AUGSBURG TOOK ON HAMLINE IN MIAC FOOTBALL ACTION

The Augsburg Auggies hosted the Hamline Pipers a MIAC game. Hamline came in with a 0-1 record and Augsburg came in with a 2-0 record.


Hamline kicked off to Augsburg to begin the game. Augsburg fumbled the ball, Hamline retrieved the ball.


Hamline started with the ball first. Hamline wanted to keep the ball on the ground to begin the game out. On the first drive Hamline turned the ball over to Augsburg on downs.


In the beginning of the game both teams’ offenses were sputtering a little. Neither team was able to get rolling.


Augsburg looked for the short routes midway through the first quarter. Augsburg also looked for the deep passes in the first quarter. They were successful on their passing attempts midway through the first quarter.


Muneer Al-Hameed for Augsburg did a good job of getting open in traffic. He had a few good receptions throughout the game. Augsburg was not able to score a touchdown on their drive so they tried a field goal and they were successful. They made a field goal with 3:35 left in the first quarter. That made the score Augsburg 3 and Hamline 0.


Hamline got the ball back after the Augsburg field goal. Hamlin was not able to convert on downs and gave Augsburg the ball back.


Augsburg wanted to get the ball on the ground and burn time off the clock late in the first quarter. Augsburg punted the ball back to Hamline to end the first quarter.


After a quarter of play the score was Augsburg 3 and Hamline 0.


Hamline got the ball to begin the second quarter. They went to the air early on in the contest. Alex Ferguson made a nice run for Augsburg to get them into the red zone. Hamline threatened to score early on in the quarter.


Alex Ferguson got a Hamline touchdown with 12:01 left in the second quarter. The extra point attempt was good.


With 12:01 left in the second quarter the score was Hamline 7 and Augsburg 3.


Augsburg got the ball back after the Hamline touchdown. On the second play of the drive, Hamline’s Olajuwan Stiffler intercepted an Augsburg pass and retrieved the football on the 37 yard line.


Hamline’s Alex House received a 25 yard pass for a touchdown with 9:17 left in the second quarter. John Broback kicked the extra point. That made the score Hamline 14 and Augsburg 3.


After the touchdown Augsburg touched the football on the kickoff and Hamline recovered the football.


Hamline started with the ball near midfield. Hamline went deep when Adam Meyer found Tim Queck for a 52 yard reception that ended on the two yard line. Adam Meyer found Tim Queck for a two yard touchdown reception. The extra point attempt was good.


With 7:24 left in regulation the score was Hamline 21 and Augsburg 3.


Augsburg went deep on the next drive. They went to the air and wanted to get the ball down the field as quickly as possible.


With 5:04 left to go in the second quarter Augsburg’s Marcus Brumm found Muneer Al-Hameed in the end zone for a 24 yard touchdown. The extra point attempt was good. That made the score Hamline 21 and Augsburg 10.


Blake Cook for Hamline got into the action late in the second quarter. He was in as a running back. Cook looked for ways to power his way down the field. Hamline looked to keep the ball on the ground late in the quarter. Hamline went on a drive late in the quarter. They were able to make a first down and keep the ball headed toward the end zone.


Hamline’s Adam Myer found Alex House for touchdown with 1:02 left in the second quarter. The extra point attempt was good. With that touchdown the score became Hamline 28 and Augsburg 10.


At halftime the score was Hamline 28 and Augsburg 10.


Augsburg kicked off to Hamline to begin the third quarter. Hamline got the ball on their 30-yard line to begin the quarter. They looked to make short passes to drive the ball down the field. They had been successful at doing that in the first quarter.


Hamline got on the board again with 11:35 left in the third quarter as Adam Meyer found Sean Lewis for a 28 yard touchdown. The extra point attempt was good.


With that touchdown, the score was Hamline 35 and Augsburg 10.


Marcus Brown got received a 35 pass for an Augsburg touchdown with 10:31 left in the third quarter. The extra point attempt was good. The score after the touchdown and extra point attempt was Hamline 35 and Augsburg 17.


On the kickoff Hamline fumbled and Augsburg recovered the football. Augsburg wanted to keep the ground game and move the ball down the field. They got into the red zone and with 7:10 left in the third quarter. Marcus Brumm found David Tilton for an Augsburg touchdown the two-point extra point conversion was not good.


With that touchdown the score was Hamline 35 and Augsburg 23.


Hamline got the ball back after the touchdown. They pounded the ball down the field and looked to score late in the third quarter. Hamline’s John Broback scored on a 31 yard field goal with 2:31 left to go in the third quarter.


With that field goal the score was Hamline 38 and Augsburg 23.


Augsburg got the ball back after the Hamline field goal. They looked to punch the ball down the field late in the quarter. They did that on their next drive. Augsburg went to a hurry up offense.


Augsburg’s Marcus Brumm found Muneer Al-Hameed for an 8 yard touchdown reception.


With 0:55 seconds left in the third quarter the score was Hamline 38 and Augsburg 30.


At the end of the third quarter the score was Hamline 38 and Augsburg 30.


Hamline got the ball to begin the third quarter. Hamline continued to pound the ball on the ground to begin the fourth quarter. Hamline had to punt the ball back to Augsburg because they couldn’t get a first down.


Augsburg made a long drive midway through the fourth quarter. Augsburg’s Phil Putratz reached the end zone on a 11-yard run for a touchdown with 10:06 left to go in regulation. The two point conversion was good.


With that touchdown the score was Hamline 38 and Augsburg 36.


Hamline got the ball back after the touchdown. They looked to keep the ball on the ground on the next series. Hamline looked to get the ball into the end zone on the drive. They were not able to convert on fourth down. They turned the ball over to Augsburg with 5:40 left to go in the contest.


Augsburg continued to look to both run the ball and pass the ball late in the fourth quarter. They were able to confuse the Hamline defense. Hamline was in a scramble late to figure out what they wanted to do on defense.


Augsburg went on a drive and threatened to score with 4:20 left in the fourth quarter. They went to a short pass offense. They did a good job of moving the ball down the field on two-three yard pass attempts.


With 3:12 left to go in regulation Augsburg scored a touchdown on a Phil Putratz 2 yard run. The two point conversion was successful.


With that touchdown the score was Augsburg 42 and Hamline 38.


Hamline got the ball back after the Augsburg touchdown. John Hibbs got the ball back on an interception for Augsburg. Then Augsburg was able to run out the clock and come away with the 42-38 victory over Hamline.


After a quick start for Hamline, Augsburg was able to find the end zone and battled throughout the whole game. Both teams played very hard and well. Augsburg didn’t back down and they gave Hamline everything that they could handle. The game was close throughout the whole game. I thought that Hamline’s Alex House had a good game. He was able to come up with some big plays throughout the game. Also for Hamline I thought that Blake Cook had a few good receptions.