ST. PAUL, Minn. --
Raymond Guyton Jr. (SO, Stockton, Calif./St. Mary's HS) scored on a 33-yard touchdown pass from
Sam Keis (SR, Richfield, Minn./Holy Angels HS), the lone touchdown for Augsburg College in a 55-7 loss at the University of St. Thomas in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football game on Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: St. Thomas 55, Augsburg 7
LOCATION:Â O'Shaughnessy Stadium, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 1-4 overall (1-2 MIAC), St. Thomas 5-0 overall (3-0 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• St. Thomas scored the first 27 points of the game before Augsburg's touchdown from Keis to Guyton, with 38 seconds left in the second quarter. It was one of four catches in the game for Guyton, who led the Auggies with 61 receiving yards.
• St. Thomas, ranked No. 4 in the latest D3football.com Division III national poll, limited Augsburg to just 84 yards of total offense in the game -- 86 passing yards on 11-of-26 passing by Keis and minus-two rushing yards.
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Nick Heenie (SO, Victoria, Minn./Waconia HS) caught five passes for 28 yards in the game.
• Defensively,
Lorenzo Hernandez (SO, New Ulm, Minn.) led the Auggies with 11 tackles (nine solo), while
Deontae Heuer (JR, Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd HS) had nine tackles (eight solo) and
Jacob Bom (SO, Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka HS) had eight tackles (six solo).
• Augsburg had three sacks, by
Clayton Byrd (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS),Â
Barclay Bates (SO, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) and
Steven O'Brien (SO, Rochester, Minn./Lourdes HS).
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Glenn Meyers (JR, Blaine, Minn.) averaged 36.4 yards on eight punts, with
Connor Helgeson (SR, Onalaska, Wis.) punting three times for a 35.3-yard average.
FOR THE FOES
• St. Thomas gained 541 yards of total offense in the game, including 241 passing yards by Alex Fenske on 13-of-27 passing, with two touchdowns. Jacques Perra also threw two touchdown passes, with Dylan Andrew adding another.
• Nick Waldvogel caught seven passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, while Vinny Pallini caught four passes for 55 yards and two scores. Tucker Trettel rushed 19 times for 90 yards and a touchdown.
• Jack Dummer and George Hottinger had three tackles each for the Tommies. Matt Mitchell, Ryan Winter and Mark Dowdle had quarterback sacks, and Michael Alada had an interception and two pass breakups.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Saint John's next Saturday (10/8) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• St. Thomas plays at Concordia-Moorhead next Saturday at 1:10 p.m.