "Taipei and Nanjing are not too distant, but it still took 60 years to come here. It certainly took too long to make the journey." That night he attended a banquet hosted by the leader of the Jiangsu provincial government and lodged at the Jinling Hotel.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Nanjing
On April 27, the delegation visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, where Lien burnt incense for the former President surrounded by the general public and press reporters. Lien quoted Sun Yat-Sen's last words "peace, struggle, save China" to promote a healthy relationship across the strait. Lien was the first KMT chairman to visit the mausoleum for 56 years.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Nanjing
On the same day, Lien visited the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, the former Republic of China Presidential Palace, Tianfei Gong, and the Fuzi Miao (Shrine of Confucius).


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Nanjing
On the morning of April 28, Lien left Nanjing for Beijing.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Beijing
In the afternoon of April 28, Lien and the delegation arrived in the Beijing Capital International Airport, where he delivered another speech. Then he attended a conference with the Taiwan Affairs Office in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Later, the delegation visited the Forbidden City. Lien met the CPPCC Chairman Jia Qinglin at the Great Hall of the People, and then watched a traditional Beijing opera performance.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Beijing
On April 29, Lien gave a speech and answered questions from students and faculty in Peking University. The speech called for a 'win-win' future of cooperation and peace, praising both Deng Xiaoping and Chiang Ching-kuo as having made pivotal decisions that led to economic growth.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Beijing
In the speech, he also mentioned that both Hu Shih and former National Taiwan University president Fu Sinian had graduated from Peking University, then worked at Taiwan University and spread liberalism there. "Therefore, in terms of liberalism, both Peking University and Taiwan University are born from the same root. Especially in mainland China, it can be said that it's a bastion of freedom." But a proportion of Taiwanese students disagreed, saying both Hu and Fu were fierce opponents of communism in favor of freedom of education, and thus the two universities can't be compared, and protested outside the front gate.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Beijing
Lien then toured the university, and visited the dormitory where his mother once lived. At 15:00, Lien met Hu Jintao in the Great Hall of the People, marking a historical meeting between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang, the first since 1945. After 17:30, Lien held a press conference, and listed the five points of compromise settled upon by the two parties following the conference:


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Beijing
That evening, Lien changed his plan for the night and met with Hu Jintao again. Reportedly, Hu Jintao invited Lien for a politics-free chat as it was Lien's last night in Beijing.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Xi'an
On April 30 at 11:25, the delegation arrived at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, starting Lien's tour of his birthplace. Welcoming Lien were officials of the Shaanxi provincial government, Taiwanese businessmen in mainland China, and children from Lien's elementary school.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Xi'an
At 3 pm Lien returned to Houzaimen Elementary School (then called Beixinjie Elementary), which he had attended 60 years ago. There he gave a speech and watched several presentations by the schoolchildren, among them the soon-famous "Grandpa, You are back!" skit reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution. Lien later donated to the school library, and the school gave him a 7 m (23 ft) long wall scroll in return.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Xi'an
After visiting the school, the delegation visited the Terracotta Army. In the evening, Shaanxi provincial secretary Li Jianguo hosted a Tang Dynasty-style banquet for the delegation in the Tang Paradise theme park. Li presented the delegation with prints from the Stele Forest and ancient copperware, Lien in return gave famous Taiwanese glasswork. Later, the delegation watched the musical "Dream Back to the Tang" in the Fengming Jiutian Theatre.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Xi'an
Lien and his family members visited his grandmother's grave in Xi'an on May 1, and burnt incense at the nearby Qingliang Temple.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Shanghai
At 5pm on May 1, Lien arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Shanghai
The next day, Lien cancelled his trip atop the Oriental Pearl Tower and held a press conference at the Shanghai Shangri-la Hotel. He later visited Wang Daohan at Jinjiang Hotel. At nine he toured Xintiandi, and took a harbor cruise to view The Bund at night.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Lien's visit, Shanghai
On May 3, 1pm, Lien and his delegation flew back to Taipei, via Hong Kong.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Reactions
The state media in mainland China covered the visit in great detail and much of the general public welcomed this delegation with enthusiasm.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Reactions
The United States declared public support for Lien's visit, stating "diplomacy is the only way to resolve the cross-strait issue." However, the US also stressed that it would like to see the Communist Party of China (CPC) have talks with Taiwan's current ruling party, as well as the KMT. Western political analysts have compared the handshake of Lien and Hu Jintao to that of Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Reactions
The European Union also welcomed the visit, stating they "hope it will prove to be the first positive step in the right direction."


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Reactions
In Taiwan, public opinion was split. While polls showed that more than half of the people didn't oppose this visit, the DPP argued that the People's Republic of China was attempting to play a divide-and-conquer game with Taiwan and causing a "widening schism" among the Taiwanese. Former ROC President and TSU affiliate Lee Teng-hui condemned the visits of Lien and Soong (see below), calling them sympathizers of mainland China who want to undermine Taiwan's sovereignty.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Reactions
Republic of China (ROC) President Chen Shui-bian initially condemned Lien and said that his visit might be in violation of ROC law. However, several days later Chen Shui-bian reversed his opinions and showed a cautious goodwill gesture to Lien's visit. Chen has also altered his stance on Taiwan independence. While during the 2004 Taiwan election, Chen stressed his support for Taiwanese independence; he now says that "both independence and re-unification are options" for Taiwan's future. Political fallout from Lien's trip is believed to have contributed to this change in rhetoric.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Aftermath
After Lien's visit, the PRC offered three "goodwill gifts" to the ROC: the normalization of tourism, which would allow direct flights across the Taiwan Strait; agricultural trade agreements that would increase sales of Taiwanese produce to mainland China; and two giant pandas for the Taipei Zoo. After much deliberation, authorities in Taiwan declined the final gift, saying that Taipei Zoo was not suited to the task of nurturing pandas. This decision was overturned following the election of Ma Ying-jeou to the presidency in March 2008.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Aftermath
James Soong, leader of the People First Party, followed Lien's visit on May 5 with a 9-day visit of his own. Like Lien, Soong also met with General Secretary Hu Jintao and expressed an interest in increasing cross-strait dialogue.


