ARDEN HILLS, MINN.—The No. 5 Bethel University football team moves to 7-0, 6-0 MIAC following a 53-0 shutout of Macalester at Royal Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Scots fall to 2-5, 1-5 MIAC.

Bethel 53, Macalester 0

Royals quarterback Cooper Drews completed 26-of-34 passes for 306 yards and a season-high five touchdowns passes. He also rushed for a team-leading 82 yards and one touchdown on four carries. Four of those touchdown passes occurred in the first half courtesy of Albert Rundell from five and eight yards out, Aiden Eckert from two yards, and Taye Manns from 13 yards. Manns also rushed for a one-yard touchdown in a first half that resulted in a 35-0 halftime lead for Bethel.

Eckert became the third Royal to score two touchdowns in the contest as he hauled in a three-yard pass from Drews with 8:52 remaining in the third quarter, which widened the score to 42-0. 

Macalester attempted to punt on the ensuing drive, but the snap from their 29-yard line sailed to the end zone before punter Andrew Wetherill kicked it out of bounds for a Bethel safety that made things 44-0 with 6:34 on the clock.

The Royals got the ball right back and mustered an 11-play 76 yard drive that ended with Drews' one-yard touchdown run that pushed the margin to 50-0. Taye Manns rushed for 29 yards on six carries throughout that scoring drive.

Zach Bengtson's 38-yard field goal with 9:26 left in the fourth quarter closed the game's scoring and iced a 53-0 victory for the Royals. 

Bethel out-gained Macalester 520-151 in the contest, 318 of those yards were through the air. 

Albert Rundell caught 10 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns, while Aiden Eckert had 13 receptions for 97 yards and two scores. 

Nick Colyer was a forced to be reckoned with for Bethel as he had five tackles (three solo), one interception, three pass breakups, and one forced fumble. Jake Borman was in on a team-leading 10 tackles for the Royals. Macalester got a game-high 14 tackles from Jason Weaver.

Bethel will travel to Concordia (Minn.) on Saturday, November 1 for a 1 p.m. game.