College Football Oct. 3 -- St. John's 19, Augsburg 13

MINNEAPOLIS ­ Ben Sieben (Jr., Melrose, Minn.) caught a 20-yard pass from Tom Linnemann (So., Melrose, Minn.) with 5:15 remaining, giving St. John's University a 19-13 victory over Augsburg College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football game Saturday night at Augsburg's Anderson-Nelson Field.

St. John's remains unbeaten at 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the MIAC, avenging a 20-10 loss last season, also at Augsburg. The Auggies, defending MIAC champions, fall to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the MIAC. St. John's hosts also-unbeaten Bethel next Saturday, while the Auggies travel to Gustavus, which is unbeaten after Saturday's play.

Linnemann, who completed 19 of 29 passes for 190 yards, one touchdown and one interception, tied the game himself with 12:22 left in the fourth quarter, scampering on a 10-yard run to complete a seven-play, 54-yard drive.

Augsburg had led the game 10-0 at halftime, coming on first-quarter scores from Martin Hlinka (Sr., Bratislava, Slovakia/Farmington HS) and Jim Peterson (Sr., Eyota, Minn./Dover-Eyota HS). Hlinka nailed a 43-yard field goal, while Peterson caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Paul Tetzloff (So., Faribault, Minn.).

Chris Moore (So., Edina, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) scored St. John's first touchdown of the game on a two-yard run in the third quarter, followed by Hlinka's second field goal of the game for the Auggies, a 21-yarder that completed an 11-play, 74-yard drive.

Augsburg forced three first-half turnovers by St. John's, but the Johnnies only gave up one other turnover in the contest. Augsburg's Tetzloff threw one interception.

The Johnnie defense shut down Augsburg wide receiver Scott Hvistendahl (Sr., Cannon Falls, Minn./Randolph HS), limiting him to 68 yards on seven receptions. The yardage mark broke a 10-game streak of receiving yardage totals of 100 yards or more. However, went over the 200 mark in career receptions and moved up on the NCAA Division III all-time receiving yardage record list. He is now in 10th place with 3,451 career yards on 203 receptions. The Division III career record, 4,311 yards, was set by Curt Barth of Eureka (Ill.) last year.

Sieben led the Johnnies with 65 yards on five receptions, while Adam Herbst (Sr., Sartell, Minn.) had 60 yards receiving on four catches, and Roland Buller (Sr., Anoka, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) had 52 yards on seven receptions. Moore led the Johnnies with 79 yards rushing.

Thane Drier (Sr., Durand, Wis.) paced the Auggies with 49 yards rushing on 12 attempts. Tim Hamer (Sr., Lakeville, Minn.) had 86 yards on eight receptions to lead Augsburg.

Tetzloff, who made his first start since missing last week's win over St. Olaf with a hyperextended elbow injury, completed 22 of 48 passes for 214 yards.

Andy Zigan (Sr., Coon Rapids, Minn.) led the Auggies with 12 tackles (eight solo). He also was credited with blocking two extra points. Jake Kern (Jr., Faribault, Minn.) had 10 tackles (six solo) and Terry Gullette (Jr., St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) had three sacks.

Brandon Novak (Jr., Becker, Minn.), Joe Kaczrowski (Sr., Luverne, Minn.) and Grady McGovern (Jr., Northfield, Minn.) had nine tackles apiece to pace the Johnnies. Kaczrowski had two sacks, while Novak had one.

Official Scoring Summary
ST. JOHNS vs. Augsburg
Date: Oct. 3, 1998 Site: Anderson-Nelson Field, Minneapolis, Minn.
Attendance: 4,000
Scoring by Quarters 1 2 3 4 OT Final
ST. JOHNS 0 0 7 12 0 19
Augsburg 10 0 3 0 0 13
Team Qtr. Time Scoring play Conversion Drive Score
AUG 1 10:56 Martin Hlinka 43 FG 4- 7 AUG 3- 0
AUG 1 1:11 Paul Tetzloff 10 pass to Jim Peterson Martin Hlinka kick 5- 33 AUG 10- 0
SJU 3 6:57 Chris Moore 2 run Jeremy Christie kick 5- 71 AUG 10- 7
AUG 3 2:30 Martin Hlinka 21 FG 11- 74 AUG 13- 7
SJU 4 12:22 Tom Linnemann 10 run kick failed 7- 54 AUG 13- 13
SJU 4 5:15 Tom Linnemann 20 pass to Ben Sieben kick failed 3- 3 SJU 19- 13
Time of Game: Kickoff 7 p.m. End of Game 10 p.m. Total Elapsed Time 3:00
Officials: Daryl Sanborn-Referee Wally Larsen-Umpire Jim Conroy-HL Steve Vekich-LJ Ron Fritz-BJ
Temperature: 45 Wind: Light from East Weather: Cool and clearing

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Final Team Statistics
Augsburg ST. JOHNS
First Downs 17 18
Rushing 3 6
Passing 11 8
Penalty 3 4
Rushing Attempts 31 37
Yards Gained Rushing 107 168
Yards Lost Rushing 22 35
Net Yards Rushing 85 133
Net Yards Passing 214 190
Passes Attempted 49 29
Passes Completed 22 19
Had Intercepted 1 1
Total Offensive Plays 80 66
Total Net Yards 299 323
Average Gain Per Play 3.7 4.8
Fumbles: Number - Lost 0 - 0 5 - 3
Penalties: Number - Yards 8 - 88 3 - 24
Number of Punts - Yards 11 - 432 9 - 375
Average Per Punt 39.2 41.6
Punt Returns: Number - Yards 3 - 21 7 - 12
Kickoff Returns: Number - Yards 4 - 53 4 - 127
Interception Returns: Number - Yards 1 - 4 1 - 6
Fumble Returns: Number - Yards 3 - 2 2 - 0
Possession Time 30:49 29:11
Third-Down Conversions 2 of 18 1 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 0
Sacks By 3 - 10 4 - 22

