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2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football team

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2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football
NCAA Division II champion
GLIAC champion
ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record13–0 (9–0 GLIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLubbers Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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 2005 Grand Valley State Lakers football team was an American football team that won the 2005 NCAA Division II national championship.

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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 277:00 p.m.Ferris StateNo. 3W 30–1014,557
September 37:00 p.m.GannonNo. 2
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 61–107,191
September 106:00 p.m.IndianapolisNo. 2
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 29–133,118
September 177:00 p.m.at AshlandNo. 2
W 14–104,700
October 17:00 p.m.Wayne State (MI)No. 1
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 36–2210,942[2]
October 87:00 p.m.at HillsdaleNo. 1W 38–10
October 157:00 p.m. No. 4 Saginaw Valley StateNo. 1
W 31–1014,472
October 2112:00 p.m.at No. 9 NorthwoodNo. 1
W 30–143,553
October 297:00 p.m.Northern MichigandaggerNo. 1
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 48–1410,460
November 5Michigan TechNo. 1
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
Canceled
November 191:00 p.m. No. 8 North Dakota*No. 1
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 17–35,429
November 2612:05 p.m. No. 3 Saginaw Valley StateNo. 1
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 24–175,364
December 31:00 p.m. No. 5 East Stroudsburg*No. 1
  • Lubbers Stadium
  • Allendale, MI
W 55–205,521
December 104:05 p.m.vs. No. 2 Northwest Missouri State*No. 1W 21–176,837

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Valley State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Howie Beardsley (October 1, 2005). "Mismatch is a misnomer: Grand Valley coach not taking winless Wayne State lightly". The Grand Rapids Press. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.