2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season
Instead of declaring early for the NFL draft, Levi Brown and Paul Posluszny both announced their intentions to return for their senior season.


2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season, NFL draft
Six seniors would go on and be drafted in the 2006 NFL Draft.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy
In the early morning hours of July 7, 2005, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed pay increases for state lawmakers, judges, and top executive-branch officials. The vote took place at 2 am without public review or commentary and Governor Ed Rendell signed the bill into law. The raise increased legislators' base pay from 16% to 34% depending on position.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Provisions
The pay raise included a provision allowing legislators to take their raises immediately in the form of "unvouchered expenses." This provision was included due to the Pennsylvania Constitution's clause prohibiting legislators from taking salary increases in the same term as which they are passed. State courts have ruled similar legislation to be constitutional on three separate occasions.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Reaction
Outrage over the pay raise was picked up by several influential state blogs like Grassrootspa and PennPatriot Blog. Advocacy groups spawned several grass-roots movements, some geared toward voting out incumbents and some seeking support for a Constitutional Convention or a reduction in the size of the legislature. The legislature repealed the pay raise after four months by a 50–0 vote in the senate and 197–1 vote in the house.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Political aftermath
The first victim of the public uproar was Supreme Court Justice Russell M. Nigro who became the first Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice to be denied retention. Nigro asserted that he had not taken part in the pay raise. However, critics noted that Chief Justice Ralph Cappy helped draft the bill and that prior Court opinions upheld such practices.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Political aftermath
On November 16, 2005, Governor Rendell signed a repeal of the pay raise after a near unanimous vote for repeal; only House Minority Whip Mike Veon voted against the repeal.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Political aftermath
Despite the repeal, a total of 17 legislators were defeated in the 2006 primary elections including Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer and Senate Majority Leader David J. Brightbill. They were the first  top-ranking Pennsylvania legislative leaders to lose a primary election since 1964.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Political aftermath
The November 2006 General Election claimed several more members who supported the pay raise including Republican representatives Gene McGill, Matt Wright, Tom Gannon and Matthew Good and Democrat Veon. The defeats were widely attributed to anger over the pay raise.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Political aftermath
Frank LaGrotta, who was defeated in the 2006 primary election over the pay raise issue, was one of many legislators who were paying back their unvouchered expenses in installments. After pleading guilty to two counts of conflict of interest for hiring relatives as "ghost employees," he stopped repayment and was even refunded the amount that he had previously returned.


2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy, Legacy
In November 2009, Barbara McIlvaine Smith announced that she would not run for re-election in 2010, saying that she was frustrated with the progress of the post-pay raise reform movement. However, she ultimately did run for re-election in 2010 and lost to Republican challenger Dan Truitt.


2005 Pennsylvania state elections
Pennsylvania's state elections were held November 8, 2005. Necessary primary elections were held on May 17, 2005.


2005 Pepsi 400
The 2005 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event held on July 2, 2005, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 160 laps, Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet, won the race from the pole position, and led the most laps.


2005 Pepsi 400
Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was the grand marshal. Pop singer Jojo sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to the event.


2005 Pepsi 400
This was the last Pepsi 400 to be broadcast on NBC until 2015.


2005 Pepsi 400, Race
The race was delayed for two and a half hours because of rain. When the green flag was flown, it was flown with the yellow because track crews were still drying the track; the race officially began thirty minutes later. The official green flag was flown after 11 laps.


2005 Pepsi 400, Race
During a green flag stop, Scott Riggs did not know that drivers in front of him were pitting, and when he attempted to swerve away from a slowing Jamie McMurray, whom Riggs stated did not tell him that he was pitting, Riggs ran into Mark Martin, and Kurt Busch, Casey Mears, Bobby Labonte, and Matt Kenseth are among the drivers collected in the wreck. On Lap 73, points leader Greg Biffle was hit by Michael Waltrip, who was spinning due to a cut tire. The remainder of the race was primarily dominated by Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson, who both led for the first 103 laps of the race.


2005 Pepsi 400, Race
With nine laps left, Stewart led McMurray; Kasey Kahne; Johnson; and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Kahne, who was running on old tires, fell out of contention. Stewart would lead for the remainder of the race, marking the first time Stewart won a restrictor plate race. Stewart led a total of 151 laps, which broke Cale Yarborough's record of 142 set in 1968. The race was also the first time Stewart performed his post-victory celebration of climbing the fence to the flag stand to collect the checkered flag.


2005 Perth 400
The 2005 Perth 400 was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 6 - 8 May 2005. The event was held at the Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Western Australia, and consisted of three races culminating in 400 kilometers. It was the third round of thirteen in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series.


2005 Peru Census
The 2005 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática from July 18 through August 20, 2005. Its full name in Spanish is X Censo de Población y V de Vivienda ("Tenth Population and Fifth Household Census"). The previous census performed in Peru was the 1993 Census. The following census was the 2007 Census.


2005 Peru Census
The results of the census were released to the public on November 30, 2005 after all the census materials from the country's 25 regions were transported to Arequipa and processed at the INEI information processing center in that city.


2005 Peru Census, Results
The total population of Peru is 26,152,265 inhabitants. The following table shows a breakdown of the total population per region and the Lima Province.


2005 Peruvian Segunda División
The 2005 Segunda División Peruana, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 12 teams. The tournament winner, Olímpico Somos Perú was promoted to the Copa Perú. The last places, AELU, Virgen de Chapi, Unión de Campeones and Somos Aduanas were relegated. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis.


2005 Petit Le Mans
The 2005 Petit Le Mans was the ninth race for the 2005 American Le Mans Series season held at Road Atlanta. It took place on October 1, 2005.


2005 Petit Le Mans, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2005 Philadelphia Barrage season
The Philadelphia Barrage played their fifth season, as a charter member of the MLL (originally known as the Bridgeport Barrage), during the 2005 season of Major League Lacrosse. The Barrage ended up in 3rd place in the American Division with a record of 4-8. The Barrage failed to qualify for the 2005 season MLL playoffs.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 2005 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 73rd season in the National Football League, and the seventh under head coach Andy Reid. After making the playoffs every season since 2000 and winning the past four NFC East crowns, the Eagles failed to improve on their 13–3 record from 2004 and fell to 6–10, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1999. The main cause of this was due to injuries and contract disputes with players like Terrell Owens and Brian Westbrook, and as a result it caused chaos upon the Eagles' chances in their post-Super Bowl season. In the 2004 season, Philadelphia had swept its division rivals, but they became the first team to reverse that feat in its next season, going 0–6 against the NFC East in 2005.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season
After the Super Bowl, the future looked bright for the team, but the onset of the Owens controversy in the summer began to cloud that outlook. The Eagles got out to a 3–1 record, but there were signs of trouble from the start. Contract disputes with Owens and Brian Westbrook created ugly distractions, and the team was criticized for not replacing departed defensive linemen Derrick Burgess and Corey Simon. Around the middle of the season, the injuries began to take a devastating toll.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season
Quarterback Donovan McNabb, running back Brian Westbrook, wide receiver Todd Pinkston, offensive tackle Tra Thomas, defensive lineman Jerome McDougle, center Hank Fraley, cornerback Lito Sheppard, and running back Correll Buckhalter were all at some point lost for the season. Moreover, kicker David Akers and punter Dirk Johnson also battled injuries and missed time during the year.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season
The Owens situation boiled to a head in early November, with the team essentially suspending the outspoken receiver for the rest of the season. The rash of injuries, meanwhile, revealed a disturbing lack of depth on the team, especially in the quarterback position and defensive line. The Eagles lost eight of their final ten games, led at quarterback by the athletic, but inept, Mike McMahon.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season
In the seven games he did play, Owens caught six touchdowns with 763 receiving yards. Rookie Reggie Brown showed promise after Owens' suspension, grabbing four touchdowns, as did rookie running back Ryan Moats, who had three late-season touchdowns. The team's two Pro Bowlers came from the defense – middle linebacker Jeremiah Trotter and safety Brian Dawkins. However, for the most part, the Eagles' pass defense suffered due to the poor pass rush.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Roster, Opening training camp roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated 2005-07-2986 Active, 0 Inactive, 1 FA


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated 2005-09-0553 Active, 7 Inactive, 8 PS


