Football 10/22/05 -- St. John's 56, Augsburg 16

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COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (10/22/05) -- The No. 5-ranked St. John's University football team remained undefeated on the season on Saturday, beating visiting Augsburg College 56-16 before 8,192 fans at Clemens Stadium in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest. With the win, the Johnnies' record is now 6-0 in the MIAC and 8-0 overall, while Augsburg drops to 1-6 overall, 1-4 in MIAC play.

St. John's first touchdown came with 7:58 to go in the first quarter on a 14 yard run by senior Corey Weber. The Johnnies took a 14-0 lead on a 62 yard pass to junior Kyle Gearman from sophomore quarterback Alex Kofoed with 13:31 left in the second quarter.

SJU increased its lead to 28-0 with 6:10 to go in the second quarter, with an interception return of 16 yards by sophomore linebacker Jeff Schulte. Schulte's touchdown marked his first career touchdown at SJU. The Johnnies added their fifth touchdown of the game on another Weber run, this time for two yards with just over a minute left before the clock expired, to end the first half with a score of 35-0.

The Johnnies struck first in the second half by sophomore Craig Luberts' four-yard run with 8:38 remaining in the third quarter. The Auggies etched their way onto the scoreboard with a one yard run by senior Garry Ashby-Phan (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Roosevelt HS) with 4:49 left to go in the third quarter to cut the Johnnie lead to 42-7.

St. John's would go on to score two more times in the game, on a 48-yard run by Luberts in the third and an eight-yard run by sophomore Aaron Blackmore in the fourth quarter. Blackmore's touchdown marked his first touchdown of the season and of his career. The Auggies added to their point total two times in the fourth, on a safety by freshman Mike Struss (Fr., Nicollet, Minn.) and on a one-yard run from sophomore David Lange (So., Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins HS) with 12 seconds remaining in the game.

On the day, the Johnnies outgained the Auggies 448 to 235 in total offense. SJU had 226 yards passing and 222 yards rushing, while the Johnnie defense held the Auggies to 160 yards passing and 75 yards rushing, respectively. St. John's had 22 first downs, compared to 11 first downs for Augsburg. SJU had three fumbles; however, none were lost, while Augsburg had six fumbles and lost one of them. There also were five interceptions in the game, four of which were notched by St. John's.

Individually for SJU, Luberts had six carries with a net of 68 yards, averaging 11.3 yards per carry and tallying two touchdowns. Weber added 13 carries for 64 total yards with three rushing touchdowns. Junior Mike Lofboom also had 42 rushing yards on eight carries for the Johnnies. Kofoed was 11-of-20 passing, with 211 total yards, had one interception, one sack and one touchdown. Gearman caught one pass for 62 yards and one receiving touchdown. Lofboom also added two catches for 50 yards and junior Casey Haugen had three catches for 37 total yards.

On the defensive end for the Johnnies, junior Kevin McNamara led the way with six total tackles on the day, including three tackles for a loss of 13 yards. McNamara also tallied one sack for eight yards and hurried the quarterback twice. Seniors Jason Good and Matt Hawn both contributed with five total tackles each and a breakup for each. Sophomore Brandon Freihammer also assisted the defensive unit with one sack for nine yards and forced a fumble. SJU's sophomore Schulte tallied an interception return for 16 yards in the game, which resulted in a touchdown. Sophomore Garrett Adamson also notched an interception for a return of 18 yards and junior Shawn Schoenberg nabbed an interception. Freshman kicker Anthony Schmidt was a perfect 8-of-8 in extra point attempts, but had one field goal attempt blocked just before halftime.

The Augsburg Auggies were led by junior quarterback Keith Hagen (Jr., Northfield, Minn.), who threw for 106 yards. Running back Ashby-Phan rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown, and senior Steve Houser (Sr., Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River HS) added 34 yards. Sophomore running back Jason Potts (So., Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) received six passes for 80 yards on the day. Also of note, all eyes were glued to Auggies 2003 All-American senior punter Nick Schlieman (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.), who had nine punts on the day for 356 yards, averaging 39.6 yards per punt and tallying the longest punt of the day at 49 yards.

