2018 Saint John's Johnnies football team
| 2018 Saint John's Johnnies football | |
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MIAC champion | |
NCAA Division III Quarterfinal, L 18–21 at Mary Hardin–Baylor | |
| Conference | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| D3Football.com | No. 3 |
| Record | 12–1 (8–0 MIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Kole Heckendorf (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Haugen (43rd season) |
| Home stadium | Clemens Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Saint John's (MN) $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Bethel (MN) ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 St. Thomas (MN) | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concordia–Moorhead | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Olaf | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carleton | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamline | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augsburg | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Saint John's Johnnies football team represented Saint John's University in the 2018 NCAA Division III football season. The Johnnies, led by sixth-year head coach Gary Fasching, were members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and played their home games at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Schedule
Saint John's 2018 schedule consists of 6 home and 4 away games in the regular season. The Johnnies hosted UW-Stout, Carleton, St. Thomas, St. Olaf, Hamline, and Thomas More. Away games were at Gustavus Adolphus, Augsburg, Bethel, and Concordia-Moorhead.[1]
The Johnnies hosted their first two playoff games, against Martin Luther and Whitworth. For the playoff quarterfinals, the Johnnies travelled to Belton, Texas to face Mary Hardin–Baylor, where their season ended with a 21–18 loss to the Crusaders.[2][3]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | 1:00 p.m. | Wisconsin–Stout* | No. 12 | W 27–0 | 6,882 | ||
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Gustavus Adolphus | No. 9 |
| W 45–13 | 1,947 | |
| September 22 | 1:00 p.m. | Carleton | No. 9 |
| W 59–0 | 9,153 | |
| September 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Augsburg | No. 9 |
| W 52–0 | 669 | |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bethel | No. 9 |
| W 34–16 | 6,107 | |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 3 St. Thomas (MN) | No. 8 |
| W 40–20 | 16,922 | |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | St. Olaf | No. 5 |
| W 57–7 | 5,473 | |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at Concordia-Moorhead | No. 4 | W 42–14 | 3,845 | ||
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Hamline | No. 4 |
| W 51–0 | 3,292 | |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Thomas More* | No. 4 |
| W 63–23 | 3,127 | |
| November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Martin Luther* | No. 3 |
| W 84–6 | 1,103 | |
| November 24 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 10 Whitworth* | No. 3 |
| W 45–24 | 1,345 | [4][5] |
| December 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Mary Hardin–Baylor* | No. 3 |
| L 18–21 | 2,819 | [6] |
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| D3football.com | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| AFCA | Not released | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Saint John's University Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Johnnies fall 21-18 in national quarterfinals". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "St. John's, Bethel football both lose on the road". Star Tribune. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ Elliott, Tom (November 24, 2018). "No laugher: St. John's wears down Whitworth, earns spot in quarterfinals". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Dan (November 22, 2018). "Whitworth won't marvel at Saint John's pedigree ahead of second-round playoff game". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ "UMHB eases past Saint John's, 21-18, in quarterfinal match". Waco Tribune-Herald. Waco, Texas. December 1, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2019.