

Junior wide receiver Jimmy Buck (Orono, Minn.) led SJU's air attack with seven catches for 94 yards and a touchdown in the win. He is now tied with Mike Ramler '90 and Chris Biggins '84 for the fourth-most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in SJU history. Senior tight end Alex Larson's (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) third-quarter touchdown reception was his fourth of the season and 12th of his career. Trost's 38 rushing touchdowns are 10 behind the tie between Sam Sura '16 and Matt Malmberg '95 for the program record. 37 and 38 of his career, lifted him past Adam Herbst '99 into fifth on SJU's all-time (total) touchdown list with 43 (38 rushing, five receiving). The two rushing touchdowns for Trost, Nos. Olaf), recorded career-long runs of 57 yards each. A pair of SJU quarterbacks, Ryan Koob '22 (Oct. Brandon Royce-Diop '07, then a quarterback (and later a receiver and returner), sprinted for a 60-yard touchdown on that date at Carleton. Syverson's 58-yard touchdown run, the longest rush of his career (surpassing the previous mark of 29 yards), on the final play of the first quarter was the Johnnies' longest rush by a quarterback since Sept. "It was great to get the shutout and play well all four quarters," Saxon said. The game marked the last MIAC interdivisional matchup for the Johnnies, who begin Northwoods Division play when they travel to Northfield to take on St. But some of the guys have been making fun of my running, so it was fun to show off a little speed." "That was kind of fun," said a smiling Syverson, who also threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns before exiting the game late in the third quarter with his team in front 42-0. Of course, the bulk of that total came on his big touchdown run on the final play of the first quarter that put the Johnnies on top 21-0. But it was Syverson who led the way with five carries for 78 yards. Cloud, Minn./Tech) had eight carries for 59 yards and one touchdown. Trost finished with 11 carries for 53 yards and two touchdowns. The Johnnies finished with 485 yards of total offense – a season-best 259 of it coming on the ground. 30 of last year and forced four turnovers, the offense turned in perhaps its most balanced performance of the season. While the defense recorded SJU's first shutout since an 81-0 win over St. Being able to go out there today and hold them to a zero on the scoreboard took that monkey off our back a little bit." "We know how we're capable of playing," said senior cornerback Cayden Saxon (Hopkins, Minn./Minnetonka), who finished with three tackles, two pass breakups and a big interception early in the third quarter. So Saturday's four quarters of drama-free football came as a welcome relief. It was only after an onside kick attempt went out-of-bounds with under a minute left that the Johnnies emerged victorious. And, against Concordia last week, SJU led 35-7 in the third quarter before the Cobbers rallied to cut the gap to 35-28.

They led Bethel 10-7 at halftime on Sept. Indeed, the Johnnies led Wisconsin-River Falls 37-19 in the fourth quarter on Sept.

"So I told them 'Let's go out there and finish it.'" "We've been up big, then let the other team back into the game. 6 in the most recent NCAA Division III top 25 – improved to 4-1 overall (2-1 MIAC). "I told our guys at halftime that we've been in this position before," said Fasching, whose team – ranked No. SJU rushed for four touchdowns in the first and second quarters - including two from senior running back Henry Trost (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes) and a 58-yard scamper by junior quarterback Aaron Syverson (Minnetonka, Minn.) - then kept its foot on the gas en route to a 45-0 win over the Auggies before a Homecoming crowd at sun-soaked Edor Nelson Field. – Saint John's University head coach Gary Fasching '81 was pleased with the way his team put Saturday afternoon's MIAC road matchup at Augsburg out of reach in the first half.īut he was even happier to see the Johnnies keep it there after that.