Mike Matson (Jr., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) recordded 13 tackles (four solo) for the Auggies, while Taylor Kroger (Sr., Cottonwood, Minn./Lakeview HS) had 11 tackles (five solo) and Brandon Rudenick (So., Nicollet, Minn.) had 10 tackles (three solo). Jordan Hastings (Sr., Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) had an interception and Zach Manship (Sr., Rochester, Minn./John Marshall HS) recorded a sack.

Augsburg hosts Concordia-Moorhead in an MIAC game next Saturday (10/29) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field in Minneapolis. St. John's will host St. Olaf in a battle for the MIAC lead next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minn.

Augsburg at St. John's Game Notes

g College Auggies (1-5 overall, 1-3 MIAC) travel to face the St. John's University Johnnies (7-0 overall, 5-0 MIAC) in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football game on Saturday, October 22 at 1 p.m., at Clemens Stadium (capacity 5,500) in Collegeville, Minn.

COACHES: Augsburg head coach Frank Haege (Wisconsin-Stout '92) is in his first season and has an 1-5 record. St. John's head coach John Gagliardi (Colorado College '49), the winningest coach in college football history, is in his 57th season as a college head coach (428-117-11) and 53rd season at St. John's (404-111-10).

WEBCAST/BROADCAST: All Augsburg football games are webcast live online, through an arrangement with Stretch Internet. Returning for his eighth season of broadcasting Auggie football is Tom Witschen, who will be joined by Devon Krueger. To listen online, go to http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/. There is no over-the-air radio coverage of Augsburg football. St. John's radio is on KKJM-FM 92.9 in St. Cloud and WLOL-AM 1330 in the Twin Cities, with Mark Lewandowski, Bryan Backes and Tom Linneman. The Johnnie broadcast can also be heard online by clicking on this link.

SERIES: This is the 67th game in the all-time series between Augsburg and St. John's, a series the Johnnies lead 57-7-2. St. John's has won the last seven games in a row in the series. The last Augsburg win in the series was a 20-10 triumph at Augsburg on Sept. 20, 1997, the only Augsburg win over St. John's since 1980. Augsburg has lost its last 11 games played at St. John's, with its last victory in Collegeville a 21-10 triumph on Sept. 13, 1980. The teams began the series in Augsburg's first year of football, 1926, and have played every year since 1954. St. John's coach John Gagliardi is 46-4-1 in his career against Augsburg.

LAST WEEK: Augsburg claimed its first victory of the season with a 19-13, two-overtime win over Hamline last Saturday at Edor Nelson Field, while St. John's remained unbeaten with a 20-16 win at Concordia-Moorhead last Saturday.

MIAC OVERALL PER-GAME RANKINGS (6/7 GAMES): Total offense -- Augsburg 6th (355.5), St. John's 2nd (417.3); Passing offense -- Augsburg 4th (223.0), St. John's 2nd (272.1); Rushing offense -- Augsburg 7th (132.5), St. John's 6th (145.1); Scoring offense -- Augsburg 7th (22.2), St. John's 2nd (38.3); Total defense -- Augsburg 9th (400.2), St. John's 1st (186.1); Passing defense -- Augsburg 8th (228.0), St. John's 1st (116.7); Rushing defense -- Augsburg 8th (172.2), St. John's 2nd (69.4); Scoring defense -- Augsburg 9th (37.0), St. John's 1st (11.6); Turnover margin -- Augsburg 9th (minus-13; 6 gained, 19 lost), St. John's 5th (plus-1; 22 gained, 21 lost).

MIAC CONFERENCE GAMES-ONLY PER-GAME RANKINGS (4/5 GAMES): Total offense -- Augsburg 5th (347.8), St. John's 2nd (401.0); Passing offense -- Augsburg 4th (222.0), St. John's 1st (295.0); Rushing offense -- Augsburg 5th (125.8), St. John's 7th (106.0); Scoring offense -- Augsburg 6th (20.5), St. John's 2nd (35.2); Total defense -- Augsburg 4th (329.8), St. John's 1st (182.2); Passing defense -- Augsburg 2nd (170.2), St. John's 1st (100.8); Rushing defense -- Augsburg 6th (159.5), St. John's 2nd (81.4); Scoring defense -- Augsburg 7th (32.2), St. John's 1st (9.2); Turnover margin -- Augsburg 9th (minus-15; 1 gained, 16 lost), St. John's 6th (minus-1; 16 gained, 17 lost).

NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL STATISTICS: As a team, Augsburg is ranked first nationally among Division III schools in team net punting (39.66 net yards per punt), the only MIAC school to lead a team national ranking. St. John's is ranked fourth nationally in total defense (186.1 yards per game), ninth in scoring defense (11.6 points per game), 13th in rushing defense (69.4 yards per game), 20th in scoring offense (38.3 points per game) and 29th in passing offense (272.1 yards per game)

For Augsburg individuals, Nick Schlieman (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.) is ranked first nationally in punting (43.9 yards per punt) and 19th in field goals per game (1.0). Schlieman is the lone MIAC player to be ranked first in a national statistics category. Ricky Schreier (Jr., Maplewood, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) is ranked 33rd in receptions per game (6.5) and 41st in receiving yards per game (90.8). Mike Matson (Jr., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) is ranked seventh in total tackles per game (13.2) and 13th in solo tackles per game (7.2). Taylor Kroger (Sr., Cottonwood, Minn./Lakeview HS) is ranked 15th in total tackles per game (12.3) and tied for 45th with teammate Ross Peroutka (Sr., Faribault, Minn.) in forced fumbles per game (0.33).

For St. John's individuals, Alex Kofoed (So., Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori HS) is ranked 45th nationally in passing efficency (136.3 rating), and Jason Good (Sr., Brainerd, Minn./Eagan HS) is ranked 45th in forced fumbles per game (0.33).

LAST YEAR: Quarterback Alex Kofoed threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns, leading St. John's from a second-quarter deficit with 31 unanswered points in a 38-13 victory over host Augsburg on Oct. 23, 2004 at Edor Nelson Field. Running back Mike Lofboom rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns for the Johnnies, while Augsburg was paced by a career-high 111 rushing yards and two long touchdowns from Jason Potts.

St. John's took an early lead on its first drive, moving 59 yards in six plays, including a 40-yard pass from Kofoed to Justin Winkels to put the ball on the Augsburg 1-yard line. Lofboom plunged for a one-yard score to put the Johnnies up 7-0. But Augsburg answered late in the second quarter to tie the game, as Potts scored his first touchdown on a 45-yard run down the sideline.

Augsburg took advantage of a miscue by the Johnnies to take its only lead of the game. A fumble on a punt return, recovered by Ricky Schreier, put the ball on the Augsburg 44-yard line. On the next play, Potts got a last-second option pitch from quarterback Marcus LeVesseur and sprinted 56 yards to put Augsburg ahead 13-7.

But just before halftime, St. John's took the lead on a textbook possesion drive. After a short punt gave the Johnnies the ball at the Augsburg 48 with 1:56 left in the first half, Kofoed completed six straight passes to place the ball at the Augsburg 1, and Lofboom scored his second rushing touchdown of the day with 29 seconds left, giving the Johnnies a 14-13 advantage at intermission.

The turning point of the game came on two Augsburg drives in the third quarter. On the first drive of the second half, an Augsburg fumble gave the Johnnies the ball at the Augsburg 44. Nine plays later, Brandon Keller kicked a 32-yard field goal to put the Johnnies ahead 17-13. Later in the quarter, Augsburg elected to go for it on a fourth-down-and-short play at its own 29. Quarterback LeVesseur was stopped short of the first down by defensive lineman Damien Dumonceaux, giving the Johnnies the ball with a short field. Seven plays later, St. John's extended the lead to 24-13 on a Kofoed two-yard touchdown pass to Lee Clintsman.

An interception by Tony Stefensmeier set up another Johnnie score, as Kofoed threw a four-yard scoring strike to Kyle Gearman early in the fourth quarter. A 64-yard run by James Lehner on the Johnnies' next drive put the ball at the Auggie 1, and Lehner punched it in on the next play to cap the scoring.

