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SAINT JOHN’S JOHNNIES OFFICIAL 2019 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME INFORMATION 4-Time National Champions • 1963, 1965, 1976, 2003 33 MIAC Titles • 29 Postseason Appearances No. 4 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY (5-0, 4-0 MIAC) 2019 STATISTICAL COMPARISONS vs. No. 11/13 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS (4-1, 3-0 MIAC) St. Thomas Saint John’s (NCAA/MIAC) (NCAA/MIAC) Saturday, October 19, 2019; 1:10 p.m. | Allianz Field (cap. 19,400); St. Paul, Minn. 53.2 (4th/1st) Scoring Offense 36.6 (35th/3rd) 8.8 (5th/1st) Scoring Defense 8.8 (5th/1st) 544.6 (2nd/1st) Total Offense 473.8 (14th/2nd) 171.4 (2nd/1st) Total Defense 221.0 (8th/2nd) 31:57 Avg. Time of Possession 31:33 PASSING Nickname: Johnnies Nickname: Tommies 235.0 (87th/4th) Passing Offense 321.2 (13th/2nd) Location: Collegeville, Minn. Location: St. Paul, Minn. 110.4 (3rd/1st) Passing Defense 183.2 (73rd/4th) Founded: 1857 Founded: 1885 12 Passing TD’s 18 3 Passing TD’s Allowed 4 Enrollment: 1,608 Enrollment: 6,111 147.1 (61st/5th) Pass Effi ciency 196.2 (2nd/1st) School Colors: Cardinal and Blue School Colors: Purple and Gray 82.4 (5th/1st) Pass-Effi ciency Defense 97.8 (23rd/2nd) Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) RUSHING President: Dr. Eugene McAllister President: Dr. Julie Sullivan 309.6 (4th/1st) Rushing Offense 152.6 (110th/5th) Athletic Director: Bob Alpers ’82 Athletic Director: Phil Esten 61.0 (10th/2nd) Rushing Defense 37.8 (2nd/1st) Home Field (Capacity): Clemens Stadium (8,500) Home Field (Capacity): O'Shaughnessy Stadium (5,000) 24 Rushing TD’s 8 Head Coach: Gary Fasching ’81 Head Coach: Glenn Caruso 3 Rushing TD’s Allowed 1 SJU Record: 63-12 (Seventh season) St. Thomas Record: 122-20 (12th Season) DEFENSE Overall Record: 63-12 (Seventh season) Overall Record: 128-41 (14th Season) 17 Sacks (Total) 20 49 Tackles For Loss (Total) 37 Record vs. St. Thomas: 3-4 Record vs. Saint John's: 7-5 SPECIAL TEAMS 8 (37.4) Punts (Avg.) 14 (35.0) SATURDAY'S MATCHUP 12 (21.6) Kick Returns (Avg.) 12 (23.7) Saint John's shut out then-No. 6/9 Bethel 19-0 in a battle of unbeatens last Saturday (Oct. 12) in Collegeville. The 11 (13.8) Punt Returns (Avg.) 12 (6.1) snow failed to slow down the Johnnies' offense as SJU out-gained Bethel by a 459-191 margin. BU gained only 58 39.3 Kickoff Coverage (Net Avg.) 37.7 yards of offense in the second half and had the ball for 2:46 in the fourth quarter. St. Thomas, meanwhile, picked TURNOVERS up a shutout of its own in a 53-0 win at Augsburg. UST held big advantages in yards (487-50) and fi rst downs (26- +5 (12/7) Turnover Margin +6 (10/4) 4). The Tommie defense posted two second-half safeties in the win. 7 Interceptions 8 5 Interceptions Thrown 2 NEW TWIN CITIES AFFILIATE FOR JOHNNIE RADIO NETWORK 5 Fumbles Gained (Defensive) 2 Saturday’s game can be heard live on WBHR-660 AM across central Minnesota, KDIZ-1570 AM in the Twin Cities 2 Fumbles Lost 2 MISCELLANEOUS and KOWZ-1170 AM in Waseca, which covers most of southern Minnesota and into western 71.0% (22-31) Red-Zone Offense 64.0% (16-25) Wisconsin. Mark Lewandowski, Bryan Backes, Mike Carr and Charlie Carr will call all the 25.0% (1-4) Red-Zone Defense 57.1% (4-7) action, beginning with Johnnies Magazine at 11 a.m. and the pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. 51.5% (34-66) 3rd-Down Offense 50.8% (30-59) The game will also be broadcast on the SJU football website via Stretch Internet. This is the 15.6% (10-64) 3rd-Down Defense 34.8% (24-69) 23rd season SJU football can be heard worldwide over the internet. 1,865 (2 games) Avg. Home Attendance 6,129 (3 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 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Bar & Grill in Sartell. Guests include head coach Gary Fasching, an SJU assistant coach, an SJU football student- Saint John’s (5-0, 4-0 MIAC) athlete and a local high school head coach each week. The radio show airs live on WBHR-660 AM and gojohnnies. Sept. 7 at UW-Stout W, 14-7 com via the Stretch Internet portal. Sept. 21 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS* W, 33-21 Sept. 28 at Carleton* W, 56-10 JOHNNIES & FASCHING ON KOOL-TV Oct. 5 AUGSBURG* (Homecoming) W, 61-6 Oct. 12 BETHEL* W, 19-0 