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THIS WEEK IN CARROLL FOOTBALL
The Saints travel to Butte for the second-consecutive road game and the fourth out of five games. Carroll is 2-3 and coming off of a 28-25 win over the College of Idaho in Caldwell. Ninth-ranked Montana Tech is 4-1 on the season with the only loss coming against the Saints in the first game of the season. They own wins over MSU-Northern, Rocky Mountain, Eastern Oregon and Montana Western. Last week they topped UMW 35-20 at Alumni Coliseum.
LAST GAME: CARROLL NOTCHES 28-25 ROAD WIN AT C of I
Dylan Green ran for 122 yards and three touchdowns and JT Linder was 15 of 24 for a touchdown to lead Carroll College to a 28-24 road win over the College of Idaho Saturday at Simplot Stadium in Caldwell.
The Saints took the lead in the first quarter after an interception from Vince DiGiallonardo gave the Saints the ball at the C of I 37. Three plays later Linder found Connor Fohn for the 34-yard touchdown to go up 7-0 with 6:33 left in the first quarter. The Yotes responded with a 12-play, 69-yard drive that culminated in a 15-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Cox to Marcus Lenhardt. The first quarter would close with the score tied 7-7.
After trading possessions to start the second quarter, Carroll drove from 88-yards for a touchdown, highlighted by 26-yard and 43-yard passes from Linder to Troy Arntson. Green found the endzone from 11-yards out to give Carroll a 14-7 lead 6:27 left in the first half. The Saints would not trail for the rest of the game.
A C of I drive stalled on the 21-yard line and the ensuing punt was blocked by Craig Kein and covered on the 1-yard line.
Three plays later, Green punched in a two-yard run to give Carroll a 21-7 lead which would hold until halftime.
The College of Idaho took the opening drive of the second half and scored to cut the lead to 21-14. After a Carroll three-and-out, the Yotes again drove into the redzone but the drive stalled at the 5-yard line. A field goal attempt was good to cut the lead to 21-17.
Carroll responded with a 77-yard drive, highlighted by a 45-yard pass from Linder to Fohn down to the 1-yard line. Green again found the endzone on a 1-yard run to put Carroll up 28-17.
After trading possessions, and forcing the Yotes into a three-and-out. The Saints drove the ball 64-yards and ate up 6:40 of game time. The drive ended on a turnover on downs on the C of I 23-yard line. It didn't end in points for the Saints but it gave the Yotes just 1:52 to score 11 points.
C of I scored in just over a minute on a 30-yard touchdown from Cox to Lenhardt to cut the lead to 28-25. The ensuing onside-kick attempt fell right into the hands of Fohn and the Saints knelt on the ball to close out the 28-24 win
ABOUT MONTANA TECH
Head coach Chuck Morell is in his sixth year at the helm. He has taken the Diggers to the post-season twice. Tech is led by transfer quarterback Quinn McQueary who has the best completion percentage in the Frontier at .658. Senior runningback and All-America Candidate Nolan Saraceni leads the conference with 517 yards. He ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting of the two teams.
Gunnar Kayser leads the Conference with three interceptions and Luke Benz is tied with Carroll's Alec Basterrachea for the top of the conference for Sacks at 4.5.
QUICK NOTES
• Carroll looks to build on a 28-25 win over the College of Idaho last week in Caldwell which broke a three-game losing streak. Montana Tech on the other hand is 4-1 on the season and is looking to avenge their only loss, a 27-24 setback in the season opener at Carroll.
• The Saints started the season with a bang, topping No. 7 Montana Tech 27-24 on a last-minute field goal. The Saints trailed 24-10 with just over nine minutes remaining in the game buts scored 17 points in the final minutes to notch the win.
•Two Carroll receivers made a triumphant return to the field in week one after season-ending injuries in 2014. Kyle Griffith caught six passes for 74 yards and a touchdown and Connor Fohn tallied six catches for 141 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown to spark the Carroll comeback over Montana Tech.
• Fohn comes into the game ranked No. 8 in the NAIA in receptions per game, No. 11 in receiving yards per game, No. 10 total receptions and No. 16 total receiving yards. He is also ranked No. 38 in all-purpose yards per game and all-purpose yards. He is the leading receiver in the conferences at 526 receiving yards.
• With 188 yards against MSU-Northern, Fohn has the individual single-game high for receiving yards in 2016.
• Montana Tech's Gunnar Kayser is tied for the lead in the conference with three interceptions. Carroll's McBride Galt and Vince DiGiallonardo are on his heels with two each.
• Montana Tech is top in the conference and ranked 11th in the NAIA for scoring defense per game at 18.6 PPG.
• The Orediggers are first in the Frontier and 17th in the NAIA for scoring offense at 35.8 PPG.
• Montana Tech is the defending Frontier Conference champions.
• Tech has 17 transfers on this season's roster.
• Major Ali notched his first touchdown of his Carroll career against Southern Oregon, the redshirt freshman had 13 carried for 60-yards.
• Senior Dylan Green had the biggest game of his career against the College of Idaho. He racked up 110 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries. The big game propelled him into the NAIA Top-50 in Scoring TDs and Scoring TDs Per Game.
• JT Linder ranks in the top-50 in five different statistical categories including Passing Yards per game, total offensive yards per game, pass efficiency, total passing and total offense.
• Tucker Johnson is sixth in the Frontier Conference for tackles per game at 9.0. David Anderson is seventh at 8.8 and McBride Galt is ninth at 8.0.
• Alec Basterrachea leads the Frontier Conference for sacks (4.5) and sacks per game (0.09).
• Carroll ranks sixth in the Frontier for total offense.
• Carroll is third in the Frontier for sacks per game at 2.5.
• The Saints are sixth in the Frontier Conference in total defense
•There are 37 true freshmen listed on the Carroll roster.
• In one of the smallest classes in recent history, only 18 seniors are listed on the roster. Seven of those seniors are listed as starters on the two-deep.
• Head Coach Mike Van Diest has the second-best winning percentage (.838) of any active college football coach with more than ten years of experience. He trails only Ohio State's Urban Meyer. His winning percentage is also the 11th-best of all-time.
