September 18, 1999
at Saint John's 42, Macalester 7
Collegeville, Minn. -- The Saint John's University football team relied on an outstanding overall rushing attack and a record-setting performance from Chris Moore as the Johnnies defeated Macalester, 42-7, in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minn. SJU junior Chris Moore, Edina, broke a 23-year old school record as he rushed for 278 yards on 27 carries and two TDs. The previous school record was 266 yards rushing in a single game by Tim Schmitz in 1976 against Macalester. Moore was named MIAC special teams player of the week last week for his 288 all-purpose yards against Wis.-Eau Claire. Moore had 303 all-purpose yards against Macalester.The Johnnies got on the scoreboard first as Macalester senior punter Ty O'Connell, Helana, Mont., picked up a wild snap and punted it through his own end zone for a safety. The score remained 2-0 in favor of the Johnnies until Chris Moore scored on a six-yard run early in the second quarter. Almost three minutes later, senior quarterback Tom Linnemann, Melrose, hit junior Nathan Kirschner, Mora, on a 23-yard pass and the Johnnies took a 15-0 lead into intermission.
The third quarter was all SJU as they outscored the Scots, 20-0. Chris Moore scored his second TD on a nine-yard run and then senior Ben Sieben, Melrose, scored on an eight-yard TD pass from Tom Linnemann. With the second team in the game, senior Joe Ashfield, St. Paul, hit sophomore John Treptau, Becker, on a one-yard TD pass.
Macalester finally put some points on the scoreboard early in the fourth quarter as sophomore Grant Heuett, Pueblo, Colo., scored on a 65-yard run. The Johnnies put the final points on the board as sophomore Adam Laliberte, Westlake, Calif., scored on a one-yard run and a 42-7 win.
Besides the 278 yards rushing by Chris Moore, the Johnnies racked up 602 yards total offense, including 469 yards rushing. Macalester compiled 211 yards total offense in the game.
SJU is now 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the MIAC. Macalester is 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the MIAC. Macalester has not defeated SJU since 1968. The Johnnies will travel to St. Thomas next Saturday, Sept. 25, for a 1 p.m. CDT kickoff. The SJU/UST game is one of the best rivalries in all of Division III college football each year. Next Saturday's game will be the 68th meeting between the two institutions, dating back to 1901. Macalester will host Gustavus Adolphus next Saturday, Sept. 25, in St. Paul. SJU head coach John Gagliardi, in his 51st season as a collegiate head coach, now has 355 career wins and is 53 wins away from the all-time record.
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Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Macalester.......... 0 0 0 7 - 7 Record: (1-1,0-1)
Saint John's........ 2 13 20 7 - 42 Record: (2-0,1-0)
SJU 1 13:58 Ty O'Connell punted ball out of own end zone for SJU safety --- --- 2-0
SJU 2 10:10 Chris Moore 6 run Grady McGovern pass failed 4-82 8-0
SJU 2 07:50 Nathan Kirschner 23 pass from Tom Linnemann Joe Linhoff kick 5-64 15-0
SJU 3 11:29 Chris Moore 9 run Joe Linhoff kick 7-73 22-0
SJU 3 06:34 Ben Sieben 8 pass from Tom Linnemann Joe Linhoff kick 9-72 29-0
SJU 3 02:09 John Treptau 1 pass from Joe Ashfield Joe Linhoff kick blocked 7-65 35-0
MAC 4 14:20 Grant Heuett 65 run Russell Bradley-Cook kick 1-65 35-7
SJU 4 08:16 Adam Laliberte 1 run Joe Linhoff kick 8-55 42-7
MAC SJU
FIRST DOWNS................... 10 24
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 36-118 50-469
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 93 133
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 32-14-2 22-9-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 68-211 72-602
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 3-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 7-84
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-110 3-99
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-10 2-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 9-38.7 1-43.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 3-3
Penalties-Yards............... 4-30 7-58
Possession Time............... 31:47 28:13
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-7 3-23
RUSHING: Macalester-Grant Heuett 9-109, Ben Dickinson 7-31, Sam
Randel 9-15, Todd Murray 6-15, Aaron Quitmeyer 4-minus 15, Ty O'Connell
1-minus 37. Saint John's-Chris Moore 27-278, Aaron Krych 5-60, Ryan Tritz
4-30, Steve Lynch 3-23, Jeff Radel 1-18, Zach McBroom 1-14, Tom Linnemann
3-14, Ben Sieben 1-12, Brian Whinnery 1-8, Adam Laliberte 2-5, John Soma
1-4, Kent Crowley 1-3.