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Final Individual Statistics
Augsburg ST. JOHNS
Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long
42 Thane Drier 12 49 0 49 0 11 41 Chris Moore 12 83 4 79 1 17
17 Brian Warden 4 18 0 18 0 11 34 Kip Knippel 5 22 0 22 0 11
8 Jim Peterson 4 16 0 16 0 7 8 Tom Linnemann 13 36 21 15 1 10
30 Scott Hvistendahl 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 Adam Herbst 1 11 0 11 0 11
3 Paul Tetzloff 9 23 22 1 0 16 40 Paul Trobec 4 15 5 10 0 9
1 Damien Rochon-Washington
1 0 0 0 0 0 39 Roland Buller 2 1 5 -4 0 1
Totals 31 107 22 85 0 16 Totals 37 168 35 133 2 17

Passing A - C - I Yds TD Long Sacks Passing A - C - I Yds TD Long Sacks
3 Paul Tetzloff 48- 22- 1 214 1 23 4 8 Tom Linnemann 29- 19- 1 190 1 29 3
30 Scott Hvistendahl 1- 0- 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 49- 22- 1 214 1 23 4 Totals 29- 19- 1 190 1 29 3

Pass Receiving No. Yds. TD Long Pass Receiving No. Yds. TD Long
2 Tim Hamer 8 86 0 18 3 Ben Sieben 5 65 1 20
30 Scott Hvistendahl 7 68 0 13 5 Adam Herbst 4 60 0 29
8 Jim Peterson 5 46 1 23 39 Roland Buller 7 52 0 15
87 Mac Gordon 1 12 0 12 41 Chris Moore 1 7 0 7
1 Damien Rochon-Washington 1 2 0 2 85 Nate Rasmussen 1 5 0 5
34 Kip Knippel 1 1 0 1
Totals 22 214 1 23 Totals 19 190 1 29

Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long
30 Scott Hvistendahl 11 432 39.2 52 35 Phillip Barry 9 375 41.6 61
Totals 11 432 39.2 52 Totals 9 375 41.6 61

Field Goals Att. Made Long Field Goals Att. Made Long
35 Martin Hlinka 2 2 43
Totals 2 2 43 Totals 0 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercepted Punts Kickoffs Intercepted
All Returns No-Yds-LP No-Yds-LP No-Yds-LP All Returns No-Yds-LP No-Yds-LP No-Yds-LP
17 Brian Warden 0- 0- 0 1- 25- 25 0- 0- 0 41 Chris Moore 7- 12- 10 3- 103- 41
0- 0- 0
25 Jake Kern 1--2--2 2- 25- 15 0- 0- 0 40 Paul Trobec 0- 0- 0 1- 24- 24 0- 0- 0
30 Scott Hvistendahl 2- 23- 18 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 9 Grady McGovern 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 6- 6
16 Dane Lund 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 4- 4
8 Jim Peterson 0- 0- 0 1- 3- 3 0- 0- 0
Totals 3- 21- 18 4- 53- 25 1- 4- 4 Totals 7- 12- 10 4- 127- 41
1- 6- 6

Fumble returns No. Yds. TD Long Fumble returns No. Yds. TD Long
19 Andy Howard 1 1 0 1 41 Chris Moore 1 0 0 0
40 Mark Peterson 1 0 0 0 62 Chris Salvato 1 0 0 0
92 Guillaume Paek 1 0 0 0
Totals 2 1 0 0 Totals 1 0 0 0

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Individual Defensive Statistics - AUG
Tackles Sacks Fumbles Pass
Player Solos AssistsTotal Loss Yds. No. Yards Forced Rcvrd. Blocks Brkps. Ints.
6 Andy Zigan 8 4 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
25 Jake Kern 6 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 Steve Sathre 2 5 7 2 6 .5 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Todd Hamer 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
91 Terry Gullette 3 3 6 3 9 1.5 6 0 0 0 0 0
16 Dane Lund 1 5 6 1 3 .5 4 0 0 0 0 1
19 Andy Howard 1 4 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
51 Joe Souba 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Kurt Werk 2 2 4 1 3 .5 4 0 0 0 0 0
50 Jason Van Houten 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
92 Guillaume Paek 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 Tom Fountaine 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Larry Lyden 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rob Just 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Scott Archambault 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 Chad Carls 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Kris Froyum 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Chad Olson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 Matt Chappuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
40 Mark Peterson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 44 79 9 34 3 16 4 3 0 2 1

