2014 FOOTBALL GUIDE WWW.GAC.EDU/ATHLETICS/FB ABOUT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE For over 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 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 37 percent rank in the upper 10 percent of their class. Continuing their achievement at Gustavus, students find a challenging academic atmosphere where professors—98 percent of tenured faculty members have earned the highest degree in KING GUSTAV II ADOLF: THE their field—teach all classes (there are no graduate assistants) and serve as academic advisers. Collaborative learning is the norm, with exceptionally NAMESAKE OF GUSTAVUS motivated students invited to conduct research independently or with a ADOLPHUS COLLEGE professor. 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 Founded by Swedish Lutheran immigrants, Gustavus has maintained its Gustav was known as a friend of sense of spiritual identity through a daily service held in Christ Chapel (which the people and a strong proponent many students choose to attend) and a one-course religion component of education. He died in battle at built into the liberal arts core academic requirements. A Gustavus education Lutzen, Germany, as he challenges students to examine, develop, and strengthen their own spiritual led his troops in the and moral values, which for many students translates directly into service to Thirty Years War, others. fighting for his A number of factors combine to make Gustavus an outstanding economic faith and securing value. Most importantly, Gustavus students graduate on time, with a four- the future of year graduation rate of more than four times the national average. Moreover, Protestantism. Gustavus offers comprehensive financial assistance programs, including merit- based and need-based grants and scholarships. 1 Gustavus Adolphus College | 2014 Football Press Guide 2014 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. 2014 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 2013 Statistics .................................... 22–23 Surface: Field Turf 2013 MIAC Statistics........................24–26 Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic (MIAC) All-Time Statistics Leaders ........... 27–28 President: Rebecca M. Bergman 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: 19-31 (Sixth 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 Eli Shoemaker, 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: Jed Friedrich 2013 Record: 6-4 Overall, 4-4 MIAC Director of Sports Information All-Time Record: 473-339-21 Ethan Armstrong First Year of Football: 1902 507-933-7647 | [email protected] Last NCAA Tournament: NCAA 1st Round, 1987 Letterwinners returning: Total: 28 Offense: 9 - Defense: 19 Letterwinners lost: Total: 23 Offense: 11 – Defense: 12 Sports Information Graduate Assistant Starters Returning: 11 – Offense: 5 - Defense: 6 Nick Hoelmer Starters Lost: 11 – Offense: 6 - Defense: 5 507-933-8412 | [email protected] Gustavus Adolphus College | 2014 Football Press Guide 2 2014 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH PETER HAUGEN Peter Haugen, a native successful Washburn Athletic Leadership Academy. He has of Minneapolis and a 1991 also served as the chair of the Minneapolis Football Conference graduate of Bethel University, and he is an active clinician working at many local and regional is in his sixth year as head clinics including the NIKE Coach of the Year clinic. Haugen was football coach at Gustavus also a member of the Metro coaching staff for the Minnesota Adolphus College. All-Star game in 1998. He started his coaching career at his alma mater, serving as the offensive line coach during the 1992 and Last season, the 1993 seasons. Gustavus football team capped the most successful A three-sport standout at Bethel, Haugen was a starting season during head Coach tight end on the football team, a starting goaltender on the Peter Haugen’s tenure hockey team, and a starting catcher on the baseball team in with an overall record of the late ’80s and early ’90s. In his senior year, he earned all- 6-4 and an MIAC mark of conference honors in football, and was selected Most Valuable 4-4. Gustavus picked up Player of the hockey team. signature wins over St. Olaf Haugen became the 17th head coach in the 97-year history 45-19 on Homecoming in of Gustavus football. The Golden Gusties have a long and storied late-September and Saint football tradition that includes 22 MIAC titles. The program ranks John’s in a double-overtime in the top-50 all-time in Division III (out of 235 institutions) with thriller 23-20 in early- a 58.0 winning percentage (473–339–21). The Gusties will soon November. Of Gustavus’s four losses in 2013, three were by join an elite group of 40 NCAA Division III institutions whose eight or fewer points. In the MIAC’s post-season honors, first football teams have won 500 games. team all-conference recipients included senior running back Jeffrey Dubose (St. Paul, Minn.), senior center David Gschneidner Along with great teams, Gustavus has also been blessed (Edina, Minn.), and senior guard Lyle Opdahl (Norwood Young with many outstanding individual players, which includes 29 America, Minn.) on offense, and senior defensive tackle Donte players who have received All-America honors, 13 who have Green (Minneapolis, Minn.), senior linebacker Joe Haas (Mission, received CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, and five who Kan.), and junior cornerback Zach Dilger (South St. Paul, Minn.) have received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Most recently, on defense. Jeffrey Dubose was later named to the D3football. cornerback Torey Asao ’14 was named to the 2013 Capital One com All-West Region First Team and was an honorable mention Academic All-America Division III Football Second Team, as selection to the D3football.com All-America Team. selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Haugen, who was the head football coach at Washburn High School for 15 years prior to coming to Gustavus, compiled Peter, and his wife, Brenda live in St. Peter with their three an overall record of 111-44