2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football team

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

2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football
NCAA Division II champion GLIAC champion
NCAA Division II Championship Game, W 10–3 vs. Northwest Missouri State
Conference	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	13–0 (9–0 GLIAC)
Head coach	Chuck Martin (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lubbers Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	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 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.^[1] 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 27	Ferris State	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 30–10	14,557
September 3	Gannon	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 61–10	7,191
September 10	Indianapolis	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 29–13	3,118
September 17	at Ashland	Jack Miller Stadium Ashland, OH	W 14–10	4,700
October 1	Wayne State (MI)	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 36–22	10,942
October 8	at Hillsdale	Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium Hillsdale, MI	W 38–10
October 15	Saginaw Valley State	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 31–10	14,472
October 22	at Northwood	Hantz Stadium Midland, MI	W 30–14	3,553
October 29	Northern Michigan	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 48–14	10,460
November 19	North Dakota*	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 17–3	5,429
November 26	Saginaw Valley State	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 24–17	5,364
December 3	East Stroudsburg*	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	W 55–20	5,521
December 10	vs. Northwest Missouri State*	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL (NCAA Division II Championship Game)	W 21–17	6,837
*Non-conference game

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2021.