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1
The Eagles' 2005 season-opener on Monday Night Football was more famous for what happened before the game, when Pro Bowl linebacker Jeremiah Trotter was ejected for a scuffle near mid-field during pre-game warmups. The Eagles missed his presence as a run-stopper in the first quarter as Falcons' Warrick Dunn gained big yards and Michael Vick rushed for a touchdown. A couple of minutes later, Michael Jenkins caught a 58-yard bomb and T. J. Duckett scored from a yard out. Down 14–0, McNabb rallied the Eagles to a solid drive capped by a touchdown pass to Brian Westbrook.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1
The defense was solid and gathered key turnovers for the rest of the game, but the offense could not make up the deficit. A field goal made it 14–10 in the fourth quarter, but with two minutes left and the ball at midfield, McNabb fired off four incomplete passes and the Eagles fell short in their rematch of the 2004 NFC Championship. McNabb, who suffered a bruised sternum, passed for 257 yards and a score, while Terrell Owens caught seven passes for 112 yards. Safety Brian Dawkins had two sacks, six tackles, forced a fumble, and intercepted a pass.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
There were shades of 2004 when the Eagles routed the San Francisco 49ers in their home-opener. In the opening series, Donovan McNabb found Terrell Owens wide open on a broken play and the two connected for a 68-yard touchdown. Later in the quarter, McNabb went to tight end L.J. Smith for the six-yard score. Owens got open on the left side in the second quarter and ran under a McNabb pass to score his second touchdown and the score was 21–0. Cornerback Lito Sheppard made an interception on the next play and returned the ball to the 49er two-yard line.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
McNabb promptly passed it out to Brian Westbrook for the easy touchdown. In a comical moment, linebacker Mark Simoneau booted home the extra point in place of kicker David Akers, who was momentarily resting a hamstring he had strained on the kickoff. Joe Nedney kicked a field goal for San Francisco in the third quarter, but McNabb came back with a touchdown pass to Greg Lewis. Running back Lamar Gordon added a rushing touchdown late as the Eagles came together and steamrolled the Niners by a score of 42–3.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
McNabb, who was playing slightly injured, had one of his best days ever – five touchdowns and 342 yards. Owens burned his old team for 143 yards and two scores, while L.J. Smith also had a big day, netting 119 yards and a touchdown. The win seemed to set the Eagles back on course after the opening night hiccup in Atlanta.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
A visibly wounded Eagles team found a way to come out on top in Week 3 against the visiting Oakland Raiders. The game began inauspiciously as David Akers crumpled to the field in pain from a torn hamstring attempting to boot the opening kickoff. The Raiders took advantage of the good field position and marched to a touchdown with Lamont Jordan taking a short pass and scampering into the end zone. Donovan McNabb, who was clearly bothered by a recently diagnosed sports hernia, was limited compared to his normal mobility.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
Brian Westbrook scored on an 18-yard run in the second quarter, but Mark Simoneau, who had humorously made a PAT in the laugher against San Francisco, missed the extra point leaving the Eagles behind 7–6. Oakland got a field goal to make it 10–6 at the half. McNabb led the Eagles down the field to start the third quarter, with Terrell Owens collecting a short touchdown pass. Akers, with a heavily taped leg, was able to painfully boot through the extra point.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
A few minutes later, Westbrook broke a short pass for a 62-yard gain, and he made the touchdown reception four plays later. Akers again kicked the extra point and the Philadelphia lead increased to 20–10. The Raiders rallied in the fourth quarter, getting a Sebastian Janikowski field goal and a Doug Gabriel 27-yard touchdown reception to tie the game with four minutes left. Using a series of short passes to Westbrook and Owens, McNabb guided the Eagles to the Oakland 5-yard line. The injured Akers came on and booted the 23-yard field goal with :12 left before collapsing in pain. The game had been won in courageous fashion, but the Eagles looked worn down and the season had scarcely begun. McNabb threw for 356 yards and two touchdowns and Westbrook had a big game, racking up 208 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4
The Eagles made a thrilling comeback against the Kansas City Chiefs in raucous Arrowhead Stadium in Week 4. Kansas City scored on its opening possession when Priest Holmes plunged into the endzone from three yards out. On their next drive, the Chiefs added a field goal. The Eagles turned the ball over on the ensuing kick return and Trent Green hit Eddie Kennison with an eight-yard touchdown reception and it was suddenly 17–0 Chiefs.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4
After new Eagles kicker Todd France had his 40-yard field goal blocked, defensive back Sheldon Brown jumped a pass and returned the ball 40 yards for the touchdown to get the Eagles on the board. However, France's extra point was no good and Dante Hall returned the kickoff for a touchdown leaving the Eagles behind a daunting 24–6. However, the team rallied behind the ailing McNabb and began a comeback. McNabb found Terrell Owens for a touchdown late in the half, France made the point after, and it was 24–13.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4
Early in the third quarter, coach Andy Reid put faith in France and the kicker booted home a 44-yard field goal. After two long passes to Owens, McNabb went to tight end Mike Bartrum in the end zone and Brian Westbrook for the two-point conversion to tie the game. The defense continued to hold Kansas City's running game in check and France made a 37-yarder to give Philadelphia the lead 27–24. Dante Hall fumbled the kickoff and the Eagles recovered, turning the mistake into a short L.J. Smith touchdown reception.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4
Sheldon Brown picked off Green again and the resulting drive ended in a field goal making it 37–24 Eagles. The Chiefs added a late-score, but the run of 31 unanswered points by Philadelphia had made dust of Kansas City's early lead. McNabb, despite his sports hernia, turned in another big performance – 369 yards and three touchdown passes. Owens was the recipient of 171 of those yards and one of those touchdowns. The team was 3–1, but their wins over Oakland and Kansas City had been far from perfect.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5
Carrying a ten-game winning streak against division opponents, the Eagles took on Bill Parcells' Dallas Cowboys. Quarterback Drew Bledsoe needed only four plays to lead the Cowboys to a touchdown to open the game. The Eagles defense made a nice goal-line stand on the Cowboys' next possession, but when Dallas got the ball back, Bledsoe connected with Terry Glenn for a 38-yard score, Glenn's second touchdown. A José Cortez field goal left the Eagles in another 17–0 hole.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5
Donovan McNabb and the Eagles managed a field goal on their first drive of the second quarter, but there would be no comeback this week. Bledsoe tossed another touchdown pass, this one to Lousaka Polite, making it 24–3 Dallas. Bledsoe led the Cowboys to field-goal drives to end the half and to start the third quarter, leaving the Eagles behind 30–3.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5
The only bright moment of the game for Philadelphia was Lito Sheppard stripping receiver Keyshawn Johnson of the ball in the third quarter and Sheldon Brown recovering and racing 80 yards for the touchdown, Brown's second defensive touchdown in as many weeks. The Eagles were held to a paltry 129 offensive yards in the embarrassing loss and their pass defense was mauled by Bledsoe.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
Needing a win to offset an ugly loss in Dallas, the Eagles faced the San Diego Chargers and LaDainian Tomlinson, who had scored a touchdown in an NFL record-tying 18 straight games. The Eagles defense was surprisingly effective in muzzling Tomlinson, who finished with seven yards on 17 carries and was stopped for a loss on his first four carries. This helped keep the Chargers off the board in the first half.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
The Philadelphia offense finally took advantage when Donovan McNabb led them on a 12-play drive finished by a four-yard touchdown reception by Terrell Owens, the 100th of his career. The Eagles finished the half with an 11-play drive that took them inside the San Diego ten-yard line, but a completion in-bounds to L.J. Smith allowed the clock to run out before a field goal was kicked. In the third quarter, three-straight McNabb completions gave them 1st and goal from the San Diego five-yard line, but the drive stalled and they settled for a field goal.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
The Chargers got right back in the game with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Keenan McCardell. When Brees found tight end Antonio Gates for a score early in the fourth quarter, the Chargers went ahead 14–10. McNabb was intercepted on the Eagles' next play and San Diego ended up with a field goal. Jeremiah Trotter's interception of Brees set up a 40-yard kick from Todd France that made it 17–13 San Diego. With less than four minutes left, the Eagles went for it on 4th and 1 from their own 30-yard line and failed to convert.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
Nate Kaeding set up to kick a 40-yard field goal to finish the Eagles. In the most exciting play of the Eagles' season, Quintin Mikell burst in from the left side and blocked the kick. The ball bounced right into the arms of Matt Ware who raced 65 yards to the end zone giving the Eagles an unbelievable lead. A last-ditch drive by the Chargers, who now trailed 20–17, actually reached deep into Philadelphia territory, but Sheldon Brown stripped receiver Reche Caldwell of the ball and the Eagles recovered. McNabb had 35 completions, but he threw two picks and only one touchdown. The Philadelphia defense forced three turnovers. The Eagles had snatched an incredible victory and their record improved to 4–2, and it was hoped that the thrilling win would serve as the springboard for a season-saving run.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8
The 4–2 Eagles travelled out to Denver to take on the 5–2 Denver Broncos. The Eagles again started slow while Denver led 14–0 after one quarter, courtesy of touchdowns by running backs Mike Anderson and Kyle Johnson. Quarterback Jake Plummer had short passing touchdowns to Rod Smith and Stephen Alexander to go up 28–0. Philadelphia finally woke up at the end of half when Donovan McNabb found L.J. Smith for a one-yard touchdown.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8
In the third quarter, McNabb threw short and to the right sideline for Terrell Owens, who got past star cornerback Champ Bailey and ran 91 yards for the touchdown. Later in the quarter, on a drive that featured a 46-yard completion to Owens, McNabb hit Brian Westbrook with a 14-yard touchdown throw and the Eagles had made it 28–21. With things beginning to resemble the Kansas City game, the Eagles began driving towards the Denver end zone early in the fourth quarter, but McNabb was intercepted by Domonique Foxworth at the Bronco 20-yard line.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8