St. John's produced 442 yards of total offense on 87 plays, while limiting Augsburg to 287 yards on 58 plays. The Johnnies had two 100-yard rushers; Lofboom carried the ball 26 times for 111 yards and Lehner had 109 yards on 10 carries. Clintsman caught seven passes for 54 yards, while Isaac Flenner caught six passes for 49 yards.

LeVesseur threw for 104 yards, completing 8-of-15 passes, and rushed for 68 yards on 29 carries. Schreier caught three passes for 43 yards, while Ben Bothun caught two passes for 38 yards.

Defensively, Paul Gans had 13 tackles (three solo) and a half-sack, as the Johnnie defense combined for three sacks on the day. Michael Klobes had nine tackles (four solo), and Stefensmeier had eight tackles (five solo), an interception, half-sack and two forced fumbles.

Augsburg's defense was led by Andy Matzke, who had 16 tackles (seven solo). Jim Gunderson had 14 tackles (four solo) and a sack, and Mike Matson had 11 tackles (two solo). Jordan Hastings had two interceptions and eight tackles (four solo).

MATSON NAMED MIAC, NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Augsburg linebacker Mike Matson (Jr., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week on defense, as well as Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette Division III Co-National Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in last week's Augsburg victory over Hamline.

For the second straight week, Matson set a career high in tackles, as he recorded 22 tackles (eight solo), along with a sack and two blocked kicks, in the victory. Matson had a sack for a 10-yard loss to stop a Hamline drive in the third quarter, blocked an extra point attempt late in the third frame, and blocked a potential game-winning 35-yard field goal in the first overtime.

Matson currently leads the team with 79 total tackles (43 solo), an overall tackle total that is second among Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference defenders (13.2 tackles per game) and seventh nationally among Division III defenders. His 15.5 tackles per game in MIAC games only is currently tops in the conference.

Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette covers all levels of small-college football. Matson joined Casey McConnell of Kenyon (Ohio), Keith Snyder of Defiance (Ohio) and C.J. Villegas of McMurry (Texas) as Division III National Defensive Players of the Week. St. John's quarterback Alex Kofoed earned Co-National Offensive Player of the Week honors this week by the publication.

KROGER ALSO HAS 20-TACKLE DAY AGAINST HAMLINE: Augsburg linebacker Taylor Kroger (Sr., Cottonwood, Minn./Lakeview HS) also recorded a career-high tackle day against Hamline, notching 20 tackles (six solo) and a half-sack. Kroger is second on the team with 74 tackles (31 solo), with an overall per-game total of 12.3 that is third among conference defenders and 15th nationally. His 12.8 tackles per game in MIAC games only is third in the league tackle rankings.

SCHLIEMAN LEADING NATION IN PUNTING: Augsburg's Nick Schlieman (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.) now leads the nation in punting, averaging 43.9 yards per punt (overall) with 29 tries this season. In the NCAA Division III national statistics, Schlieman is now tied with Jesse Harms of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (Conn.) in punting average (Harms has a 43.9 average on 31 punts in five games), and is the only MIAC player to lead a national statistics category in football.

Schlieman leads the MIAC in both overall (43.9) and conference games only (44.4) average. The only punter in the MIAC to average 38 or more yards per punt in each of the last three seasons, Schlieman currently has a career punting average of 40.27 (7,853 yards, 195 punts).

In his career, Schlieman has 70 punts of 40-49 yards, 26 punts of 50-59 yards and seven punts of 60-plus yards. He's placed 54 punts inside the opponent 20-yard line, has forced 14 fair catches and 17 touchbacks, against just four blocked punts. Among his 29 punts this season, Schlieman has 19 punts of 40-49 yards, along with punts of 55, 58 and 68 yards. He's placed 10 punts inside the 20 this year.

Schlieman is also Augsburg's primary placekicker. He has connected on 6-of-12 field goals this season, including a 46-yarder, and is 8-of-9 on extra points. He tied the school record for longest field goal with a 49-yarder in last year's season finale against St. Olaf.

