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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 34 MIAC Titles • 30 Postseason Appearances No. 8 SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY (12-1, 7-1 MIAC) 2019 STATISTICAL COMPARISONS UW-Whitewater Saint John’s at No. 7/10 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (12-1, 6-1 WIAC) (NCAA/WIAC) (NCAA/MIAC) NCAA Division III Playoffs - Semifi nal Round | Saturday, December 14, 2019; 2 p.m. | Perkins Stadium (cap. 13,500); Whitewater, Wis. 30.9 (76th/3rd) Scoring Offense 42.3 (15th/3rd) 15.3 (19th/1st) Scoring Defense 16.9 (34th/3rd) 374.2 (110th/4th) Total Offense 524.7 (5th/2nd) 278.5 (20th/1st) Total Defense 297.3 (41st/3rd) 32:14 Avg. Time of Possession 28:57 PASSING Nickname: Johnnies Nickname: Warhawks 180.3 (167th/6th) Passing Offense 373.7 (2nd/1st) 219.8 (143rd/3rd) Passing Defense 204.5 (108th/4th) Location: Whitewater, Wis. Location: Collegeville, Minn. 21/16 Passing TD’s/Allowed 48/19 Founded: 1857 Founded: 1868 130.1 (107th/3rd) Pass Effi ciency 185.7 (4th/1st) Enrollment: 1,608 Enrollment: 10,747 109.3 (36th/1st) Pass-Effi ciency Defense 117.9 (82nd/3rd) School Colors: Cardinal and Blue School Colors: Purple and White RUSHING Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) Conference: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic (WIAC) 193.8 (46th/1st) Rushing Offense 151.0 (111th/5th) President: Dr. Eugene McAllister Chancellor: Dr. Dwight Watson 58.7 (5th/1st) Rushing Defense 92.8 (25th/3rd) Athletic Director: Bob Alpers ’82 Athletic Director: Ryan Callahan 29/7 Rushing TD’s/Allowed 30/10 DEFENSE Home Field (Capacity): Perkins Stadium (13,500) Home Field (Capacity): Clemens Stadium (8,500) 43 Sacks (Total) 40 Head Coach: Gary Fasching ’81 Head Coach: Kevin Bullis 81 Tackles For Loss (Total) 80 SJU Record: 70-13 (Seventh season) UW-Whitewater Record: 56-8 (Fifth season) SPECIAL TEAMS Overall Record: 70-13 (Seventh season) Overall Record: 56-8 (Fifth season) 44 (34.8) Punts (Avg.) 35 (36.6) Record vs. UW-Whitewater: 0-0 Record vs. Saint John's: 0-0 34 (22.6) Kick Returns (Avg.) 26 (21.0) 24 (12.1) Punt Returns (Avg.) 28 (6.6) SATURDAY'S MATCHUP 38.8 Kickoff Coverage (Net Avg.) 36.6 Saint John’s held off No. 3 Wheaton (Ill.) for a 34-33 win last Saturday in the NCAA Division III quarterfi nals. The TURNOVERS +8 (30/22) Turnover Margin +9 (26/17) Johnnies never trailed throughout the contest against the nation's top defense and threw for over 400 yards. No. 15 Interceptions 17 7 UW-Whitewater, meanwhile, dominated No. 1/2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) in a 26-7 road victory, out-gaining 15 Interceptions Thrown 9 the Warhawks 358-140 and possessing the ball for over 42 minutes. The semifi nal appearance is the third in four 15 Fumbles Gained (Defensive) 9 seasons for UWW. 7 Fumbles Lost 8 MISCELLANEOUS NEW TWIN CITIES AFFILIATE FOR JOHNNIE RADIO NETWORK 75.0% (51-68) Red-Zone Offense 73.2% (52-71) Saturday’s game can be heard live on WBHR-660 AM across central Minnesota, KDIZ-1570 AM in the Twin Cities 70.0% (21-30) Red-Zone Defense 75.8% (25-33) 39.8% (68-171) 3rd-Down Offense 46.5% (66-142) and KOWZ-1170 AM in Waseca, which covers most of southern Minnesota and into western 33.2% (63-190) 3rd-Down Defense 36.4% (71-195) Wisconsin. Mark Lewandowski, Bryan Backes, Mike Carr and Charlie Carr will call all the 6,561 (7 games) Avg. Home Attendance 4,974 (6 games) action, beginning with Johnnies Magazine at 11 a.m. and the pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. The game will also be broadcast on the SJU football website via Stretch Internet. This is the 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 23rd season SJU football can be heard worldwide over the internet. Saint John’s (12-1, 7-1 MIAC) Sept. 7 at UW-Stout W, 14-7 SAME NIGHT, SAME PLACE FOR FOOTBALL WEEKLY Sept. 21 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS* W, 33-21 Tune in to Football Weekly during the football season this fall, each Thursday from 7-8 p.m., at the Blue Line Sports Sept. 28 at Carleton* W, 56-10 Bar & Grill in Sartell. Guests include head coach Gary Fasching, an SJU assistant coach, an SJU football student- Oct. 5 AUGSBURG* W, 61-6 Oct. 12 BETHEL* W, 19-0 athlete and a local high school head coach each week. The radio show airs live on WBHR-660 AM and gojohnnies. Oct. 19 vs. St. Thomas* @ Allianz Field W, 38-20 com via the Stretch Internet portal. Oct. 26 at St. Olaf* W, 54-17 Nov. 2 