Plummer launched a 44-yard touchdown to Todd Devoe on the ensuing drive. A 67-yard run by Tatum Bell made it 42–21 and the Eagles' comeback hopes died. Bell added another touchdown as the Eagles fell by a lopsided 49–21 score. Bell and Mike Anderson both went over 100 yards rushing for Denver, while Owens had 151 receiving yards and a touchdown in what would be his last game as an Eagle. Later in the week, the team would suspend him indefinitely due to comments disparaging to the organization and McNabb on an ESPN interview.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9
Without Terrell Owens, the Eagles set about trying to save their playoff hopes with a game against the division-rival Washington Redskins, whom they had not lost to in four years. Donovan McNabb, still playing with a painful sports hernia, did his best to prove that he did not need Owens when he completed a 56-yard touchdown pass to rookie receiver Reggie Brown in the first quarter. However, the Redskins controlled the second quarter, getting a field goal and a Mike Sellers touchdown to take a 10–7 halftime lead.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9
An 11-play third quarter drive netted Philadelphia a game-tying field goal, but Clinton Portis found the end zone on Washington's next possession to make it 17–10 Redskins. At the two-minute warning, the Eagles had 1st and 10 from the Washington 13-yard line, but they could not score and McNabb threw a game-ending interception to Ryan Clark on fourth down. McNabb passed for 304 yards and Brown had a strong debut, hauling in 94 receiving yards. The loss dropped the Eagles to 4–4.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
Needing a Monday Night win against the Dallas Cowboys to keep any kind of division title aspirations alive, the Eagles came out and outplayed Dallas for most of the game before collapsing in the final four minutes. Philadelphia scored on its opening drive, with Brian Westbrook taking a carry on the rightside into the endzone. A 58-yard pass from Drew Bledsoe to Peerless Price gave Dallas 1st and goal, and Marion Barber III took it in from a yard out to tie the game.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
A Lito Sheppard interception gave the Eagles the ball at the Dallas 19-yard line, and Donovan McNabb capitalized by bootlegging to the right for a two-yard touchdown run, the first rushing score of the year for the injured quarterback. In the third quarter, David Akers booted a 48-yarder, and in the fourth quarter, Akers added another field goal increasing Philadelphia's lead to 20–7. With less than four minutes left, Bledsoe quickly took Dallas down the field and hurled a 20-yard touchdown to Terry Glenn to make it 20–14.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
On the Eagles' second play of their ensuing drive, McNabb made a risky throw to the right side and Cowboys' safety Roy Williams jumped in front of it and returned the ball for a touchdown. McNabb was hobbled on the play which essentially ended the Eagles' season. Backup Mike McMahon came in and got the Eagles into Dallas territory, but a 60-yard kick from Akers failed. Trent Cole had two sacks and Westbrook rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown in the defeat, which marked the first time the Eagles had lost three in a row since 1999. McNabb, who had needed surgery all season, was now officially done for the year.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11
With their season now all but completely lost, the Eagles, now led by backup quarterback Mike McMahon, dropped their four straight game. The New York Giants broke a scoreless tie with a 26-yard field goal early in the second quarter. A blocked punt later in the quarter led to a touchdown for the Giants and 10–0 deficit for Philadelphia. McMahon got his first touchdown of the season with a 22-yard pass to Reggie Brown. A 55-yard burst by New York running back Tiki Barber, who had 112 yards, led to a field goal to make it 13–7.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11
The Eagles got 1st and goal from the one-yard line, but settled for a field goal that left them behind 13–10. Eli Manning came back with a short touchdown pass to Jeremy Shockey to make it 20–10. McMahon took the Eagles on a scoring drive to keep pace, with him sneaking it in himself from a yard out. However, Manning launched a 61-yard touchdown bomb to Plaxico Burress on the Giants' ensuing possession. Philadelphia could not score again and fell 27–17. McMahon passed for 298 yards and Jevon Kearse had three sacks and two forced fumbles, his best game as an Eagle. The team's record now slipped to 4–6 and they were 0–4 against their division.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12
Scheduled to meet a struggling Green Bay Packers team, the Eagles had a good opportunity to snap their four-game losing streak. David Akers converted a 44-yard attempt in the first quarter. Matt Ware recovered a fumble on the resulting kickoff and Brian Westbrook went around the right end for a 27-yard touchdown. Green Bay running back Samkon Gado cut into the Eagles' lead with a 33-yard touchdown run. The Packers took a 14–10 lead behind a touchdown pass by Brett Favre in the second quarter.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12
In the second half, the defense controlled the Green Bay offense while David Akers chipped away at the Packers' lead. He kicked a 38-yarder in the third quarter, then a 37-yarder in the fourth to give the Eagles the lead. The Packers muffed the kickoff again, allowing Akers to boot another field goal to make it 19–14. Westbrook, who rushed for 117 yards, had one of his best games of the season, as did Akers who converted all four of his field goal attempts. The Eagles had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
A Monday Night matchup with the 9–2 Seattle Seahawks in a blinding snowfall presented a potentially ugly night for the Eagles. The loss they would suffer would be quasi-historic. The Seahawks began the game with a relentless 16-play drive finished by an 11-yard touchdown pass from Matt Hasselbeck to Bobby Engram. Andre Dyson then intercepted Mike McMahon and returned it for a 72-yard touchdown. McMahon gave away an even uglier interception in the second quarter to Lofa Tatupu, who also returned it for a touchdown.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
Andy Reid benched McMahon and brought in Koy Detmer, who proceeded to throw an interception to Michael Boulware that was returned to the Eagles' two-yard line. Shaun Alexander took it in for a short touchdown, then collected another score later in the second quarter and it was now a shocking 35–0 game. Rookie Ryan Moats replacing the injured Brian Westbrook after halftime, fumbled his first carry and Dyson returned it for a touchdown to make it 42–0. The Philadelphia offense could do nothing the rest of the game in the most lopsided loss of the Andy Reid era.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
It was the tied for the worst loss in Monday Night history, and was the worst shutout loss. It was also the third worst defeat in Eagles' history. Due to three defensive touchdowns, the Seahawks amazingly scored 42 points with less than 200 yards of offense. Worse still for the Eagles, Westbrook was ruled out for the year after spraining his foot in the second quarter.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14
Six days after a thrashing at the hands of the Seahawks that showed them how far they had fallen, the Eagles took the playoff-bound NY Giants to overtime. The Giants scored on their opening drive, Tiki Barber the recipient of a short touchdown pass. Then, young Ryan Moats took a carry off the left side and outran the New York defense for a 40-yard touchdown. A quarterback sneak touchdown by Eli Manning and a Jay Feely field goal established a 17–7 Giants lead.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14
However, Moats flashed his speed again on an 18-yard touchdown run and David Akers kicked a 42-yarder before halftime to tie it. Feely made a pair of short field goal to make it 23–17 by the early fourth quarter. However, Mike McMahon, who limited his mistakes, led the Eagles to drives that resulted in two Akers' field goals, the latter from 50 yards to tie the game. In the overtime, Osi Umenyiora sacked McMahon and forced a fumble that was recovered by New York. Feely made it from 36 yards out to win the game. Moats rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns as the Eagles fell to 5–8.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15
The Eagles and St. Louis Rams, both playoff teams in 2004 relegated to 5–8 records in 2005, played a close contest in Week 15, narrowly won by Philadelphia. A 13-play opening drive gave St. Louis a 3–0 lead, but on the Eagles' third play, Ryan Moats burst through for a 59-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, an interception from the hands of Mike McMahon gave Rams quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick a chance to throw a fade touchdown pass to Torry Holt. A 53-yard field goal by Jeff Wilkins made it 13–7 St. Louis.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15
The teams traded field goals in the third quarter. On the first play of the final quarter, McMahon found Mike Bartrum for a 3-yard touchdown pass and the Eagles went ahead 17–16. The defense held for the rest of the quarter and the Eagles had secured their first road win since Week 4. Despite three interceptions, McMahon had delivered the game-winning blow, Moats had 79 yards and another impressive touchdown, and Brian Dawkins had his third pick of the season.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16
On Christmas Eve, the depleted Eagles fell to the Arizona Cardinals in the final Cardinals game at Sun Devil Stadium. Neil Rackers, the league's best kicker in 2005, kicked two first-quarter field goals. In the second quarter, Mike McMahon was yet again intercepted for a touchdown, this time by outside linebacker Karlos Dansby. McMahon got the points back with a one-yard quarterback sneak touchdown, but the Eagles still trailed 13–7. In the second half, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin each had receiving touchdowns and Arizona stretched their lead to 27–7.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16
McMahon tossed a 21-yard score to Billy McMullen, whose days in Philadelphia were clearly numbered. With less than a minute left, McMahon scored on another rushing touchdown as the Eagles lost 27–21. After two good performances, Ryan Moats was limited to 13 yards. Jeremiah Trotter and Brian Dawkins combined for 16 tackles.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17
In the season finale, the Eagles hoped to play spoiler to a Washington Redskins team needing a win to make the playoffs. Early on it looked like the Eagles may succeed. David Akers converted on a 49-yard field goal less than five minutes into the game. Mike Sellers scored on a short pass for Washington, but the Eagles followed that with two Reggie Brown touchdown receptions to take a 17–7 lead. Washington drew it to 17–10 with a field goal a minute before halftime.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17
Clinton Portis' two-yard touchdown run evened things up, but Akers kicked another field goal to make it 20–17 Eagles. Mistakes returned to sink the Eagles in the fourth quarter. Mike McMahon was picked off by Lemar Marshall and Portis took it 22 yards up the middle and into the end zone on the next play. After McMahon fumbled away the ball on the next drive, Koy Detmer came into the game. He was sacked and lost the ball, which was returned for a touchdown by Redskin safety Sean Taylor, sealing the win for Washington. Reggie Brown had 77 yards and two touchdowns, but six turnovers were too much to overcome for the Eagles. The loss dropped them to 6–10 and they had been swept by their division rivals, a year after sweeping them.


