2023 Saint John's Johnnies football team

2023 Saint John's Johnnies football
Conference	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Division	Northwoods Division
Ranking
AFCA	No. 20
D3Football.com	No. 16
Record	8–2 (7–1 MIAC)
Head coach	Gary Fasching (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kole Heckendorf (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Haugen (47th season)
Home stadium	Clemens Stadium

2023 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
Northwoods Division
Gustavus Adolphus xy		4	–	0					5	–	3					6	–	4
No. 19 Saint John's (MN)		3	–	1					7	–	1					8	–	2
Carleton		2	–	2					5	–	3					7	–	3
St. Olaf		1	–	3					4	–	4					5	–	5
St. Scholastica		0	–	4					1	–	7					2	–	8
Skyline Division
Bethel (MN) xy$^		4	–	0					7	–	1					8	–	3
Concordia–Moorhead		3	–	1					4	–	4					5	–	5
Augsburg		2	–	2					4	–	4					6	–	4
Hamline		1	–	3					2	–	6					4	–	6
Macalester		0	–	4					1	–	7					3	–	7
Championship: Bethel (MN) 31, Gustavus Adolphus 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3Football.com

The 2023 Saint John's Johnnies football team represented Saint John's University as a member of the Northwoods Division of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division III football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Gary Fasching, the Johnnies compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second the MIAC's Northwoods Division. Saint John's failed to advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs for the first time since 2013. The team played home games at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Schedule

Saint John's announced its 2023 regular season schedule on March 1, 2023. It consisted of five home games and five away games.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Trinity (TX)*	No. 6	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 34–31 OT	9,883
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Wisconsin–Whitewater*	No. 4	Perkins Stadium Whitewater, WI	L 56–28	15,236
September 23	1:00 p.m.	No. 19 Bethel (MN)	No. 8	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 27–7	11,321
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at Augsburg	No. 7	Edor Nelson Field Minneapolis, MN	W 24–27	1,413
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Concordia–Moorhead	No. 7	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 42–23	6,219
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Carleton	No. 8	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 63–7	10,477
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Gustavus Adolphus	No. 7	Hollingsworth Field St. Peter, MN	L 38–35	2,437
October 28	1:00 p.m.	St. Scholastica	No. 18	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 62–7	2,981
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at St. Olaf	No. 19	Klein Field at Manitou Northfield, MN	W 49–10	564
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Concordia–Moorhead	No. 20	Jake Christiansen Stadium Moorhead, MN (MIAC Week)	W 48–21	2,213
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from D3Football.com Poll released prior to the game All times are in central time Source:

Rankings

Further information: 2023 NCAA Division III football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
D3football.com	6	4	9	8	7	7	8	7	18	19	20	16
AFCA	Not released			11	9	9	8	9	20	21	20

Game summaries

vs No. 4 Trinity (TX)

1 2 3 4 OT Total No. 4 Tigers 7 14 7 3 0 31 No. 6 Johnnies 7 0 7 17 3 34

Statistics	TU	SJU
First downs	21	21
Total yards	438	368
Rushing yards	65	87
Passing yards	373	281
Turnovers	4	0
Time of possession	33:57	26:03

vs No. 8 Wisconsin–Whitewater

1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Johnnies 7 14 7 0 28 No. 8 Warhawks 7 14 14 21 56

Statistics	WW	SJU
First downs	17	25
Total yards	299	513
Rushing yards	38	280
Passing yards	261	233
Time of possession	28:32	31:28

Statistics

Scoring

Scoring by quarter (non-conference opponents)

1 2 3 4 OT Total Non-Conference Opponents 14 28 21 24 0 87 Saint Johns Johnnies 14 14 14 17 3 62

Scoring by quarter (MIAC opponents)

1 2 3 4 Total MIAC Opponents 0 0 0 0 0 Saint Johns Johnnies 0 0 0 0 0

Scoring by quarter (All opponents)

