SAINT JOHN’S JOHNNIES OFFICIAL 2018 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME INFORMATION 4-Time National Champions • 1963, 1965, 1976, 2003 33 MIAC Titles • 29 Postseason Appearances No. 4/5 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY (8-0, 7-0 MIAC) 2018 STATISTICAL COMPARISONS vs. HAMLINE UNIVERSITY (0-8, 0-6 MIAC) Hamline Saint John’s (NCAA/MIAC) (NCAA/MIAC) Saturday, November 3, 2018; 1 p.m. | Clemens Stadium (cap. 8,500); Collegeville, Minn. 12.6 (226th/9th) Scoring Offense 44.5 (11th/2nd) 42.9 (237th/8th) Scoring Defense 8.8 (8th/2nd) 209.9 (239th/9th) Total Offense 474.9 (20th/2nd) 425.4 (202nd/8th) Total Defense 298.8 (48th/5th) 27:45 Avg. Time of Possession 30:09 Nickname: Johnnies Nickname: Pipersrs PASSING Location: Collegeville, Minn. Location: St. Paul, Minn. 154.6 (201st/8th) Passing Offense 287.4 (22nd/1st) Founded: 1857 Founded: 1854 207.8 (125th/8th) Passing Defense 203.5 (116th/7th) Enrollment: 1,703 Enrollment: 2,184 9 Passing TD’s 28 School Colors: Cardinal and Blue School Colors: Red and Gray 21 Passing TD’s Allowed 5 92.7 (223rd/9th) Pass Effi ciency 184.7 (4th/1st) Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) 163.5 (234th/9th) Pass-Effi ciency Defense 94.6 (19th/3rd) President: Dr. Michael Hemesath ’81 President: Dr. Fayneese Miller RUSHING Athletic Director: Bob Alpers ’82 Athletic Director: Jason Verdugo 55.3 (236th/8th) Rushing Offense 187.5 (66th/4th) Home Field (Capacity): Clemens Stadium (8,500) Home Field (Capacity): Klas Field (2,000) 217.6 (208th/8th) Rushing Defense 95.3 (41st/3rd) Head Coach: Gary Fasching ’81 Head Coach: Chip Taylor 4 Rushing TD’s 18 SJU Record: 54-11 (Sixth season) Hamline Record: 7-21 (Third season) 23 Rushing TD’s Allowed 5 Overall Record: 54-11 (Sixth season) Overall Record: 7-21 (Third season) DEFENSE Record vs. Hamline: 5-0 Record vs. Saint John's: 0-2 9 Sacks (Total) 28 44 Tackles For Loss (Total) 68 SATURDAY'S MATCHUP SPECIAL TEAMS 60 (31.3) Punts (Avg.) 24 (37.7) Saint John’s clinched a share of its MIAC-record 33rd conference title and earned the league’s automatic bid to the 36 (18.3) Kick Returns (Avg.) 16 (19.2) NCAA Division III Playoffs with a 42-14 win last Saturday at Concordia-Moorhead. The Johnnies made their fourth 1 (1.0) Punt Returns (Avg.) 25 (7.2) consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs and ended the season ranked No. 14 nationally with a 9-2 N/A Kickoff Coverage (Net Avg.) 41.3 (7-1 MIAC) record last fall. Hamline was 0-for-10 on third down and mustered only 79 yards of offense in a 33-0 TURNOVERS loss last weekend at Bethel. The Pipers fi nished eighth in the MIAC with a 1-7 record (2-8 overall) in 2017. -10 (10/20) Turnover Margin +13 (26/13) 5 Interceptions 14 TUNE IN 12 Interceptions Thrown 5 Saturday’s game can be heard live on WBHR-660 AM across central Minnesota; WDGY-740 AM, 92.1 FM, 103.7 5 Fumbles Gained (Defensive) 12 FM and 107.1 HDZ in the Twin Cities; and KOWZ-1170 AM and 106.3 FM in Waseca, which 8 Fumbles Lost 8 MISCELLANEOUS covers most of southern Minnesota and into western Wisconsin. Mark Lewandowski, Bryan 57.1% (8-14) Red-Zone Offense 78.3% (36-46) Backes, Mike Carr and Charlie Carr will call all the action, beginning with Johnnies Maga- 69.8% (30-43) Red-Zone Defense 47.1% (8-17) zine at 11 a.m. and the pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. The game will also be broadcast on 24.1% (28-116) 3rd-Down Offense 43.2% (38-88) the SJU football website via Stretch Internet. This is the 22nd season SJU football can be 37.2% (35-94) 3rd-Down Defense 30.7% (39-127) heard worldwide over the internet. 1,449 (4 games) Avg. Home Attendance 9,042 (4 games) SAME NIGHT, SAME PLACE FOR FOOTBALL WEEKLY Tune in to Football Weekly during the football season this fall, each Thursday from 7-8 p.m., at the Blue Line Sports 2018 SCHEDULES/RESULTS Bar & Grill in Sartell. Guests include head coach Gary Fasching, an SJU assistant coach, an SJU football student- Saint John’s (8-0, 7-0 MIAC) athlete and a local high school head coach each week. The radio show airs live on WBHR-660 AM and gojohnnies. Sept. 1 UW-STOUT W, 27-0 com via the Stretch Internet portal. Sept. 15 vs. Gustavus Adolphus* W, 45-13 Sept. 22 CARLETON* W, 59-0 Sept. 29 at Augsburg* W, 52-0 JOHNNIES, FASCHING AGAIN ON KOOL-TV Oct. 6 at Bethel* W, 34-16 Based out of Alexandria, Minn., KOOL-TV will again