2005 Philadelphia Eagles season, Final roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated 2005-12-2052 Active, 18 Inactive, 7 PS


2005 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 2005 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 123rd season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in second place in the National League East with a record of 88–74, two games behind the Atlanta Braves, and one game behind the NL Champion Houston Astros, who won the NL Wild-Card race for the second consecutive season. The Phillies were managed by their new manager Charlie Manuel, as they played their home games at Citizens Bank Park. First-baseman Ryan Howard was named the National League's Rookie-of-the-Year for the 2005 season.


2005 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
The Phillies again contended for the wild card down to the last day of the season. But, an 0–6 record against the eventual wild card winning Houston Astros doomed them, including a crushing loss against them when they were one out away from victory. As a result of another year out of the playoffs, general manager Ed Wade was fired at seasons end.


2005 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, First Washington Nationals game
Length of game: 3:19. Umpires: HP: Darling, 1B: Poncino, 2B: Wegner, 3B: Nauert


2005 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2005 Philadelphia Soul season
The 2005 Philadelphia Soul season was the second season of the Philadelphia Soul. The Soul finished 6–10 on the season and missed the playoffs. The Soul got off to a great start, with a 66–35 win over the Austin Wranglers. But after Week 5, the Soul had 2 wins and 3 losses, leading to the firing of head coach Michael Trigg, and the signing of replacement head coach James Fuller.


2005 Philadelphia Wings season
The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 19th in franchise history.


2005 Philadelphia Wings season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2005 Philadelphia Wings season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2005 Philadelphia Wings season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2005 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round
The 2005 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2005 Superbike World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 1–3 April 2005 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Cowes, Victoria, Australia.


2005 Phoenix Mercury season
The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, falling a game short.


2005 Phú Lộc derailment
The 2005 Phú Lộc derailment was an accident to an express passenger train that derailed in central Vietnam on 12 March 2005 when it was running on the North–South Railway, killing 11 people and injuring hundreds, many of which were in a serious condition after the crash. The accident occurred in Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province as the train was traveling from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. The accident was described as "the most tragic rail accident in Vietnam in the past 30 years", and "the country's worst-ever rail accident".


2005 Phú Lộc derailment, Incident
The train was heading from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City when eight of the train's 13 cars toppled from the tracks near the Hải Vân mountain pass. The accident occurred at 11:50 am near Da Ban hamlet, at kilometre 752(+500) of the North–South Railway, approximately 3 km west of Lăng Cô station, Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, and 8 km from the northern section of the Hải Vân Pass. Some 500 passengers and 29 crew members were aboard the train; of these, at least 11 were killed and 200 injured. Six people reportedly died at the scene, while five more died of their injuries after the fact. The Chinese People's Daily reported that 70 people had been "severely injured". The accident blocked traffic along the single-track North-South Railway for 26 hours while rescue and clean-up efforts proceeded.


2005 Phú Lộc derailment, Incident
A probe by the Vietnamese police department found that the train was travelling at a speed of 68 km/h (42 mph) when it derailed, or 20 km/h more than the stipulated speed limit of 40 km/h (25 mph). Witnesses reported that the train was travelling at a high speed at the time of the incident, with one passenger claiming that the train had been "gathering speed" just before the derailment. The train was reportedly 20 minutes behind schedule at the time.


2005 Phú Lộc derailment, Incident
Due to the lack of road access to the accident site, rescuers were forced to reach the site by boat, mobilizing several boats and canoes to transport injured passengers to Route 1A, where they were transported to local hospitals, including Phú Lộc District Hospital, Hue Central Hospital, and Polyclinic Hospital (Bệnh viện đa khoa) in Da Nang.


2005 Piedmontese regional election
The Piedmontese regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.


2005 Piedmontese regional election
Mercedes Bresso (Democrats of the Left) defeated incumbent Enzo Ghigo (Forza Italia).


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis
The 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and is part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, United States, from August 21 through August 27, 2005.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis, Finals, Men's Doubles
Gastón Etlis /  Martín Rodríguez defeated  Rajeev Ram /  Bobby Reynolds 6–4, 6–3


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis, Finals, Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur defeated  Gisela Dulko /  Maria Kirilenko 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–1


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Doubles
Antony Dupuis and Michaël Llodra were the defending champions, but Dupuis did not compete this year. Llodra partnered with Fabrice Santoro and lost in Quarterfinals to Gastón Etlis and Martín Rodríguez.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Doubles
Etlis and Rodríguez won the title, defeating Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but did not participate.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Singles
Wildcard James Blake won the title, defeating Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 in the final.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Doubles
Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but Petrova had to forfeit the tournament due to a right pectoralis strain. Shaughnessy competed alongside Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but the pair withdrew in quarterfinals against Eleni Daniilidou and Jennifer Russell.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur won the title, defeating Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 in the final.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Singles
Elena Bovina was the defending champion, but did not compete this year due to a right shoulder injury.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Singles
Lindsay Davenport won the title, defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Pitch and putt European Championship
The 2005 Pitch and putt European Championship held in Overbetuwe (The Netherlands) was promoted by the European Pitch and Putt Association (EPPA), with 9 teams in competition.


2005 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 2005 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2005 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 124th season of the franchise; the 119th in the National League. This was their fifth season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 73rd season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. It was the 6th season under the leadership of general manager Kevin Colbert and the 14th under head coach Bill Cowher. The Steelers failed to improve upon their 15–1 record from 2004 and in 2005, the Steelers struggled. At one point, they were 7–5 and in danger of missing the playoffs but rose to defeat the Bears  on December 11 eventually finishing the season at 11–5.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The Steelers qualified for the playoffs as a wild-card team as the #6 seed and became just the second team ever (and the first in 20 years) to beat the #3 seed Bengals (11–5), the top-seeded Colts (14–2), and the #2 seed Broncos (13–3) to become the American Football Conference representative in Super Bowl XL. They defeated the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks in  Super Bowl XL to secure their league-tying fifth Super Bowl title. In doing so, they also became the only team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to win a Super Bowl without playing a single home playoff game until the 2007 Giants.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1 (Sunday September 11, 2005): vs. Tennessee Titans
Ben Roethlisberger became the NFL's first quarterback since Trent Green in 2003 to post a perfect (158.3) passer rating, and college backup Willie Parker put up 161 rushing yards and a touchdown in a dazzling NFL debut.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 2005): at Houston Texans
Pittsburgh strong safety Troy Polamalu led a defensive onslaught with a career-high three of the Steelers' eight sacks, and Willie Parker followed up his outstanding NFL debut with 111 rushing yards and a touchdown on 25 carries as the Steelers hammered the Texans.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 2005): at Houston Texans
As the game took place on a hot, humid day, the Texans left the roof of Reliant Stadium open in the hopes that the Steelers' performance would be hampered by their black jerseys. However, the tactic failed and Houston fans were angered by having to sit in sweltering conditions and watch their team lose.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3 (Sunday September 25, 2005): vs. New England Patriots
New England quarterback Tom Brady led a five-play, 37-yard drive to Adam Vinatieri's game-winning 43-yard field goal with :01 remaining. The drive countered Hines Ward's 4-yard scoring catch that tied the score at 20–20, but left 1:25 for Brady to march the Patriot offense. On the day, Brady completed 31 of 41 passes for 372 yards, with an interception.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5 (Monday October 10, 2005): at San Diego Chargers
Jeff Reed booted a 40-yard field goal with :06 remaining to lift the Steelers to a win, but a play late in the game caused star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to leave with a hyperextended knee and left his availability for the following week in doubt. The hit came from Charger rookie defensive lineman Luis Castillo and forced Roethlisberger to the sideline, and backup Charlie Batch merely handed off to Jerome Bettis three times to set up Reed's kick.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6 (Sunday October 16, 2005): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Tommy Maddox capped a poor performance by throwing an overtime pass into a crowd of Jaguar defenders, and Rashean Mathis made him pay dearly, intercepting the pass and returning it 41 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Subbing for an injured Ben Roethlisberger (hyperextended knee), Maddox completed just 11 of 28 passes for 154 yards, with a touchdown and three interceptions.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7 (Sunday October 23, 2005): at Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh regrouped following a sloppy first quarter to take an easy win in Cincinnati. After allowing two marches into the Steeler red zone, the defense tightened and gave up only two field goals, then coasted on the heels of two Ben Roethlisberger touchdown strikes and 131 rushing yards from Willie Parker.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8 (Monday October 31, 2005): vs. Baltimore Ravens
Underachieving against a Ravens team missing defensive standouts Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, the Steelers regrouped on the heels of a late 60-yard drive that set up Jeff Reed's game-winning 37-yard field goal with 1:36 remaining. Ben Roethlisberger completed 18 of 30 passes for 177 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9 (Sunday November 6, 2005): at Green Bay Packers
With Charlie Batch starting at quarterback for an injured Ben Roethlisberger (knee), the Steelers capitalized on Packer mistakes – three turnovers – and won despite a lackluster offensive showing. The game's highlight came from Troy Polamalu, whose sack of Brett Favre forced a fumble that Polamalu himself scooped up and returned 77 yards for a second-quarter touchdown.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10 (Sunday November 13, 2005): vs. Cleveland Browns
The Steelers handled the division-rival Browns despite another serious quarterback injury. Backup Charlie Batch, subbing for Ben Roethlisberger, broke his hand late in the first half and exited. Beleaguered third-stringer Tommy Maddox inherited a 17–7 third-quarter lead and, despite some miscues, cruised to the win. Wide receiver (and college quarterback) Antwaan Randle El completed a 51-yard scoring pass to Hines Ward in the third, making Ward the team's all-time receptions leader (passing Hall of Fame wideout John Stallworth).


