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SAINT JOHN’S FOOTBALL OFFICIAL 2014 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 No. 23 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY JOHNNIES (3-1, 1-1 MIAC) vs. HAMLINE UNIVERSITY PIPERS (2-1, 0-1 MIAC) Saturday, October 4, 2014; 1 p.m. | Clemens Stadium (cap. 7,482); Collegeville, Minn. Media Contacts: Athletic Media Relations Director, Saint John’s - Ryan Klinkner Series Stats (320-363-3127, [email protected]); Sports Information Director, Hamline - Dave Wright (651-523-2786, [email protected]) Series Notes Series Record: SJU leads, 56-23-3 (Current Streak: SJU, 19) Tune In: The game can be heard live on WBHR-660 AM, across central Minnesota, at Saint John’s: SJU leads, 33-8-2 (Current Streak: SJU, 9) WDGY-740 AM in the Twin Cities (*new in 2014*) and KOWZ-1170 AM in Waseca, which at Hamline: SJU leads, 22-15-1 (Current Streak: SJU, 10) covers most of southern Minnesota and into western Wisconsin. Mark Lewandowski, Neutral: SJU leads, 1-0 (Current Streak: SJU, 1) Bryan Backes, Mike Carr and Charlie Carr will call all the action beginning with Johnnies Last Saint John’s Win: Nov. 9, 2013 (20-14) Magazine at 11 a.m. and the pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. The game will also be broad- Last Hamline Win: Oct. 1, 1994 (27-26) cast on the SJU football website via Stretch Internet. This is the 18th season SJU football Largest Margin of a Saint John’s Victory: 69 (1993) can be heard across the world on the Internet. Largest Margin of a Hamline Victory: 27 (1908, 1909) 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, Mike Zumwinkle, 22-230-2 TD (Oct. 26, 1985) Gary Fasching, an SJU assistant coach, an SJU football student-athlete and a local high HAM, Austin Duncan, 35-154-0 TD (Nov. 9, 2013) school head coach each week. The radio show airs live on WBHR-660 AM and www. gojohnnies.com. Passing: SJU , Joe Boyle, 11-17-318-2 TD (Nov. 13, 2010) HAM, Jerry Foley, 33-62-283-2 TD (Oct. 8, 1955) The Matchup: Saint John’s enters Saturday’s game with a 3-1 record following its 24-14 win at St. Thomas last Saturday. The Johnnies forced four fourth-quarter turnovers Receiving: SJU, Ben Vanderheyden, 6-195-3 TD (Oct. 11, 2008) and junior running back Sam Sura (South St. Paul, Minn.) ran for a series-record 210 HAM, Dick Donlin, 17-112-1 TD (Oct. 8, 1955) yards to earn their second consecutive win over a nationally-ranked St. Thomas team. SJU ended the 2013 season with a 7-3 record (5-3 MIAC), good for fourth in the MIAC, 2014 Statistical Comparisons under the direction of fi rst-year head coach Gary Fasching. Hamline, meanwhile, is 2-1 Hamline Saint John’s (0-1 MIAC) and is coming off its bye week. The Pipers dropped their conference opener 26.3 Scoring Offense 24.0 by a 48-19 score at Gustavus Adolphus, Sept. 20. 22.3 Scoring Defense 13.0 181.7 Passing Offense 127.8 SJU Head Coach Gary Fasching (Saint John’s ’81): 237.3 Passing Defense 189.8 A 1981 SJU graduate, Fasching became the 16th head coach in 219.7 Rushing Offense 238.8 the 102-year history of Saint John’s University football following 96.0 Rushing Defense 147.8 the 2012 season. He replaced John Gagliardi, who announced his 401.3 Total Offense 366.5 retirement following 60 seasons at SJU, after serving 17 seasons 333.3 Total Defense 337.5 as an assistant football coach and recruiting coordinator at SJU. 116.1 Pass Effi ciency 134.3 SJU recorded a 5-3 MIAC record (7-3 overall) to fi nish fourth in the 132.0 Pass-Effi ciency Defense 109.9 conference standings in 2013. The Johnnies posted a 164-39 record (120-22 MIAC) with 32:37 Average Time of Possession 32:14 10 conference titles and 12 postseason appearances (22-11 playoff record), including 54.1 Kickoff Coverage (Net Avg.) 36.0 the 2003 national championship, 2000 national runner-up performance and four national 70.6% (12-17) Red-Zone Offense 90.0% (9-10) semifi nal games during his tenure as an assistant coach. Seventy-two Minnesota High 81.8% (9-11) Red-Zone Defense 50.0% (6-12) School All-Star game participants attended Saint John’s during