Carleton Knights

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Sean Goodman (Jr./Houston, Texas/S. P. Waltrip) ran for a late 30-yard touchdown to give the Carleton College football team a 14-7 victory at Hamline University, earning the Knights their first conference win of the season and their third victory in a row against the Pipers.
 
Goodman's touchdown, his third of the season and the longest rush of his career, was a tough, winding rumble which saw the junior running back evade multiple tackles before making it into the end zone with 3:30 remaining in the game. The score, which was Carleton's first offensive touchdown of the contest, capped off a well-rounded performance by Goodman, who finished with 13 rushes for 83 yards and three catches for 16 yards.
 
The Knights (3-3, 1-3 MIAC) defense opened the scoring in the second quarter, when lineman Adam Binzak (Jr./San Antonio, Texas/Antonian Prep) recovered a fumble from Hamline's Brandon Miller in the end zone. The play, Binzak's first career touchdown, was Carleton's first defensive score this year and its first fumble recovery for a touchdown since Sept. 26, 2009.
 
On a cold day with a rain-snow mix of precipitation falling throughout much of the day, the Carleton offense struggled to gain momentum early on, but the defense was more than capable of keeping the Knights in the game, stifling Hamline (1-5, 0-4 MIAC) for much of the afternoon. Carleton turned the Pipers over on downs five times and came up with two turnovers.
 
During Hamline's fourth possession, Knights defensive back Ryan Flanagan (So./Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greely) picked off Noah Hickman and returned the ball to the Piper nine-yard line. Even though Carleton couldn't convert on fourth-and-goal from the two-yard line, Hamline was backed up against its own goal line. That played a factor immediately as the Pipers fumbled on second down, and Binzak pounced on the loose ball in the end zone.
 
Hamline responded later in the second quarter thanks to a 47-yard touchdown run by Terrel Jones, who finished the game with nine total rushes for 83 yards. The two teams headed into halftime knotted 7-7.
 
The Knights' first possession of the second half saw quarterback Jonathan Singleton (Fr./San Martin, Calif./Live Oak) account for 44 yards through the air and on the ground before Carleton turned the ball over on downs inside the red zone.
 
During Hamline's ensuing possession—a monster 17 play, 74-yard drive that lasted for nearly 12 minutes—the visitors bent but never broke. Carleton stopped the Pipers at the 10-yard line, and linebacker Peter Hagstrom (Sr./Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee) blocked a 27-yard field goal attempt, keeping the score deadlocked at 7-7 early in the fourth quarter.
 
The Carleton defense turned the Pipers over on downs again on the host's next possession, setting the stage for Carleton's game-winning 73-yard drive. Having progressed down to the Pipers' 30-yard line, Goodman took the handoff and headed up the middle, broke a tackle and bounced to the left.
 
He broke another tackle at the 15-yard line, headed right, stiff armed a defender at the 10-yard line and raced to the end zone. It was the longest touchdown run by a Knight since Andy Gustafson's 64-yard scamper against Augsburg University on Sept. 19, 2015.
 
Singleton finished the day with 16 completions in 29 attempts for 148 yards and no interceptions. Mack Journell (Sr./Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point) was the primary target in the passing game, with nine catches for 114 yards, including a 46-yarder on the first play after the blocked field goal. This was Journell's eighth career game with 100+ receiving yards. He also moved into fifth place on Carleton's career list with 146 receptions. He is now eighth with 1,748 receiving yards as a Knight.
 
Hamline was led by the offensive performances of quarterback Manny Moton, who completed 11 of 20 passes for 109 yards, and receiver Triston Thomas, who caught seven passes for 70 yards. Running back Zander Payne also had a productive day, totaling 63 yards over 17 carries.
 
For the second week in a row Carleton's Travis Brown (Jr. /St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville) racked up a game-high 14 tackles, once again matching the second-highest total of his career.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE KNIGHTS: Carleton returns to Laird Stadium and hosts Augsburg University for Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 19. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m., and live video and stats will be available via athletics.carleton.edu.