Year: | 2005 |
Team: | Carroll Fighting Saints |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Frontier Conference |
Short Conf: | Frontier |
Record: | 14–0 |
Conf Record: | 8–0 |
Head Coach: | Mike Van Diest |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Stadium: | Nelson Stadium |
Champion: | NAIA national champion Frontier champion |
Bowl: | NAIA National Championship Game |
Bowl Result: | W 27–10 vs. Saint Francis (IN) |
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.