Fasching’s tenure as 39.2% (20-51) Third-Down Conversions 40.7% (22-54) the Johnnies’ recruiting coordinator. Eleven SJU defensive linemen earned a total of 15 39.0% (16-41) Opponent Third-Down Conversions 50.0% (6-12) All-America honors during his 16 seasons as the program’s defensive line coach before switching to linebacker duties in 2012. Prior to joining the Johnnies’ coaching staff, Fasching served as the head football coach at St. Cloud Cathedral High School from 2014 Saint John’s Schedule/Results 1986-95, where he led the Crusaders to the State Class B title in 1992 and 1993. He col- Date Opponent Time/Result lected a 57-46 career record over the 10 seasons, the most wins and longest tenure in Sept. 6 WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS W, 27-8 school history. The 1992 state championship team ended the regular season 4-4 only to Sept. 13 at Wisconsin-Eau Claire W, 31-7 win six consecutive games for the title. The momentum turned into a perfect 14-0 record Sept. 20 CONCORDIA L, 14-23 en route to the 1993 state championship and an eventual 21-game win streak. A three- Sept. 27 at St. Thomas W, 24-14 year starter for the Johnnies at linebacker (1977-78, 1980-81), Fasching graduated from Oct. 4 HAMLINE (Homecoming) 1 p.m. SJU in 1981 with a degree in social science. He earned his master’s degree in sports Oct. 18 at Gustavus Adolphus 1 p.m. management from St. Cloud State University in 2000. Oct. 25 CARLETON (Family Weekend) 1 p.m. Nov. 1 at Augsburg 1 p.m. Nov. 8 BETHEL 1 p.m. Nov. 15 at St. Olaf 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 1908 HU, 27-0 Oct. 17 Collegeville 1909 HU, 27-0 Oct. 26 St. Paul – Fasching at St. Cloud Cathedral and Jim Mader at Albany (1989 and 1997). Fasching is 1921 HU, 17-0 Oct. 1 Collegeville assisted by: Jerry Haugen ’76 – Defensive Coordinator (39th season); Jim Gagliardi ’89 1922 HU, 20-0 Sept. 30 St. Paul – Offensive Coordinator (23rd season); Brandon Novak ’01 – Co-Defensive Coordinator 1923 HU, 14-9 Nov. 3 Collegeville 1924 HU, 19-0 Nov. 1 St. Paul (15th season); Damien Dumonceaux ’05 – Recruiting Coordinator and Defensive Line, 1925 HU, 14-7 Oct. 17 Collegeville and Assistant Track & Field Coach (Ninth season); Kole Heckendorf – Wide Receivers and 1926 HU, 9-0 Oct. 30 St. Paul 1927 Tie, 0-0 Oct. 1 Collegeville Tight Ends (Second season); Jim Mader – Offensive Line (11th season); Charlie Welsh ’08 1928 HU, 14-7 Sept. 29 St. Paul – Video Coordinator and Wide Receivers (Sixth season); Michael Orts ’09 – Scout Teams 1929 HU, 24-0 Oct. 19 Collegeville and Quarterbacks (Third season); John Gans ’12 – Scout Teams and Linebackers (Second 1930 Tie, 13-13 Oct. 4 St. Paul 1931 SJU, 7-0 Oct. 3 Collegeville season); and Jake Essler ’14 – Scout Teams and Running Backs (First season). 1932 SJU, 14-0 Oct. 15 St. Paul 1933 Tie, 0-0 Oct. 7 Collegeville This is the 83rd meeting between SJU and Hamline, going all the 1934 SJU, 26-7 Oct. 13 St. Paul Series History: 1935 SJU, 45-0 Oct. 5 Collegeville way back to 1908. The Johnnies are 56-23-3 (.701) all-time against the Pipers, including 1939 SJU, 40-19 Nov. 4 Collegeville a 33-8-2 record (.791) in Collegeville. SJU has won 24 of the last 27 meetings overall. 1940 HU, 6-0 Nov. 2 St. Paul 1947 SJU, 19-12 Oct. 18 Collegeville The last time Hamline defeated the Johnnies was a 27-26 decision on Oct. 1, 1994, in 1948 HU, 14-6 Oct. 2 St. Paul Collegeville. SJU has outscored the Pipers 848-124 in 19 meetings since that game 1950 HU, 13-12 Oct. 13 St. Paul (44.6-6.5 avg.). 1952 HU, 21-19 Sept. 20 Collegeville 1953 SJU, 27-0 Nov. 6 St. Paul 1954 SJU, 20-0 Sept. 18 Collegeville Homecoming Slump: SJU enters Saturday’s contest with a 64-20-2 (.756) record 1955 SJU, 33-21 Oct. 8 Collegeville 1956 SJU, 23-0 Sept. 22 St. Paul in 86 known Homecoming games, dating back to 1924, including a 10-3-1 record 1957 SJU, 33-0 Sept. 28 Collegeville against Hamline. The Johnnies have won 23 of their last 28 Homecoming games. SJU is 1958 SJU, 20-0 Oct. 4 St. Paul riding a four-game Homecoming losing streak for the fi rst time since 1953-56, legendary 1959 SJU, 46-14 Oct.