Based out of Alexandria, Minn., KOOL-TV will again produce tape-delayed broadcasts of all Saint John’s home Oct. 19 vs. St. Thomas* @ Allianz Field 1:10 p.m. football games, as well as the “Gary Fasching Coaches’ Show,” for the fi fth consecutive Oct. 26 at St. Olaf* 1 p.m. season in 2019. The 30-minute show airs at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday night during the foot- Nov. 2 CONCORDIA-MOORHEAD* 1 p.m. ball season, followed by the tape-delayed home broadcast. Viewers outside of the KOOL-TV Nov. 9 at Hamline* 1 p.m. broadcast area will be able to watch the coaches’ show and home-game broadcast as they Nov. 16 ROSE-HULMAN, Ind. 1 p.m. are airing Tuesday nights on www.kooltv-mn.com. Neither broadcast will be archived online for future viewing. KOOL-TV and SJU extended the contract through the 2020 season in July 2018. If you are not St. Thomas (4-1, 3-0 MIAC) receiving KOOL-TV in your current television package, interested viewers are encouraged to visit www.getkooltv. Sept. 7 TRINITY INTERNATIONAL, Ill. W, 69-3 com and sign the petition. Sept. 21 at Hamline* W, 74-14 Sept. 28 at UW-Eau Claire L, 19-21 MEDIA CONTACTS Oct. 5 CONCORDIA-MOORHEAD* W, 51-6 Oct. 12 at Augsburg W, 53-0 • Saint John’s - Ryan Klinkner, Athletic Media Relations Director Oct. 19 vs. Saint John's* @ Allianz Field 1:10 p.m. 320-363-3127, [email protected] Oct. 26 at Carleton* 1:10 p.m. Website: www.gojohnnies.com | Twitter: @SJUJohnnies | Instagram: @johnnieathletics Nov. 2 at St. Olaf* 1:10 p.m. Nov. 9 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS* 1:10 p.m. • St. Thomas - Gene McGivern, Sports Information Director Nov. 16 BETHEL* 1:10 p.m. 651-962-5903, [email protected] Website: www.stthomas.edu/athletics/ | Twitter: @TommieAthletics| Instagram: @tommieathletics 2019 Johnnie Football • @SJUJohnnies • @SJUFootball • A Tradition Unrivaled 1 Saint John's Football History ANOTHER 300-YARD PASSING GAME Senior quarterback Jackson Erdmann (Rosemount, Minn.) recorded his third 300-yard passing performance of *through Oct. 12 the season, and fi fth in his last seven games going back to last fall, with 326 yards on 16 of 25 passing in last Sat- First Season 1900 (109th season) urday's win over Bethel. He is currently third in NCAA Division III in both pass-effi ciency rating (194.5) and yards All-Time Record 646-249-24 (.716) per pass attempt (10.92), and ninth in yards per completion (16.32). All-Time MIAC Record 469-178-22 (.717) All-Time Home Record 342-97-13 (.771) NCAA's Active Career Leaders in Passing Touchdowns (all divisions) All-Time Postseason Record 44-24 (.647) Rk. No. Name School Div. Gms. NCAA Postseason Record 39-23 (.629) 1. 125 Chaiten Tomlin Mount St. Joseph, Ohio III 35 All-Americans 132 2. 113 D'Angelo Fulford Mount Union, Ohio III 38 All-MIAC First-Team Selections 414 3. 108 Jackson Erdmann Saint John's III 37 4. 106 Broc Rutter North Central, Ill. III 41 4 National Championships 5. 92 Case Cookus Northern Arizona FCS 35 1963 (NAIA), 1965 (NAIA), 1976, 2003 6. 88 Gage Gubrud Washington State FBS 35 7. 84 Joe Germinerio Ithaca, N.Y. III 40 33 MIAC Championships 8. 81 Tua Tagovailoa Alabama FBS 30 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1974, 9. 80 Justin Herbert Oregon FBS 36 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 10. 78 Jake Maier UC-Davis FCS 31 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018 NCAA's Active Career Leaders in Pass-Effi ciency Rating (all divisions) Rk. Rating Name School Div. Att.-Comp.-Int.-TD Yds. Gms. 29 Postseason Appearances 1. 200.78 Tua Tagovailoa Alabama FBS 614-428-9-81 6,613 30 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2. 197.63 D'Angelo Fulford Mount Union, Ohio III 763-506-11-113 7,750 38 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 3. 182.93 Jackson Erdmann Saint John's III 835-532-20-108 8,084 37 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 4. 172.39 Evan Ernst Ohio Dominican II 425-306-10-39 3,785 16 5. 169.34 Ben Holmes Tarleton State, Texas II 439-261-8-44 4,205 19 25 NCAA Playoff Appearances 6. 168.79 Broc Rutter North Central, Ill. III 1,248-836-18-106 11,389 41 1976, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 7. 168.58 Blaine Hawkins Central, Iowa III 551-363-16-54 4,996 21 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 8.