Individual Defensive Statistics - SJU
Tackles Sacks Fumbles Pass
Player Solos AssistsTotal Loss Yds. No. Yards Forced Rcvrd. Blocks Brkps. Ints.
25 Brandon Novak 5 4 9 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
55 Joe Kaczrowski 4 5 9 2 10 1.5 11 0 0 0 1 0
9 Grady McGovern 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Beau LaBore 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Eric Serbus 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dugan Finn 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 Adam Laliberte 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ryan Deibele 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 Darwin Dumonceaux 4 1 5 1 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 0
66 Brian Tepler 1 1 2 1 8 .5 8 0 0 0 0 0
4 Doug Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Adam Herbst 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jeff Muntifering 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Jeremy Christie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 Tim Pahula 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Kip Knippel 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Brian Zirbes 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 Chris Salvato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Chris Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 34 73 5 29 4 30 0 0 0 4 1

Drive Chart
Drive Started Drive Ended Drive Consumed
Yard Yard
Team Quarter Line Time How Obtained Line Time How Lost Yards Plays Time
AUG 1 AUG 24 15:00 Kickoff SJU 45 12:37 Punt 31 8 2:23
SJU 1 SJU 20 12:37 Punt SJU 24 12:22 Fumble 4 2 0:15
AUG 1 SJU 33 12:22 Fumble SJU 26 10:56 FG 7 4 1:26
SJU 1 SJU 39 10:56 Kickoff SJU 34 9:46 Punt -5 3 1:10
AUG 1 AUG 23 9:46 Punt AUG 18 7:36 Punt -5 4 2:10
SJU 1 SJU 39 7:36 Punt AUG 46 5:48 Punt 15 4 1:48
AUG 1 AUG 20 5:48 Punt AUG 48 2:48 Punt 28 7 3:00
SJU 1 SJU 22 2:48 Punt SJU 22 2:39 Fumble 0 1 0:09
AUG 1 SJU 33 2:39 Fumble - 1:11 TD 33 5 1:28
SJU 1 SJU 36 1:11 Kickoff SJU 44 14:48 Punt 8 3 1:23
AUG 2 AUG 7 14:48 Punt AUG 16 13:06 Punt 9 3 1:42
SJU 2 SJU 37 13:06 Punt AUG 48 11:11 Punt 15 4 1:55
AUG 2 AUG 11 11:11 Punt AUG 12 10:45 Interception 1 3 0:26
SJU 2 AUG 26 10:45 Interception AUG 11 7:40 Interception 15 8 3:05
AUG 2 AUG 10 7:40 Interception AUG 15 6:38 Punt 5 3 1:02
SJU 2 SJU 47 6:38 Punt SJU 46 5:10 Punt -1 3 1:28
AUG 2 AUG 26 5:10 Punt AUG 33 3:28 Punt 7 3 1:42
SJU 2 SJU 35 3:28 Punt AUG 37 1:17 Punt 28 5 2:11
AUG 2 AUG 19 1:17 Punt AUG 36 0:00 End of half 17 3 1:17
SJU 3 SJU 43 15:00 Kickoff SJU 48 14:06 Fumble 5 2 0:54
AUG 3 AUG 46 14:06 Fumble SJU 43 11:21 Punt 11 7 2:45
SJU 3 SJU 14 11:21 Punt SJU 22 9:04 Punt 8 3 2:17
AUG 3 AUG 33 9:04 Punt AUG 34 8:06 Punt 1 3 0:58
SJU 3 SJU 29 8:06 Punt - 6:57 TD 71 5 1:09
AUG 3 AUG 22 6:57 Kickoff SJU 4 2:30 FG 74 11 4:27
SJU 3 SJU 30 2:30 Kickoff SJU 38 0:53 Punt 8 3 1:37
AUG 3 AUG 5 0:53 Punt AUG 2 15:00 Punt -3 2 0:53
SJU 4 SJU 46 15:00 Punt - 12:22 TD 54 7 2:38
AUG 4 AUG 36 12:22 Kickoff AUG 47 9:37 Punt 11 5 2:45
SJU 4 SJU 20 9:37 Punt - 5:15 TD 80 9 4:22
AUG 4 AUG 25 5:15 Kickoff AUG 28 4:09 Punt 3 3 1:06
SJU 4 SJU 38 4:09 Punt AUG 47 2:29 Punt 15 3 1:40
AUG 4 AUG 16 2:29 Punt AUG 44 0:30 Downs 28 8 1:59
SJU 4 AUG 44 0:30 Downs AUG 46 0:00 End of game -2 1 0:30
Totals
First Second Third Fourth First Second
Team: Augsburg Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Half Half Final
Time of Possession 10:27 5:03 9:03 5:50 15:56 14:53 30:49
Third-Down Conversions 1 - 6 0 - 4 1 - 4 0 - 4 1 - 10 1 - 8 2 - 18
Average Field Position Own 40 Own 15 Own 27 Own 26 Own 27 Own 26 Own 31
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 3
Totals
First Second Third Fourth First Second
Team:ST. JOHNS Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Half Half Final
Time of Possession 4:33 9:57 5:57 9:10 14:04 15:07 29:11
Third-Down Conversions 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 2 1 - 2 0 - 7 1 - 4 1 - 11
Average Field Position Own 31 Own 48 Own 29 Own 40 Own 39 Own 35 Own 41
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0