SCHREIER AMONG TOP MIAC WIDE RECEIVERS: Augsburg wide receiver Ricky Schreier (Jr., Maplewood, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) recorded his third 100-yard receiving game of the season, catching seven passes for 110 yards and the game-winning touchdown on the second play of the second overtime on Saturday against Hamline. Schreier leads the Auggies with 545 receiving yards on 39 receptions. His 6.50 receptions per game (overall) leads the MIAC, while his 90.8 receiving yards per game (overall) is second among conference receivers.

SCOUTING THE AUGGIES: Augsburg picked up its first win of the season, and the first win for new head coach Frank Haege, with a 19-13, two overtime victory over Hamline on Saturday at Edor Nelson Field. The game also marked the introduction of "The Hammer," a new trophy for the Augsburg-Hamline series. Augsburg has now won nine of the last 10 games in the series with Hamline, a series the Pipers lead 40-24-2. Saturday's game was the sixth overtime game in school history for Augsburg, and the Auggies are now 3-3 in overtime games.

Ricky Schreier (Jr., Maplewood, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Marcus LeVesseur (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) on Augsburg's second play of the second overtime, giving the Auggies the win. Augsburg had the ball first in the first overtime, but missed a field goal attempt into the wind from 32 yards.

On Hamline's first overtime possession, a 35-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Augsburg's Mike Matson (Jr., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS), his second blocked kick of the game. Hamline had the ball to start the second overtime, but missed a 30-yard field-goal attempt, setting the stage for Augsburg's game-winning touchdown pass.

Schreier recorded his third 100-yard receiving game of the season, catching seven passes for 110 yards. Garry Ashby-Phan (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Roosevelt HS) rushed for 73 yards on nine carries, including a 29-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter.

LeVesseur opened the scoring for the Auggies on a 12-yard touchdown run on the second play of the second quarter, completing an eight-play, 59-yard drive. In the third quarter, Augsburg's defense stopped Hamline on a fourth-down conversion attempt at the Augsburg 23-yard line, but on the Auggies' first play of the next drive, a rush was fumbled, giving the Pipers the ball at the 33. Four plays later, Ben Dahmes scored on a three-yard rush. He gained all 33 yards on four rushes in the drive. Matson blocked the extra-point attempt, making the score 7-6 in favor of the Auggies.

Augsburg gained a short field on a short punt into the wind early in the fourth quarter, and the Auggies drove 43 yards on four plays for the go-ahead score, as Ashby-Phan, a transfer from Division II Concordia-St. Paul, notched his first touchdown as an Auggie on a 29-yard run. But an Augsburg extr-point attempt was missed. Hamline then produced the longest sustained drive of the game, a 15-play, 75-yard drive consuming 8:09, to set up the tying score on a one-yard plunge by quarterback Andrew Seymour. An Augsburg drive then stalled near midfield, and Hamline downed the ball in the final minute to force overtime.

Defensively, Matson produced a career-high 22 tackles (eight solo), including a sack and his two blocked kicks. Taylor Kroger (Sr., Cottonwood, Minn./Lakeview HS) also had a career-high tackle day, with 20 tackles (six solo) and a half-sack. Jordan Hastings (Sr., Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) had 10 tackles (three solo), and Jake Koelln (Sr., Rochester, Minn./John Marshall HS) and Jim Gunderson (Sr., Hastings, Minn.) had nine tackles each.

SCOUTING THE JOHNNIES: St. John's enters this week's game with Augsburg as the No. 5-ranked team in the D3football.com, American Football Coaches Assocation and Football Gazette Division III national polls.

The Johnnies remained unbeaten with a 20-16, come-from-behind victory at Concordia-Moorhead last Saturday. Concordia entered the game unbeaten and ranked No. 13 nationally. St. John's trailed 10-0 at halftime before rallying for the win. An 11-play, 64-yard drive culminated in a Corey Weber two-yard touchdown late in the third quarter, and a touchdown pass from Alex Kofoed to Kyle German gave the Johnnies a 14-10 lead three minutes into the fourth quarter. Concordia took the lead again with 8:23 left to go, but Kofoed found German for a 74-yard score with 25 seconds left in the game to claim the victory.

