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SAINT JOHN’S FOOTBALL OFFICIAL 2013 GAME INFORMATION National Champions | 1963, 1965, 1976, 2003 MIAC Champions | 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY JOHNNIES (2-0, 0-0 MIAC) at No. 2 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (2-0, 0-0 MIAC) Saturday, September 21, 2013; 1:10 p.m. | O’Shaughnessy Stadium (cap. 5,000); St. Paul, Minn. Media Contacts: Athletic Media Relations Director, Saint John’s - Ryan Klinkner Today’s Matchup (320-363-3127, [email protected]); Sports Information Director, St. Thomas - Gene McGivern (651-962-5903, [email protected]) Series Notes Series Record: SJU leads, 49-31-1 (Current Streak: UST, 3) Tune In: The game can be heard live on WBHR-660 AM, across central Minnesota, at Saint John’s: SJU leads, 24-10-1 (Current Streak: UST, 2) WLOL-1330 AM in Minneapolis/St. Paul and KOWZ-1170 AM in Waseca, which covers at St. Thomas: SJU leads, 24-19-0 (Current Streak: UST, 1) most of southern Minnesota and into western Wisconsin. Mark Lewandowski, Bryan Neutral: UST leads, 2-1-0 (Current Streak: UST, 1) Backes, Mike Carr and Charlie Carr will call all the action beginning with Johnnies Maga- Last Saint John’s Win: Oct. 17, 2009 (20-17, OT) zine at 5 p.m. and the pre-game show at 5:30 p.m. The game will also be broadcast on Last St. Thomas Win: Sept. 15, 2012 (43-21) the SJU football Web site, through Real Audio. This is the 17th season SJU football can be Largest Margin of a Saint John’s Victory: 56 (1993) heard across the world on the Internet. Largest Margin of a St. Thomas Victory: 56 (2011) Football Weekly: Tune in to Football Weekly during the football season this fall, each Series’ Best Individual Performances (By Yardage) Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Cloud. Guests include head coach Rushing: SJU, John Balestri, 29-174-2 TD (Oct. 19, 1968) Gary Fasching, an SJU assistant coach, an SJU football student-athlete and a local high UST, Jake Barkley, 36-188-1 TD (Sept. 29, 2001) school head coach each week. The radio show airs live on WBHR-660 AM and www. gojohnnies.com. Passing: SJU , Pat Mayew, 25-34-408-4 TD (Sept. 14, 1991) Ross Denne, 19-27-408-4 TD (Nov. 2, 2002) Today’s Matchup: Saint John’s enters Saturday’s MIAC opener with a 2-0 record UST, Chris Esterley, 24-46-401-2 TD (Oct. 8, 1994) thanks to a 17-14 win over Wisconsin-Eau Claire in a washout Sept. 14. The two teams combined for nine turnovers in the game, none bigger than an Eau Claire fumble on the Receiving: SJU, Adam Herbst, 18-217-2 TD (Nov. 7, 1997) Johnnies’ 14 yard line with just over a minute to play. SJU fumbled two punt returns, UST, Brian Biehn, 6-185-4 TD (Sept. 20, 1986) turned the ball over on downs on the Blugolds’ three-yard line, fumbled on the UWEC three-yard line early in the fourth quarter, and had an interception called back due to a 2013 Statistical Comparisons roughing the passer penalty. St. Thomas, meanwhile, enters the weekend ranked second St. Thomas Saint John’s nationally following its 25-7 in at Wisconsin-River Falls Sept. 12. The Tommies out- 38.5 Scoring Offense 17.0 gained UWRF 438-244 but only led by a 15-7 score until a late touchdown in the third 7.0 Scoring Defense 14.0 quarter. The Falcons turned the ball over on downs twice in the red zone and did not take 225.5 Passing Offense 211.0 advantage of two UST fumbles inside the UWRF 35-yard line. 157.0 Passing Defense 151.0 229.0 Rushing Offense 141.5 Head Coach Gary Fasching (Saint John’s ’81): A 81.0 Rushing Defense 228.5 1981 SJU graduate, Fasching became the 16th head coach in the 454.5 Total Offense 352.5 102-year history of Saint John’s University football on Dec. 28, 2012. 