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Play-by-play - First quarter
15:00 1- 10 SJU 35 Kickoff goes 56 yards - returned 15 yards by Kern tackle by Thompson
15:00 1- 10 AUG 24 Tetzloff pass incomplete
15:00 2- 10 AUG 24 Tetzloff 12 pass to Hamer tackle by McGovern
15:00 1- 10 AUG 36 Tetzloff 2 pass to Rochon-Washington tackle by McGovern
15:00 2- 8 AUG 38 Drier 6 run tackle by LaBore Serbus
15:00 3- 2 AUG 44 Tetzloff 3 run tackle by Dumonceaux
15:00 1- 10 AUG 47 Tetzloff 8 pass to Hvistendahl tackle by Finn
15:00 2- 2 SJU 45 Tetzloff pass incomplete
15:00 3- 2 SJU 45 Tetzloff pass incomplete
15:00 4- 2 SJU 45 Hvistendahl 45 punt TOUCHBACK
12:37 1- 10 SJU 20 Linnemann 4 pass to Buller tackle by Zigan
12:37 2- 6 SJU 24 Trobec 9 run FUMBLE forced by Van Houten TURNED OVER to Peterson and returned 0 yards
12:22 1- 10 SJU 33 Hvistendahl pass incomplete
12:22 2- 10 SJU 33 Peterson 4 run tackle by LaBore Dumonceaux
12:22 3- 6 SJU 29 Drier 3 run tackle by Novak Zirbes
NOTE: aug 2nd timeout
12:22 4- 3 SJU 26 43-yard field goal attempt by Hlinka - GOOD
10:56 1- 10 AUG 35 Kickoff goes 59 yards - returned 33 yards by Moore tackle by Lyden
10:56 1- 10 SJU 39 Buller -5 run tackle by Paek
10:56 2- 15 SJU 34 Linnemann pass incomplete
10:56 3- 15 SJU 34 Linnemann pass incomplete
10:56 4- 15 SJU 34 Barry 61 punt returned by Hvistendahl 18 yards tackle by Knippel Laliberte
9:46 1- 10 AUG 23 Tetzloff 12 pass to Gordon tackle by Deibele McGovern
9:46 1- 10 AUG 35 Tetzloff pass incomplete
9:46 2- 10 AUG 35 Tetzloff -9 run sack by Dumonceaux
9:46 3- 19 AUG 26 Tetzloff -8 run sack by Tepler Kaczrowski
9:46 4- 27 AUG 18 Hvistendahl 41 punt returned by Moore -2 yards tackle by Froyum Archambault
7:36 1- 10 SJU 39 Linnemann 11 pass to Buller tackle by Kern
7:36 1- 10 50 Knippel 0 run tackle by Paek Van Houten
7:36 2- 10 50 Linnemann pass incomplete
7:36 3- 10 50 Moore 4 run tackle by Werk
7:36 4- 6 AUG 46 Barry 46 punt TOUCHBACK
5:48 1- 10 AUG 20 Peterson 2 run tackle by Kaczrowski Serbus
5:48 2- 8 AUG 22 Tetzloff 12 pass to Hvistendahl
5:48 1- 10 AUG 34 Tetzloff 8 pass to Hvistendahl tackle by Laliberte
5:48 2- 2 AUG 42 Tetzloff 9 pass to Hamer tackle by Laliberte
5:48 1- 10 SJU 49 Tetzloff pass incomplete
5:48 2- 10 SJU 49 PENALTY: AUG holding - 19 yards
5:48 2- 29 AUG 32 Tetzloff pass incomplete broken up by Deibele
NOTE: aug 3rd timeout
5:48 3- 29 AUG 32 Tetzloff 16 run tackle by Deibele Novak
5:48 4- 13 AUG 48 Hvistendahl 34 punt returned by Moore 4 yards tackle by Zigan
2:48 1- 10 SJU 22 Herbst 11 run FUMBLE forced by Hamer TURNED OVER to Paek and returned 0 yards
2:39 1- 10 SJU 33 Tetzloff pass incomplete
2:39 2- 10 SJU 33 Tetzloff 5 pass to Hamer tackle by Novak
2:39 3- 5 SJU 28 Tetzloff pass incomplete
2:39 4- 5 SJU 28 Tetzloff 18 pass to Hamer tackle by Deibele McGovern
2:39 1- 10 SJU 10 Tetzloff 10 pass to Peterson TOUCHDOWN (Hlinka kick)
1:11 1- 10 AUG 35 Kickoff goes 58 yards - returned 29 yards by Moore tackle by Kern
1:11 1- 10 SJU 36 Linnemann pass incomplete
1:11 2- 10 SJU 36 Linnemann 6 run tackle by Gullette Fountaine
1:11 3- 4 SJU 42 Linnemann 2 pass to Buller tackle by Fountaine Howard
Score after quarter # 1: Augsburg 10, ST. JOHNS 0

