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2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football
NCAA Division II champion
GLIAC champion
NCAA Division II Championship Game, W 10–3 vs. Northwest Missouri State
ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record13–0 (9–0 GLIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLubbers Stadium
Seasons← 20042006 →
2005 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Grand Valley State $^   9 0     13 0  
No. 3 Saginaw Valley State * ^   9 1     11 2  
No. 18 Northwood ^   8 2     9 3  
Ashland   8 2     9 2  
Michigan Tech   6 3     6 3  
Indianapolis   5 5     6 5  
Hillsdale   4 6     5 6  
Wayne State (MI)   3 7     3 7  
Ferris State   3 7     3 8  
Gannon   3 7     3 8  
Findlay   2 8     3 8  
Mercyhurst   2 8     2 8  
Northern Michigan   2 8     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • * – Saginaw Valley State forfeited all wins, giving all other GLIAC teams except Grand Valley State, Ashland, and Gannon one more official win than shown.
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football team was an American football team that won the 2005 NCAA Division II national championship.

The team represented the Grand Valley State University in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2005 NCAA Division II football season. In their second season under head coach Chuck Martin, the Lakers compiled a perfect 13–0 record (9–0 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 434 to 170, and won the GLIAC championship. The team advanced to the playoffs and won the national championship by defeating Northwest Missouri State in the championship game.

The team played its home games at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 27Ferris StateW 30–1014,557
September 3Gannon
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 61–107,191
September 10Indianapolis
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 29–133,118
September 17at AshlandW 14–104,700
October 1Wayne State (MI)
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 36–2210,942
October 8at HillsdaleW 38–10
October 15Saginaw Valley State
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 31–1014,472
October 22at NorthwoodW 30–143,553
October 29Northern Michigan
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 48–1410,460
November 19North Dakota*
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 17–35,429
November 26Saginaw Valley State
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 24–175,364
December 3East Stroudsburg*
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 55–205,521
December 10vs. Northwest Missouri State*W 21–176,837
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Grand Valley State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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