ARDEN HILLS, MINN.—The No. 14 Bethel University football team closed their 2026 regular season with a 65-0 victory over St. Scholastica at Royal Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Royals improve to 8-2, 8-1 MIAC, and will await whether they've received an at-large bid into the 2026 NCAA Division III Championship on the selection show scheduled for Sunday, November 15 at 5 p.m. (ET) on www.ncaa.com
The Saints conclude their 2026 season with a 1-9, 1-8 MIAC record.
Bethel 65, St. Scholastica 0
It was another day at the office for a Bethel ground game that accumulated 217 yards and eight touchdowns on 39 carries. David Geebli had 54 yards on 11 carries, which consisted of touchdown runs from three, four, and one yards out. Tight end Grant Johnson contributed to the ground game with a 54-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Miles Gish had 45 yards across seven carries, while Taye Manns finished with 38 yards on eight attempts, which included a five-yard touchdown run.
Bethel quarterback Cooper Drews completed 27-of-32 passes for 375 yards, and had 16 yards rushing on seven carries that consisted of touchdown scores from four and 10 yards. Senior quarterback Ryan Bengtson, who came in relief of Drews in the fourth quarter, had a one-yard touchdown run.
Bethel finished with 597 yards of total offense, which included 380 through the air. Albert Rundell caught 11 balls for 135 yards, followed by nine catches for 120 yards from Teagan Viebrock.
The Royals' defense held St. Scholastica to 202 yards of total offense, just 48 of those yards were passing. They opened the game's scoring with a safety courtesy of a sack in the end zone from Phil Conant and Elijah Claussen with 8:05 left in the first quarter. Conant and Claussen each had six tackles.
Senior Mason Mix came through with a 33-yard interception returned for a touchdown, six tackles, and one sack. Jake Borman had a team-leading nine tackles and one quarterback hurry, followed by eight stops and one fumble recovery from Marcus Whiting.
St. Scholastica finished with 154 yards rushing, led by Stephan Jackson's 76 yards on 15 carries.
