University of St. Thomas Athletics
Augsburg
Football rolls to 53-17 win over Augsburg
9/24/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Junior RB Jimmy Mullen rushed for 118 yards, including touchdown runs of 8,7 and 1 yards to lead host St. Thomas (1-2 overall, 1-1 MIAC) in Saturday's 53-17 win over Augsburg (0-3, 0-1) in MIAC football action at O'Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul.
In posting their first win of the season, the Tommies scored 31 unanswered points in a 16-minute stretch of the first half and led 31-10 at halftime. UST outgained Augsburg in total offense, 464-284 yards.
Tommie junior QB Ryan Jansen completed 9-of-14 for 157 yards two TDs and no interceptions, and rushed three times for 24 yards. Senior Joel Korte caught a 17-yard scoring pass and Don Jaeger caught a 4-yard TD strike. Freshman Jake Casey rushed 19 times for 80 yards and had a 2-yard scoring run. UST junior P.J. Theisen caught two passes for 46 yards and went over 1,000 receiving yards on his three-year career. Freshman Eric Taylor booted a 25-yard field goal and converted 6-of-6 PAT tries.
The Tommies capitalized with touchdows drives immediately after three of the Auggies' four turnovers. UST senior Tom Fritze had an interception and was in on 14 tackles. Junior Mike Rouse added two sacks, junior Eric Saucier recovered a fumble at the Auggie 20, and sophomores Pat Sommerstad and Mike Odom added interceptions.
Freshman Shawn Dunbar rushed 16 times for 82 yards for the Auggies. Junior QB Keith Hagen, in his first career start, completed 14-of-26 passes for 187 yards, including a 15-yard scoring pass to Ricky Schreier. That capped an eight-play, 78-yard scoring drive that put the Auggies ahead 7-0 seven minutes into the game.
Andrew Neumann caught three passes for 51 yards and Schreier had three receptions for 50 yards. Defensively, Mike Matson was in on 14 tackles and Darrell Young had an interception. Senior Nick Schlieman averaged 42.3 yards on three punts and converted a 35-yard field goal. He also missed field-goal tries from 40 and 53 yards.
St. Thomas has won 32 of the last 36 games vs. Augsburg, including the last 17 in O'Shaughnessy Stadium.
The Tommies play next Saturday at St. Olaf, while Augsburg returns home to play Carleton.
