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

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Carroll (MT) $^		10	–	0					15	–	0
No. 23 Montana Tech		6	–	4					7	–	4
MSU 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.

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