Carleton football news
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Five named Gagliardi finalists
December 18, 2025Out of 15 semifinalists, we whittled it down to five on Thursday: three quarterbacks, a wide receiver and a running back. One of these five will win the 2025 Gagliardi Trophy, Division III football's top honor. -
Gagliardi Trophy semifinalists announced
December 05, 2025Dozens of players were nominated but 15 make it to the semifinal stage. Who are they? Check out the players, then cast your fan ballot for the top all-around student-athlete in Division III football.
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Curtis's message: Keep fighting
October 29, 2025Carleton quarterback Jack Curtis has been receiving chemo treatment at the famed Mayo Clinic every Monday. It takes him until Friday to recover. And on Saturdays, he throws for 350 yards per game. More on Curtis in a D3football.com feature by Glen Crevier.
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Jack Curtis and Tyler Dimond shine as Knights rout Gustavus, 51-17
November 09, 2024
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At season's halfway point, Carleton walking the walk
October 12, 2022Carleton is one of the nation's top-ranked schools -- for academics, at least. In football, it's been a different story, but under Tom Journell the Knights have become more consistently competitive. Joe Sager has more in a D3football.com feature.
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Carleton strikes quick in Homecoming win over Augsburg
October 19, 2019
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Defensive effort leads Knights to 20-10 win at Lawrence
September 14, 2019
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Knights snag another win, beat Augsburg by 36-34 tally
October 13, 2018With the injury bug taking numerous bites out of the roster, the Carleton College football team gutted out a 36-34 road win over Augsburg University.
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Knights unable to hold off St. Olaf in Goat Trophy game
September 15, 2018NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Carleton College football team committed four turnovers—three of them in St. Olaf territory—and saw a 14-7 lead turn into a 33-21 defeat at the hands of its cross-town rival.
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Carleton douses Lawrence to claim first win, 44-23
September 08, 2018In some ways it was a throwback to the power outage during Super Bowl XLVII as a third-quarter sprinkler delay may have benefitted the Carleton College football team in the Knights' 44-23 victory over visiting Lawrence University.
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Carleton hires 10-year D-III head coach
April 24, 2018Tom Journell, who has been head coach at Elmhurst and UW-Stevens Point, gets tabbed to take over the Carleton football program.
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Carleton coach steps down
February 15, 2018Bob Pagel spent six years as head coach of the Knights, winning 12 games, half of them in the rugged Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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Knights' late rally at Lake Forest comes up agonizingly short
September 09, 2017
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Carleton defeats Hamline as time expires
October 01, 2016Down 31-23 with 5:15 left to play in the fourth quarter, the Carleton College football team engineered a triumphant comeback on Saturday afternoon as senior Brandt Davis kicked a 30-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Knights to a 34-31 victory over Hamline University.
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Knights Burned by Prairie Fire’s Late Rally
September 12, 2015
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Book of Knowledge Comes Home in Knights 27-12 Win Over Macalester
September 05, 2015
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Carleton Erases 17-Point Fourth Quarter Defict for 49-45 Win
November 16, 2013
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Knights Capitalize on Big Plays to Defeat Grinnell
September 07, 2013
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Bob Pagel Named Head Football Coach at Carleton
December 03, 2012
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Dick Tressel Joins Football Coaching Staff at Carleton College
March 27, 2012Carleton College head football coach Bob Pagel announced the addition of Dick Tressel to the Knights’ staff for the 2012 season. Tressel, who will serve as offensive coordinator at Carleton, spent 11 years at Ohio State University, including the last eight as the Buckeyes’ running backs coach.
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Carleton's Ramler resigns
January 06, 2012After five seasons, Kurt Ramler is stepping down as football coach at Carleton. He got the Knights within a minute of the MIAC automatic bid.
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Carleton's stadium underwater
September 26, 2010As the sun rose over Carleton's campus on Friday, Laird Stadium was dry. But as the hours progressed, the rising water of the Cannon River spun the tables on the 7,500-seat stadium.
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David hosts Goliath for all the marbles
November 11, 2008In 1996, senior Kurt Ramler led a high powered St. John's football team as its savvy gun-slinging quarterback, to an MIAC championship. Twelve years later, Ramler welcomes the Johnnies to his new home field at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., where he'll put a school's conference championship dreams on the shoulders of his own senior quarterback, Shane Henfling.
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For Carleton, Walk is a step forward
October 04, 2008
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Seniors help the last become first
September 30, 2008What do Buena Vista, Carleton, Loras and Augsburg all have in common? They are all sitting atop their respective conferences after finishing under .500 last season.
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Recipe for a revival
October 05, 2006When Kurt Ramler became Carleton head coach in February, he says it wasn't just an attempt to get back to Minnesota, or the MIAC, a conference he dominated as St. John's quarterback in the mid-'90s. It also wasn't just to get out of a losing situation at Heidelberg or take the first head coaching job that came along.
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Bids on the line in IIAC clash
November 02, 2000Every year, you can count on a few things when the gales of November (to steal a phrase from Gordon Lightfoot) approach the Midwest. The temperatures get colder. The fallen leaves crunch under your feet on your way to class. The first snowflakes of the season approach, and you swear that you saw the first Christmas ads on TV before Halloween.