St. John's was held to minus-17 rushing yards in the game, but made up for it on a 30-of-48 passing day by Kofoed for 336 yards, a performance that earned him MIAC Player of the Week on offense and Don Hansen's Football Gazette Division III Co-National Offensive Player of the Week honors. The Johnnie defense limited Concordia to just 215 yards of total offense -- 117 passing yards and 98 rushing yards.

For full St. John's game notes, click on this link (Microsoft Word download): http://www.gojohnnies.com/football/Augsburg%20FB%20Notes.doc.

NEXT WEEK: Augsburg hosts Concordia-Moorhead in an MIAC game next Saturday (10/29) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field in Minneapolis. St. John's will host St. Olaf in an MIAC game next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minn.

AUGSBURG TWO-DEEP ROSTER -- OFFENSE
RT -- 70-Jason Weber (So., 6-4, 240), 60-Dan Davila (Sr., 6-0, 220)
RG -- 75-Matt Siems (Jr., 6-3, 290), 67-Lowery Smith (Sr., 6-1, 235)
C -- 61-Eric Dunivent (Jr., 6-0, 230), 55-Andy Estrem (Sr., 6-0, 250)
LG -- 51-Tony Madline (Jr., 5-11, 265), 67-Lowery Smith (Sr., 6-1, 235)
LT -- 77-John Streefland (Jr., 6-2, 265), 79-John Leibfried (Fr., 6-3, 275)
TE -- 80-Andrew Neumann (Jr., 6-3, 235), 73-Jesse Naab (Sr., 6-7, 215)
WR -- 28-Jason Potts (So., 5-8, 175), 23-Steve Houser (Sr., 6-0, 195)
WR -- 2-Ricky Schreier (Jr., 5-6, 155), 5-De Hanuman (Jr., 5-6, 140)
WR -- 88-Josh Starr (So., 6-1, 200), 19-Royce Winford (Fr., 6-2, 185)
RB -- 20-Garry Ashby-Phan (Sr., 5-6, 210), 3-Shawn Dunbar (Fr., 6-2, 195)
QB -- 9-Keith Hagen (Jr., 6-5, 210), 18-David Lange (So., 6-3, 185)

AUGSBURG TWO-DEEP ROSTER -- DEFENSE
DE -- 8-Zach Manship (Sr., 6-1, 210), 11-Erik Bohnhoff (Jr., 6-5, 200)
DT -- 42-Jake Koelln (Sr., 6-0, 260), 93-Mike Struss (Fr., 5-10, 220)
NG -- 99-Chike Ochiagha (Sr., 5-11, 270), 93-Mike Struss (Fr., 5-10, 220)
DE -- 52-Brandon Rudenick (So., 6-0, 215), 41-Clay Burrows (Fr., 6-2, 190)
OLB -- 34-Jim Gunderson (Sr., 5-10, 195), 41-Clay Burrows (Fr., 6-2, 190)
ILB -- 32-Taylor Kroger (Sr., 5-10, 205), 27-Bryan Ludwig (So., 5-10, 215)
ILB -- 44-Mike Matson (Jr., 6-0, 210), 47-Alex Kwan (Fr., 6-0, 195)
OLB -- 21-Ross Peroutka (Sr., 6-0, 190), 46-Sean Kelly (Fr., 6-1, 185)
CB -- 15-Phil Knutson (Fr., 6-0, 170), 26-Garrett Kratz (So., 5-10, 175)
FS -- 4-Jordan Hastings (Sr., 6-3, 200), 6-Sam Spafford (Fr., 6-1, 175)
CB -- 22-Andy Matzke (Sr., 6-0, 205), 12-Ryan Adamson (Fr., 5-9, 165)

AUGSBURG SPECIALISTS
K/P -- 1-Nick Schlieman (Sr., 6-4, 245), 96-Kyle Danner (Jr., 6-1, 180, PAT kicker)
LS -- 88-Josh Starr (So., 6-1, 200), 80-Andrew Neumann (Jr., 6-3, 235)
SS -- 11-Erik Bohnhoff (Jr., 6-5, 200), 61-Eric Dunivent (Jr., 6-0, 230)
H -- 9-Keith Hagen (Jr., 6-5, 210), 11-Erik Bohnhoff (Jr., 6-5, 200)
KR -- 2-Ricky Schreier (Jr., 5-6, 155), 19-Royce Winford (Fr., 6-2, 185)
PR -- 28-Jason Potts (So., 5-8, 175), 22-Andy Matzke (Sr., 6-0, 205)