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 2005): at Baltimore Ravens
An anemic offensive showing led to a surprising Steeler defeat at the hands of the Ray Lewis-less Ravens. Third-team quarterback Tommy Maddox got the starting nod and completed 19 of 36 passes for 230 yards, with a touchdown and an interception (a bizarre play that caromed off of wideout Hines Ward's swinging foot and was snatched by Terrell Suggs), but the Steelers' inability to handle the Raven pass rush was a serious blow. Maddox was sacked six times and under nearly constant duress. Matt Stover won the game on a 44-yard field goal in overtime.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12 (Monday November 28, 2005): at Indianapolis Colts
The banged-up Steelers were simply no match for the undefeated Colts on Monday Night. Indianapolis' first offensive play proved a harbinger for the Steelers, with Marvin Harrison scorching Pittsburgh cornerback Ike Taylor on an 80-yard touchdown strike and a 7–0 advantage. Ben Roethlisberger's return from a two-game absence (knee injury) was a shaky one; his first interception potentially caused a six-point swing, snuffing out a Steeler drive late in the first half and setting up the Colts to kick a field goal, taking a 16–7 lead into the break. Roethlisberger's struggles were heightened when injured left tackle Marvel Smith grew less and less able to deal with All-Pro Colt pass rusher Dwight Freeney & Co., and eventually left with an ankle injury.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13 (Sunday December 4, 2005): vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Ben Roethlisberger put up the most prolific numbers of his young career in his return from a knee injury, but he was ultimately out dueled by Carson Palmer. Roethlisberger outpassed his counterpart 386–227 and each threw three touchdowns, but his three interceptions were backbreakers. Ultimately, the Bengals simply made too many big plays, including a 94-yard kickoff return by Tab Perry, for the Steelers to keep pace.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 11, 2005): vs. Chicago Bears
In a snowy atmosphere, the Steelers snapped their three-game losing streak by ending the Bears' eight-game winning run. Jerome Bettis churned through the snow and mud for a season-high 101 rushing yards, scoring twice in the physical win.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15 (Sunday December 18, 2005): at Minnesota Vikings
Desperately trying to keep pace in the AFC playoff picture, the Steelers again dominated an NFC North opponent and again snapped a winning streak. The Vikings had won six straight games, but were pounded up and down the field in losing to Pittsburgh. The Steelers forced three Minnesota turnovers and added a safety in the victory.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16 (Saturday December 24, 2005): at Cleveland Browns
The Steelers turned a nearly flawless performance into a dominating win in Cleveland. The Browns were sacked eight times and were never really in the game. Willie Parker's 80-yard touchdown scamper in the third quarter broke the game open at 27–0. Ben Roethlisberger completed 13 of 20 passes for 226 yards and a touchdown before giving way to Charlie Batch with the game well in hand.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17 (Sunday January 1, 2006): vs. Detroit Lions
Mere weeks after being all but counted out in an extremely tight AFC playoff race, the Steelers clinched a Wild Card berth, trading punches with lowly Detroit and coming out on top. Unexpectedly, the 5–10 Lions leapt to a 14–7 first-quarter lead on two Joey Harrington touchdown passes, but Jerome Bettis tied the game later in the period with the first of his three touchdown runs in his final game in Pittsburgh. Bettis and Willie Parker combined for 176 rushing yards as the Steelers closed out their regular season.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, Game Summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (#3) Cincinnati Bengals
Carson Palmer was injured early on in a tackle by Kimo von Oelhoffen


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, Game Summaries, AFC Divisional Playoffs: at (#1) Indianapolis Colts
The Steelers became the first No. 6 playoff seed (since the league expanded to a 12-team playoff format in 1990) to defeat a No. 1 seed, and also the first No. 6 seed to reach a conference championship game.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, Game Summaries, AFC Divisional Playoffs: at (#1) Indianapolis Colts
Roethlisberger's game-saving tackle on Harper would later be known as "The Immaculate Redemption" or just "The Tackle".


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, Game Summaries, Super Bowl XL: vs. (N1) Seattle Seahawks
The Pittsburgh Steelers became the 4th wild card team to win the Super Bowl. Hines Ward got the Super Bowl MVP recording 5 catches 143 yards and a touchdown.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game
The 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game was a National Football League Divisional Round playoff game between the sixth-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers and the top-seeded Indianapolis Colts, taking place during the 2005–06 NFL playoffs at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 15, 2006.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game
Although memorable for other reasons, the game is best remembered for a late-game fumble by Steelers running back Jerome Bettis just as the Steelers appeared to have the game won, which would be recovered by the Colts Nick Harper and returned near midfield until Ben Roethlisberger made a shoestring tackle to prevent what would have likely been a game-winning touchdown for the Colts.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game
The play, which would become known both as The Immaculate Redemption (as a play on the earlier Immaculate Reception that the Steelers were on the winning side of) and The Tackle (not to be confused with an earlier play during Super Bowl XXXIV), has since entered Pittsburgh sports lore, and while initially appearing to be fatal helped the Steelers pull off an upset victory over the Colts, becoming the first-ever number six seed to advance to the AFC Championship Game (or NFC for that matter) en route to the team's victory in Super Bowl XL, its first Super Bowl victory in 26 years. It would also mark changes to the Colts organization that would result in its first Super Bowl victory since moving to Indianapolis in 1984 only one year later.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game
The game has been featured on NFL Films Game of the Week, and is often marked as one of the greatest NFL games of all-time, as well as one of the biggest upsets in NFL history.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background
Entering the 2005 NFL season, both teams were expected to be playoff contenders following strong seasons from the year before. How both teams entered the playoffs would be different, however.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh attempted to replicate its success from 2004, when it finished 15-1 behind one of the league's stingiest defenses, a strong running game, and the unexpected success of rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger before losing to the New England Patriots in the 2004 AFC Championship game. (A game that would later be referenced in the Patriots Spygate scandal.) The Steelers started off 7-2 before a midseason injury to Roethlisberger led to him missing three games and the Steelers going on a three-game losing streak. A four-game winning streak at the end of the season helped the Steelers barely edge off the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC's final playoff spot.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Pittsburgh Steelers
Finishing 11–5, the team had tied the rival Cincinnati Bengals for the AFC North division title, but lost the division to the Bengals on tiebreakers despite splitting the season series. The two teams would meet in the AFC Wild Card Round, best remembered for Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer tearing his ACL on the game's second play from scrimmage on a controversial hit by Steelers defensive end Kimo von Oelhoffen, which at the time was legal and didn't involve a penalty. The Steelers won 31–17, advancing to face the Colts.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Indianapolis Colts
For the Colts, 2005 marked the fourth season of head coach Tony Dungy, after he had retooled the defense to his Tampa 2 style while leaving the high-octane offense, led by quarterback Peyton Manning, untouched. While the Colts made the playoffs in each of Dungy's first three years in Indianapolis, the team struggled to get past the rival Patriots, mainly due to the subpar defense that was in place prior to Dungy's arrival. The team started off 13-0 before losing two of its final three games, winning the AFC South and finishing an NFL-best 14–2, having home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, as well as a first-round bye.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Indianapolis Colts
2005 also marked the eighth season for both Manning and Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt. Vanderjagt, who was the NFL's all-time most accurate kicker after eight seasons, had a contentious relationship with Manning at best. Following the Colts' elimination from the postseason in 2002, Vanderjagt made critical comments about Manning and Dungy to a Canadian television station. Vanderjagt questioned Manning's leadership skills and was critical of Dungy's level-headed temperament. During an interview at the 2003 Pro Bowl, the normally stoic Manning referred to Vanderjagt as the team's "idiot kicker" and accused him of being intoxicated during the interview. However, the two appeared to have made amends (at least publicly) by the 2005 playoffs.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Pregame news and notes
The matchup would be a rematch of the two teams' Week 12 matchup on Monday Night Football, which the Colts handily defeated the Steelers at the RCA Dome 26–7, during the Steelers aforementioned three-game losing streak and was also Roethlisberger's first game back from injury. Steelers receiver Hines Ward said after that game, which brought the Colts up to 11–0, that "It’s tough to go undefeated, but they have the potential."


