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Sept. 19, 2005 Carroll capitalizes on Northern mistakes
To beat the Carroll College football team, you don't need to be perfect, but you have to be pretty close.  Unfortunately, for the Montana State University-Northern football team, there was no perfection Saturday at Nelson Stadium in Helena.  The Lights played unquestionably better against the juggernaut Saints than they did last year. However, missed opportunities and mistakes cost them a chance for pulling off the upset in a 31-14 loss.

Sept. 18, 2005 Saints turn out the Lights
Helena IR Article

Sept. 17, 2005 Northern vs. Carroll FB Preview
MT Standard Article

Sept. 17, 2005 Frontier Conference FB Previews
Great Falls Tribune Article

Sept. 16, 2005 Lights hit the road to face No. 1-ranked Saints
For all of the talk surrounding the Montana State University-Northern football team and its recent success, the true measure of that improvement will come on Saturday when the Lights face the No.1-ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints at 1 p.m. at Nelson Stadium in Helena.

Sept. 16, 2005 Frontier Conference Notebook
Great Falls Tribune Article

Sept. 14, 2005 Northern football on the rise
Helena IR Article

Sept. 14, 2005 Frontier Conference Roundup
MT Standard Article

Sept. 12, 2005 UM-W edges Lights in Frontier  shootout
Mark Samson wants no part of moral victories. In his second year as the Montana State University-Northern head football coach, Samson ranks them up there with dropped passes and missed tackles - unacceptable.  So don't think for a second he is taking much solace in his team's 34-33 loss to the University of Montana-Western Bulldogs on Saturday in Dillon. There is little comfort for just playing a team close.

Sept. 11, 2005 Western edges Northern 34-33
MT Standard Article

Sept. 9, 2005 Lights face 0-2 Bulldogs in first road game
After perhaps the biggest win since Montana State University-Northern reinstated football, head coach Mark Samson celebrated for about 32 minutes before starting to think about this Saturday's Frontier Conference opener against the University of Montana-Western in Dillon.

Sept. 7, 2005 The NAIA Minute
Produced by NAIAFOOTBALL.NET & NAIA Preview

Sept. 7, 2005 This Week in NAIA Football
Published by NAIAFOOTBALL.NET & NAIA Preview

Sept. 9, 2005 Frontier Conference Roundup
Great Falls Tribune Article

Sept. 7, 2005 Change pays off quickly for Lights
Helena Independent Record Article

Sept. 7, 2005 Frontier Conference Notebook
Montana Standard Article

Sept. 6, 2005 Lights stun sixth-ranked Blue Hawks
After waiting 10 games before getting its first win last season, the MSU-Northern football team wasn't about to wait as long in 2005.  The Lights, behind a solid all-around game from junior quarterback Kyle Samson, stunned the sixth-ranked Dickinson State Blue Hawks 32-17 Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium.

Sept. 6 ,2005 Kyle Samson named Frontier Player of the Week
Helena Independent Record Article

Sept. 4, 2005 Lights crack NAIAFOOTBALL.NET Top 25 Poll
Dannelly Media

Sept. 4, 2005 Northern clips wings of #6 Dickinson St.
Great Falls Tribune Article

Sept. 2, 2005 Lights host sixth-ranked DSU in opener
It could be worse for the Montana State University-Northern football team. There are five other teams ranked higher than the Dickinson State University Blue Hawks that the Lights could be playing in their season opener.  Northern will have the unenviable task of opening its 2005 campaign by hosting a Blue Hawk team that is ranked sixth in the NAIA national preseason poll and that already has a win this season.

Sept. 2, 2005 Frontier Football Weekend Preview
Great Falls Tribune Article

Sept. 1, 2005 Lights football making strides
The Montana State University-Northern football team would love to start the 2005 season off the way 2004 ended ‹ with a win. That would make it two wins in a row and a small winning streak, something that hasn¹t happened often in the Lights program since its reinstatement in 1993.

Aug 23, 2005 Defense shines in Lights scrimmage
The bad thing about intrasquad scrimmages is that if you are really pleased with one team, you usually aren't quite as happy with the other.  Montana State University-Northern football coach Mark Samson was beyond pleased with the performance of his young defense in the first scrimmage of the fall season Friday. Consequently, he will be the first to admit his first-team offense didn't have one of its better performances.

Aug. 22, 2005 NAIA Top 25 Preseason Poll
The Lights face five opponents ranked in the NAIA's Top 25 Preseason Poll during the 2005 season.

Apr. 19, 2005 Offense highlights last Lights scrimmage
On a near perfect spring day, the Montana State University-Northern football team was close to near-perfect offensively as it has been all spring.  The Lights offense racked up six touchdowns on its defensive counterparts, wrapping up the final spring scrimmage on Saturday at Blue Pony Stadium.

Apr. 14, 2005 Carroll still king, but Frontier foes have spring in step
Great Falls Tribune Article

Apr. 5, 2005 Kiel Samotej States-bound
Leduc (Alberta) Representative Article Featuring FB Recruit

Mar. 25, 2005 Lights open spring practice; add recruits
Spring football? The Montana State University-Northern football team had milder weather in November. Fortunately for head coach Mark Samson, the rest of the state is far from balmy right now, leveling the spring playing field a little.  But the brushing of snow hasn't stopped the Lights' spring season as they practiced for the first time Thursday night in the friendly confines of the MSU-Northern gym.

Feb. 25, 2005 Lights ink former Big Sandy standout Ophus
For his first recruiting class of 2005, Montana State University-Northern head football coach Mark Samson added some immediate help along with some future prospects and a hint of the Hi-Line.  It would be an injustice to call Mason Ophus a hint of anything without great sarcasm. At 6-4, 270 pounds, the former Big Sandy star is ominous presence that Samson can't wait to see in a Lights' uniform.

Feb. 10, 2005 2005 Lights Football Initial Signees
MT Standard Article