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Bethel Top St. John's 27-22 to Close Season

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:51:37 +0000

The St. John's football team ended the season with a 27-22 loss at Bethel on Saturday afternoon. St. John's trailed 17-13 at halftime and never led in the game. Connor Bruns threw for 258 yards and 1 touchdown. Rob Voshell had 3 catches for 29 yards and a touchdown and Josh Bungum led the Johnnies with 7 catches for 84 yards. Harry Awe had a rushing touchdown for St. John's Stephen Johnson led the team with 32 yards rushing.

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St. John's Football Preview; Johnnies Try to End 4-game Skid [AUDIO]

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:26:27 +0000

The St. John's football team looks to snap a 4-game losing streak Saturday when they host Carleton at 1pm. The Johnnies lost 48-17 at Augsburg last Saturday and are 2-4 overall this season with a 0-4 record in the MIAC. St. John's has played the last 2 weeks without starting quarterback Connor Bruns. Bruns will miss this week's game as well with freshman Nick Martin expected to start at quarterback this week. John Ries and Mitch Hendricks may also see time at QB this week.

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St. John's Football Preview; Johnnies at Augsburg [AUDIO]

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:31:04 +0000

The St. John's football team looks to end a 3-game losing streak when they play at Augsburg in Minneapolis on Saturday at 1pm. The Johnnies are 0-3 in the MIAC and 2-3 overall. St. John's will play this week and next week without starting quarterback Connor Bruns. Bruns could return after St. John's bye week to play against Gustavus on October 27. Freshman Nick Martin will get the start at quarterback again this week.

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Bruns Out 2-3 Weeks For Johnnies

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:07:02 +0000

St. John's football will play the next 2-3 weeks without starting quarterback Connor Bruns. Bruns suffered a separated right shoulder in Saturday's game at Concordia-Moorhead. Both John Ries and Nick Martin saw time at quarterback Saturday with Bruns out.

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St. John's Football Preview at Concordia (Audio)

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:19:06 +0000

The St. John's football team looks to bounce back this week after a tough loss to rival St. Thomas last week when they play at Concordia-Moorhead this Saturday at 1pm. The Johnnies are 2-1 while Concorida is 3-0 and is receiving votes this week for the d3football.com top 25 poll.

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Tommies Rout Johnnies In Collegeville

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:03:28 +0000

St. Thomas scored 29 straight points from the 2nd quarter to the 3rd quarter to put the game out of reach and beat rival St. John's 43-21. Connor Bruns threw for 316 yards and 2 touchdowns with 4 interceptions for the Johnnies. St. John's managed just 24 yards rushing in the game. Josh Bungum had 9 catches for 105 yards and Taylor Freetly had 7 catches for 89 yards and a touchdown for St. John's.

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Johnnie Football Edges UW-Eau Claire 31-28

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:36:51 +0000

The St. John's football team snuck by UW-Eau Claire Saturday 31-28 to improve to 2-0. St. John's scored 21 straight points to lead 28-14 and withstood a late comeback attempt by Eau Claire to win. Connor Bruns threw for 251 yards and 2 touchdowns and he ran for 45 yards for the Johnnies. Stephen Johnson ran for 54 yards and 1 touchdown. Rob Voshell and Max Forster each had 1 TD catch for St. John's.

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Johnnies Rout Northwestern College

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:16:43 +0000

The St. John's football team pounded Northwestern College 52-7 Saturday. St. John's posted 586 yards of total offense against Northwestern. Connor Bruns threw for 208 yards and a touchdown, Nick Schneider and Stephen Johnson each ran for 52 yards with Schneider scoring twice and Johnson scoring once. Schneider also had a receiving touchdown. Ben Krebsbach had 2 catches for 103 yards and a touchdown for St. John's.

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College Football Preview: St. John's Johnnies

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:16:03 +0000

The St. John's football team is looking for improvement on their 6-4 finish in 2011. The Johnnies didn't have stability at quarterback in 2011 but this season they appear to have that. Connor Bruns has emerged as the starting quarterback and will start week one against Northwestern University Saturday at 1pm at Clemens Stadium.

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Johnnie Football Starts Practice

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:27:47 +0000

The St. John's football team began practice Sunday in Collegeville. The Johnnies were 6-4 overall in 2011 and were 5-3 in the MIAC. The Johnnies missed the playoffs and expect better results in 2011. St. John's may be a bit more settled at quarterback in 2011 with Connor Bruns returning as the starting quarterback. Bruns is just a sophomore. He closed the 2011 season with 3 touchdown passes in a blowout win over Hamline.

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Johnnies Rout Hamline To Close Season

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:31:21 +0000

The St. John's football team blanked last place Hamline 61-0 to close the season on a 4-game winning streak. St. John's was led by Connor Bruns with 183 yards passing and 3 touchdowns and he ran for 25 yards and 2 touchdowns. Taylor Freetly had 4 catches for 87 yards and 2 touchdowns for St. John's.

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Tommies Pound Johnnies

Jay Caldwell — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:29:48 +0000

St. John's lost 63-7 Saturday afternoon in St. Paul to St. Thomas. The Tommies led 49-0 at halftime and were never threatened. Colin Moynihan had an 11-yard touchdown run in the 4th quarter for the only Johnnie score. Connor Bruns was 14-27 passing for 144 yards with no touchdowns and 2 interceptions. St. John's quarterbacks were sacked 8 times and the Johnnies comitted 3 turnovers.

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