238.0 Total Defense 379.5 He replaced John Gagliardi, who announced his retirement Nov. 115.2 Pass Effi ciency 111.7 19 following 60 seasons at SJU. Fasching ended his 17th season 95.9 Pass Effi ciency Defense 103.8 as an assistant football coach and recruiting coordinator at SJU in 31:36 Average Time of Possession 27:40 2012. The Johnnies posted a 164-39 record (120-22 MIAC) with 10 40.5 Kickoff Coverage (Net Avg.) 35.5 conference titles and 12 postseason appearances (22-11 playoff record), including the 83.3% (10-12) Red-Zone Offense 50.0% (3-6) 2003 national championship, 2000 national runner-up performance and four national 50.0% (2-4) Red-Zone Defense 40.0% (4-10) semifi nal games during his tenure. Eighty-two Minnesota High School All-Star game 51.7% (15-29) Third-Down Conversions 37.0% (10-27) participants have attended Saint John’s during Fasching’s tenure as the Johnnies’ re- 37.5 (12-32) Opponent Third-Down Conversions 42.9% (15-35) cruiting coordinator, including 2013’s class. Eleven SJU defensive linemen earned a total of 15 All-America honors during his 16 seasons as the program’s defensive line coach 2013 Saint John’s Schedule/Results before switching to linebacker duties in 2012. Prior to joining the Johnnies’ coaching Date Opponent Time/Result staff, Fasching served as the head football coach at St. Cloud Cathedral High School from Sept. 6 at Wisconsin-River Falls W, 17-14 1986-95, where he led the Crusaders to the State Class B title in 1992 and 1993. He col- Sept. 14 WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE W, 17-14 lected a 57-46 career record over the 10 seasons, the most wins and longest tenure in Sept. 21 at St. Thomas 1:10 p.m. school history. The 1992 state championship team ended the regular season 4-4 only to Sept. 28 CONCORDIA (Homecoming) 1 p.m. win six consecutive games for the title. The momentum turned into a perfect 14-0 record Oct. 5 at St. Olaf 1 p.m. en route to the 1993 state championship and an eventual 21-game win streak. A three- Oct. 12 AUGSBURG 1 p.m. year starter for the Johnnies at linebacker (1977-78, 1980-81), Fasching graduated from Oct. 19 at Carleton 1 p.m. SJU in 1981 with a degree in social science. He earned his master’s degree in sports Nov. 2 at Gustavus Adolphus 1 p.m. management from St. Cloud State University in 2000. Nov. 9 HAMLINE 1 p.m. Nov. 16 BETHEL 1 p.m. 1 All-Time Series Results Assistant Coach Success: In addition to Fasching, eight of the Johnnies’ 10 assistant coaches played for legendary head coach John Gagliardi at Saint John’s. Two of Year Result Date Location SJU’s staff have won state titles in Minnesota when they were high school head coaches 1901 SJU, 16-6 Nov. 28 St. Paul 1907 UST, 21-0 Oct. 9 Collegeville – Fasching at St. Cloud Cathedral and Jim Mader at Albany (1989 and 1997). Fasching is 1908 SJU, 9-6 Oct. 27 Collegeville assisted by: Jerry Haugen ’76 – Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs (38th sea- 1908 UST, 4-0 Nov. 26 St. Paul 1909 UST, 23-6 Nov. 25 St. Paul son); Kurt Ramler ’97 – Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator (First season); 1922 UST, 21-0 Oct. 14 St. Paul Jim Gagliardi ’89 – Football Operations Coordinator, Special Teams and Wide Receivers 1933 SJU, 7-6 Nov. 19 St. Paul (22nd season); Brandon Novak ’01 – Co-Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers (14th 1934 UST, 12-0 Nov. 4 St. Paul 1935 Tie, 0-0 Nov. 3 Collegeville season); Jim Mader – Offensive Line (10th season); Damien Dumonceaux ’05 – Recruit- 1936 SJU, 13-0 Nov. 6 St. Paul ing Coordinator and Defensive Line and Assistant Track & Field Coach (Eighth season); 1937 UST, 14-7 Oct. 29 St. Paul 1938 SJU, 24-13 Oct. 14 St. Paul Charlie Welsh ’08 – Video Coordinator and Wide Receivers (Fifth season); Michael Orts 1940 UST, 18-13 Oct. 18 St. Paul ’09 – Scout Teams and Defensive Backs (Second season); John Gans ’12 – Scout Teams 1941 UST, 20-6 Oct. 11 Collegeville and Linebackers (First season); and Kole Heckendorf – Wide Receivers and Tight Ends 1942 UST, 18-0 Oct. 30 St. Paul 1945 UST, 30-0 Oct. 5 St. Cloud (First season). 1945 UST, 13-0 Oct. 21 St. Paul 1946 UST, 18-0 Oct. 26 St. Paul 1949 UST, 28-27 Nov. 5 Collegeville Assistant (Head) Coaches: First-year head coach Gary Fasching’s top three as- 1950 UST, 14-12 Sept. 22 St. Paul sistants are Johnnies and former or current head coaches: 1952 SJU, 13-7 Oct. 25 Collegeville 1953 SJU, 14-6 Oct. 3 St. Paul 1954 UST, 7-6 Oct. 16 Collegeville -Defensive coordinator Jerry Haugen ’76 begins his 38th season as an SJU assistant 1955 UST, 28-12 Sept. 30 St. Paul football coach in 2013. He was named the NCAA Division III Defensive Coordinator of the 1956 UST, 33-25 Nov. 3 Collegeville 1957 UST, 14-7 Sept. 20 St. Paul Year ( American Football Monthly) in 2003 and has compiled a 683-583-5 (.539) career 1958 SJU, 13-0 Sept. 27 Collegeville record in 36 seasons as the Johnnies’ head baseball coach.