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Sunday,
Nov. 25, 2007
NAIA FCS Semifinal
The University of
Saint Francis will keep its bags packed for a trip west this
week to play 2nd-ranked and undefeated Carroll
College in Helena, Mont., on Saturday, Dec. 1. Kick-off is
scheduled for 2:07 p.m. Fort Wayne time.
NAIA officials announced the pairings early Sunday
afternoon.
“They are an excellent, well-coached, talented team,” USF
head coach Kevin Donley said about the 13-0 Saints. “We’re
playing our best football of the season, so it is a great
semifinal match-up, one we’re looking forward to.”
USF
is playing in its fifth consecutive NAIA Football
Championship Series semifinal while the Saints advanced to
their seventh semifinal in eight seasons. CC advanced with a
hard-earned 27-16 win over No. 11 Morningside.
The
Cougars advanced 30-27 on the foot of sophomore place-kicker
Rhys (Reese) Barnhart, who kicked a 39-yard game-winning
field goal at Bethel College in McKenzie, Tenn., on Saturday
(Nov. 24). His boot gave USF its first road win in six NAIA
FCS attempts. The Cougars won their 41st road
game and are 41-14 in 10 seasons, 32-7 over the last seven
seasons (2001 to present).
2007 Semifinal Pairings | Saturday, Dec. 1 | All Times
Tentative
Semifinal 1: #1 Sioux Falls (S.D.) (12-0) hosts #9
Missouri Valley (10-2), 12 p.m. CST
Semifinal 2: #2 Carroll (Mont.) (13-0) hosts #5 St.
Francis (Ind.) (11-1), 12:07 p.m. MST
Scores from Quarterfinal Round | Saturday, Nov. 24
Game 1:
#1 Sioux Falls (S.D.) (12-0)
DEFEATED #10 St. Xavier (Ill.) (10-3), 49-7
Game 2:
#2 Carroll (Mont.) (13-0)
DEFEATED #11 Morningside (Iowa) (9-3), 27-16
Game 3:
#9 Missouri Valley (10-2)
DEFEATED #3 Ohio Dominican (12-1), 48-34
Game 4:
#5 USF (Ind.) (11-1)
DEFEATED #4 Bethel (Tenn.) (11-2), 30-27
2007 Season Schedule – CARROLL
COLLEGE
DATE OPPONENT PLACE
TIME SCORE Record
1-Sep Black Hills State HOME
1pm W 17-0 1-0
8-Sep Rocky Mountain College Away 1pm W
35-3 2-0 (1-0)
15-Sep Eastern Oregon HOME 1pm
W 38-3 3-0 (2-0)
22-Sep MSU Northern Away
1pm W 10-3 4-0 (3-0)
29-Sep UM Western
HOME 1pm W 42-0 5-0 (4-0)
6-Oct MT Tech
Away 1pm W 17-0 6-0 (5-0)
13-Oct Rocky Mountain College HOME 1pm W
42-0 7-0 (6-0)
20-Oct Eastern Oregon Away
1pm W 28-7 8-0 (7-0)
27-Oct MSU Northern HOME
1pm W 10-3 9-0 (8-0)
3-Nov UM Western Away;
1pm W 30-16 10-0 (9-0)
10-Nov MT Tech HOME
12pm W 17-14 11-0 (10-0)
NAIA FCS
17-Nov Black Hills State (1st RD) HOME 12pm W
34-0 12-0 (10-0)
24-Nov Morningside (Quarterfinals) HOME
12pm W 27-16 13-0 (10-0)
1-Dec USF (NAIA Semifinals) HOME
12pm
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