2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, Aftermath
Prior to Soong's visit, President Chen extended an invitation to Hu Jintao to visit Taiwan so that he "can see with his own eyes that Taiwan is a sovereign nation." However, the CPC continues to show a lack of interest in dealing with Chen and the DPP.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament
The 2005 Paradise Jam Tournament was a men's and women's preseason college basketball tournament that took place in Saint Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center. Wisconsin won the men's division while Minnesota won the women's St. Thomas Division championship game and Tennessee won the women's St. John Division.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament
Six teams participated in the men's tournament. The teams were arranged into two divisions of three teams each. The three teams in each division played a round-robin over the first three days, with each team having one day off. The teams were seeded, and all six teams played on the final day, with a Championship Game, a game for third place and a game for fifth place.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament, Results
Saint John Division -Old Dominion 74, Georgia 65 -Old Dominion 65, Fordham 52 -Georgia 78, Fordham 69


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament, Results
Saint Thomas Division -Wisconsin 80, Norfolk State 51 -Wisconsin 95, Eastern Kentucky 89 -Eastern Kentucky 67, Norfolk State 60


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Men's Tournament, Results
Consolation 5th Place: Fordham 72, Norfolk State 53 Consolation 3rd Place: Georgia 76, Eastern Kentucky 68 Championship: Wisconsin 84, Old Dominion 81


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament
In 2005, eight teams competed in the tournament organized into two divisions. The teams in the St. Thomas division played a traditional playoff option, with a pair of games on the 25th, and that on the 26 the winners played each other and the losers played each other. The teams in the St. John's division played a round-robin, with one game each on 24, 25 and 26 November.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Thomas division
Minnesota took on Nevada in a first-round game in Minnesota prevailed winning 83–75. In the other game, Virginia played Alabama and won 69–48.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Thomas division
On 26 November, Alabama defeated Nevada 76–46 to finish in third place. Minnesota took on Virginia in the championship game and although down by two points at halftime came back to win 69–64.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Thomas division
Jamie Broback of Minnesota was named the MVP. The other all-stars included Tiffany Sardin (Virginia), Liz Podominick (Minnesota), Denesha Kenion (Virginia), Lauren Hill (Alabama), and Dellena Criner (Nevada)


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Johns division
Tennessee took on Michigan State on Thanksgiving day. Tennessee was ranked second in the nation while Michigan State was ranked ninth, but Tennessee won easily 83–55. 10th-ranked Maryland took on Gonzaga, opening up a 29 point lead at halftime and cruising to an 88–50 victory.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Johns division
On the following day Tennessee took on Gonzaga, who shot almost 60% in the first half, but Tennessee still led by seven points at the half and expanded their lead another seven points in the second half to win 79–65. Maryland faced Michigan State in the other game. Although Michigan State held a four-point lead at halftime, Maryland came back strongly in the second half and ended up with the win, 75–61.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Johns division
On the final day of the tournament, Michigan State took on Gonzaga and won, 60–45. In the game for the championship, Tennessee faced Maryland. The Terrapins held a five-point lead, 51 – 46 in the second half, but the Lady Vol's came back to take the lead. Maryland cut the lead to a single point, 76–75 late in the game but Maryland failed to score on a late possession when Tennessee stole the ball and closed out the game 80–75.


2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, St. Johns division
Candace Parker of Tennessee was named the MVP. The other all-stars were Shanna Zolman(Tennessee), Crystal Langhorne(Maryland), Marissa Coleman(Maryland), Lindsay Bowen(Michigan State), and Stephanie Hawk (Gonzaga).


2005 Paris fires
In 2005, three major fires occurred in Paris, France, killing 48 people.


2005 Paris fires
In the early hours of 15 April 2005, a fire broke out at the Paris-Opera - a six-storey, one-star, budget hotel in the 9th arrondissement. Most of the 76 people staying in the hotel at the time were African immigrants waiting to be housed. The rest were guests of several different nationalities. 24 people were killed and 50 others injured.


2005 Paris fires
On 26 August 2005, 17 West African immigrants were killed in a fire at a block of flats in the 13th arrondissement.


2005 Paris fires
On 30 August 2005, 7 Ivorian immigrants were killed in a fire at a block of flats in the Marais.


2005 Paris–Brussels
The 2005 Paris-Bruxelles was the 85th edition of the Paris–Brussels cycling race and was held on 10 September 2005. The race started in Soissons and finished in Anderlecht. The race was won by Robbie McEwen of the Davitamon-Lotto team.


2005 Paris–Nice
These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Paris–Nice bicycle race, won by Bobby Julich, who had been third in 2004.


2005 Paris–Roubaix
The 2005 Paris–Roubaix was the 103rd running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the Hell of the North. It was held on 10 April 2005 over a distance of 259 kilometres (160.9 miles). These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic, in which Tom Boonen entered history doing the double with his Tour of Flanders win. This edition was run under clear skies and relatively good weather.


2005 Paris–Roubaix
In the previous Sunday's Tour of Flanders, Boonen launched a surprise attack on his adversaries, surprising those who expected him to wait until the finale to launch his sprint. This time, Boonen patiently waited for the final group of three (with Hincapie and Flecha) to enter the velodrome together. Then he easily outsprinted the other riders in the final lap.


