MIAC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College quarterback Marcus Brumm (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) and defensive back Tyler Phillips (SR, Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) earned Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week honors on Monday, Brumm on offense and Phillips on defense.

The duo captured the conference honors after leading the Auggies to one of their biggest victories in program history, a 32-31, last-second victory at St. John's on Saturday -- the Auggies' first victory over the Johnnies since the 1997 season and the team's first win in Collegeville, Minn., since 1980.

The MIAC Player of the Week honor is the fourth for Brumm in his Auggie career, and the second for Phillips. It's the first time since the 2008 season that Augsburg has had two MIAC Players of the Week in the same week in football (Sept. 29, 2008, Jordan Berg on offense, David Tilton on special teams)

Brumm completed 26-of-42 passing for 401 yards and four touchdowns (all MIAC single-game highs this season) with no interceptions, including the game-winning touchdown on the final offensive play of the game, in the Auggie win over the Johnnies. Trailing 31-26 in the final 18 seconds, Brumm completed two key passes to net the winning score, a 48-yard pass to Wesley Waytashek (JR, Little Falls, Minn.) to get the Auggies to the St. John's 32-yard line, and a 32-yard touchdown strike to Tyler Swanson (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) as time expired.

With the 401 passing yards, Brumm became the fifth Auggie in school history to eclipse the 5,000-yard mark in career passing yardage. In 20 career starts, he now has 5,370 passing yards (now third-best in school history) on 465-of-862 passing with 36 touchdowns. Each career total is now third-best in school history. The 401-yard effort marked the ninth time Brumm has thrown for 300 or more yards in a game in his career, and the 14th time he has completed 20-plus passes in a game.

Phillips had a career-high 13 tackles (9 solo), leading the Augsburg defense. It's the second time Phillips has recorded double-digit tackle totals in a game in his career. Phillips was part of a defense that held the Johnnie offense to just 93 net rushing yards and 315 net passing yards -- the first time the Johnnies had been held under 100 rushing yards this season.

Phillips now has a team-best 28 tackles (15 solo) this season, with his 9.0 tackles-per-game average tied for fifth-best among MIAC players (overall statistics). A three-year starter in the Auggie secondary, Phillips now has 141 career tackles (90 solo) in 26 games.

Augsburg is now 3-0 on the season and is one of three teams still unbeaten in conference play. It's the second straight year that Augsburg has started its season 3-0 and the third time in the last four seasons that the team has been unbeaten after three games (Augsburg started the 2008 season 4-0).

After its first three games on the road, the Auggies have their home-opener this Saturday (10/1) at 1 p.m., hosting Carleton at Edor Nelson Field. Augsburg has four of its next five games at home.