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Pregame news and notes
The game would mark the fifth postseason meeting between the two teams, and the first to take place in Indianapolis; the two teams met at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore in 1976 (during the Colts' time in Baltimore) while the other three matchups (1975, 1995, & 1996) were all in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium, the first one being the introduction of the Terrible Towel. This would be the only postseason meeting between the two at the RCA Dome; the two teams have yet to meet in the postseason at their current stadiums, Heinz Field and Lucas Oil Stadium. The Steelers won all previous postseason matchups.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Pregame news and notes
The night before the game, Colts cornerback Nick Harper was involved in an altercation with his wife that resulted in him getting cut with a knife in his right leg, requiring stitches. Harper nearly missed the game, but was able to play and would foreshadow his notable play in the game.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Background, Pregame news and notes
The game had been expected to be a victory for the Colts in a possible matchup to face the Patriots in the AFC Championship game the following week and leading a "passing the torch" moment between Manning and Tom Brady. However, the Denver Broncos defeated the Patriots the previous day 27–13, giving the Patriots their first postseason loss during the Brady–Belichick era. The victor would face the Broncos instead, either at home (for the Colts) or in Denver (for the Steelers) at Invesco Field at Mile High.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game
The Steelers stunned the Colts home crowd at the RCA Dome by driving 84 yards and scoring on their opening possession. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completed six consecutive passes for 76 yards, including a 36-yard completion to tight end Heath Miller and a 6-yard touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle El. Later in the first quarter, Roethlisberger's 45-yard completion to Hines Ward moved the ball to the Colts 8-yard line, and they scored another touchdown with his 7-yard pass to Miller, increasing the Steelers' lead to 14–0.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game
Five minutes into the second quarter, Indianapolis managed to get a good drive going, advancing the ball 96 yards to the Steelers 2-yard line and taking 9:39 off the clock, but were forced to settle for a field goal from Mike Vanderjagt, cutting their deficit to 14–3.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game
Late in the third quarter, Steelers linebacker James Farrior (who finished the game with eight tackles and 2.5 sacks) sacked Manning at the Colts 1-yard line on third down, and Randle El returned Hunter Smith's ensuing punt 20 yards to the Indianapolis 30. Five plays later, Jerome Bettis scored a 1-yard touchdown run, making the score 21–3. But this time, Indianapolis struck back, driving 72 yards in six plays and scoring with Manning's 50-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game
During the drive, Manning infamously waved off the punt team being sent on the field by Dungy on 4th & 2 at the Colts 36 yard line, which Dungy allowed; the ensuing snap led to a 13-yard pass play to Brandon Stokley to eventually set up Clark's touchdown. The Steelers were forced to punt on their ensuing drive, but only after taking over seven minutes off the clock, leaving just 6:03 left in the game by the time Indianapolis got the ball back.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game
One play after the punt, an interception by Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu was overturned by instant replay (a reversal that the league would later admit was a mistake). Taking advantage of his second chance, Manning completed a 9-yard pass to Clark, a 20-yard pass to Marvin Harrison, and a 24-yard pass to Reggie Wayne, moving the ball to the Steelers 3-yard line. Running back Edgerrin James finished the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run, and then Manning threw a pass to Wayne for a successful 2-point conversion, cutting the Colts deficit to 21–18. The Steelers were forced to punt on their ensuing drive. But with 1:20 left in the game, Manning was sacked on fourth and 16 by Joey Porter at the Colts' 2-yard line, and the ball was turned over to the Steelers on downs.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game, Bettis's fumble
At this point, the game appeared to be over. However, the Steelers were forced to advance the ball towards another score instead of taking a quarterback kneel because the Colts still had all three timeouts remaining. A field goal would put the Steelers up by six and force the Colts to score a touchdown, while a touchdown would essentially seal the win for Pittsburgh. A forward pass ran the risk of an interception, and with the Steelers only needing two yards to score, combined with Bettis' historically low fumble percentage, the Steelers opted to run the ball in for the game-winning score.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game, Bettis's fumble
But on Pittsburgh's first play, in which Bettis tried to punch it in for an insurance touchdown, he fumbled for the first time all season when linebacker Gary Brackett popped it from Bettis' hands with his helmet. Indianapolis defensive back Nick Harper recovered the ball and appeared to be on his way for an Indy touchdown that would have given the Colts the lead when Roethlisberger barely made a season saving tackle at the Colts' 42-yard line, recovering from getting spun around to grab Harper's ankle, which brought him down; Jerame Tuman downed Harper to end  the play.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, The Game, Bettis's fumble
Eventually, the Colts then advanced to the Pittsburgh 28-yard line, but Vanderjagt, who had been perfect at home in the playoffs, missed a 46-yard game-tying field goal attempt wide right with 17 seconds left and evoking another infamous postseason moment, and the Steelers ran out the clock. Vanderjagt, who took his helmet off on the field and threw it down in disgust, would be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Aftermath, Pittsburgh
The Steelers, buoyed by the momentum of pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NFL history, went to Denver to defeat the Broncos 34–17, giving head coach Bill Cowher his first win in the AFC Championship Game on the road and his only decisive win in the games, having previously played the game at home five times (1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, & 2004) losing four of those matchups and only winning the 1995 AFC Championship Game (coincidentally against the Colts) on a dropped Hail Mary pass by then-Colts quarterback Jim Harbaugh to Aaron Bailey.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Aftermath, Pittsburgh
The Steelers advanced to Super Bowl XL, their first Super Bowl appearance since Super Bowl XXX ten years prior. The Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21–10 to win their fifth Vince Lombardi Trophy and the first since the Steelers dynasty years of the 1970s. Bettis would retire immediately after the game and would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015; Cowher resigned one year later after 15 seasons as Steelers head coach and was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame himself in 2020.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Aftermath, Pittsburgh
The Steelers victory marked the first time since the playoffs were expanded to six teams per conference in 1990 that a number six-seeded team defeated the top seed in the playoffs; only the Philadelphia Eagles (in 2008), Green Bay Packers (in 2010), and Tennessee Titans (in 2019) have since repeated this feat, with the Packers going on to win Super Bowl XLV (coincidentally, beating the Steelers in that game); the NFL expanded to seven teams per conference for the 2020 NFL season, making the feat more likely.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Aftermath, Indianapolis
Vanderjagt's missed field goal would be his last play as a Colt, as his contract expired and the Colts (fed up with his off-field antics at this point) elected not to renew his deal, replacing him with former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri, who would go on to have a second career with the Colts and become both the Patriots and Colts' all-time leading scorer. Vanderjagt would sign with the Dallas Cowboys but would be cut midseason and left the NFL altogether.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Aftermath, Indianapolis
Along with Vanderjagt, it would also mark the last game in a Colts uniform for running back Edgerrin James, who departed for the Arizona Cardinals via free agency after becoming the Colts' all-time leading rusher.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Aftermath, Indianapolis
Despite losing James, replacing Vanderjagt with Vinatieri would prove to make a difference for the Colts, who would go on to win Super Bowl XLI the following season. Along the way, Manning would have his "passing the torch" moment with Brady when the Colts defeated the Patriots 38–34 in the AFC Championship Game. Despite no longer being on the team, Colts owner Jim Irsay still sent James a Super Bowl ring. James would eventually play in the Super Bowl as a member of the Cardinals, losing Super Bowl XLIII against the Steelers 27–23.


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Tunch Ilkin's Reactions
The game would be notable for former Steelers offensive lineman and then-current Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network analyst Tunch Ilkin for his quotes regarding the game near the end:


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Tunch Ilkin's Reactions
[ After Joey Porter's 4th down sack on Peyton Manning] "Call up the travel agent, make the reservations, we are off to Denver."


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Tunch Ilkin's Reactions
"For all of you fantasy football players out there who have Jerome, you have to be pretty excited right about now." (Bill Hillgrove) "Wouldn't it be something if he got his second touchdown of the game. [ball is snapped] Here's the give to Jerome, the ball is..."[Bettis fumbles at this point, with Harper's recovery] (Ilkin) "Fumble, FUMBLE, HE PICKED IT UP, OH GOD! OH MY GOD!" (Hillgrove) "NICK HARPER HAS IT..." (Ilkin) "OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA TACKLE HIM!"


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Tunch Ilkin's Reactions
[Roethlisberger makes the tackle on Harper] (Hillgrove) "Jerome Bettis, who rarely fumbles, fumbles at the goal line, Nick Harper picks it up, and the Colts are still alive with 1:09 to go!" (Ilkin) "Oh my Gosh. Oh my gosh, all you got to do is fall on the ball. What a turn of events. Okay, you've got 1:09 left, the Colts got the ball on the 42 yard line. The game is not over, cancel the reservations to Denver. We got finish this one out here. Unbelieveable!"


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Tunch Ilkin's Reactions
(Hillgrove) "Here's the snap, the kick is on its way. It's high enough..." (Hillgrove & Ilkin) "NO GOOD!" (Hillgrove) "IT'S NO GOOD!" (Ilkin) "OH MAN!" (Hillgrove) "It's no good!" (Ilkin) "CALL UP THE TRAVEL AGENT, REMAKE THOSE RESERVATIONS. WE ARE OFF TO DENVER."


2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game, Tunch Ilkin's Reactions
Ilkin became known within a week for jumping the gun on a Steelers victory, so he waited until the Steelers-Broncos game was clearly decided before making similar comments about "going to Detroit".


2005 Pittsburgh mayoral election
The mayoral election of 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2005. The incumbent mayor, Tom Murphy of the Democratic Party chose not to run for what would have been a record fourth straight term.