2005 Paris–Tours
These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Paris–Tours cycling classic. Erik Zabel equalised the three-wins record of riders such as Guido Reybrouck.


2005 Parramatta Eels season
The 2005 Parramatta Eels season was the 59th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Nathan Cayless, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2005 Telstra Premiership. The Eels finished the regular season on top of the ladder to claim the minor premiership. They came within one match of the 2005 NRL Grand final but were knocked out by the North Queensland Cowboys.


2005 Parramatta Eels season, Summary
2005 marked a resurgence of the Parramatta Eels. After two years in the wilderness, the Eels were back into premiership contention after ending the season as minor premiers on 36 points, ahead of the St. George Illawarra Dragons on points differential. The first week of the 2005 Finals Series saw a comfortable 46–22 win over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, who were in their first finals campaign since the creation of the National Rugby League in 1998.


2005 Parramatta Eels season, Summary
Following the week off, the Parramatta Eels were annihilated by the Johnathan Thurston-led North Queensland Cowboys at ANZ Stadium, 29–0, ending another season in disappointment. Adding further salt to the wound, Parramatta's inspirational forward Nathan Hindmarsh missed the entire finals series and popular cult figure Fuifui Moimoi was suspended in the final round of the season, also missing the finals.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election
The Parti Québécois leadership election of 2005 was held from November 13 to November 15, 2005 to elect the new leader of the Parti Québécois, the main sovereigntist and social democratic political party in Quebec, Canada.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election
It was the second race of its kind in the history of the party, following the leadership election of 1985. It was conducted in two rounds, under a preferential voting system. Former Minister André Boisclair was elected at the first round ballot with 53.7% of votes from party members, making him the first openly gay leader of a major political party in North America, and one of the first in the world.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Background
On June 4, 2005, party leader Bernard Landry announced his intention to resign as leader of the PQ after getting 76.2% in a vote of confidence in his leadership from delegates to the party National Council. The party appointed Louise Harel as its interim leader. Gilles Duceppe, leader of the federal-level sovereigntist political party, the Bloc Québécois, was expected to be a strong candidate if he had decided to run. On June 11, he however announced that he would remain leader of the Bloc despite pressure to make a bid for the leadership of the PQ.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Campaign
After months of pre-campaign, the race officially began on September 15, 2005, the official deadline for entering the race. Soon, Boisclair emerged as a favorite in the polls, with Pauline Marois second, Richard Legendre a close third and Louis Bernard fourth. The validity of these polls, much touted by the media, was however challenged by some candidate organizations since they were conducted on the whole population of Quebec, rather than the actual voter pool, the legal members of the Parti Québécois.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Campaign
Also criticized was the intense media focus on the four candidates leading in these said polls, leaving the ideas of the other candidates in the dark. The later were much less discussed and their opening monologues were even cut for pundit commentary in LCN live broadcastings of the official candidates' debates.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Campaign
An early, albeit brief issue in the campaign was the so-called Affaire Boisclair. On September 10, 2005, Le Devoir columnist Michel David referred in his column to a relatively unnoticed past article of Le Droit alluding to rumours of André Boisclair having lived a wild younger life and taken cocaine. Boisclair initially recognized a youth of partying and mistakes. Days later, after much media pressure, he admitted to having "consumed". Ironically, this only made his popularity stronger in polling, something credited by pundits to popular sympathy in the face of the weight of the media scrutiny.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Campaign
The fact that Boisclair came out in 2000 on the subject of his homosexuality did not hampered his campaign either. Polls showed that more than 90% of Quebecers were not opposed to a gay Premier of Quebec. On public perceptions, Pauline Marois also raised the theory that her campaign was hurt by the fact that she was female.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Campaign
Boisclair, being the frontrunner, became the target of many other candidates and their supporters. Adding to the problematic "wild past" reputation the candidate had gained from the Affaire Boisclair, some progressive militants put into question Boisclair's left-wing values. A group of most progressive candidates, Pierre Dubuc, Jean Ouimet, Gilbert Paquette and Jean-Claude St-André, soon grew closer to Marois, not only because of her experience and her safer known past, but also because of perceived stronger progressive values. Shortly before the vote, Paquette withdrew, announcing his support for Marois. The left-wing SPQ-Libre faction of the party asked the Dubuc supporters to vote for Marois as second choice, as did Ouimet. Ghislain Lebel asked his supporters to vote for Boisclair on the second ballot.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Ideas
A number of ideas were put forward by the candidates, especially during the official candidates' debates held across Quebec. Amongst others, André Boisclair expounded a debt reduction plan and spoke of free higher education provided by the state. Richard Legendre talked much of more autonomy for Quebec regions. Pauline Marois spoke of water nationalization in an eventual Eau-Québec, like what was created with Hydro-Québec for electricity during the Quiet Revolution. As part of the struggle against poverty, Dubuc, Marois, Ouimet and Paquette supported a guaranteed minimum income system.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Unfolding, Ideas
Many candidates focused on public transportation and wind power. Lebel was noted for the humour he brought to the debates. However, his more conservative political beliefs made him a black sheep in the midst of the largely progressive slate of candidates. St-André defended the ideas of the pur et dur party stream, notably that of making gestures of rupture with the rest of Canada, which were sovereign state actions before sovereignty contrary to the Canadian constitution. The strongest consensus between all candidates was that most of these projects were possible only through national independence.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Vote
The voting was conducted by phone from November 13 to November 15, 2005 through a system used for popular votes for the Star Académie television show. The winner of the party leadership election was declared on November 15, 2005. The date was chosen in honour of the anniversary of the first electoral victory of the Parti Québécois on November 15, 1976. The election took place under a system of preferential voting in two rounds.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates
The seven public debates were orchestrated by election president Lyne Marcoux. They were broadcast live via the Parti Québécois official website, pq.org, and the LCN television news channel. In order to allow substantial and orderly exchanges with such a number of people, every occasion was divided into a series of three discussions, amongst three candidates each. Candidate groupings were set at random. Additionally, for every debate, opening and closing speeches were addressed, and selected questions from the audience and the internet were debated. This selection was executed by an impartial panel led by Monique Richard, the party president.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Solidarity and public finances
The debate on solidarity and public finances took place on September 21, 2005 in Sherbrooke. On solidarity, the project of a guaranteed minimum income gathered Dubuc, Marois, Paquette and Ouimet. Boisclair said himself open to a debate on free higher education covered by the state and declared education his priority. He presented a public debt reduction plan. A fierce confrontation occurred between St-André and Boisclair when the former repeatedly challenged the latter to engage himself in fighting corporate tax evasion, which he finally did. Boisclair also defended the Zero Deficit policy of the previous Parti Québécois government of Lucien Bouchard, of which Boisclair was part.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Sustainable development and economy
The debate on sustainable development and economy took place on September 28, 2005 in Montreal. Most candidates focused on public transportation and wind power, with Marois promising water nationalization in the form of an "Eau-Québec" Crown corporation. Richard Legendre clashed with Boisclair over the latter's alleged slowness to trigger a referendum, with Boisclair supporting a referendum launched "as soon as possible during the next mandate" in line with the party's 2005 platform and Legendre advocating one within his first year in power. Legendre also criticized the way Boisclair adopted his moratorium on pigsties while being Minister of the Environment.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Culture
The debate on culture took place on October 12, 2005 in Trois-Rivières. Ouimet underlined that making sure artists never fall into the poverty gap is the way to have a healthy culture in Quebec. Candidates also discussion on the Charter of the French Language.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Sovereignty and leadership
The debate on sovereignty and leadership took place on October 19, 2005 in Quebec City. Since the method and pace of attaining independence was usually hotly debated in the party, media commentators predicted that it would be the most tumultuous of the seven. The debate was ultimately described as surprisingly non-confrontational.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Territory
The debate on territory took place on October 26, 2005 in Rimouski.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Education
The debate on education took place on November 2, 2005 in Saguenay.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Public debates, Health
The debate on health took place on November 9, 2005 in Gatineau.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Candidates, Official
Candidates listed have collected at least 1000 signatures from 40 different ridings, with a minimum of 10 signatures per riding. In order of official candidacy, they were:


