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2013 FOOTBALL GUIDE WWW.GUSTAVUS.EDU/FB ABOUT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE For more than 150 years, Gustavus Adolphus College has been educating tomorrow’s leaders to reason and act responsibly through its educational quality, accessible facilities, spiritual identity, and economic value. Quality is a word that finds its way into many colleges’ vocabularies. At Gustavus, quality is evident in its students, faculty, facilities, and programs, leading to recognition by a host of impartial critics. Forbes.com ranked Gustavus among the top 100 institutions in the country in its 2010 college report based upon several factors, including the average amount of student debt and the four-year graduation rate. The College is also included in other national guides and rankings, for example the Fiske Guide, U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Guide, and the Princeton Review, which in addition has ranked the Gustavus Dining Service among the best in the nation in each of the past two years. Gustavus students typically rank in the top third of their high school graduating class, and over 32 percent rank in the upper 10 percent of their class. Continuing their achievement at Gustavus, students find a challenging academic atmosphere where professors—97 percent of tenured faculty members have earned the highest degree in their field—teach all classes (there are no KING GUSTAV II ADOLF: THE graduate assistants) and serve as academic advisers. Collaborative learning is NAMESAKE OF GUSTAVUS the norm, with exceptionally motivated students invited to conduct research independently or with a professor. ADOLPHUS COLLEGE Top quality facilities complement educational quality. The National Review Founded in 1862 by Swedish College Guide declares the two Gustavus science facilities to be “the envy of immigrants, Gustavus Adolphus other small schools in its class,” while Schaefer Fine Arts Center houses the College bears the name of the Anderson Theatre, acoustically perfect Björling Recital Hall, Kresge Dance famous Swedish king Gustav II Adolf Studio, a MIDI computerized composition lab, and plenty of practice rooms. (1594–1632). Known as the “Warrior The Bernadotte Library provides ample study space and access to literally King,” Gustav ascended the throne millions of volumes through its holdings, the MnPALS system, and LEXIS- at the tender age of seventeen and NEXIS. Computer facilities are vital no matter what a student’s major, and reigned from 1611 to 1632. In that Gustavus provides direct network access from more than 400 public-access short time span, he became more terminals, with all individual student residential rooms hardwired for full popular and powerful than any Ethernet connectivity. Swedish monarch before him. King Gustav was known as a friend of Founded by Swedish Lutheran immigrants, Gustavus has maintained its the people and a strong proponent sense of spiritual identity through a daily service held in Christ Chapel (which of education. He died in battle at many students choose to attend) and a one-course religion component Lutzen, Germany, as he built into the liberal arts core academic requirements. A Gustavus education led his troops in the challenges students to examine, develop, and strengthen their own spiritual Thirty Years War, and moral values, which for many students translates directly into service to fighting for his others. faith and securing A number of factors combine to make Gustavus an outstanding economic the future of value. Most importantly, Gustavus students graduate on time, with a four- Protestantism. year graduation rate of more than four times the national average. Moreover, Gustavus offers comprehensive financial assistance programs, including merit- based and need-based grants and scholarships. 1 Gustavus Adolphus College | 2013 Football Press Guide 2013 GUSTIE FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS CONTENTS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE About Gustavus Adolphus ....................... Founded: 1862 Quick Facts ...................................................2 Location: St. Peter, Minnesota Coaching Staff........................................3–5 Address: 800 West College Ave. 2013 Season Preview ........................... 6–7 St. Peter, MN 56082 Enrollment: 2,500 Opponent Information .......................8–12 Nickname: Golden Gusties Rosters ...................................................13–14 School Colors: Black and Gold Returning Letterwinners ................. 15–21 Home Field: Hollingsworth Field 2012 Statistics .................................... 22–23 Surface: Field Turf 2012 MIAC Statistics ........................24–26 Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) All-Time Statistics Leaders ........... 27–28 President: Jack R. Ohle Rushing Game .......................................... 