Play-by-play - Second quarter
15:00 4- 2 SJU 44 Barry 49 punt
14:48 1- 10 AUG 7 Drier 8 run tackle by Finn
14:48 2- 2 AUG 15 Tetzloff pass incomplete broken up by Finn
14:48 3- 2 AUG 15 Drier 1 run tackle by Novak
14:48 4- 1 AUG 16 Hvistendahl 41 punt returned by Moore -6 yards
13:06 1- 10 SJU 37 Moore 13 run tackle by Kern Howard
13:06 1- 10 50 Linnemann pass incomplete broken up by Zigan
13:06 2- 10 50 Moore -4 run tackle by Gullette
13:06 3- 14 SJU 46 Linnemann 6 pass to Herbst tackle by Zigan
NOTE: sju 1st timeout
13:06 4- 8 AUG 48 Barry 35 punt returned by Kern -2 yards
11:11 1- 10 AUG 11 Hvistendahl 1 run tackle by Laliberte
11:11 2- 9 AUG 12 Tetzloff pass incomplete
11:11 3- 9 AUG 12 Tetzloff pass INTERCEPTED by McGovern returned 6 yards
11:11 1- 10 AUG 26 PENALTY: SJU illegal block - 10 yards
10:45 1- 10 AUG 36 Linnemann 11 pass to Buller tackle by Hamer
10:45 1- 10 AUG 25 Linnemann -2 run sack by Sathre Gullette
10:45 2- 12 AUG 27 Linnemann 1 pass to Knippel tackle by Zigan Lund
10:45 3- 11 AUG 26 PENALTY: AUG facemask(pf) - 13 yards
10:45 1- 10 AUG 13 Knippel 4 run tackle by Sathre
10:45 2- 6 AUG 9 Buller 1 run tackle by Van Houten Sathre
10:45 3- 5 AUG 8 Linnemann 6 run tackle by Kern
10:45 1- 2 AUG 2 Linnemann -9 run FUMBLE recovered by Moore and advanced 0 yards
10:45 2- 10 AUG 11 Linnemann pass INTERCEPTED by Lund returned 4 yards tackle by Herbst
7:40 1- 10 AUG 10 Drier 5 run tackle by Dumonceaux
7:40 2- 5 AUG 15 Tetzloff pass incomplete
7:40 3- 5 AUG 15 Tetzloff pass incomplete
7:40 4- 5 AUG 15 Hvistendahl 39 punt returned by Moore 1 yards tackle by Archambault Olson
6:38 1- 10 SJU 47 Trobec -5 run tackle by Howard Sathre
6:38 2- 15 SJU 42 Linnemann 4 run tackle by Zigan
6:38 3- 11 SJU 46 Linnemann 0 run FUMBLE forced by Chappuis recovered by Salvato and advanced 0 yards
6:38 4- 10 SJU 46 Barry 28 punt
5:10 1- 10 AUG 26 Tetzloff pass incomplete
5:10 2- 10 AUG 26 Drier 1 run tackle by Tepler
5:10 3- 9 AUG 27 PENALTY: AUG delay of game - 5 yards
5:10 3- 14 AUG 22 Drier 11 run tackle by Serbus Laliberte
5:10 4- 3 AUG 33 Hvistendahl 42 punt returned by Moore 10 yards tackle by Carls
3:28 1- 10 SJU 35 Linnemann 7 pass to Buller tackle by Kern
3:28 2- 3 SJU 42 PENALTY: AUG offside - 5 yards
3:28 1- 10 SJU 47 Linnemann 13 pass to Herbst tackle by Zigan Hamer
3:28 1- 10 AUG 40 Linnemann 2 pass to Buller tackle by Hamer
3:28 2- 8 AUG 38 Linnemann pass incomplete
3:28 3- 8 AUG 38 Linnemann 1 run tackle by Van Houten
3:28 4- 7 AUG 37 Barry 18 punt
1:17 1- 10 AUG 19 Drier 6 run tackle by LaBore
1:17 2- 4 AUG 25 Peterson 7 run tackle by LaBore
1:17 1- 10 AUG 32 Warden 4 run tackle by Kaczrowski Novak
Score after quarter # 2: Augsburg 10, ST. JOHNS 0