CONCORDIA-MOORHEAD* L, 18-19 (OT) JOHNNIES & FASCHING ON KOOL-TV Nov. 9 at Hamline* W, 70-0 Based out of Alexandria, Minn., KOOL-TV will again produce tape-delayed broadcasts of all Saint John’s home Nov. 16 ROSE-HULMAN, Ind. W, 47-14 football games, as well as the “Gary Fasching Coaches’ Show,” for the fi fth consecutive Nov. 23 AURORA, Ill. (NCAA First Round) W, 51-47 season in 2019. The 30-minute show airs at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday night during the foot- Nov. 30 at Chapman, Calif. (NCAA Second Round) W, 55-26 Dec. 7 at Wheaton, Ill. (NCAA Quarterfi nals) W, 34-33 ball season, followed by the tape-delayed home broadcast. Viewers outside of the KOOL-TV Dec. 14 at UW-Whitewater (NCAA Semifi nals) 2 p.m. broadcast area will be able to watch the coaches’ show and home-game broadcast as they are airing Tuesday nights on www.kooltv-mn.com. Neither broadcast will be archived online UW-Whitewater (12-1, 6-1 WIAC) for future viewing. KOOL-TV and SJU extended the contract through the 2020 season in July 2018. If you are not Sept. 7 DUBUQUE, Iowa W, 42-7 receiving KOOL-TV in your current television package, interested viewers are encouraged to visit www.getkooltv. Sept. 14 at Concordia-Moorhead W, 20-10 com and sign the petition. Sept. 21 at St. Xavier, Ill. W, 28-20 Oct. 5 UW-EAU CLAIRE* W, 24-14 Oct. 12 UW-PLATTEVILLE* W, 21-14 MEDIA CONTACTS Oct. 19 at UW-Stevens Point* W, 38-0 • Saint John’s - Ryan Klinkner, Athletic Media Relations Director Oct. 26 at UW-River Falls* W, 49-28 320-363-3127, [email protected] Nov. 2 UW-LA CROSSE* W, 21-17 Website: www.gojohnnies.com | Twitter: @SJUJohnnies | Instagram: @johnnieathletics Nov. 9 UW-STOUT* W, 37-17 Nov. 16 at UW-Oshkosh* L, 20-27 • UW-Whitewater - Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic Communications/Branding Nov. 23 MONMOUTH, Ill. (NCAA First Round) W, 35-10 262-472-1147, [email protected] Nov. 30 WARTBURG, Iowa (NCAA Second Round) W, 41-28 Dec. 7 at Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas (NCAA Quarterfi nals) W, 26-7 Website: www.uwwsports.com | Twitter: @UWWAthletics | Instagram: @uwwsports Dec. 14 SAINT JOHN'S (NCAA Semifi nals) 2 p.m. 2019 Johnnie Football • @SJUJohnnies • @SJUFootball • A Tradition Unrivaled 1 Saint John's Football History ERDMANN SHARES ACTIVE LEAD FOR CAREER TD PASSES Senior quarterback Jackson Erdmann (left; Rosemount, Minn.) fi nished 28 of 40 passing for *through Dec. 7 407 yards and fi ve touchdowns in last Saturday's 34-33 win at No. 3 Wheaton (Ill.), college First Season 1900 (109th season) football's top defense (across all divisions). The 400-yard passing performance was the fi fth All-Time Record 653-250-24 (.717) of the season and third consecutive for Erdmann, who now has 11,297 career passing yards. All-Time MIAC Record 472-179-22 (.718) He has now passed for 300 yards or more 10 times this season and 14 times in his career. All-Time Home Record 344-98-13 (.770) Erdmann also set SJU single-season records for pass completions (284) and pass attempts All-Time Postseason Record 47-24 (.662) (439) last weekend. Erdmann currently leads NCAA Division III in passing yards (4,698), pass- NCAA Postseason Record 42-23 (.646) ing yards per game (361.4) and total offense (367.1 ypg.), is third in passing touchdowns (46), All-Americans 133 fourth in both pass-effi ciency rating (185.1) and yards per pass attempt (10.75), and seventh in yards per comple- All-MIAC First-Team Selections 425 tion (16.60). Among the NCAA's active career leaders (all divisions), Erdmann is tied for the most touchdown passes and is fourth pass-effi ciency rating (see below). 4 National Championships 1963 (NAIA), 1965 (NAIA), 1976, 2003 NCAA's Active Career Leaders in Pass-Effi ciency Rating (all divisions) Rk. Rating Name School Div. Att.-Comp.-Int.-TD Yds. Gms. 34 MIAC Championships 1. 202.42 D'Angelo Fulford Mount Union, Ohio III 897-603-13-134 9,482 45 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1974, 2. 199.45 Tua Tagovailoa Alabama FBS 684-474-11-87 7,442 33 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 3. 188.42 Justin Fields Ohio State FBS 347-235-1-44 3,281 25 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 4. 182.40 Jackson Erdmann Saint John's III 1,138-725-27-138 11,297 45 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019 5. 176.31 Broc Rutter North Central, Ill. III 1,451-982-20-138 13,819 48 6. 175.50 Ryan Sedgwick Stevenson, Md. III 328-221-8-30 3,234 11 30 Postseason Appearances 7.