2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football team
American college football season
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The 2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football team was an American football team that represented Carroll College as a member of the Frontier Conference during the 2005 NAIA football season. In their seventh season under head coach Mike Van Diest, the Saints compiled a perfect 14–0 record (8–0 against conference opponents) and won the NAIA national championship, defeating Saint Francis (Indiana), 27–10, in the NAIA National Championship Game.[1]
ConferenceFrontier Conference
Record14–0 (8–0 Frontier)
Headcoach
- Mike Van Diest (7th season)
HomestadiumNelson Stadium
| 2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football | |
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NAIA national champion Frontier champion | |
NAIA National Championship Game, W 27–10 vs. Saint Francis (IN) | |
| Conference | Frontier Conference |
| Record | 14–0 (8–0 Frontier) |
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| Home stadium | Nelson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Carroll (MT) $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Montana Tech ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State–Northern | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Western | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rocky Mountain | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team was led on offense by junior quarterback Tyler Emmert. Emmert received the NAIA Football Player of the Year Award in both 2003 and 2005.
The team played its home games at Nelson Stadium in Helena, Montana.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 2 | at Eastern Oregon* |
| W 44–14 | 726 | [2] | ||
| September 10 | Azusa Pacific* |
| W 27–7 | 5,385 | [3] | ||
| September 17 | MSU Northern |
| W 31–14 | 5,573 | [4] | ||
| September 24 | at Montana Western |
| W 37–7 | ||||
| October 1 | at Rocky Mountain |
| W 49–14 | ||||
| October 15 | Montana Tech |
| W 45–3 | 6,187 | [5] | ||
| October 22 | at MSU Northern |
| W 47–21 | ||||
| October 29 | Montana Western |
| W 45–0 | 4,734 | [6] | ||
| November 5 | at Montana Tech | W 21–16 | |||||
| November 12 | Rocky Mountain |
| W 66–13 | 4,532 | [7] | ||
| November 19 | Dickinson State* |
| W 23–13 | 4,834 | [8] | ||
| November 26 | Montana Tech |
| W 24–0 | 5,396 | [9] | ||
| December 3 | Sioux Falls (SD)* |
| W 55–0 | 4,437 | [10] | ||
| December 17 | vs. Saint Francis (IN)* | W 27–10 | 6,313 | [11][12] | |||
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