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Results
Former Minister André Boisclair was elected leader of the Parti Québécois at the first round ballot. The turnout was around 76% of party members.


2005 Parti Québécois leadership election, Results
* : Gilbert Paquette withdrew and endorsed Pauline Marois on November 10, 2005. The results are shown as announced by election officials on PQ website.


2005 Patriot League Baseball Tournament
The 2005 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on May 14 and 15, 2005 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Army won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Walker Gorham of Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.


2005 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.


2005 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2005 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts after the conclusion of the 2004–05 regular season. Number two seed Bucknell defeated top seed Holy Cross, 61–57 in the championship game, to win its first Patriot League Tournament title. The Bison earned an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament as #14 seed in the Syracuse region. In the round of 64, Bucknell upset #3 seed Kansas 64–63. It was the first win for a Patriot League team in the NCAA Tournament, and the first time Kansas lost an opening-round game since 1978.


2005 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record.


2005 Pavel Roman Memorial
The 2005 Pavel Roman Memorial was the 11th edition of an annual international ice dancing competition held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The event was held between November 18 and 20, 2005. Ice dancers competed in the senior, junior, and novice levels.


2005 Peace Cup
The 2005 Peace Cup football tournament took place between 15–24 July 2005 in South Korea featuring eight teams from around the world, split into two groups with the winner from each group then playing each other in the final. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Olympique Lyonnais 3–1 in the final at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on 24 July, to become the second team to win the competition.


2005 Peach Bowl
The 2005 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2005, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia. The game feature two teams ranked in the top-10 of the AP Poll, as the ninth-ranked Miami Hurricanes battled the 10th-ranked LSU Tigers. The game was the 38th edition of the Peach Bowl and, with sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, was officially the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl; this would be the final time until 2014 that "Peach" was included in the bowl's name.


2005 Peach Bowl
Miami took an early 3–0 lead on a 21-yard field goal from Jon Peattie. LSU responded with Chris Jackson kicking a 37-yard field goal as the teams were tied at 3 after one quarter. In the second quarter, backup quarterback Matt Flynn threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Craig Davis as LSU led 10–3. A 47-yard Chris Jackson field goal, and a 4-yard touchdown pass from Flynn to Joseph Addai gave the Tigers a 20–3 halftime lead.