29 Athletic Director: Tom Brown AD Office Phone: 507-933-7005 Passing Game ..................................... 30-31 Sports Information Receiving Game .................................32-33 Director: Ethan Armstrong All-Time Coaching & Captains ............34 SID Office Phone: 507-933-7647 Gustie Greats .....................................35–36 Website: gustavus.edu/athletics/fb/ All-Americans & Title Seasons ........... 37 Year-by-Year Records ............................ 38 GUSTIE FOOTBALL Head Coach: Peter Haugen Game-by-Game Records ............... 39-45 GA Record: 13-27 (Fifth Season) Composite Schedule ..............................46 Alma Mater/Year: Bethel University/1991 Phone: 507-933-7660 E-Mail: [email protected] Press Box Phone: 507-933-7404 Assistant Coaches: Corey Shea, Defensive Coordinator Charlie Cosgrove, Co-Offensive Coord. Carlin Shoemaker, Co-Offensive Coord. Nate Johnson, Defensive Backs Glen Lloyd, Wide Receivers Marc Bachman, Defensive Line 800 West College Avenue Dennis Baldus, Defensive Line St. Peter, MN 56082 Christian White, Kickers 507-933-8000 | gustavus.edu Equipment Manager: Wayne Norman 2012 Record: 3-7 Overall, 2-6 MIAC Director of Sports Information All-Time Record: 467-335-21 Ethan Armstrong First Year of Football: 1902 507-933-7647 | [email protected] Last NCAA Tournament: NCAA 1st Round, 1987 Letterwinners returning: Total: 37 Offense: 14 - Defense: 23 Letterwinners lost: Total: 11 Offense: 6 – Defense: 5 Sports Information Graduate Assistant Starters Returning: 17 – Offense: 8 - Defense: 9 Tyler Grey Starters Lost: 5 – Offense: 3 - Defense: 2 507-933-8412 | [email protected] Gustavus Adolphus College | 2013 Football Press Guide 2 2013 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH PETER HAUGEN Peter Haugen, a native local and regional clinics including the NIKE Coach of the of Minneapolis and a 1991 Year clinic. Haugen was also a member of the Metro coaching graduate of Bethel University, staff for the Minnesota All-Star game in 1998. He started his is entering his fifth year coaching career at his alma mater serving as the offensive line as head football coach at coach during the 1992 and 1993 seasons. Gustavus Adolphus College. A three-sport standout at Bethel, Haugen was a starting In his fourth year tight end on the football team, a starting goaltender on the as head coach, Haugen hockey team, and a starting catcher on the baseball team in led the Gusties to a 3-7 the late ‘80s and early 90s. In his senior year, he earned All- record overall and a 2-6 Conference honors in football, and was selected Most Valuable mark within the Minnesota Player of the hockey team. Intercollegiate Athletic Haugen became the 17th head coach in the 95-year Conference, finishing seventh history of Gustavus football. The Golden Gusties have a long in the league standings. In and storied football tradition that includes 22 MIAC titles. The four seasons at the head program ranks in the top-50 all-time in Division III (out of 235 of the Gustavus Adolphus institutions) with a .580 winning percentage (467-335-21). The football program, Haugen Gusties will soon join a very elite group of 37 NCAA Division III has compiled an overall record of 13-27 and an MIAC record institutions whose football teams have won 500 games. Along of 10-22. Last season, Gustavus received four all-conference with great teams, Gustavus has also been blessed with many selections in running back Jeffrey Dubose (St. Paul, Minn.), outstanding individual players, which includes 29 players Brian Grundmeyer (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Donte Green who have received All-America honors, 12 who have received (Minneapolis, Minn.), and Joe Haas (Mission, Kan.). Dubose CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, and five who have earned first team distinction while Grundmeyer, Green, and received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Most recently in Haas all earned a spot on the second team. 2012, senior safety Brad Kruckeberg was awarded an NCAA Haugen, who was the head football coach at Washburn Postgraduate Scholarship. High School for 15 years prior to coming to Gustavus, Peter, and his wife, Brenda live in St. Peter with their three compiled an overall record of 111-44 during that span, while children, Zeke (15), Zoe (13), and Zetta (7). winning 11 league championships and posting a league record of 76-8. He directed the Millers to the Class AAAA quarterfinals in 2007 finishing with a mark of 9-3. In his last season as the Millers head coach, Haugen’s squad posted a Haugen’s guiding principles for the mark of 8-2. While building the program at Washburn, Haugen Gustavus Football Program are: increased player participation from 35 players in 1994 to 110 Vision: To be a team of Leaders, Scholars, and Servants players. He also implemented academic monitoring