2007 Carroll Fighting Saints football team

2007 Carroll Fighting Saints football
NAIA national champion Frontier champion
NAIA National Championship Game, W 17–9 vs. Sioux Falls
Conference	Frontier Conference
Record	15–0 (10–0 Frontier)
Head coach	Mike Van Diest (9th season)

2007 Frontier Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Carroll (MT) $^		10	–	0					15	–	0
No. 23 Montana Tech		6	–	4					7	–	4
Montana State–Northern		5	–	5					6	–	5
Montana Western		5	–	5					5	–	6
Rocky Mountain		3	–	7					4	–	7
Eastern Oregon		1	–	9					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

The 2007 Carroll Fighting Saints football team was an American football team that represented Carroll College as a member of the Frontier Conference during the 2007 NAIA football season. In their ninth season under head coach Mike Van Diest, the Saints compiled a perfect 15–0 record (10–0 against conference opponents) and won the NAIA national championship, defeating Sioux Falls, 17–9, in the NAIA National Championship Game.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	Black Hills State*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 17–0
September 8	at Rocky Mountain	Billings, MT	W 35–3
September 15	Eastern Oregon	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 38–3
September 22	at MSU Northern	Havre, MT	W 10–3
September 29	Montana Western	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 42–0
October 6	at Montana Tech	Butte, MT	W 17–0
October 13	Rocky Mountain	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 42–0
October 20	at Eastern Oregon	La Grande, OR	W 28–7
October 27	MSU Northern	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 10–3
November 3	at Montana Western	Dillon, MT	W 30–16
November 10	Montana Tech	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT	W 17–14
November 17	Black Hills State*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT (NAIA first round)	W 34–0
November 24	Morningside*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT (NAIA quarterfinal)	W 27–16	3,317
December 1	Saint Francis (IN)*	Nelson Stadium Helena, MT (NAIA semifinal)	W 23–7	4,527
December 15	vs. Sioux Falls*	Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN (NAIA Championship Game)	W 17–9
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2010 Football Schedule". Carroll College. Retrieved October 31, 2021.