2005 Peach Bowl
In the third quarter, Addai scored on a 6-yard touchdown run extending the lead to 27–3. Jacob Hester's one-yard touchdown run gave the Tigers a 34–3 lead. In the fourth quarter, Mario Stevenson and Chris Jackson kicked field goals to give the Tigers the 40–3 win.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election
The Pengkalan Pasir by-election was held on 6 December 2005 in the Pengkalan Pasir state assembly constituency of the PAS-governed state of Kelantan, Malaysia. Nominations were held on 27 November 2005, and the election was contested by Hanifa Ahmad of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), Hanafi Mamat of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and Ibrahim Ali, an independent candidate. The by-election was necessitated after the death of the incumbent, Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar from PAS, on 31 October because of cancer. Wan Abdul Aziz defeated Hanafi by 55 votes in the 2004 general election. In 2005, there are 18,411 eligible voters and 195 registered postal voters; 94.8% Malay and 5.2% Chinese in Pengkalan Pasir.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election
The eventual winner was Hanafi, who was initially announced to have won with a majority of 129 votes. This thin margin entitled Hanifa to a recount the following day, but the outcome was unaltered — Hanafi won 7,422 votes, defeating Hanifa, who polled 7,288 votes, by a margin of 134 votes. Ibrahim won 415 votes, losing his deposit. The outcome of the election has left the Kelantan state government in a precarious position, as a single defecting PAS member of the state assembly would result in Barisan Nasional forming the state government. As a result, the by-election campaign was fraught with many offers to assemblymen on both sides of gifts or government positions in return for defecting. There were also allegations of phantom voters from PAS, with several buses carrying suspected phantom voters being stopped by PAS supporters on election day.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Hanafi Mamat was born in Kg Padang Tokla Pasir Mas Kelantan. He attended Sultan Ibrahim Primary School till 1966 and proceeded to Sultan Ibrahim Secondary School in 1967. After graduating from University of East London (formerly known North East London Polytechnic) he joined the Survey and Mapping Department Malaysia serving as a district surveyor and assistant director in the states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. He resigned from government service in 1990 to contest for the Pasir Mas Parliamentary seat for Barisan Nasional (BN) but lost. He was UMNO youth division chief then.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
In the 2004 general election, Barisan Nasional (BN) won 21 out of 45 seats in the Kelantan state assembly, a major setback for PAS, whose stronghold had always been Kelantan. PAS now governed the state with a thin three-seat majority in the state assembly. Wan Abdul Aziz's passing reduced that majority to two, and if BN wins the seat, PAS will govern by a one-seat majority.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
However, BN's history of by-elections in Kelantan has not been favourable — of the 15 by-elections held there, BN has won only once. Out of the 11 elections held for the Pengkalan Pasir (formerly known as Bandar Pasir Mas) seat, BN won thrice — in the 1978, 1982 and 1986 general elections. In the 2004 general election, Wan Abdul Aziz defeated Hanafi by 55 votes, making the seat one of the most contested in the nation.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Before nominations commenced, the UMNO-owned New Straits Times newspaper noted that both parties had already eagerly begun campaigning, with banners and posters erected. Although this is technically illegal, neither side has bothered to condemn this practice. The only period of time where it is legal to campaign is between nomination day and polling day — slightly more than a week.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Both parties selected their candidates internally as is the norm, without primary elections, with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of UMNO reportedly having decided on the BN candidate. The candidates' identities were announced on the eve of nomination day. However, it was not known if Ibrahim Ali would contest the seat, as although he had expressed interest, none of the major newspapers in Malaysia (most of which are owned by parties in BN) confirmed rumours that he would run. Ibrahim was formerly a Member of Parliament for the seat of Pasir Mas in Kelantan, and unsuccessfully ran for the seat in the 2004 general election. He was also a UMNO division chief before leaving the party.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Hanifa was formerly the Group Chief Executive of the Kelantan State Economic Development Corporation and is currently a member of the PAS Pasir Mas division committee, while Hanafi is the Vice President of the Malaysian Association of Authorised Land Surveyors and the UMNO Pasir Mas deputy division chief.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Due to the wafer-thin majority of PAS in the state assembly, there was much jockeying among BN, UMNO specifically, to see if a majority could be gained in the state assembly, whether by turning PAS assemblymen to the BN side or by forcing the dissolution of the assembly and holding fresh elections. On 13 November, BN Kelantan chairman Annuar Musa announced his intent to get Kelantan Chief Minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat of PAS to seek royal consent to dissolve the state assembly if PAS lost so they could receive a clear mandate from the voters. PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang then said the party would not allow UMNO or BN to dictate terms to it.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Kelantan state executive councillor Husam Musa then challenged all 21 BN assemblymen to resign to allow fresh elections to be held. Annuar took Husam up on his challenge, saying they would resign on 1 December to pave the way for snap elections. Deputy Prime Minister, Najib Razak, then weighed in, saying all 44 assemblymen should resign, and not just the 21 from BN. Nik Aziz said he would "never entertain" such a request.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Later the Election Commission deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said anyone who resigned would waive their rights to run in an election for the next five years unless the sultan of Kelantan dissolved the assembly. Finally, Prime Minister Abdullah told both sides to stop calling for each other's resignation, as the Election Commission had made it clear that this would not allow the incumbents to contest.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
Both sides also attempted to woo assemblymen from the other party, with UMNO offering high-ranking posts in the state government to the first assemblymen to defect from PAS. PAS reciprocated this with a similar offer.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Background
The election is widely viewed as a referendum on the policies of both parties. Conservative leaders in PAS, which has the avowed goal of establishing Malaysia as an Islamic theocracy, were rejected in favour of more liberal ones in the recent party elections, while political pundits see the election as a possible bellwether on the people's views of Abdullah's and BN's policies. It is also viewed as an indicator of how people receive ousted Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, formerly of UMNO but now an advisor of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and actively campaigning for PAS.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Nominations
As expected, Hanafi, Hanifa and Ibrahim all submitted their nominations in the appropriate manner between 9 and 10am on nomination day, 27 November. Nominations closed at 10am. However, to the surprise of bystanders, two people later appeared to file their nomination papers and run as independent candidates.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Nominations
Mohamad Suji @ Ahmad Awang, a former religious teacher, was the first to file his papers, but had them rejected by the Election Commission for paying the nomination fee of RM5,000 with a crossed cheque instead of cash or a bank draft. The second attempted independent candidate was Fauziah Gani, a businesswoman, who also had her papers rejected for paying with a cheque.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Nominations
After nominations closed, PAS filed an objection with the Election Commission, arguing that Hanafi was forbidden to run under the Universities and University Colleges Act 1975; Hanafi is a PhD candidate at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and the act forbids all undergraduate and post-graduate students from being involved in any political activities whatsoever. However, the Electoral Commission refused to entertain the objection. The Election Commission's chairman, Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, said, "That objection is too trivial, democracy must be maintained... anyone who is qualified may run."


