2023 Saint John's Johnnies football team

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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
Seasons← 2022 2024 →

2023 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
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	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

References

"SJU Football Completes 2023 Schedule, Leads Division III in 2022 Total Attendance". Saint John's University. March 1, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
"2023 Football Schedule".

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