2001 CARLETON COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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Carleton College The Best Combination of
Football and Academics in the Country!
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Carletons Storied Tradition 9 Undefeated
Seasons 61 Winning Seasons 457-404 Program
Record .531 Winning Percentage 23 Conference
Championships
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Carleton National Rankings

• 1 Fun Loving Campus (Newsweek/Kaplan 2004)
• 1 Alumni Giving (US News 2006)
• 2 Liberal Arts College in number of graduates
  receiving PhDs in all fields from 1991-2000
• 5 Liberal Arts College in the Nation (US News
  and World Report 2007)
• 5 Student Involvement in IM sports All colleges
  and universities (The Princeton Review 2006)
• 6 Liberal Arts College for Asian-Americans
  (Asian Nation, 2006)
• 7 Best Overall Academic Experience for
  Undergraduates All colleges and universities
  (The Princeton Review 2006)
• 9 School Runs Like Butter All colleges and
  universities (The Princeton Review 2006)
• 9 Best Campus All colleges and universities
  (CampusDirt.com 2007)
• 10 Best College Radio Station All colleges and
  universities (The Princeton Review 2006)

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• The Facts About Carleton College
• Total Enrollment 1,958 (925 Men, 1033 Women)
• 33 Majors, 16 Concentrations, 1000 courses
• Largest Majors Biology, English, Economics,
  Political Science
• 95 of faculty hold PhD or most advanced degree
  in their field
• Remains a leading source of PhD recipients
• Average Class Size 17
• Teacher Student Ratio 91
• 39 of classes have 13 or fewer students
• 95 of freshman return for sophomore year
• 87 of all students graduate in four years
• Advanced Placement scores of 4 or 5 are awarded
  college credits
• Gould Library, one of the largest undergraduate
  libraries in the US, open 8am to 1am
• All nine dorms are computer networked
• 17 networked computer labs (2 are open 24hrs.)
• 100-150 students study off-campus each term
• Typically, 10 Carleton-sponsored, off-campus
  study programs annually
• Career Center offers interview preparation,
  resume writing, and graduate school applications
• for the post-college job/graduate school search

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How Carleton is Regarded

• Ranks 1st among liberal arts colleges in number
  of students who are Merit Scholarship winners.
• McGraw-Hill ranked faculty 1 in the nation,
  having an unusually strong commitment to
  undergraduate teaching.

• Large list of distinguished speakers - former
  president Bill Clinton, poet Maya Angelou, and
  Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin, to name a few.

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REPUTATION OF CARLETON

• Kiplingers - 11th Best Value among American
  Private Colleges
• US News World Report - 5th ranked National
  Liberal Arts College
• ZD Net / Yahoo - 35th of 100 Most Wired
  Colleges
• Princeton Review - 7 Best Overall Academic
  Experience for Undergraduates
• 15th in Professor accessibility
• 13th in classes based on discussion

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CARLETON AND THE MIAC
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MIAC COMPARISON
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US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT

• National Liberal Arts College Rankings
• Williams 1
• Amherst 2
• Carleton 5
• Claremont-McKenna 12
• Grinnell 15
• Macalester 25
• Colorado College 27

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KIPLINGERS 2007 EVALUATION

• MIAC within top 100
• Carleton 11 (tied with Harvard and MIT)
• Macalester 28
• St. Olaf 42
• Criteria
• Cost
• Quality of students and faculty

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What the Knights have done in 2 years
2006 2006 First Team All-MIAC 2006 Second Team
All-MIAC Matt Frank - Wide Receiver Paul Klick
Offensive Line R.J. Jackson Running
Back 2006 MIAC Sportsmanship Team Darren Caspers
Quarterback Randy Foss Inside Linebacker Mike
Morrissey Defensive Line James Colbenson
Outside Linebacker 2006 MIAC Academic
All-Conference Mike Kootsikas Defensive
Back Randy Foss John Hanks Andrew Roberts Wade
Thompson 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-District V Team Matt Frank
2007 2007 First Team All-MIAC 2007 Second Team
All-MIAC James Clark Defensive End Chris
Gardner Wide Reciever James Colbenson
Linebacker Jerad Phelps - Linebacker Drew Ziller
Strong Safety Mike Morrissey Defensive
Tackle 2007 MIAC Sportsmanship Team Jerad
Phelps Linebacker 2007 ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District V Team John Hanks James
Clark - Returning Player
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TEAM ACCOLADES IN 2 YEARS
Team National Rankings 15th Ranked Passing
Offense 2006 25th Ranked Passing Offense 2007 7th
Ranked Turnover Margin 2006 Individual National
Rankings Matt Frank 2nd Receiving Yards per
Game 2006 Matt Frank 8th - Receptions per Game
2006 Chris Gardner 21st Punt Returns
2006 R.J. Jackson 23rd Scoring 2006 Darren
Caspers 24th Passing Yards per Game
2006 Chris Gardner 14th in Receptions per Game
2007 Chris Gardner 12th in Reception Yards per
Game 2007 Drew Ziller 25th in Solo Tackles per
Game 2007 James Clark 25th in Sacks per Game
2007 Drew Ziller 14th in Forced Fumbles per Game
2007 Eric Paul 14th in Forced Fumbles per Game
2007 Carleton College Records Broken in 2
years Darren Capsers Passing yards in a season
(2,305) Darren Caspers Completions in a season
(183) Randy Foss 4th All Time Career Tackles
(336) Matt Frank - Receptions in a Season
(74) R.J. Jackson - Touchdowns in a Season (13)
2006, Chris Gardner (13) 2007 First Win over a
ranked opponent in 20 years Beat Bethel 17-14
(18th in the final AFCA Poll) 2006 - Returning
Player
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Players of the Week for 2007
For the Week of 10/29/2007                
Drew Ziller, CarletonByron, Minn/Rochester
Lourdes Carleton College junior strong safety
Drew Ziller (Byron, Minn./Rochester Lourdes)
collected a career-high 21 stops, including 16
solo tackles. For the second consecutive week,
he led all MIAC players in both statistics. He
also forced a fumble, recovered another, broke up
two passes and blocked a point-after attempt.
Ziller's 21 tackles were one shy of the school
record set by Scott Klein at Saint John's on Oct.
21, 1995.
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