GAME STATISTICS

ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. (9/6/08) -- Wide receiver #Royce Winford *# (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) and running back #David Tilton# (SO, Anoka, Minn.) scored two touchdowns apiece, while quarterback #Jordan Berg *# (SR, Gaylord, Minn./Sibley East HS) used a three-touchdown day to claim his 50th career touchdown pass, as Augsburg College cruised to a 49-14 victory over host Crown College in a nonconference football game Saturday afternoon at Storm Field.

Berg, already Augsburg's career leader in touchdown passes with 50, threw for 294 yards, completing 23-of-35 passing with three touchdowns and one interception. Berg also scored himself on a one-yard scoring plunge in the second quarter on Saturday. Berg edged closer to eclipsing Derrin Lamker (1993-97) for the remaining Augsburg career passing records. He now has 523 completions on 888 attempts for 5,845 yards; Lamker's records are 550 completions on 1,022 atempts for 6,624 yards.

Winford caught 10 passes for 108 yards and two scores -- a five-yard pass from Berg in the first quarter and a 36-yard pass from Berg in the third quarter. The 108-yard effort marked Winford's 11th 100-yard receiving effort of his career (29 games), and his sixth in his last seven starts. Winford moved up the career record ladder for receiving, moving into third place in career receptions (164), third place in career receiving yardage (2,251) and third place in career receiving touchdowns (26). Scott Hvistendahl (1995-98) holds each of Augsburg's career receiving records -- 285 receptions for 4,696 yards and 40 receiving touchdowns.

Augsburg scored on four of its first five drives to build a 28-0 second-quarter lead, eventually scoring on seven of its first 11 possessions to build the big advantage. The 49 points were the most scored by Augsburg in a season-opening game since a 53-0 win over Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) on Sept. 4, 1982, and just the fifth time in school history that Augsburg has scored 40 or more points in a season-opening game.

Augsburg put together 430 yards of total offense -- 294 passing and 151 rushing yards -- while limiting Crown to just 151 yards of total offense, including just 29 rushing yards. The 430 yards of total offense marked Augsburg's seventh 400-yard offensive output performance in its last 11 games, and the 151 yards allowed were the fewest by an Augsburg defense since a 144-yard effort by Hamline in a 23-6 win on Nov. 6, 2003.

Tilton claimed the first touchdowns of his Augsburg career with his two-score effort, a one-yard run in Augsburg's initial drive of the game and a 30-yard pass reception from Berg in the second quarter. He rushed five times for 56 yards, while #LeRoy Roby# (SO, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) rushed six times for 43 yards, and #Nick Francis# (JR, Hudson, Wis.) rushed five times for 33 yards and a touchdown, a five-yard run in the third quarter.

#Muneer Al-Hameed# (So, Woodbury, Minn./Minneapolis Washburn HS) caught four passes for 68 yards, and #Dan Brown# (FY, Osseo, Minn.) caught four passes for 39 yards in his first collegiate start. Roby caught three passes for 31 yards out of the backfield.

The Augsburg defense also got into the scoring, as #Tyler Judkins# (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) intercepted a pass and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. It was one of three interceptions for the Auggie defense on the evening -- two by Judkins and one by #Sean Kelly# (SR, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS). #Donovan Bates# (SR, White Bear Lake, Minn.) led the Auggies with seven tackles (five solo), while #Garrett Adamson# (SR, White Bear Lake, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) had six tackles (three solo).

Crown's touchdowns came on a 25-yard pass from Adam Hayes to Callan McKinley in the second quarter, and on a Ben Horne four-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Augsburg has its home-opener next Saturday (9/13) at 7 p.m., hosting Wartburg (Iowa) at Edor Nelson Field.