Bethel overcame a sluggish first three quarters and scored 22 points in the final quarter to defeat Carleton at the Metrodome.
The Royals scored the first 10 points of the game, scoring on a three-yard TD run by Brett Brodeen (Gladstone, MI) and a 27 yard field by Seth Olson (Bloomington, MN). The Knights countered with two field goals by James Adducci.
The teams traded scores to end the half and to begin the second half as Carleton took 26-25 lead into the fourth quarter. Bethel responded with three straight touchdowns, a five yard pass from Bart Becker (Conrad, MT) to Jeremy Belisle (Elk River, MN), a three-yard run by Josh Savageau (Blaine, MN ), and a two-yard run by Becker.
The Royals were led by Savageau with 148 yards rushing on 27 carries. He became Bethel’s first 1,000 yard rusher since Jeremy Tvedt in 1996. Jeremy Belisle caught five passes for 73 yards and one touchdown to add to his career records. Becker completed 14 of 25 passes for 157 yards, with one interception and one touchdown.
Defensively, the Royals were led by senior strong safety Kirk Midthun (Dodge Center, MN) and sophomore defensive end Rick Meyer (Dodge Center, MN) with seven tackles each.
The Knights were led by running back Kyle Swartout with
106 yards. Quarterback Jesse Anderson threw for 129 yards and three touchdowns,
with Dan Reider hauling in two touchdowns.
Team Statistics
Bethel
Carleton
47
Points
26
14 First
Downs Rushing
10
7 First
Downs Passing
7
2 First Downs by
Penalty
0
78 Total Offensive
Plays
66
393 Total
Yards Gained
302
5.04 Average Yards
per Play
4.58
48
Plays Rushing
42
190
Yards Rushing
154
203
Yards Passing
148
30
Passes Attempted
24
17
Passes Completed
9
1 Passes Had Intercepted
2
40.5
Net Yards per Punt
29.7
0- 0 Fumbles-Fumbles
Lost
3- 3
4- 35
Penalties-Yards
4- 22
6- 16 3rd Down
Conversions
6- 15
.375 3rd Down Conversion Percentage
.400
4- 5
4th Down Conversions
2- 3
.800 4th Down Conversion Percentage
.667
Scoring by Period
1 2 3 4
Tot
--------------------------------------------------
Bethel
10 8 7 22
47
Carleton
0 13 13 0 26
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Possession Time by Period
1 2 3
4 Total
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Bethel
11:39 5:25 6:54 9:21 33:19
Carleton
3:21 9:35 8:06 5:39 26:41
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Attendance
2500
Rushing
Yds/ Yds/
Bethel
GP-GS Car Gain Ls Net Game Car TD LP
---------------------------------------------------------------
Josh Savageau 1- 1
28 172 22 150 150.0 5.4 1 27
Dave Dickman 1- 0
6 24 0 24 24.0 4.0
0 9
Brett Brodeen 1- 0
4 20 1 19 19.0 4.8
1 17
Ryan Ruisch
1- 0 4 10 1 9
9.0 2.2 1 8
Bart Becker
1- 1 3 6 0
6 6.0 2.0 1 3
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
1 4 0 4 4.0
4.0 1 4
Scott Kirchoff 1- 0
1 0 9 -9 -9.0 -9.0
0 0
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1
1 0 13 -13 -13.0 -13.0 0
0
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Bethel
1- 1 48 236 46 190 190.0 4.0
5 27
Carleton
1- 1 42 173 19 154 154.0 3.7
0 18
Passing
Bethel
GP-GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds Sck TD Cnv LP
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bart Becker
1- 1 14 25 1 .560 157 0
1 1 37
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
1 2 0 .500 21 0
0 1 21
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1
1 1 0 1.000 15 0
0 0 0
Scott Kirchoff 1- 0
1 2 0 .500 10 1
0 0 10
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Bethel
