Year: | 2004 |
Team: | Carroll Fighting Saints |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Frontier Conference |
Short Conf: | Frontier |
Record: | 12–2 |
Conf Record: | 6–2 |
Head Coach: | Mike Van Diest |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Stadium: | Nelson Stadium |
Champion: | NAIA national champion Frontier co-champion |
Bowl: | NAIA National Championship Game |
Bowl Result: | W 15–13 vs. Saint Francis (IN) |
The 2004 Carroll Fighting Saints football team was an American football team that represented Carroll College as a member of the Frontier Conference during the 2004 NAIA football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mike Van Diest, the Saints compiled a perfect 12–2 record (6–2 against conference opponents) and won the NAIA national championship, defeating Saint Francis (Indiana), 15–13, 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.