1 2 3 4 OT Total All Opponents 14 28 21 24 0 87 Saint Johns Johnnies 14 14 14 17 3 62

Roster

2023 Saint John's Johnnies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 0 Joey Gendreau So WR 1 Marselio Mendez Jr RB 2 Takhi Vaughn So WR 2 Todd Jager Sr WR 2 Dylan Wheeler So QB 3 Zander Dittbenner So QB 4 Cooper Downs Jr WR 4 Riley Schwellenbach Fr WR 5 Joey Moberg Jr QB 6 Aaron Syverson Sr QB 7 Cooper Drews Fr WR 7 Nick VanErp Sr TE 8 Alex Larson Sr QB 9 Lucas Jansky So RB 9 Troy Feddema Sr WR 10 R. J. Altidort Sr WR 11 Jimmy Buck Sr QB 12 Kristof Kowalkowski Jr QB 13 E. J. Hosty Fr WR 13 Jaden-Bryce Smith Fr QB 14 Caden Renslow Fr QB 15 Vincent Pyne Fr WR 15 Tommy Barrett So QB 16 Jake Deutschman So QB 17 Ryan Warford Fr WR 17 Brady VanErp Jr QB 18 Nick Peterson Sr WR 18 Caden Caligiuri Fr WR 19 Owen Amrhein So WR 20 Wyatt Sawatzke So RB 21 Dylan Kirchner Fr WR 21 Jake Johnson Fr RB 22 Jaxson Sawyer Fr RB 23 Quincy Suggs Jr TE 23 Jack Foster So RB 25 Devin Vouk Sr RB 26 Tony Underwood Sr RB 27 Caden Wheeler So WR 27 A. J. Loch Jr RB 28 Quinn Christoffersen Jr WR 29 Jakari Hunnecook Sr RB 30 Corey Bohmert Fr WR 31 Thomas Jacobs Fr RB 32 Henry Truebenbach Jr RB 33 Tyler Hoheisel Fr RB 35 Josh Muehlbauer Fr WR 36 Eddie Sirek So WR 37 Sam Nolan Fr RB 38 Isaiah Traufler Sr WR 39 Andrew Schaffer Fr TE 41 Andrew Harren Fr OL 50 Nick McKenzie Jr OL 51 Barrett Van Deun Fr OL 53 Spencer Gustin Jr OL 54 Grant Peroutka Jr OL 55 Tom Soler Jr OL 56 Eddie Reece So OL 57 Colton Rada Fr OL 58 Will Caldwell Fr OL 59 Ethan Sutton Sr OL 60 Ian DeGross So OL 61 Matt Peterson Fr OL 62 Isaak Nowak Fr OL 63 Joe Vascellaro Jr OL 64 Joe Jaeger Sr OL 65 Sean Lew Jr OL 66 Luke Wright So OL 67 Hank Smith Sr OL 69 Henry Anderson Fr OL 70 Alex Markgraf So OL 71 Mathias Lundgren Fr OL 72 Charlie Folkens Jr OL 73 Rylan Turqueza Fr OL 74 Ethan Lincoln Fr OL 76 Jack Stevens So OL 77 Carter Trom So OL 78 Michael Bougie Fr OL 79 Tommy Hessburg Jr WR 80 Vinny Gagliardi Sr WR 81 Graham Beltrand Jr WR 82 Matt Miller Jr WR 83 John Hawkins So WR 84 Peyton Gremmels So TE 85 Trey Steinbach Jr WR 86 Cade Berg Fr WR 87 Josh Delange So TE 88 Charlie Plum So WR 89 Parker Durkin Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 0 Amari Curtis Sr LB 1 Andrew Hamilton Sr LB 3 Cooper Yaggie Jr LB 4 Patrick Doran Sr DB 5 Graham Gerlach Jr DB 6 Isaac Potter So DB 7 Evan Wahlin So DB 8 Peyton Goettlicher Fr DB 9 Jamari Edwards Sr DL 9 Joe Akoh Sr DB 10 Mateo Cisneros Sr DB 10 David Gogins Fr DB 11 Noah Arneson So DB 12 Logan Jans Fr DB 13 Nate Trewick Sr LB 14 Alex Harren So DB 15 Brandon Ruikka Sr DB 16 Blake