produce tape-delayed broadcasts of all Saint John’s home Oct. 13 ST. THOMAS* W, 40-20 football games, as well as the “Gary Fasching Coaches’ Show,” for the fourth consecu- Oct. 20 ST. OLAF* W, 57-7 tive season in 2018. The 30-minute show airs at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday night during the Oct. 27 at Concordia* W, 42-14 football season, followed by the tape-delayed home broadcast. Viewers outside the KOOL- Nov. 3 HAMLINE* 1 p.m. TV broadcast area can watch the coaches’ show and home-game broadcast as they air Nov. 10 THOMAS MORE, Ky. 1 p.m. Tuesday nights on www.kooltv-mn.com. Neither broadcast will be archived online for future Nov. 17 NCAA Playoffs - First Round 12 p.m. viewing. KOOL-TV and SJU extended the contract through the 2020 season in July 2018. If you are not receiving KOOL-TV in your current television package, interested viewers are encouraged to visit www.getkooltv.com and Hamline (0-8, 0-6 MIAC) sign the petition. Aug. 30 at Buena Vista, Iowa L, 27-39 Sept. 8 MACALESTER L, 27-29 MEDIA CONTACTS Sept. 15 at St. Thomas* L, 0-62 Sept. 22 at Concordia* L, 0-55 • Saint John’s - Ryan Klinkner, Athletic Media Relations Director Sept. 29 ST. OLAF* L, 7-41 320-363-3127, [email protected] Oct. 6 at Carleton* L, 26-42 Website: www.gojohnnies.com | Twitter: @SJUJohnnies | Instagram: @johnnieathletics Oct. 13 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS* L, 14-42 Oct. 27 BETHEL* L, 0-33 • Hamline - Dave Wright, Sports Information Director Nov. 3 at Saint John's* 1 p.m. 651-523-2786, [email protected] Nov. 10 AUGSBURG* 1 p.m. Website: www.hamlineathletics.com/ | Twitter: @HUPipers | Instagram: @hu_athletics 2018 Johnnie Football • @SJUJohnnies • @SJUFootball • A Tradition Unrivaled 1 Saint John's Football History SERIES NOTES Series Record: SJU leads, 60-23-3 (Current Streak: SJU, 23) *through Oct. 27 at Saint John’s: SJU leads, 35-8-2 (Current Streak: SJU, 11) First Season 1900 (108th season) at Hamline: SJU leads, 24-15-1 (Current Streak: SJU, 12) All-Time Record 637-248-24 (.714) Neutral: SJU leads, 1-0 (Current Streak: SJU, 1) All-Time MIAC Record 464-178-22 (.715) Last Saint John’s Win: Nov. 4, 2017 (72-6) All-Time Home Record 335-97-13 (.767) Last Hamline Win: Oct. 1, 1994 (27-26) All-Time Postseason Record 42-23 (.646) Largest Margin of a Saint John’s Victory: 69 (1993) NCAA Postseason Record 37-22 (.627) Largest Margin of a Hamline Victory: 27 (1908, 1909) All-Americans 126 All-MIAC First-Team Selections 394 SERIES’ BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES (By Yardage) Rushing: SJU, Mike Zumwinkle, 22-230-2 TD (Oct. 26, 1985) 4 National Championships HAM, Austin Duncan, 35-154-0 TD (Nov. 9, 2013) 1963 (NAIA), 1965 (NAIA), 1976, 2003 Passing: SJU, Joe Boyle, 11-17-318-2 TD (Nov. 13, 2010) 33 MIAC Championships HAM, Tim Bona, 23-40-304-3 TD (Oct. 4, 2014) 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, Receiving: SJU, Ben Vanderheyden, 6-195-3 TD (Oct. 11, 2008) 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, HAM, Phillip Sherman, 7-114-1 TD (Oct. 4, 2014) 2009, 2014, 2018 29 Postseason Appearances SERIES HISTORY Saturday’s game is the 87th meeting between SJU and Hamline, going all the way back to 1908. The Johnnies are 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 60-23-3 (.715) all-time against the Pipers, including a 35-8-2 record in Collegeville. SJU has won 28 of the last 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 31 meetings overall. The last time Hamline defeated the Johnnies was a 27-26 decision on Oct. 1, 1994, in Col- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 legeville. SJU has outscored the Pipers 1,052-185 in the 23 meetings since that game (45.7-8.0 avg.). 25 NCAA Playoff Appearances 1976, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, SEE YOU NEXT OCTOBER The Johnnies have compiled a perfect 21-0 record in the month of October during Gary Fasching’s tenure as head 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, coach. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 11 Undefeated Seasons POINTS RECORD IN MOORHEAD The 42 points scored were the most by an SJU team in the series' 38 games in Moorhead. All fi ve previous 1901, 1905, 1906, 1932, 1935, 1944, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976, instances of 40 points or more were away from Jake Christiansen Stadium.