Play-by-play - Third quarter
15:00 2- 6 AUG 36
15:00 1- 10 AUG 35 Kickoff goes 63 yards - returned 41 yards by Moore tackle by Werk Lyden
15:00 1- 10 SJU 43 Trobec 5 run tackle by Howard
15:00 2- 5 SJU 48 Linnemann 8 pass to Sieben FUMBLE forced by Zigan TURNED OVER to Howard and returned 2 yards
14:06 1- 10 AUG 46 PENALTY: AUG personal foul - 15 yards
14:06 1- 10 AUG 31 Tetzloff 11 pass to Peterson tackle by Serbus
14:06 1- 10 AUG 42 Rochon-Washington 0 run tackle by Finn
14:06 2- 10 AUG 42 Tetzloff pass incomplete
14:06 3- 10 AUG 42 Warden 11 run tackle by Deibele McGovern
14:06 1- 10 SJU 47 Drier 4 run tackle by LaBore McGovern
14:06 2- 6 SJU 43 Tetzloff pass incomplete
14:06 3- 6 SJU 43 Tetzloff 0 pass to Peterson tackle by Finn
14:06 4- 6 SJU 43 Hvistendahl 29 punt
11:21 1- 10 SJU 14 Moore 2 run tackle by Souba
11:21 2- 8 SJU 16 Linnemann 5 pass to Rasmussen tackle by Souba Sathre
11:21 3- 3 SJU 21 Linnemann 1 run tackle by Sathre
11:21 4- 2 SJU 22 Barry 45 punt
9:04 1- 10 AUG 33 Tetzloff pass incomplete
9:04 2- 10 AUG 33 Warden 1 run tackle by Novak
NOTE: aug 1st timeout(0820)
9:04 3- 9 AUG 34 Tetzloff pass incomplete broken up by Finn
9:04 4- 9 AUG 34 Hvistendahl 37 punt
8:06 1- 10 SJU 29 Knippel 11 run tackle by Kern
8:06 1- 10 SJU 40 Linnemann 29 pass to Herbst tackle by Hamer
8:06 1- 10 AUG 31 Linnemann 12 pass to Sieben tackle by Zigan
8:06 1- 10 AUG 19 Moore 17 run tackle by Zigan Just
8:06 1- 2 AUG 2 Moore 2 run TOUCHDOWN (Christie kick)
6:57 1- 10 SJU 35 Kickoff goes 53 yards - returned 10 yards by Kern tackle by Christie
6:57 1- 10 AUG 22 Tetzloff 23 pass to Peterson tackle by Deibele McGovern
6:57 1- 10 AUG 45 Drier 0 run tackle by Novak
6:57 2- 10 AUG 45 Tetzloff 12 pass to Hvistendahl tackle by Deibele
6:57 1- 10 SJU 43 Tetzloff 3 run tackle by Dumonceaux
6:57 2- 7 SJU 40 Tetzloff 13 pass to Hvistendahl
6:57 1- 10 SJU 27 Warden 2 run tackle by Serbus
6:57 2- 8 SJU 25 Tetzloff 16 pass to Hamer tackle by McGovern
6:57 1- 9 SJU 9 Tetzloff pass incomplete
6:57 2- 9 SJU 9 Tetzloff 1 run tackle by Kaczrowski
6:57 3- 8 SJU 8 Tetzloff pass incomplete
6:57 4- 8 SJU 8 PENALTY: SJU offside - 4 yards
6:57 4- 4 SJU 4 21-yard field goal attempt by Hlinka - GOOD
2:30 1- 10 AUG 35 Kickoff goes 59 yards - returned 24 yards by Trobec tackle by Werk
2:30 1- 10 SJU 30 Linnemann 7 pass to Sieben tackle by Souba
2:30 2- 3 SJU 37 Linnemann pass incomplete
2:30 3- 3 SJU 37 Trobec 1 run tackle by Hamer
2:30 4- 2 SJU 38 Barry 57 punt
0:53 1- 10 AUG 5 PENALTY: AUG personal foul - 3 yards
0:53 1- 10 AUG 2 Tetzloff pass incomplete
0:53 2- 10 AUG 2 Tetzloff 0 run tackle by Kaczrowski Kaczrowski
0:53 3- 10 AUG 2 Hvistendahl 52 punt
Score after quarter # 3: Augsburg 13, ST. JOHNS 7

Play-by-play - Fourth quarter
15:00 1- 10 SJU 46 Knippel 7 run tackle by Howard Paek
15:00 2- 3 AUG 47 Linnemann 8 run tackle by Van Houten Lund
15:00 1- 10 AUG 39 Moore 11 run tackle by Kern
15:00 1- 10 AUG 28 Linnemann pass incomplete broken up by Zigan
15:00 2- 10 AUG 28 Linnemann 15 pass to Buller tackle by Just Kern
15:00 1- 10 AUG 13 Moore 3 run tackle by Lund Sathre
15:00 2- 7 AUG 10 Linnemann 10 run TOUCHDOWN (Christie kick failed)
12:22 1- 10 SJU 35 Kickoff goes 54 yards - returned 25 yards by Warden tackle by
12:22 1- 10 AUG 36 Drier 1 run tackle by Kaczrowski
12:22 2- 9 AUG 37 Tetzloff 10 pass to Hvistendahl tackle by LaBore
12:22 1- 10 AUG 47 Drier 3 run tackle by Serbus
12:22 2- 7 50 Tetzloff pass incomplete broken up by Kaczrowski
12:22 3- 7 50 Tetzloff -3 run sack by Kaczrowski
12:22 4- 10 AUG 47 Hvistendahl 36 punt returned by Moore 3 yards tackle by Souba
9:37 1- 10 SJU 20 Linnemann 12 pass to Herbst tackle by Lund Kern
9:37 1- 10 SJU 32 Linnemann 18 pass to Sieben tackle by Zigan Kern
9:37 1- 10 50 Moore 6 run tackle by Hamer
9:37 2- 4 AUG 44 Moore 15 run tackle by Zigan
9:37 1- 10 AUG 29 Linnemann -4 run sack by Gullette
9:37 2- 14 AUG 33 Linnemann 7 pass to Moore tackle by Lund
9:37 3- 7 AUG 26 Moore 10 run tackle by Zigan
9:37 1- 10 AUG 16 Linnemann -4 run sack by Lund Werk
9:37 2- 14 AUG 20 Linnemann 20 pass to Sieben TOUCHDOWN (Herbst kick failed)
5:15 1- 10 SJU 35 Kickoff goes 43 yards - returned 3 yards by Peterson tackle by Muntifering
5:15 1- 10 AUG 25 Tetzloff pass incomplete
5:15 2- 10 AUG 25 Peterson 3 run tackle by Kaczrowski
5:15 3- 7 AUG 28 Tetzloff pass incomplete
5:15 4- 7 AUG 28 Hvistendahl 36 punt returned by Moore 2 yards tackle by Zigan
4:09 1- 10 SJU 38 PENALTY: AUG personal foul - 15 yards
4:09 1- 10 AUG 47 Knippel 0 run tackle by Gullette Fountaine
4:09 2- 10 AUG 47 Moore 0 run tackle by Gullette
NOTE: sju 1st timeout(0244)
4:09 3- 10 AUG 47 Linnemann pass incomplete
4:09 4- 10 AUG 47 Barry 36 punt returned by Hvistendahl 5 yards tackle by Pahula
2:29 1- 10 AUG 16 PENALTY: SJU holding - 10 yards
2:29 1- 10 AUG 26 PENALTY: AUG holding - 13 yards
2:29 1- 23 AUG 13 Tetzloff 15 pass to Hamer tackle by McGovern
2:29 2- 8 AUG 28 Tetzloff 4 pass to Hamer tackle by Laliberte Novak
2:29 3- 4 AUG 32 Tetzloff 2 pass to Peterson tackle by Finn
NOTE: aug 2nd timeout(0112)
2:29 4- 2 AUG 34 Tetzloff 5 pass to Hvistendahl tackle by Finn
2:29 1- 10 AUG 39 Tetzloff -2 run sack by Novak
NOTE: aug 3rd timeout(0050)
2:29 2- 12 AUG 37 Tetzloff pass incomplete
2:29 3- 12 AUG 37 Tetzloff pass incomplete
2:29 4- 12 AUG 37 Tetzloff 7 pass to Hamer tackle by LaBore Serbus
0:30 1- 10 AUG 44 Linnemann -2 run
Final score: ST. JOHNS 19, Augsburg 13
Pregame Media Notes:

