No matter how many Frontier Conference champoinships or NAIA national titles the Carroll College football team wins, they still have a challenge in Butte.

The No. 1 Saints (10-0 overall, 9-0 Frontier Conference) got a big touchdown run from local boy Matt Ritter and a second-half surge on defense to rally back and beat archrival Montana Tech 10-6 on Saturday.

Carroll, which trailed 6-3 at the half, replaced freshman Dane Broadhead after he threw an interception in Tech's end zone, and Ritter came in to do what he does best: move his feet.

The Saints backup quarterback, who moved from the wide receiver spot when junior quarterback Gary Wagner went down early in the season, broke away from tackles and snaked his way across the field to score the winning touchdown on a 12-yard scramble with 11:41 left in the game.

The Carroll defense did the rest, stopping Tech's sophomore quarterback and Helena High product Matt Komac. He finished 15-of-35 passing for 136 yards while picking up 75 yards rushing on the ground.

Komac looked to former Bengals teammate Alex Grevas downfield, connecting with the senior nine times for 82 yards.

The Saints' sophomore running back John Camino led the squad with 71 yards rushing on 21 carries and converted on fourth down to keep Carroll's final drive alive.

Senior Travis Browne led the Saints' receiving corps with 83 yards on nine catches.

Carroll, who clinched the Frontier Conference champoinship with a 37-0 win over MSU-Northern last week, hosts Eastern Oregon University next for their final regular game of the season.

Carroll College 0 3 0 7 -- 10

Montana Tech 3 3 0 0 -- 6

First Quarter

MT -- FG Sean Kelly 41, 2:32. Drive -- 7 plays, 56 yards. Key play -- Alex Grevas 34 pass from Matt Komac to Carroll 31.

Second Quarter

CC -- FG Zach Thriy 25, 3:44. Drive, 12 plays, 42 yards. Key play -- Pass interference penalty moved ball to Tech 7 on third-and-10.

Fourth Quarter

CC -- Matt Ritter 12 run (Connor Janhunen kick), 11:41. Drive -- 7 plays, 24 yards. Key play -- Scoring play, which came on third-and-9.

CC MT

First downs 15 16

Rushes-yards 40-121 32-152

Comp.-Att.-Int. 14-25-1 15-35-0

Passing yards 127 136

Total yards 248 288

Punts-ave. 7-42.3 7-36.0

Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-yards 6-50 5-30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Carroll, John Camino 21-71, Gabe Le 13-26, Ritter 3-23, Dane Broadhead 2-4, Team 1-(-2). Tech, Skyler Knuchel 16-77, Matt Komac 14-75, Cole Berg 2-0.

PASSING -- Carroll, Broadhead 13-22-1 119, Ritter 1-2-0 8. Tech, Komac 15-35-0 136.

RECEIVING -- Carroll, Travis Browne 9-83, Corey Peterson 2-5, Le 1-21, Brian Sloan 1-13, Marshall McEwen 1-5. Tech, Alex Grevas 9-82, Zach Soukup 3-33, Justin Hanse 2-5, Cal McQueary 1-16.

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