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THIS WEEK IN CARROLL FOOTBALL
The Saints are back in action at Nelson Stadium for the second-consecutive week after topping Rocky Mountain 28-14 in front of the Carroll faithful last week. The Saints host MSU-Northern who is 1-6 in conference play with the Lights only win coming in week three against the Saints in Havre. 

LAST GAME: CARROLL TOPS ROCKY 28-14
Five Carroll rusher combined for 205 yards and two touchdowns and Isazah King came up with a fumble recovery on a muffed punt and an interception returned for a touchdown as Carroll College defeated Rocky Mountain 28-14 at a windswept Nelson Stadium.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Saints started the scoring off with 1:48 left in the second quarter when Dylan Green scored from the 4-yard line. A RMC penalty of the extra-point attempt gave the Saints a shot at a shorter attempt and Carroll capitalized on it with a quarterback keeper from Tanner Gustavsen to put the Saints up 8-0. The score would hold for the half.

After forcing Rocky to punt on their first possession, the Saints marched down the field on a 7-play, 75-yard drive, capped by a 34-yard touchdown pass from Gustavsen to Connor Fohn. The ensuing PAT was true to put Carroll up 15-0.

After trading three-and-outs, the Bears put together an 87-yard touchdown drive that was highlighted by a 45-yard QB scramble by Jacob Bakkan and capped by a QB dive from the 1-yard line for the score.

Neither team could muster much offense early in the fourth quarter but special teams came into play for the Saints. A 52-yard punt by Dylan Torgerson with the wind at his back was muffed by electric Rocky return man Jayc Van Zee. King was there to recover the ball at the Rocky 12-yard line. A play later, Gustavsen ran off tackle into the corner of the endzone to give Carroll a 22-7 lead with 5:14 to play.

The Bears would answer.  Bakken engineered a 7-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 28-yard touchdown run by Taylor Schwartz to cut the Carroll lead to 22-14 with 3:17 to play.

Carroll took 2:41 off the clock in their next possession but punted the ball away with 36 seconds on the clock. The Bears had life but back-to-back pass break ups from Vince DiGiallnardo and Beaugh Meyer set up fourth down. The fourth-down pass was intercepted across the middle by King at the RMC 30-yard line and was returned for a touchdown to put Carroll up 28-14 with just nine seconds left in the game.

A mishandled snap on the PAT attempt was recovered by the Saints but the attempt failed. It would not matter in the final line as the Saints held on for the win to move to 3-4 on the season and in conference play. Rocky moves to 4-3 in Frontier play and 4-4 overall.

ABOUT MSU-NORTHERN
Head coach Aaron Christiansen is 1-17 in his two seasons at Northern. Senior running back Zach McKinley is among the leaders in the conference with 706 yards rushing and seven touchdowns, the Saints held him to just 85 yards in the first meeting but he got into the endzone three times. Jess Krahn started earlier this season but hasn't played since the Montana Western game on Sept. 24. Caleb McLaren has started the last three games under center and averages 185 yards per game.  Garet Fowler leads the team with 63 tackles. N'Drain N'Guessa is the team leader in sacks with four. 

QUICK NOTES
• Carroll is home for the second-consecutive week hosting MSU-Northern Saturday at Nelson Stadium. It is the second meeting of the season for the two teams, Northern won the first matchup 28-14 at Blue Pony Stadium in Havre on Sept. 17.

• 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 but 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. 6 in the NAIA in receptions per game, No. 9 in receiving yards per game, No. 9 total receptions and No. 13 total receiving yards. He is also ranked No. 43 in all-purpose yards per game. He is the second-leading receiver in the conferences at 727receiving yards.

• With 188 yards in the first match up against MSU-Northern, Fohn has the individual single-game high in the Frontier Conference for receiving yards in 2016.

• Dylan Torgerson was named the Frontier Special Teams Player of the Week after his strong peformance against Rocky Mountain.

• MSU-Northern's Zach McKinley is the second-leading rusher in the Frontier Conference at 100.9 yards rushing per game. He has 706 yards on the season.  

• The Lights are Eighth in the conference for scoring defense per game at 38.0 PPG. 

• MSUN is eighth in the conference for scoring offense with 17.0 points per game.  

• Second-Year head coach Aaron Christiansen is 1-17 in his time at Northern.

• Northern has 13 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.

• Despite missing last Saturday's game against Rocky Mountain, JT Linder ranks in the top-50 in four different statistical categories including Passing Yards per game, total offensive yards per game, pass efficiency and total passing.  

• Tanner Gustavsen earned his first start under center against Rocky. He threw for 102 yards and a touchdown and ran for 42 yards and another score. 

• Tucker Johnson is fifth in the Frontier Conference for tackles per game at 9.0 and David Anderson is seventh at 8.1.

• Alec Basterrachea is third the Frontier Conference for sacks (4.5) and third in sacks per game (0.06).

• Carroll ranks sixth in the Frontier for total offense.  

• Carroll is third in the Frontier for sacks per game at 2.4. 

• The Saints are fifth 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.