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Nominations
After nominations closed, Hanafi, Hanifa and Ibrahim appeared together holding hands to greet their supporters. Ibrahim requested that "BN and PAS should be gentlemen and refrain from using the Federal and State Government machinery to campaign for them," while Hanifa stated "The three-cornered fight will benefit us." Hanafi expressed confidence that the 18,411 voters in the constituency would choose BN over PAS, who had expressed similar worries as Ibrahim about the Federal Government being used to campaign for BN.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Election day
On the morning of election day before the polls opened, PAS supporters held up buses they suspected of ferrying phantom voters to polling stations. The buses were diverted to a police station, where the identities of their passengers were ascertained. It was later announced that they were legitimate voters but registered in other constituencies, and had been brought in by UMNO for some last-minute campaigning.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Election day
Both UMNO and PAS organised transportation for voters, with UMNO going as far as to pay for the expenses of bringing home out-of-state voters, including those living overseas. Polls opened at 9am and closed at 5pm, and in the evening Hanafi was declared the victor. However, as his margin of victory, 129 votes with 7,419 votes to Hanifa's 7,290, was smaller than 2%, election rules gave PAS the right to demand a recount the following day. The recount was held at 10am, and confirmed the result; however, Hanafi's margin was increased to 139, with the recount giving him 7,422 votes to Hanifa's 7,288. The turnout for the election was 83.04%, higher than the 77.6% seen in the previous year's general election.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Election day
The election result was seen as crushing for Ibrahim's political career, and also possibly for Anwar's as well. Anwar had lent heavy support to PAS, despite his proclaimed misgivings about its goal of establishing Malaysia as an Islamic state. PAS, which had been expecting the election to act as a bellwether on how the electorate would respond to its internal reforms, was seen by analysts as now having trouble evaluating its new policies due to the election's indeterminate results.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Election day
Although both Anwar and Ibrahim had large audiences at speeches (ceramah) they held, where they criticised, among others, Abdullah's Islam Hadhari and the recent lock-up detainee abuse scandal, on polling day, the voters appeared to desert PAS and Ibrahim. Some suggested this could be due to most of the attendees at the speeches not being voters in the constituency, while others argued that voters were swayed by BN's promises of development.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Election day
PAS declared BN had won by using illegal tactics, and declared it would file a report with the Election Commission (EC). Some cynical members of the independent media argued that the postal ballots had been stuffed, and asked how there could be 212 postal voters when there were only 195 registered postal voters, suggesting BN had won using underhanded tactics.


2005 Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Election day
The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a key member of the Barisan Nasional, claimed they had succeeded at winning the Chinese vote in the constituency, with supposedly 95% of the 800 Chinese voters there voting for BN. "We even persuaded a few Chinese voters who were planning to go on holiday to China to postpone their trip ... to vote on Tuesday," said one MCA official. He also said 80 of 130 Chinese voters living outside the constituency returned to cast their votes.


