2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football team

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]

2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football
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)
Head coach	Mike Van Diest (7th season)
Home stadium	Nelson Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Frontier Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Carroll (MT) $^		8	–	0					14	–	0
No. 7 Montana Tech ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
MSU 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 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
September 2	at Eastern Oregon*	La Grande, OR	W 44–14	726	^[2]
September 10	Azusa Pacific*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 27–7	5,385	^[3]
September 17	MSU Northern	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 31–14	5,573	^[4]
September 24	at Montana Western	Dillon, MT	W 37–7
October 1	at Rocky Mountain	Billings, MT	W 49–14
October 15	Montana Tech	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 45–3	6,187	^[5]
October 22	at MSU Northern	Havre, MT	W 47–21
October 29	Montana Western	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 45–0	4,734	^[6]
November 5	at Montana Tech	Butte, MT	W 21–16
November 12	Rocky Mountain	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 66–13	4,532	^[7]
November 19	Dickinson State*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT (NAIA first round)	W 23–13	4,834	^[8]
November 26	Montana Tech	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT (NAIA quarterfinal)	W 24–0	5,396	^[9]
December 3	Sioux Falls (SD)*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT (NAIA semifinal)	W 55–0	4,437	^[10]
December 17	vs. Saint Francis (IN)*	Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN (NAIA Championship Game)	W 27–10	6,313	^[11]^[12]
*Non-conference game

References

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