Simonson So DB 17 Lukas Soto Sr DB 18 Ethan Stark Sr DB 19 Sanders Asplin Sr LB 20 Cam Jackson Sr DB 21 Nolan Rueter Jr DB 22 Charlie Ryks So LB 22 Jake Palmer Sr LB 23 Aiden McMahon Fr DB 24 Cayden Saxon Sr DB 25 Conor Chalmers Sr LB 25 Zachariah Hunter So DB 26 Jack Savasten Jr DB 28 Ryan Sanvik Jr DB 29 Cage Linton Jr DB 30 Ezra Noska Sr DB 31 Dylan Hanson Fr DB 32 Khalil Nance Sr LB 32 Jake Schwinghammer Jr DB 33 Hillary Makori Sr LB 33 Tate Link Fr LB 34 Andrew Molenaar So DB 35 Ethan Kunkel Fr LB 35 Mason Wolf Sr DB 36 Griffin Schneider So LB 37 Zach Helfmann Fr DB 38 Jack Klein Fr LB 39 D. J. Myles Jr DB 40 Blake Ehlert Jr DL 40 Isaac Hetland Jr LB 41 Beau Boudreaux Fr LB 42 Brock Humbert Sr LB 43 Hayden Sanders Jr LB 44 Sam Lewison Sr DL 45 Vinny Wanda So LB 46 Ben Dahl Jr DB 47 Liam O'Malley Jr LB 47 Joe Rossebo Sr LB 48 Jack Bjork Sr LB 49 Erik Bjork Sr LB 50 J. P. Weber Fr DL 51 Henry Bendickson Fr DL 52 J. P. Johnson Fr DL 53 Dawson Van Meter Jr LB 53 Kaden Lukkes So LB 54 Eric Jurek Fr DL 55 Keenan Turqueza Sr LB 56 Drew Schmidt So LB 57 Garret Strating Sr DL 58 Nathan Carroll Fr LB 59 Jayden Leach So LB 60 Jackson Carlson Fr LB 64 Jack Hillman So DL 65 T. J. Graves So DL 66 Will Mahowald Fr DL 67 Mitch Vener So DL 70 Caleb Thom So DL 73 Jack Krza So DL 75 Caleb Poyer Fr DL 77 Cody Kwak Fr LB 80 Gavin Zolvinski So DL 82 Etah Akoh Jr DL 83 Alex Lundebrek Jr DL 84 Jacob Omtvedt Sr DL 86 Mark Roane Sr DL 87 Jordan Borgeson Jr DL 88 Joe Bisso Fr DL 89 Jackson Kirchner Fr DL 90 Landon Gallagher Jr DL 91 Dylan Owens So DL 92 Chandler Obering So DL 93 Riley DeRosier So DL 94 Ben Karr So DL 95 Travis Johnson Jr LB 96 Riley Kangas Jr DL 97 Zach Frank Jr DL 98 Tommy Gilmore Jr DL 99 Cole Engen So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Conor Murphy Jr LS 45 Jack Eibensteiner Sr K/P 90 Matt Hansen Fr P 95 Spencer Ell Sr K/P 95 David Roberts So	Head coach Gary Fasching Coordinators/assistant coaches Jerry Haugen – Defensive Coordinator Kole Heckendorf – Offensive Coordinator/Receivers Brandon Novak – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Damien Dumonceaux – Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line/Special Teams Josh Bungum – Running Backs Mike Manguson – Offensive Line Ben Eli – Offensive line Alexi Johnson – Kickers Max Jackson – Defensive Assistant/Diversity & Student Success Andy Auger – Volunteer Assistant/Defense Collin Franz – Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line Tom Wicka – Volunteer Assistant/Linebackers Graydon Kulick – Quarterbacks Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: August 25, 2023