1- 1 17 30 1 .567 203 1
1 2 37
Carleton
1- 1 9 24 2 .375 148
1 3 0 50
Passing Efficiency
Yds/ TD Comp Int
Rating
Bethel
GP-GS Att Pct Pct
Pct Pts
--------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1 15.00
0.00 100.00 0.00 226.00
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
10.50 0.00 50.00 0.00 138.20
Bart Becker
1- 1 6.28 4.00 56.00 4.00
113.95
Scott Kirchoff 1- 0 5.00
0.00 50.00 0.00 92.00
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Bethel
1- 1 6.77 3.33 56.67 3.33
117.87
Carleton
1- 1 6.17 12.50 37.50 8.33 113.92
Pass Receiving
Rec/ Yds/
Bethel
GP-GS Rec Game Yds Rec TD LP
-----------------------------------------------------
Jordy Hage
1- 1 6 6.0 51 8.5
0 16
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1
5 5.0 73 14.6 1 37
Dave Dickman 1- 0
2 2.0 18 9.0 0 13
Ben Matthews 1- 1
1 1.0 21 21.0 0 21
Dan Richards 1- 1
1 1.0 18 18.0 0 18
Paul Olson
1- 0 1 1.0 15 15.0 0
0
Ryan Ruisch
1- 0 1 1.0 7 7.0
0 7
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Bethel
1- 1 17 17.0 203 11.9 1 37
Carleton
1- 1 9 9.0 148 16.4 3 50
Total Offense
Yds/
Bethel
GP-GS Rush Pass Tot Game
------------------------------------------------
Bart Becker
1- 1 6 157 163 163.0
Josh Savageau 1- 1
150 0 150 150.0
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
4 21 25 25.0
Dave Dickman 1- 0
24 0 24 24.0
Brett Brodeen 1- 0
19 0 19 19.0
Ryan Ruisch
1- 0 9 0 9
9.0
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1 -13
15 2 2.0
Scott Kirchoff 1- 0
-9 10 1 1.0
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Bethel
1- 1 190 203 393 393.0
Carleton
1- 1 154 148 302 302.0
All-Purpose Yards
Punt KO Tot Yds/
Bethel
GP-GS Rush Rec Ret Ret Yds Game
---------------------------------------------------------
Josh Savageau 1- 1
150 0 0 0 150
150.0
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1 -13
73 0 0 60 60.0
Jordy Hage
1- 1 0 51 0
0 51 51.0
Gary Stone
1- 1 0 0 0
42 42 42.0
Dave Dickman 1- 0
24 18 0 0 42
42.0
Brett Brodeen 1- 0
19 0 0 11 30
30.0
Ben Matthews 1- 1
0 21 0 0 21
21.0
Dan Richards 1- 1
0 18 0 0 18
18.0
Ryan Ruisch
1- 0 9 7 0
0 16 16.0
Paul Olson
1- 0 0 15 0
0 15 15.0
Bart Becker
1- 1 6 0 0
0 6 6.0
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
4 0 -2 2 4
4.0
Scott Kirchoff 1- 0
-9 0 0 0 -9
-9.0
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Bethel
1- 1 190 203 -2 55 446 446.0
Carleton
1- 1 154 148 13 121 436 436.0
Scoring
-- Conversions --
Bethel
GP-GS TD Run Pass Kick FG S DX Pts
------------------------------------------------------------
Ryan Ruisch
1- 0 1 0- 0 2- 2 0- 0 0 0 0
10
Seth Olson
1- 1 0 0- 0 0- 0 4- 4 1 0 0
7
Bart Becker
1- 1 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 0 0 0
6
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 0 0 0
6
Jeremy Belisle 1- 1 1
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 6
Josh Savageau 1- 1
1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0
6
Brett Brodeen 1- 0
1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0
6
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Bethel
1- 1 6 0- 0 2- 4 4- 4 1 0 0
47
Carleton
1- 1 3 0- 1 0- 0 2- 2 2 0 0
26
Field Goals
Bethel
GP-GS 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total LP
-----------------------------------------------------------
Seth Olson
1- 1 1- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 1- 3 0
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Bethel
1- 1 1- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 1- 3 0
