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Mike Ludwig, St. Olaf College Sports Information
27
Winner Augsburg College AUG 2-5 , 2-3
9
St. Olaf College STO 1-5 , 0-4
Winner
Augsburg College AUG
2-5 , 2-3
27
Final
9
St. Olaf College STO
1-5 , 0-4
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
AUG Augsburg College 7 7 7 6 27
STO St. Olaf College 3 0 0 6 9

Game Recap: Football |

Auggies shine offensively in win over Oles

NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Behind a season-best 473-yard offensive day, the Augsburg College football team claimed a 27-9 victory over host St. Olaf College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest on Saturday at Manitou Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 27, St. Olaf 9
LOCATION: Manitou Field, Northfield, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 2-5 overall (2-3 MIAC), St. Olaf 1-5 overall (0-4 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg put together its best offensive day of the season, producing 354 passing yards and 119 rushing yards, compared to St. Olaf's 373 yards (303 passing, 70 rushing).
• Quentin Lake (FY, Portland, Ore./Lincoln HS), who relieved quarterback Shannon Storley (SO, Waconia, Minn.) in the second quarter, completed 25-of-34 passing for 303 yards and two touchdowns, both to receiver Nahjai Brown (JR, Roseville, Minn.) -- a 27-yard pass late in the second quarter and a 34-yard pass late in the third quarter. Storley completed 11-of-16 passes for 51 yards.
• Brown, who caught his first two collegiate passes last week, caught 13 passes for 147 yards to lead the Auggies -- both totals season-highs for an Augsburg receiver so far this season. Nick Heenie (SO, Victoria, Minn./Waconia HS) caught seven passes for 75 yards, James Newton (JR, Roseville, Minn.) caught five passes for 59 yards and Cyrus Elliott (SR, Baldwin, Wis./Baldwin-Woodville HS) caught five passes for 45 yards.
• Anastacio VandenBosch-Romo (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) rushed 20 times for 94 yards and a two-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
• Kicker Tyler Hanson (SO, Prior Lake, Minn.) connected on two field goals in the fourth quarter, 37 and 25 yards. Hanson is now 4-of-6 on field goals this season and 14-of-14 on extra points.
• Defensively, Augsburg forced four St. Olaf turnovers -- three interceptions and a fumble. Isiah Malone (JR, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Park Center HS) collected his third interception of the season, while William Johnson (SR, St. Anthony Village, Minn.) claimed his second pickoff and Barclay Bates (SO, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) had his first pickoff.
• Jabri Guy (SO, Moline, Ill./Eagan (Minn.) HS) led the Auggies with eight tackles (seven solo), while Derek Glynn (FY, Faribault, Minn.) and Lorenzo Hernandez (SO, New Ulm, Minn.) had six tackles apiece.
• Augsburg claimed four quarterback sacks on the day -- by Bates, Isaac Hove (SO, Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS), Khoa Nguyen (SR, Rochester, Minn./Lourdes HS) and Jermaine Borward (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Tartan HS).

FOR THE FOES
• Troy Peterson led the way offensively for St. Olaf, catching 11 passes for 132 yards. Ricardo Johnson III gained 50 yards on 16 rushes.
• St. Olaf used two quarterbacks in the game. Johnson completed 13-of-26 passes for 108 yards, and Jack Goldstein completed 13-of-21 passes for 195 yards and a fourth-quarter, 13-yard touchdown pass to Connor Henderson.
• Kyle McMahan connected on a 31-yard field goal in the first quarter.
• Tommy Fleetham led the Oles with 11 tackles (five solo) and a half-sack, while Colten Yahn had nine tackles (four solo) and Coleman Foley had eight tackles (four solo).

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Concordia-Moorhead next Saturday (10/22) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• St. Olaf plays at Carleton next Saturday at 1 p.m.
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