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2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football
NAIA national champion
Frontier champion
NAIA National Championship Game, W 27–10 vs. Saint Francis (IN)
ConferenceFrontier Conference
Record14–0 (8–0 Frontier)
Head coach
Home stadiumNelson Stadium
Seasons← 20042006 →
2005 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

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.

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at Eastern Oregon*La Grande, ORW 44–14726
September 10Azusa Pacific*W 27–75,385
September 17MSU Northern
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT
W 31–145,573
September 24at Montana WesternDillon, MTW 37–7
October 1at Rocky MountainBillings, MTW 49–14
October 15Montana Tech
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT
W 45–36,187
October 22at MSU NorthernHavre, MTW 47–21
October 29Montana Western
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT
W 45–04,734
November 5at Montana TechButte, MTW 21–16
November 12Rocky Mountain
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT
W 66–134,532
November 19Dickinson State*
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT (NAIA first round)
W 23–134,834
November 26Montana Tech
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT (NAIA quarterfinal)
W 24–05,396
December 3Sioux Falls (SD)*
  • Nelson Stadium
  • Helena, MT (NAIA semifinal)
W 55–04,437
December 17vs. Saint Francis (IN)*W 27–106,313
  • *Non-conference game

References

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