2005 Penn Quakers football team
The 2005 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the 129th season of play for the Quakers. They were led by 14th-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. They finished sixth in the Ivy League, with an overall record of 5–5 overall and a league record of 3–4.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Previous season
The Nittany Lions were coming off of back-to-back losing seasons, finishing 3–9 in 2003 and 4–7 in 2004, capping a stretch from late 1999 where Minnesota upset the #2 Nittany Lions with a late field goal until the goal line stand at Indiana that featured four of five seasons being losing seasons and the lone winning season in 2002 featuring many frustrating close losses. This stretch was called "The Dark Years", sometimes including 2002 as well. The team finished the 2004 season with wins over Indiana and Michigan State, which helped springboard momentum into the 2005 season that gave many optimism for the 2005 Nittany Lions.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason
The team returned 18 starters from last year's squad. Eight starters returned on offense, led by starting quarterback Michael Robinson who has also played at wide receiver, tailback, and punt returner during his first three years at Penn State. Robinson played exclusively under center after the graduation of Zack Mills.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason
Nine defensive starters return from a unit did not allow more than 21 points in a game in 2004. Also returning was safety Chris Harrell who suffered a neck injury in 2003 and missed the 2004 season.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason
Michael Robinson, Alan Zemaitis, and Paul Posluszny were elected tri-captains of the football team in 2005. Posluszny was the first junior captain since 1968.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason
Penn State started the season unranked in both the AP and the Coaches college football preseason polls.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule
Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Indiana and Iowa this year.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 3: South Florida
Penn State opened the season by defeating the Bulls 23–13. In his debut as a full-time starter at quarterback, Michael Robinson struggled, finishing 9 of 15 for 90 yards and an interception that set up the Bulls' first touchdown. Robinson also ran for 39 yards on 18 carries but was sacked three times and lost two fumbles. Tony Hunt finished with a career-high 140 yards on 15 carries. Alan Zemaitis scored the Lions' first touchdown of the year on a fumble recovery.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 3: South Florida
The Nittany Lions also tried to show off two highly touted freshmen. Justin King, who played both ways in the game, made his first contribution with a 61-yard run on a reverse. Derrick Williams finished with 38 yards on three catches.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 3: South Florida
Punter Jeremy Kapinos landed three punts inside the 11 and was named the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 10: Cincinnati
Michael Robinson went bombs away to the Lions' speedy freshmen as Penn State defeated the Bearcats 42–24. The offense struggled in the first half, but Robinson hooked up with Justin King for a 59-yard touchdown in the third quarter, followed by a 41-yard bomb to Derrick Williams on the next possession. In the fourth quarter, Deon Butler hooked up with Robinson for a 45-yard touchdown. Robinson finished 11 of 17 for 220 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 10: Cincinnati
Penn State's backup quarterback, sophomore Anthony Morelli, made his season debut, finishing 4 of 5 passes and scoring the Lions' final touchdown on a 1-yard keeper.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 17: Central Michigan
Penn State displayed an aerial attack rarely seen in Beaver Stadium as the Lions defense held the Chippewas to only 172 total yards for a 40–3 win. Michael Robinson finished 14 of 23 for 274 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Two of those touchdowns were to Deon Butler in the second quarter for 54 and 24 yards. Terrell Golden caught the third touchdown, a 47 yarder in the third quarter.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 17: Central Michigan
Robinson was pulled halfway through the third quarter for backup Anthony Morelli, who finished 8 of 13 for 107 yards, including a 55-yard touchdown to Ethan Kilmer.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 24: Northwestern
Michael Robinson led a come-from-behind 34–29 win against the Wildcats, but in the first half Robinson threw three interceptions and lost a fumble to dig a deep hole for the Lions. But the offense recovered in the second half and outscored the Wildcats 17–6 in the fourth quarter to escape with the win.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 24: Northwestern
The defining drive came with two minutes left, trailing by two points. On a fourth-and-15, Robinson threw a 20-yard strike to tight end Isaac Smolko. Five plays later, Robinson lobbed a 36-yard pass to Derrick Williams who caught the ball, ducked to avoid a defender, and dashed into the end zone. Anwar Phillips picked off Northwestern's Brett Basanez to seal the win.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 24: Northwestern
Williams' touchdown reception from Robinson was selected as the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the week.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 24: Northwestern
Linebacker Paul Posluszny recorded a career-high 22 tackles, the most by a Penn State player since 1977, and was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 1: Minnesota
Penn State went to the power running game and tallied 364 yards on the ground en route to a 44–14 thumping of the Golden Gophers. Tony Hunt ran for 114 yards, and Michael Robinson ran for 112 yards, his first 100-yard rushing game, including a hard hit on Gophers safety Brandon Owens. Robinson never went down, but Owens was knocked out and needed help off the field, ending his football career with uprooted nerves in his spinal column. Hunt and Derrick Williams each scored two rushing touchdowns.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 1: Minnesota
The defense held the Gophers to just 287 total yards and 13 first downs. (In contrast, Penn State had 35 first downs.) Minnesota tailback Laurence Maroney entered the game as the nation's leader in rushing yards and all-purpose yards, rushing for at least 100 yards in the last six games, and was considered by some to be the frontrunner for the Heisman. The Lions' defense held Maroney to only 46 yards on 16 carries.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 1: Minnesota
After recording nine tackles, Paul Posluszny was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week as well as the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 8: Ohio State
Penn State defeated the Buckeyes 17–10 in front of 109,839 fans, during a student White Out, at the time the second-largest Beaver Stadium crowd (topped later the same season by the home game versus Wisconsin). Michael Robinson threw for 78 yards and carried the ball 14 times for 52 yards and a touchdown. Calvin Lowry intercepted Ohio State QB Troy Smith and returned the ball to the 2-yard line, setting up Robinson's touchdown.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 8: Ohio State
Ohio State, needing to score a game-tying touchdown, began their final possession on their own 11-yard line with under 4 minutes to play. After moving the ball into Penn State territory, Tamba Hali sacked Smith at midfield, forcing a fumble recovered by Scott Paxson and allowing the Nittany Lions to run out the clock. Led by Paul Posluszny who had 14 tackles and a sack in the game, the Penn State defense held the Buckeyes to only 230 total yards.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 8: Ohio State
Posluszny was named the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week, the first time that a Big Ten player has been named in three consecutive weeks. The team was named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 8: Ohio State
The game was ESPN's second largest audience for a regular season college football game. That morning's ESPN's College Gameday, which broadcast from University Park for the first time since 1999, was the most-viewed edition of that program in its history.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 15: Michigan
The Wolverines defeated the Nittany Lions 27–25 on the game's final play to hand Penn State its first and only loss of the season. It would cap a wild fourth quarter where the two teams would combine for 39 points and four lead changes. Down 10–3 in the fourth, the Lions would quickly strike twice, the first would be a Michael Robinson two yard keeper set up by a Tony Hunt 61-yard run. On the Wolverines next drive, Alan Zemaitis would strip Michigan quarterback Chad Henne during the tackle and returned it 35 yards for the score. Kicker Kevin Kelly would put Penn State up 18–10 after a picking up a bad snap on the extra point and running it in for the two-point conversion.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 15: Michigan