The Augsburg College Auggies (3-0 overall, 2-0 MIAC) continue the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference season against the St. John's University Johnnies (3-0 overall, 2-0 MIAC) on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
Stadium: Anderson-Nelson Field (cap., 2,000).
Coaches: Augsburg, Jack Osberg (8th season, 37-37); St. John's: John Gagliardi (46th season at SJU, 50th overall, 345-104-11).
Series: St. John's leads 50-7-2. Last year, Augsburg beat St. John's 20-10 at Augsburg's Anderson-Nelson Field.
Broadcast: KKMS-AM 980 with Tom Witschen on play-by-play Russ Bohaty on analysis. St. John's broadcast on KKJM-FM 92.9 (Spirit 93) of St. Cloud, Minn., with JG Preston and Jeff Bretherton. The St. John's broadcast can be heard live on the Internet (using Real Audio software) by clicking on this link to the St. John's website.
Outlook: St. John's and Augsburg clash in a key contest between two of the co-leaders in the MIAC. Last year, Augsburg beat St. John's 20-10 before an overflow crowd of 2,500 people at Augsburg's 2,000-seat Anderson-Nelson Field in Minneapolis. It was Augsburg's first win over St. John's in 17 years, and set the stage for the school's first MIAC championship since 1928 and national quarterfinalist finish in the Division III playoffs.

This year, the two teams have gotten off to 3-0 starts and meet in the second big meeting of MIAC powers this season -- last week, St. John's derailed St. Thomas 31-13.

Saturday night's game, again at Augsburg's Anderson-Nelson Field, is a meeting of two of the top receivers in the nation -- Augsburg's Scott Hvistendahl and St. John's Adam Herbst. Hvistendahl, who is third in the nation in receiving yardage per game (182.3 yards) is in pursuit of Eureka's Curt Barth's record for career receiving yards (4,311). Hvistendahl has 3,383 career receiving yards on 197 career receptions entering Saturday night's game.

"The atmosphere of the game is a big-game atmosphere," said Augsburg head coach Jack Osberg, who is going for his 38th win -- to go over the .500 mark -- on Saturday. "It will be a great college football evening. It is a special game. Anytime you play a good program, an established program, you step up to the challenge. We started to establish ourselves last year, and in order to keep moving up the ladder, there are the hurdles we have to overcome."

Drier scores fourth-quarter TD to give Auggies win over St. Olaf
NORTHFIELD, Minn. ­ Running back Thane Drier scampered 62 yards for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, giving Augsburg a 31-24 victory over St. Olaf Saturday at St. Olaf's Manitou Field.

The victory Saturday was the first for Augsburg at St. Olaf since 1928, and Augsburg's first in Northfield (against either Carleton or St. Olaf) since 1978. St. Olaf leads the all-time series against Augsburg 31-10, with the other eight Auggie victories in the series coming at either Augsburg home fields or the Metrodome. The win also brings Augsburg head coach Jack Osberg to 37-37 on his career.

Drier's 62-yard run with 8:02 remaining, the longest of the season by an Augsburg running back, came on the first play from scrimmage after St. Olaf tied the game at 24-24 on a two-yard run for a touchdown by Jay Larsen. Drier rushed 12 times for 117 yards.

Linebacker Andy Howard, later named MIAC Defensive Player of the Week, scored Augsburg's first defensive touchdown of the season, picking off a pass by St. Olaf's Peter Schultz and running 31 yards for the score. Scott Hvistendahl and Tim Hamer also had touchdowns, both coming on receptions from freshman quarterback Joe Thorvig. Thorvig, filling in for injured regular Paul Tetzloff, completed 11 of 33 passes for 170 yards, but was intercepted twice and fumbled the ball away once.

Hvistendahl caught seven passes for 115 yards, marking the 10th straight game in which he has caught 100 yards or more, dating back to Augsburg's win over Carleton on Oct. 11, 1997. The mark includes two NCAA playoff games. Hvistendahl, who holds every school career and single-season receiving record, caught his 31st career touchdown Saturday.

Schultz was sacked seven times in the contest, 2.5 each coming from Auggies Guillaume Paek and Jason Van Houten. Howard, who returned an interception for a score, also led the Auggies with 11 tackles (six solo) and one pass break-up. Tom Fountaine had eight tackles (six solo).