PASSING: Macalester-Aaron Quitmeyer 8-23-2-47, Brian Towns 5-8-0-32,
Ty O'Connell 1-1-0-14. Saint John's-Tom Linnemann 6-17-1-77, Brian Whinnery
1-2-0-35, Zach McBroom 1-2-0-20, Joe Ashfield 1-1-0-1.
RECEIVING: Macalester-Jesse Botker 3-29, Ty O'Connell 3-10, Ben
Dickinson 2-18, D. Schumacher 2-11, Sam Randel 2-8, Henry Lee 1-9, Todd
Murray 1-8. Saint John's-John Treptau 2-36, Steve Lynch 2-32, Ben Sieben
2-17, Nate Kirschner 1-23, Jeff Radel 1-20, Chris Moore 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: Macalester-Nate Eitzman 1-10. Saint John's-Grady
McGovern 2-0.
Stadium: Clemens Stadium Attendance: 4600
Kickoff time: 1 pm End of Game: 3:55 pm Total elapsed time: 2:55
Officials: Referee: L. Freedman; Umpire: Fred Bryan; Linesman: Rick Kruger;
Line judge: Bob Norman; Field judge: R. Gardner; Side judge: Paul Conrad;
Temperature: 75 Wind: N-15 mph Weather: Sunny and Warm
SJU leads the overall series 53-17-4, dating back to 1909
The last time Macalester defeated SJU was in 1968
Chris Moore set a new single-game rushing record with 278 yd
SACKS (UA-A): Macalester-Jason Bomberger 1-0. Saint John's-Brian Zirbes 2-0, Phil Trier 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Macalester-Brendan Dixon 7-8, Paul Aleckson 5-4, Nick Fruge 3-5, Steve Kelm 3-4, Karl Wassman 3-4, Nick Elders 0-7, Nate Eitzman 1-5, Mike Occhicone 4-1, Louis Filip 1-4, Clark Boyesen 0-4, Jason Bomberger 3-0, Andrew Porter 3-0, Lee Dooley 1-2, Terii Jacobs 0-3, Gus Muller 0-2, Ben Hall 1-0, Brett Cramer 1-0, Nick Kraemer 0-1, Ethan Bushelle 0-1, C. McLaughlin 0-1. Saint John's-Brian Zirbes 2-6, Pat Reichert 4-2, Beau LaBore 2-3, Eric Serbus 2-3, Brandon Novak 1-4, Will Gibson 4-0, Phil Trier 2-2, Tim Pahula 2-2, Josh Hart 1-2, Alex Wesley 0-3, Phil Barry 1-1, TJ Rendulich 0-2, Jeff Radel 0-2, John Soma 1-0, Dan LaVigne 1-0, Ross Denne 1-0, Jim Martin 1-0, Tom Roddy 1-0, Josh Noble 1-0, Peter Corkrean 1-0, Andy Hover 1-0, Adam Switlick 1-0, Ryan Danielson 1-0, Pat Gilbert 0-1, Nate Holmberg 0-1, Brent Vogt 0-1, Luke Doubler 0-1, Mike Mikkelson 0-1, Mike Omann 0-1, Andy Stolp 0-1.
Game Starters:
Macalester Saint John's
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
SE 3 D. Schumacher TE 12 Corey Stanger
FB 9 Todd Murray RT 75 Chad O'Hara
QB 13 Aaron Quitmeyer RG 70 Josh Pantzke
HB 5 Grant Heuett C 60 B. Vonderharr
TE 8 Jesse Botker LG 62 Chris Salvato
LT 77 Clark Wohlferd LT 51 Spencer Sokoly
LG 78 Paul Dennis WR 3 Ben Sieben
C 53 Dan Frey SE 1 Steve Lynch
RG 50 Jack Dusatko HB 44 Aaron Krych
RT 62 Eric Chaplin QB 8 Tom Linnemann
WR 18 Matt Diediker FB 41 Chris Moore
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
CB 36 Paul Aleckson DE 58 Tim Pahula
SS 27 Nate Eitzman DT 77 Brian Zirbes
FS 20 Brendan Dixon LB 25 Brandon Novak
CB 44 Mike Occhicone NG 52 Peter Corkrean
DE 7 Nick Elders LB 32 Beau LaBore
LB 1 C. McLaughlin DT 88 Phil Trier
DT 64 Ben Hall DE 42 Eric Serbus
LB 56 Nick Fruge CB 22 Will Gibson
DT 99 Steve Kelm FS 35 Phil Barry
LB 33 Jason Bomberger SS 23 Ryan Danielson
DE 2 Karl Wassman CB 9 Grady McGovern