2005 Pittsburgh mayoral election, Democratic primary
Longtime City Councilman Bob O'Connor, who was defeated in the Democratic primary for mayor in the previous two elections, won nearly half the vote in a four-way contest. With outgoing executive Murphy deeply unpopular due to a 2003 budgetary crisis, O'Connor, a heated Murphy rival, emerged as the top candidate. His victory came against his legislative partner Bill Peduto (who would later become Mayor himself), City Controller Michael Lamb, and former Allegheny County Councilman Louis "Hop" Kenrick.


2005 Pittsburgh mayoral election, General election
The general election was uncompetitive, as is the standard in heavily Democratic Pittsburgh, as O'Connor won by 40 points against Republican attorney Joe Weinroth. A total of 59,961 votes were cast.


2005 Pittwater state by-election
A by-election was staged in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Pittwater on 26 November 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member and former Liberal Party leader John Brogden.


2005 Pittwater state by-election
The by-election resulted in the Liberal Party losing the seat to Independent candidate Alex McTaggart.


2005 Pittwater state by-election, Background
John Brogden was elected leader of the state Liberal Party in March 2002, and thus became Leader of the Opposition. He led the party to its third consecutive defeat at the 2003 state election but remained leader of the party thereafter. In August 2005, it was reported that at an evening function on 29 July, a drunken Brogden had sexually harassed at least one female reporter and uttered a racist slur against Helena Carr, the Malaysian-born wife of outgoing Premier Bob Carr. Brogden owned up to his behaviour on the morning of the 29 August, although it was not until the afternoon of the same day that he announced his resignation as leader of the party.


2005 Pittwater state by-election, Background
When he stepped down as leader, Brogden announced that he would remain a member of parliament, describing his future role as that of a "middle-bencher". The following day however, the episode took a whole new turn when Brogden was rushed to hospital after a suicide attempt. A month later, on 28 September 2005, Brogden announced his resignation from parliament, citing the need for further treatment.


2005 Pittwater state by-election, Background
Pittwater is historically a comfortably safe Liberal seat. Labor has only come close to winning it once, in the "Wranslide" of 1978. Indeed, Labor did not even put up a candidate for the by-election.


2005 Pittwater state by-election, Background
However, a strong challenge was presented in the form of Pittwater Council Mayor Alex McTaggart, running as an independent. At the by-election, McTaggart defeated Liberal candidate Paul Nicolaou in what was widely considered a shock result. Nicolaou lost over 22 percent of the Liberals' primary vote from 2003, and only won 44.6 percent of the two-party vote to McTaggart's 55.3 percent.


2005 Pittwater state by-election, Aftermath
Alex McTaggart was defeated at the 2007 state election when the seat returned to the Liberal Party fold but Paul Nicholau was not renominated for the seat. The successful Liberal candidate was instead Rob Stokes.


2005 PlaceMakers V8 International
The 2005 PlaceMakers V8 International was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 15 - 17 April 2005. The event was held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway in Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of three races culminating in 400 kilometers. It was the second round of thirteen in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the first of two international events on the calendar.


2005 PlaceMakers V8 International
The third race of the weekend was significant as the race was red-flagged due to a huge crash involving Craig Baird and Paul Dumbrell. As the race was entering its final stages, the rain was starting to descend upon the circuit. The first person to have gotten trapped out by the lack of grip on the circuit was Steven Ellery, who had gotten sideways over Ford Mountain. He was followed by Jamie Whincup who had an even closer encounter with the wall.


2005 PlaceMakers V8 International
As Whincup re-entered the circuit, this caused Baird to move over to the right-hand side of the circuit in order to give as much room to the corresponding vehicle. By this time however, Dumbrell was attempting an ambitious move up the inside, but the diminishing gap meant that Dumbrell had nowhere to go. Dumbrell had initially clipped the side of Baird's car which set off a 'ricochet effect' where he then bounced off the wall and then back into Baird where he provided a significant hit to send both into a high-speed spin.


2005 PlaceMakers V8 International
Baird's car spun off toward the right-hand side of the circuit and collided with the wooden paddock fencing. Dumbrell meanwhile had spun the left-hand side of the circuit and he too collided with the wall. Both cars, as well as the circuit, ended up with significant damage. The delay in repairing the circuit meant that the race was delayed by nearly thirty minutes and thereby finished under lights with Murphy as the winner.


2005 Planoise Forum fire
The 2005 conflagration of the Forum is a fire which took place in the neighborhood of Planoise, in Besançon (Doubs, France). The fire killed the building's concierge and seriously wounded two Chinese student residents.


2005 Planoise Forum fire, Chronology
November 2005 saw the outbreak of civil unrest in France, specifically in the suburbs of large cities. In Franche-Comté, severe rioting affected urban areas of Montbéliard province including Besançon, and the neighborhoods of Planoise, Montrapon-Fontaine-Écu and Clairs-Soleils specifically. Planoise witnessed a particularly serious event, with the torching on the night of November 2 of three cars in the basement of the "Forum", a university hall of residence for foreign students.


2005 Planoise Forum fire, Chronology
Thick smoke soon filled the building; Salah Gaham, concierge of a neighbouring building, attempted to evacuate the building and to fight the fire with an extinguisher, but collapsed after several minutes from the effects of smoke inhalation. Firefighters attempted to revive Gaham, but he died on 3 November 2005 at age 34. He was the first fatality of the 2005 civil unrest in France.


2005 Planoise Forum fire, Chronology
The fire also caused to serious injuries: a Taiwanese female student was hospitalized with serious burns, and another student sustained injury jumping from a third-floor window. Others were hospitalized for minor injuries and many residents suffered psychology distress.


2005 Planoise Forum fire, Chronology
A city square in Besançon was later named in Gaham's honour.


2005 Players Championship
The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 32nd Players Championship.


2005 Players Championship
Fred Funk became the oldest champion at age 48, one stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank. Because of numerous weather delays, the second round was completed on Sunday, the third on Monday morning, followed by the final round. Funk played 32 holes on Monday in blustery conditions.


2005 Players Championship
Defending champion Adam Scott finished four strokes back, in a tie for eighth place.


2005 Players Championship, Venue
This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).


2005 Players Championship, Field
Stephen Allan, Michael Allen, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Craig Barlow, Brian Bateman, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Thomas Bjørn, Mark Brooks, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Tom Byrum, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, José Cóceres, Fred Couples, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Robert Damron, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, Joe Durant, David Duval, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Todd Fischer, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Robert Gamez, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Tom Gillis, Matt Gogel, Retief Goosen, Richard Green, Jay Haas, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, David Howell, John Huston, Peter Jacobsen, Freddie Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson, Kent Jones, Steve Jones, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Hank Kuehne, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Scott McCarron, Graeme McDowell, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Kevin Na, Nick O'Hern, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Dennis Paulson, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Nick Price, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Tag Ridings, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Senden, Patrick Sheehan, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Chris Smith, Andre Stolz, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Hidemichi Tanaka, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Jay Williamson, Tiger Woods


2005 Players Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Friday, March 25, 2005Saturday, March 26, 2005Sunday, March 27, 2005


2005 Players' Championship
The 2005 PharmAssist Players' Championship was held March 23-27 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It would be the final Championship featuring just a men's event.


2005 Players' Championship
The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $50,000 going to the winning team, which would be Kevin Martin's Edmonton rink. He defeated the hometown rink of Brad Gushue, whose team earned $30,000.


2005 Pocono 500
The 2005 Pocono 500 was the 14th stock car race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 12, 2005 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular track that holds NASCAR races to this day. The race was held before a crowd of 100,000. Rookie Carl Edwards would win the race under caution, his second of the season and his career after originally starting 29th, proceeding to lead 46 laps. Brian Vickers and Joe Nemechek would take the rest of the podium positions, taking 2nd and 3rd, respectively.


2005 Pocono 500, Race
For pre-race ceremonies, the invocation was given out by Father Dan Bisco. The national anthem would be performed by the United States Army Chorus.


2005 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2005 Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Colorado State Rams and the Navy Midshipmen on December 22, 2005 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, United States. The game, which the Midshipmen won with a score of 51–30, was the inaugural edition of the Poinsettia Bowl.


2005 Polish Figure Skating Championships
The 2005 Polish Figure Skating Championships (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski w łyżwiarstwie figurowym 2004/2005) were held in Opole between December 17 and 19, 2004.


2005 Polish Figure Skating Championships
A new system of judging was implemented that year for the senior and junior categories (apart from junior synchronized teams).


2005 Polish Film Awards
The 2005 Polish Film Awards ran on March 5, 2005. It was the 7th edition of Polish Film Awards: Eagles.


2005 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 25 September 2005. Thirty million voters were eligible to vote for all 460 members of the lower house, the Sejm and all 100 members of the upper house, the Senate.


2005 Polish parliamentary election
The election resulted in a sweeping victory for two parties of the centre-right, the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) and the liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO). The incumbent center-left government of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) was soundly defeated in a landslide. The two victorious parties won 288 out of the 460 seats, while the SLD was reduced to fourth place with 55 seats. The PiS won 155 seats, while PO obtained 133.


2005 Polish parliamentary election
Normally, this would have made PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński Prime Minister. However, he declined the post so as not to prejudice his twin brother Lech's chances for the presidential election held later in October. In his place, Law and Justice instead nominated Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz for the post. Outgoing Prime Minister Marek Belka failed to win a seat in Łódź.


