Augsburg 35, Martin Luther 7
MINNEAPOLIS — Marcus Brumm (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville
South HS) threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns, and five
different Augsburg College players scored touchdowns in the
Auggies' 35-7 win over Martin Luther College in a nonconference
football game on Saturday afternoon at Edor Nelson Field.
Four different Auggie receivers caught passes for 60-plus yards
each, and three Auggies rushed for more than 40 yards each, as
Augsburg (2-0 overall) put together 444 yards of total offense en
route to the win.
Meanwhile, linebacker Adam Mead (SR, St. Francis, Minn.) collected
16 total tackles (nine solo), leading an Auggie defense that did
not give up a score until midway through the fourth quarter, while
allowing 301 yards of total offense by the Knights.
Martin Luther's (1-1 overall) lone touchdown came on a one-yard
rush by quarterback Greg Holzhueter (SR, Mankato, Minn./Minnesota
Valley Lutheran HS) late in the game, capping a 13-play, 73-yard
drive.
Neither team could establish momentum until late in the first
quarter, as the Auggie defense forced a fumble, forced by Adam
Sonntag (SO, Green Lake, Wis.) and recovered by Dane Bates (SR,
White Bear Lake, Minn.) at the Martin Luther 35-yard line. Seven
plays later, Brumm threw his first touchdown pass, a 23-yarder to
tight end Josh Pronschinske (SR, Fountain City,
Wis./Cochrane-Fountain City HS).
The Auggies punched the ball into the end zone twice late in the
second quarter. After the Auggies stopped the Knights on
fourth-down-and-goal at the Augsburg 2-yard line, the Auggies
marched 98 yards in 3:07, a 10-play drive capped by a two-yard
scoring rush by Brumm with 1:22 left in the first half.
Augsburg forced a 3-and-out by Martin Luther, and put the ball in
the end zone on the final play of the half, as a "Hail Mary,"
against-the-wind 41-yard pass by Brumm was caught by Hakeem
Bourne-McFarlane (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) in the back of
the end zone.
In the third quarter, Augsburg capped an eight-play, 66-yard drive
with a 30-yard scoring pass from Brumm to David Tilton (JR, Anoka,
Minn.), and in the fourth quarter, newcomer Phil Putratz (FY,
Mazeppa, Minn./Zumbrota-Mazeppa HS) rushed the ball on seven
consecutive plays, including a one-yard scoring plunge to cap the
Auggie scoring.
Brumm threw for 307 yards on 23-of-42 passing with three
touchdowns and an interception, marking his sixth 300-yard passing
performance in his 12 career starts. Muneer Al-Hameed (SR,
Woodbury, Minn./Minneapolis Washburn HS) caught six passes for 65
yards, Pronschinske caught six passes for 60 yards, Tilton caught
five passes for 86 yards and Bourne-McFarlane caught five passes
for 78 yards.
Brumm led the Auggies with 51 rushing yards on 10 carries, while
Tilton had 11 carries for 48 yards and Putratz rushed eight times
for 45 yards.
For Martin Luther, quarterback Holzhueter was limited to just 42
passing yards on 3-of-10 passing. Meanwhile, the Knights put
together 259 rushing yards, led by Andrew Becker (SR, Jackson,
Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS), who had 93 yards on 15 carries.
Aaron Voss (SR, Williamston, Mich./Michigan Lutheran Seminary HS)
had 80 yards on 17 carries, and Holzhueter had 42 rushing yards on
11 carries.
Defensively, in addition to Mead's 16 tackles, Dane Bates (SR,
White Bear Lake, Minn.) and Tony Rickoff (JR, Winona, Minn.) had
seven tackles each for the Auggies. For Martin Luther, Benjamin
Olson (JR, New Ulm, Minn./Minnesota Valley Lutheran HS) had 10
tackles (five solo) and an interception, while Matthew Rothe (SR,
Watertown, Wis./Luther Preparatory School) had nine tackles (three
solo) and Joseph Lindloff (JR, Saginaw, Mich./Michigan Lutheran
Seminary) had seven tackles (four solo).
Both teams open play in their respective conferences next Saturday
(9/18) at 1 p.m. with home games, as Augsburg hosts Hamline in the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener, and Martin
Luther hosts Crown in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
opener.