The Hvistendahl Watch: Auggie WR now 11th in D-III receiving yards
Augsburg WR Scott Hvistendahl (Sr., Cannon Falls, Minn./Randolph HS) continued his assault on the NCAA Division III receiving record books last Saturday with a seven-catch, 115-yard, one touchdown performance against St. Olaf.

Hvistendahl, who now holds every Augsburg career and single-season receiving record, caught his 31th career touchdown pass . The 115-yard effort was Hvistendahl's 10th 100-yard-plus receiving yardage effort in a row, dating back to Augsburg's game against Carleton on Oct. 11, 1997. The mark includes two NCAA playoff games.

Hvistendahl moved into 11th place in the NCAA Division III receiving yardage record book, with 3,383 yards on 197 receptions. The Division III record is 4,311 yards, set by Curt Barth of Eureka (Ill.) from 1994-97. Jeff Clay of Catholic (D.C.) also went over the 4,000-yard mark last year, with 4,101 career yards (1994-97). They are the only two Division III receivers to achieve the feat; in fact, only 11 receivers in the four NCAA divisions have surpassed the 4,000-yard barrier. Jerry Rice, who starred for Mississippi Valley State (Division I-AA) from 1981 to 1984 before becoming the NFL's top receiver, amassed 4,693 yards and 50 touchdowns on 301 receptions to hold the NCAA all-divisions career yardage record.

Hvistendahl is currently on pace (182.3 receiving yards per game) to top the Division III mark in Augsburg's ninth game of the year, against Bethel at Augsburg on Nov. 7. If he maintains the 182.3 yardage-per-game pace, he would end his career with 4,659 yards, just shy of Rice's record mark.

Augsburg a success at 'The Cage'
"The Cage" is what the players and coaches on the Augsburg College football team fondly refer to their cozy home along Butler Place in Minneapolis, Anderson-Nelson Field.

Augsburg has won seven straight games at "The Cage" dating back to 1996, including a 20-10 victory over St. John's in last year's home opener, also played at night. Augsburg has played 13 games at night (5 p.m. or later; nine at home, one on the road, four at the Metrodome) in head coach Jack Osberg's eight seasons (1991-present). Augsburg's record in those games is 9-4.

Anderson-Nelson Field, has produced a 22-13 record during Osberg's tenure, including two perfect seasons -- 1993 (5-0) and 1997 (4-0). On artificial turf since 1991, the Auggies are 27-16, which includes all Augsburg home games, seven games at the Metrodome and one at the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. Since Anderson-Nelson Field opened in 1984, Augsburg's record is 25-40-1 at home and 30-49-1 on artificial turf. Augsburg's overall record since 1984: 44-98-1.

"Every school likes to play at home," Osberg said. "Does playing on turf give us an advantage? It might. We build teams around the talent we have. We're built for speed and this field is built for speed."

Augsburg faces more milestones on Saturday against St. John's
Saturday night, the Auggies can claim several significant achievements if they pull off their second win in a row over St. John's:

-- Augsburg can beat the Johnnies in consecutive years for the first time since 1929, when the Auggies completed a string of three straight victories over the Johnnies. Augsburg beat the Johnnies 1-6 in 1927, 24-0 in 1928 and 19-2 in 1929. Since 1929, the Auggies have beaten the Johnnies just four times (1960, 19-12; 1973, 28-20; 1980, 21-10; 1997, 20-10) and tied the Johnnies once (1956, 7-7; the Auggies also tied St. John's in the teams' first meeting, 13-13 in 1926). St. John's leads the series 50-7-2.

-- Augsburg can maintain possession of first place in the MIAC, and Augsburg can improve to 4-0 for only the second time ever and the first since 1973, when the team went out to a 5-0 start en route to a 7-2 campaign, the previous best record in school history prior to last year's 10-2 campaign.

-- Augsburg head coach Jack Osberg can become the first Auggie football coach ever to have an over-.500 winning percentage. Osberg is 37-37 entering Saturday's game; only one other coach, Bill Caris (19-19, 1972-75) ever has won as many games as he lost while coaching the Auggies. Osberg is also the second-winningest coach in school history; Edor Nelson (1947-69) coached the Auggies to a 58-110-10 record (.304 winning percentage).

Augsburg rated 9th in latest Football Gazette national poll
Augsburg moved up two spots to its highest national ranking ever, ninth, in this week's NCAA Division III Top 40 national ranking, published by Don Hansen's Football Gazette.

Lycoming (Pa, 2-0.), last year's national runner-up, remained the top-ranked team in this week's national poll, followed by the defending national champions, Mount Union (Ohio, 3-0).

Wisconsin-Whitewater (2-0) is the top Division III West Region team in the national rankings, at fifth. Other West Region teams: Central (Iowa, 4-0), eighth; Coe (Iowa, 4-0), 10th; St. John's (Minn., 3-0), 19th; Wartburg (Iowa, 3-0), 23rd; Willamette (Oregon, 2-1, 28th); and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3-0), 40th.

Lycoming also leads the Columbus Multimedia (http://members.aol.com/d3central/) Division III Team Efficency Ratings, posted on the Columbus Multimedia Internet site. Wisconsin-Whitewater is third, Central (Iowa) is fifth, Augsburg is 11th, Coe (Iowa) is 12th, St. John's is 14th, Wartburg (Iowa) is 15th, Linfield (Oregon) is 23rd, and Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Gustavus Adolphus are both tied at 25th place.