Saint John's sophomore quarterback Ben Alvord (St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo) ended the day 10 of 14 passing for 221 yards and three touchdowns in the Johnnies’ 56-10 win at Gustavus Adolphus last Saturday (Oct. 22). He played the first series of the second half before taking a seat with the visitors ahead, 42-3.
Alvord is 45 of 58 passing (.776 completion percentage, 245.4 pass-efficiency rating) for 805 yards and nine touchdowns (to zero interceptions) in four games (10 quarters of play) since taking over the starting role Oct. 1 at Bethel.
No. 8/9 SJU (7-1, 5-1 MIAC) enjoys its bye week before hosting Hamline for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville.