ST. JOHN'S TWO-DEEP ROSTER -- OFFENSE
C -- 50-Andrew Salvato (So., 6-1, 270), 61-Jason Broadmerkel (So., 6-3, 219)
G -- 64-Brian Mathiasen (Sr., 6-1, 268), 79-Andrew Johnson (So., 6-2, 295)
G -- 71-Luke Schumacher (Sr., 6-1, 275), 62-Adam Schleper (So., 6-2, 285)
T -- 57-Matt Nelson (Sr., 6-4, 230), 53-Tom Juba (So., 6-2, 280)
T -- 73-Chris Tift (Jr., 6-2, 250), 78-Adam Barvels (Jr., 6-4, 245)
TE -- 18-Matt Keating (Jr., 6-4, 220), 80-Brett Saladin (So., 6-2, 215
WR -- 3-Casey Haugen (Jr., 5-9, 170), 4-Bryan Busack (Fr., 6-2, 175)
WR -- 19-Kyle Gearman (Jr., 6-4, 205), 9-Brandon Royce-Diop (Jr., 6-1, 185)
RB -- 32-Mike Lofboom (Jr., 6-0, 190), 10-Chase Beaudry (Sr., 5-8, 190)
RB -- 42-Corey Weber (Sr., 6-1, 205), 26-Craig Luberts (So., 5-8, 160)
QB -- 11-Alex Kofoed (So., 6-2, 195), 7-Michael Crees (Fr., 6-0, 190)

ST. JOHN'S TWO-DEEP ROSTER -- DEFENSE
DT -- 16-Jason Good (Sr., 6-0, 240), 54-Jason Finley (So., 6-3, 230)
DT -- 44-Steve LeVoir (Jr., 6-1, 245), 70-Josh Pope (Sr., 6-2, 245)
DE -- 34-Kevin McNamara (Jr., 5-10, 201), 57-Zach Mattson (Jr., 6-3, 225)
NG -- 97-Damien Dumonceaux (Sr., 6-1, 240), 89-Steve Peichel (Sr., 6-3, 225)
LB -- 40-Matt Hawn (Sr., 6-2, 205), 22-Mitch Eversman (So., 6-1, 190)
LB -- 9-Danno Wagner (Sr., 6-1, 205), 55-Jeff Schulte (So., 6-0, 215)
LB -- 41-Brian Adamek (Sr., 5-11, 205), 21-Kevin Boegel (So., 6-2, 188)
CB -- 5-Mike Zauhar (Sr., 6-0, 175), 4-Mike Burtzel (Jr., 6-0, 180)
CB -- 25-Tony Steffensmeier (Sr., 5-10, 176), 6-Sam Gervais (So., 5-11, 185)
SS -- 2-John Cloeter (So., 6-2, 190), 11-Tom Wentzell (Jr., 6-0, 183)
FS -- 17-Shawn Schoenberg (Jr., 6-0, 185), 37-Garrett Adamson (So., 6-0, 185)

ST. JOHN'S SPECIALISTS
P -- 85-Zach Reif (So., 6-4, 190), 10-Devin Swanberg (Fr., 6-1, 195)
K -- 15-Brian McKenna (So., 5-10, 190)
PK -- 8-Anthony Schmidt (Fr., 6-0, 165)
S -- 44-Steve LeVoir (Jr., 6-1, 245), 40-Matt Hawn (Sr., 6-2, 205)
H -- 2-John Cloeter (So., 6-2, 190), 5-Mike Zauhar (Sr., 6-0, 175)
KR -- 3-Casey Haugen (Jr., 5-9, 170), 26-Craig Luberts (So., 5-8, 160)
PR -- 5-Mike Zauhar (Sr., 6-0, 175)