2005 Polish parliamentary election
In the Senate, PiS won 49 seats and PO 34 of the 100 seats, leaving eight other parties with the remaining 17 seats. The SLD won no seats in the Senate.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Background
The 2005 Sejm was elected by proportional representation from multi-member constituencies, with seats divided among parties which gain more than five percent of the votes using the d'Hondt method. On the other hand, the Senate is elected under first-past-the-post bloc voting. This tends to cause the party or coalition which wins the elections to have a larger majority in the Senate than in the Sejm.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Background
In the 2001 elections the SLD and UP won 216 of the 460 seats, and were able to form a government with the support of the Polish People's Party (PSL). The former ruling party, Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) based on the Solidarity trade union, lost all its seats. In its place several new right-wing parties emerged, such as the PO and the PiS.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Background
After 2003 a variety of factors combined to bring about a collapse of support for the government. Discontent with high unemployment, government spending cuts (especially on health, education and welfare), affairs related to privatizations was compounded by a series of corruption scandals, the most serious of them being Rywin-gate. Prime Minister Leszek Miller resigned in May 2004 and was succeeded by Marek Belka. All opinion polls suggested that the governing SLD-UP coalition would be heavily defeated at these elections and that the right-wing parties would win a large majority. With the expected downfall of the post-communists, the right-wing parties competed mainly against each other.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Contestants
The parties running in this election were mainly the same as in 2001, with the addition of Social Democracy of Poland (a splinter group from the Democratic Left Alliance), and the Democratic Party formed from the Freedom Union (UW) and some SLD dissidents. Both these new parties failed to win seats.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Contestants
The BBC commented on election day: "The two centre-right parties are both rooted in the anti-communist Solidarity movement but differ on issues such as the budget and taxation. Law and Justice, whose agenda includes tax breaks and state aid for the poor, has pledged to uphold traditional family and Christian values. It is suspicious of economic liberalism. The Citizens Platform strongly promotes free market forces and wants to introduce a flat 15% rate for income tax, corporation tax and VAT. It also promises to move faster on deregulation and privatisation, in order to adopt the euro as soon as possible."


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Results
Had the two leading parties been able to form a coalition as expected, it would have had 63 percent of seats in the Assembly, just short of the two-thirds supermajority required to carry out constitutional reform. The populist and isolationist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic (Samoobrona) slightly improved its representation and became the third largest party ahead of the SLD, which despite losing most of its seats performed slightly better than expected based on opinion polls. However, the party lost all its Senate seats. The League of Polish Families and the Polish People's Party retained their representation. The German minority in Poland is exempt from the requirement of achieving at least 5% of the total vote and retained their two seats.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Results, Sejm, By constituency
Although PiS and PO were the clear winners, their vote was very unevenly distributed, creating a basis for future conflicts. Their support is overwhelmingly concentrated in the cities, particularly Warsaw and the southern industrial areas around Kraków and Katowice, but also including Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Wrocław and Szczecin. The only urban centre not to endorse the right was Łódź. The two main parties failed to win a majority in any rural district except Rzeszów in the south. In seven rural districts they polled less the 40 percent of the vote, while in one (Chełm) they polled less than 35 percent. Self-Defence managed to win in four districts. The vote shows the continuing sharp divide in Polish politics between urban voters, who are generally more socially liberal and in favour of free-market economics, and rural voters, who are more socially conservative and economically left-wing.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath
Negotiations between PiS and PO about forming the new government collapsed in late October, precipitated by disagreement regarding who would be speaker of the Sejm. On 1 November the PiS announced a minority government headed by Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz as the new Prime Minister. The negotiations were affected by the 9 October presidential election, where the PiS victor Lech Kaczyński is the twin brother of the PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński; Jarosław Kaczyński had declared that he would not become the Prime Minister if his brother wins the election. The constitutional requirement to form a government within a set time period also heated up the coalition negotiations.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath
A major stumbling block against forming a coalition was the PO's insistence on receiving the Interior portfolio if it were to enter a coalition government with the PiS, to prevent one party from controlling all three of the "power" ministries (Security, Justice and Interior) that control the police and security services. The PO also opposed a "tactical alliance" between the PiS and Samoobrona, who share eurosceptic and populists sentiments, although differing on economic policy. The election campaign, in which both centre-right parties competed mainly against each other rather than parties on the left, accentuated differences and created an antagonistic relationship between the two parties.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath
The minority government depended on the support of the radical Samoobrona and the deeply conservative League of Polish Families (LPR) to govern, a situation that made many of those hoping for a PiS/PO coalition uneasy. On 5 May 2006 PiS formed a coalition government with Samoobrona and LPR.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath
In July 2006, Marcinkiewicz tendered his resignation, following reports of a rift with PiS party leader Kaczyński. Kaczyński formed a new government and was sworn-in on July 14, finally becoming prime minister.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath
The SLD's severe defeat sent the party into a sharp decline from which it has never recovered; it ultimately lost all of its remaining seats in 2015 though it regained some ground in 2019.


2005 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath
The 2005 election proved to be a realigning election as Law and Justice and Civic Platform (and presidential candidates by them) finished in top two of every election since then.


2005 Polish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 9 October and 13 October 2005. The outgoing President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, had served two five-year terms and was unable to stand for a third term. Lech Kaczyński defeated Donald Tusk to become President of Poland.


2005 Polish presidential election, Background
Two center-right candidates, Donald Tusk, chairman of the Civic Platform (PO) and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, and Lech Kaczyński, honorary chairman of Law and Justice (PiS) and mayor of Warsaw, led the poll in the first round, as was widely expected. As neither received 50 percent of the vote, a second-round was held on 23 October. In this round, Kaczyński defeated Tusk, polling 54.04 percent of the vote.


2005 Polish presidential election, Background
Although both leading candidates came from the center-right, and their two parties had planned to form a coalition government following the legislative elections on 25 September, there were important differences between Tusk and Kaczyński. Tusk wanted to enforce separation of church and state, favored rapid European integration and supported a free-market economy. Kaczyński was very socially conservative, a soft Eurosceptic, and supported state interventionism. Such differences led to the failure of PiS-PO coalition talks in late October.


2005 Polish presidential election, Background
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, the candidate of the Alliance of the Democratic Left, which was the governing party before the legislative election withdrew from the race on September 14. At the time he withdrew he was third in the polls, still having the most chances to get to the second round (besides Kaczyński and Tusk).


2005 Polish presidential election, Background
Other candidates, who withdrew from the elections, but initially have signed to, were Zbigniew Religa and Maciej Giertych. Daniel Tomasz Podrzycki, who had also signed, died in an accident before the elections.


2005 Polish presidential election, Background
Ten people had registered themselves in election procedure, but failed to gather 100,000 support signatures: Arnold Buzdygan, Stanisław Ceberek, Gabriel Janowski, Jan Antoni Kiełb, Waldemar Janusz Kossakowski, Marian Romuald Rembelski, Zbigniew Roliński, Sławomir Salomon, Maria Szyszkowska, Bolesław Tejkowski.


2005 Polish presidential election, Background
The figure of Józef Tusk, grandfather of incumbent Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, was in the center of the "Wehrmacht affair" over his brief period of service after being drafted into the German army during the late stages of World War II, which was the biggest controversy of the election.


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Minister of Industry and Trade Henryka Bochniarz (Independent), 57


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Member of the Sejm Leszek Bubel (Polish National Party), 48


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Member of the Sejm Janusz Korwin-Mikke (Real Politics Union), 63


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Andrzej Lepper (Self-Defense), 51


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Former Member of the Sejm Adam Słomka (Polish Confederation), 41


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Donald Tusk (Civic Platform), 48


2005 Polish presidential election, Candidates, Withdrawn
Marshal of the Sejm Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Democratic Left Alliance), 55


2005 Polish presidential election, Results
Voters turnout in the first round was quite low with only 49.7 percent of all eligible voters casting their votes.


2005 Polynesian Championships in Athletics
The 2005 Polynesian Championships in Athletics took place in October or November, 2005. The event was held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Papeete, French Polynesia.


2005 Polynesian Championships in Athletics
A total of 22 events were contested, 11 by men, 10 by women, and 1 mixed.


2005 Polynesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage and on the webpage of the French Polynesia Athletics Federation (Fédération d'Athlétisme de Polynésie Française).


2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
The 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 20th German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 17 April at Hockenheim and finished on 23 October at the same circuit, after seven rounds. It ran as a support championship for the 2005 DTM season. Christian Menzel won the championship by 12 points and finishing on the podium in all seven races. This season was also the last season along with quite a few of the other domestic championships that the 996 model was raced. It was replaced with the 997 model for the 2006 season after it was first introduced in the Porsche Supercup in the same year.


2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
The 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the third season of the one-make championship. It consisted of 20 rounds, beginning on 9 April at Donington Park and finishing on 2 October at Brands Hatch. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. Damien Faulkner claimed his first title, ahead of Richard Westbrook who had won the championship the previous year.


2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Championship Standings
Points were awarded on a 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 15 finishers in each race, with 1 point for the fastest lap in each race and 1 point for pole position in the first race of each meeting.


2005 Porsche Supercup
The 2005 Porsche Michelin Supercup season was the 13th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2005 Formula One season. It travelled to ten circuits across Europe, to Bahrain and a double-header at Indianapolis, US.