Carleton
1- 1 0- 0 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0
Punting
Ins
Bethel
GP-GS Att Yds Avg Bk LP 20
-------------------------------------------------
Gary Stone
1- 1 2 94 47.0 0 55 0
Team
0- 0 1 0 0.0 1 0
0
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Bethel
1- 1 3 94 31.3 1 55 0
Carleton
1- 1 3 87 29.0 0 38 0
Kickoff Returns
Bethel
GP-GS Att Yds Avg TD LP
----------------------------------------------
Gary Stone
1- 1 2 42 21.0 0 21
Brett Brodeen 1- 0
1 11 11.0 0 11
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
1 2 2.0 0 2
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Bethel
1- 1 4 55 13.8 0 21
Carleton
1- 1 8 121 15.1 0 21
Punt Returns
Bethel
GP-GS Att Yds Avg TD LP
----------------------------------------------
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
1 -2 -2.0 0 0
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Bethel
1- 1 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Carleton
1- 1 2 13 6.5 0 8
Interception Returns
Bethel
GP-GS Att Yds Avg TD LP
----------------------------------------------
Hans Bengtson 1- 1
1 11 11.0 0 11
Jason Holm
1- 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
----------------------------------------------
Bethel
1- 1 2 11 5.5 0 11
Carleton
1- 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
Defensive Statistics
Bethel
GP-GS T A Tot CF RF FR-Yds TD PBU Prs
TFL-Yds Sack-Yds I BK BP
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Midthun 1- 0
6 1 7 1.0 0 0- 0
0 1 0 0.5- 7 0.5- 7
0 0 0
Rick Meyer
1- 1 5 2 7 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 1 0.5- 7
0.5- 7 0 0 0
Hans Bengtson 1- 1
5 1 6 0.0 1 0- 0
0 0 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
1 0 0
Jason Holm
1- 0 5 1 6 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 1 0 0
Ben Kidd
1- 0 3 2 5 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Gary Stone
1- 1 4 0 4 1.0 1
0- 0 0 0 1 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Jeff Eklund
1- 1 4 0 4 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Jeff Bormes
1- 0 4 0 4 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 1 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Josh Schlueter 1- 1
4 0 4 0.0 0 0- 0
0 0 0 1.0- 4 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Mike Hendel
1- 0 2 1 3 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Luke Carlson 1- 1
2 1 3 0.0 0 0- 0
0 1 0 1.0- 1 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Ben Matthews 1- 1
2 0 2 0.0 0 0- 0
0 2 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Harrison Hanson 1- 1 2
0 2 0.0 0 0- 0 0
1 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0 0 0
0
Mike Johnson 1- 0
2 0 2 0.0 0 0- 0
0 0 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Justin Terrell 1- 0
1 1 2 0.0 0 0- 0
0 0 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Peter Paulson 1- 0
1 0 1 0.0 0 0- 0
0 0 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Tim Adams
1- 0 1 0 1 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Chico Rowland 1- 1
1 0 1 0.0 0 0- 0
0 0 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
0 0 0
Ryan Kooy
1- 0 1 0 1 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Jon Foss
1- 0 0 1 1 0.0 0
0- 0 0 0 0 0.0- 0
0.0- 0 0 0 0
Brett Brodeen 1- 0
0 0 0 0.0 1 0- 0
0 0 0 0.0- 0 0.0- 0
0 0 0
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Bethel
1- 1 55 11 66 2.0 3 0- 0
0 5 3 3.0- 19 1.0- 14 2
0 0
Carleton
1- 1 64 13 77 0.0 0 0- 0
0 1 0 10.0- 46 1.0- 9 1
0 1