Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Like everyone in the Saint John's football locker room, Corey Bohmert has been thrilled with the way the Johnnie offense has been playing in the season's second half.
 
But it's also been a bit bittersweet for the junior running back, who's been out since breaking his collarbone at Bethel on Oct. 4.
 
Saturday afternoon, though, the Mahtomedi High School graduate was finally able to get back in on the action.
 
Bohmert rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns - all of it in the first half - as the Johnnies rolled past St. Olaf 63-21 in their regular-season finale before a crowd of 6,711 on a sunny and pleasant mid-November afternoon at Clemens Stadium.
 
"It's been good watching the boys eat," said Bohmert, whose team is averaging 50.5 points and 523.5 yards per game. "It's sucked having to watch from the sideline, but at least the guys were playing well and we were winning.
 
"It felt good today to get back and be part of it again after six weeks."
 
SJU – ranked as high as No. 7 in the most recent American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) top 25 poll – finished the regular season 9-1 overall, its lone loss coming to fifth-ranked Bethel, which defeated St. Scholastica 62-0 Saturday to wrap up the MIAC title and secure the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
 
But the Johnnies - who have won six straight since that game and were ranked No. 20 in the most recent National Power Index (NPI) rankings - are a good bet to gain one of the 13 at-large bids available to the 40-team postseason field when the pairings are announced at 4 p.m. (CST) Sunday on NCAA.com.


 
"We're ready for anything, we're ready for anybody and we'll play anywhere," said senior defensive lineman Zach Frank (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), whose team held the Oles (4-6, 3-6 MIAC) to just 201 yards of offense (and only 124 in the first half) while rolling up 652 yards itself.
 
"We're just excited to get in and keep rolling."
 
It was sophomore wide receiver Carson Hegerle (West Fargo, N.D.) who got SJU rolling Saturday, catching touchdown passes of 5 and 21 yards from junior quarterback Trey Feeney (Moorhead, Minn.) on the Johnnies' first two offensive possessions.
 
Then it was Bohmert's time to shine, taking the ball around right end and streaking down the SJU sideline on a 56-yard touchdown run that expanded the Johnnie lead to 21-0 with 3:12 to play in the first quarter.
 
"The guys got to work on that play," said Bohmert, whose 159 yards rushing was the most by a Johnnie in a single game since Henry Trost '22 also rushed for that many in a 57-7 win over St. Olaf on Oct. 20, 2018 in Collegeville.
 
"I looked to my right and saw the offensive linemen keep pushing guys back. That whole side was open so I took off that way. But my legs were a little heavy still from being out of action. I had a trailer I needed to unhitch."
 
If that play didn't unhitch it, Bohmert followed up with an 18-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter before calling it a day soon after on doctor's orders.
 
"I knew it was still going to be a limited role," he said. "The doctor told me not to push it, which I completely understood. I don't want to get reinjured before the playoffs start."
 
Feeney connected with junior wideout Riley Schwellenbach (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) on a 5-yard touchdown pass. Then after the Oles got on the board on a 19-yard, fourth-down touchdown catch from tight end Jackson Kauck, the Johnnies struck again.
 
Senior quarterback Zander Dittbenner (Mankato, Minn./West) checked in at quarterback to score on a 4-yard run that put SJU on top 42-7 at halftime. The Johnnies finished with 438 yards in the first half alone.
 
"We went in knowing we wanted to run the ball a little more today and we did that," SJU head coach Gary Fasching '81 said. "I thought our offense again played really well in the first half. We did a great job of pass protection, Trey was on the money and we did a lot of things well."
 
Feeney and the offense kept rolling in the third quarter. After stopping the Oles on downs at their own 30 on the opening possession of the second half, senior All-American Dylan Wheeler (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View) hauled in a 10-yard touchdown pass from Feeney.
 
Feeney then found Schwellenbach a second time, this time deep over the middle for a 55-yard scoring strike that put the Johnnies up 56-7. The quarterback then exited, finishing the afternoon 25 of 29 passing for 324 yards and five touchdowns.
 
"Going into the playoffs, we want to be two-dimensional," said Feeney, whose team threw for 369 yards and rushed for 283 Saturday. "We showed we could do that today."
 
SJU added a 16-yard touchdown pass from Dittbenner to senior Faaris Amegankpoe (Maple Grove, Minn.) late in the third quarter before the Oles managed a pair of touchdowns in the fourth.
 
"I thought we played really well overall," Feeney said. "We talked at halftime about wanting to end the regular season on a good note and keep our momentum rolling. Now we're headed into the playoffs where everyone is 0-0."
 
Indeed, and where and when the Johnnies start the postseason will be revealed Sunday. 
 
"Every week keeps getting bigger and bigger," Bohmert said. "Now we start the playoffs where it's one loss and you're done. So we need to stay focused and keep working hard in practice every day. 

"Nothing will come easy from here on out."

63-21
Saturday's score of 63-21 was the first of its kind in Johnnie football history and the third unique score during the 2025 regular season. It was the 234th unique score at home. SJU has won by scores of 63-20 and 63-23, but never 63-21.

Making his Mark in the MIAC 
Feeney finished with a completion percentage of 76.7 in MIAC games this season, which broke Aaron Syverson's '24 record of 74.5 set a year ago. His pass-efficiency rating of 192.2 in conference games this fall ranks third in MIAC history behind Jackson Erdmann '19 (190.1 in 2019) and Syverson's 199.9 in 2024.

The MIAC's TE
Senior tight end Joey Gendreau (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka) collected four receptions for 47 yards to bring his total in MIAC play to 59 receptions - the most by a tight end in MIAC history. Carleton's Ntense Obono previously held the record at 56 in 2023. He already surpassed three-time SJU All-American Alex Larson '23 for receiving yards by a tight end in conference games with 912 this fall. 

Matt's PATs
Junior kicker Matt Hansen (Longmont, Colo./Niwot) broke the single-season record for made MIAC PAT's in a season, totaling 61 against conference opponents. His 68 total PATs this season rank sixth in the MIAC record books when considering all games played. He ranks fourth in the SJU record book, passing Anthony Schmidt 'X and Brandon Keller '05 who previously held fourth with 65.

1993
The averages of 50.5 points and 523.5 yards of offense per game during the regular season are the most for SJU since 1993 (61.5 ppg., 549.7 ypg.).