2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football team

2005 Carroll Fighting Saints football
NAIA national champion
Frontier champion
ConferenceFrontier Conference
Record14–0 (8–0 Frontier)
Head coach
Home stadiumNelson Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "2005 Football Schedule". Carroll College. Retrieved October 31, 2021.