Michigan would score on its next two drives to go up 21–18, but the defense would get the ball back to Robinson, who would put together an 81-yard drive, including a 4th down and 7 yard conversion, and score on a 3-yard keeper with :53 left to give the Lions a 25–21 lead.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 15: Michigan
However, the game would come down to seconds. Michigan's final drive, fueled by a Steve Breaston kick return to midfield, started with an apparent interception that was later reviewed to be out of bounds. The Wolverines called timeout after a Henne pass completion with the clock stopped at :28. Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr called the officials over, and after a protest by Carr and a long conference, the officials reset the game clock to 0:30. Those extra two seconds would turn out to impact the outcome of the game. Six plays later, with 0:01 on the clock, Michigan would score the game-winning touchdown on a Henne pass to Mario Manningham.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 15: Michigan
Derrick Williams was lost for the rest of the season when he broke his left arm when tackled on a kickoff return late in the game.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 22: Illinois
Penn State scored touchdowns on its first four possessions en route to a 63–10 rout of the Fighting Illini. The Illini scored an early field goal, but would never regain the lead. Michael Robinson led the charge with four touchdown passes on his first six completions, connecting with Ethan Kilmer, Patrick Hall, and twice with Deon Butler. Robinson would rush for two more in the second quarter before sitting out the rest of the game.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 22: Illinois
In the second half, Anthony Morelli quarterbacked a more conservative offense, attempting only two passes and constantly handing off to Austin Scott who had 57 rushing yards. Very late in the fourth quarter, the Illini scored their only touchdown of the game, to make the final score 63–11.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 22: Illinois
The defense did their share of scoring too. In the second quarter, Tim Shaw hit Illini quarterback Tim Brasic and forced a fumble, picked up by Dan Connor who ran it in 18 yards for the touchdown. In the third quarter, Nolan McCready, from Wyomissing, Pa, would return an interception 77 yards for the final Lions touchdown.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 22: Illinois
For his six touchdown performance, Robinson was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Robinson's six touchdowns ties a school record set in 1917, and his career-high four touchdown passes ties an 88-year-old school record. The Nittany Lions' 56 first-half points broke the school record of 55 set in 1947.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, Purdue
Special teams stood out as Penn State defeated the Boilermakers 33–15. Ethan Kilmer had six special teams tackles and a forced fumble that led to a field goal. Kevin Kelly was four for four on field goals. Rodney Kinlaw would return a kickoff 58 yards that set up a touchdown.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, Purdue
Michael Robinson would finish 13 of 29 for 213 yards passing and rushed for 96 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. Tony Hunt would gain 129 yards on 24 carries, his fourth 100-yard rushing game this season. Fullback BranDon Snow would score his first two career touchdowns on runs of 2 and 4 yards.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 5: Wisconsin
On senior day with the Big Ten title on the line in front of the season's second student White Out, Penn State cruised to a convincing 35–14 win over the Badgers behind the strong performance of both the offense and defense. The Lions struck first with a 43-yard pass from Michael Robinson to Deon Butler on the first drive. Butler would finish with five catches for 125 yards. Robinson finished 13 of 28 for 238 yards, two interceptions and two touchdowns, both to Butler, and also rush for 125 yards on 16 carries. Tony Hunt rushed for 151 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 5: Wisconsin
Wisconsin tailback Brian Calhoun, a Heisman Trophy candidate, entered the game ranked fifth nationally in all-purpose yardage and rushing yardage and led the nation with 21 touchdowns. However, the defense limited Calhoun to only 38 yard rushing. The Lions defense was also constantly in the Badgers backfield, tallying nine sacks, four by Tamba Hali who also had nine tackles. Wisconsin's net rushing yardage was minus-11 yards. Alan Zemaitis and Calvin Lowry each intercepted the Badgers once.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 5: Wisconsin
Hali was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week and the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. He was also named Player of the Week by Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 19: Michigan State
ESPN's College Gameday broadcast from East Lansing, covering a Penn State game for the second time this season.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 19: Michigan State
The Lions captured the Big Ten title and a BCS bowl berth with a 31–22 win over the Spartans. Alan Zemaitis intercepted Spartans quarterback Drew Stanton three times and also tallied seven tackles. Nickelback Donnie Johnson also had an interception to preserve a 17–0 Lions lead at the half. Johnson's biggest play however may be a blocked punt earlier in the second quarter that was recovered by backup fullback Matt Hahn in the end zone, his first career touchdown.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 19: Michigan State
Michael Robinson finished 10 of 20 for 105 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for 90 yards on 13 carries, including a 33-yard touchdown run, the longest rushing touchdown of his career. Tony Hunt finished with 89 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown, pushing him past 1,000 yards rushing this season.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 19: Michigan State
Zemaitis was named Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week and the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Johnson was named the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 3: 2006 Orange Bowl – Florida State
It was nearly 1:00 a.m. local time as Kevin Kelly kicked the game-winning field goal to end the triple overtime thriller 26–23 against the Seminoles. It was Kelly's third attempt to win the game, after missing at the end of regulation and in the first overtime. The teams traded touchdowns in the second overtime, and Florida State kicker Gary Cismesia missed in the first and third overtimes.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 3: 2006 Orange Bowl – Florida State
Austin Scott led the Penn State rushing attack, filling in for an injured Tony Hunt who left the game on the first possession. Scott finished with 26 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Michael Robinson was 21 of 39 for 253 yards passing, including a 24-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Kilmer, who made an acrobatic catch in the end zone over the back of a Seminoles defender at the end of the first half.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 3: 2006 Orange Bowl – Florida State
Penn State's receivers also posted a number of career highs. Kilmer set career highs with six catches for 79 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Norwood had career highs with six receptions for 110 yards, and Justin King made a career-high five receptions for 27 yards.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 3: 2006 Orange Bowl – Florida State
Paul Posluszny injured his knee in the fourth quarter while attempting to leap over a blocker, causing partial tears of his posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL). The injury would not require surgery but needed six to eight weeks to rehabilitate.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season
Penn State finished the season ranked number 3 in both the final AP and Coaches college football polls, earning Penn State its 13th Top 5 finish under Joe Paterno.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season
The team's unexpected success helped Penn State finish in the top four in football attendance for the 15th consecutive year, averaging 104,859 for seven home games. Three crowds topped 109,000: 109,865 vs. Wisconsin, 109,839 vs. Ohio State, and 109,467 vs. Purdue, ranking two through four as the largest crowds ever at Beaver Stadium. Penn State finished the season with a sellout crowd of 77,773 at the FedEx Orange Bowl.