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Game Recap: Football | 11\/7\/2026 8:26:00 PM | Frank Rajkowski, SJU Writer\/Video Producer; Ryan Klinkner, SJU Director of Athletic Communications; and Jordan Modjeski, SJU Assistant Director of Athletic Communications<\/p>\n
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\n No. 3 SJU Clinches MIAC Title & NCAA Berth With 56-6 Win
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Next Game:<\/p>\n
vs. St. Olaf<\/p>\n
11\/14\/2026 | 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n Nov. 14 (Sat) \/ 6 p.m.
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n \nBox Score<\/a><\/p>\n DULUTH, Minn. \u2013 Big days from senior tight end Charlie Plum<\/a> (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.\/Cretin-Derham Hall) and sophomore running back Sedric Melvin Jr.<\/a> (Homestead, Fla.\/South Dade) and another dominating performance by the Johnnie defense kept the Saint John’s University football team unbeaten Saturday afternoon. SJU’s Longest Pass Plays A Sophomore for 100+ D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu Battle of the Benedictines \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nSJU – ranked No. 3 in both national polls – recorded six sacks and limited St. Scholastica to nine first downs en route to a 56-6 victory over the Saints at a sunny Walt Hunting Stadium in Duluth’s West End.
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\nPlum finished with six catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns, including an 83-yard scoring strike from senior quarterback Trey Feeney<\/a> (Moorhead, Minn.) in the third quarter. Meanwhile, Melvin Jr. became the first Johnnie to rush for over 100 yards in a game this season, finishing with 16 carries for 139 yards and two second-quarter touchdowns in his first collegiate start. He also caught five passes for 54 yards.
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\nWith the victory, SJU (9-0, 8-0 MIAC) wrapped up at least a share of its MIAC-record 38th conference title and secured the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. The national postseason appearance will be the Johnnies’ 35th overall and 31st at the Division III level.\u00a0
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\nThe Johnnies can claim sole possession of the MIAC championship with a victory over St. Olaf when the two teams meet in the regular-season finale at 6 p.m. next Saturday (Nov. 14) at TCO Stadium in Eagan.
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\nFeeney – who leads all divisions of NCAA football in a number of categories, including passing touchdowns and passing yardage – shrugged off slow starts to both the first and second half to throw for 441 yards and five touchdowns. He has now thrown for over 400 yards in five-straight games and crossed the 300-yard mark eight times this season.
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\nAn interception on SJU’s first offensive snap set up a three-yard touchdown run by CSS quarterback Elijah Adzimahe and – after missing the extra point – St. Scholastica led 6-0 with 10:59 to play in the first quarter.
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\nBut that was where the day’s highlights ended for the Saints. In addition to sacking Adzimahe six times, the Johnnies got a pair of interceptions from juniors Mark Rogalski<\/a> (Eden Prairie, Minn.\/St. Thomas Academy) and Westin Hoyt<\/a> (Forest Lake, Minn.) and limited the Saints (1-8, 1-7 MIAC) to 152 yards of total offense.
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\nSenior linebacker Aiden McMahon<\/a> (Maple Grove, Minn.) led SJU in tackles with eight.
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\nFeeney connected with Plum and fellow senior Thomas Jacobs<\/a> (Lakeland, Minn.\/Stillwater Area) on touchdown passes of 30 and 12 yards to put SJU on top 14-6 early in the second quarter. Then Melvin Jr. rushed for touchdowns of 1 and 13 yards to increase the margin to 28-6 at halftime.
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\nSJU again started slowly in the second half, fumbling the ball away on its first possession of the third quarter and punting on its second. But Feeney and Plum then connected on an 83-yard touchdown pass that expanded the lead to 35-6.
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\nA 7-yard touchdown pass to senior wideout Riley Schwellenbach<\/a> (Woodbury, Minn.\/East Ridge) on the opening play of the fourth quarter, a 6-yard touchdown pass to Jacobs with 10:12 to play and a 4-yard touchdown run by junior running back Wyatt McCabe<\/a> (Mayer, Minn.\/Watertown-Mayer) with 5:26 remaining closed out the scoring.
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\nJacobs finished with nine catches for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Schwellenbach added nine catches for 91 yards and one score, moving into sole possession of 10th place on both the school’s all-time reception and receiving yardage list with 148 and 2,301 respectively.
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\nPlum’s 83-yard touchdown reception was the longest on record by an SJU tight end. He now has 13 catches for 259 over his last two games.<\/p>\n
\n1. 95 – Nick Martin (to Ben Krebsbach) vs. Northwestern (9\/1\/12)
\n2. 93 – John Lahti (to Todd Fultz) at Gustavus Adolphus (9\/17\/88)
\n3. 92 – Jackson Erdmann (to Matt Mohr) at St. Olaf (10\/26\/19)
\n4. 91 – Tom Linnemann (to Ben Sieben) vs. UW-Eau Claire (9\/11\/99)
\n5. 89 – Aaron Syverson (to Riley Schwellenbach<\/a>) vs. Susquehanna, Pa. (12\/7\/24)*
\n5. 88 – Jackson Erdmann (to Kai Barber) at St. Olaf (10\/26\/19)
\n6. 87 – Mike Lofboom (to Kyle Gearman) at Concordia (9\/23\/06)
\nt7. 86 – Jackson Erdmann (to Evan Clark) vs. Bethel (9\/30\/17)
\nt7. 86 – Joe Boyle (to Sam Pederson) vs. Hamline (11\/13\/10)
\n9. 84 – Connor Bruns (to Josh Bungum<\/a>) vs. UW-Eau Claire (9\/14\/13)
\nt10. 83 – Trey Feeney<\/a> (to Charlie Plum<\/a>) at St. Scholastica (11\/7\/26)
\nt10. 83 – Tom Linnemann (to Roland Buller) vs. UW-Eau Claire (11\/28\/98)*<\/p>\n
\nMelvin Jr. became the first Johnnie sophomore since Dylan Cerney to rush for over 100 yards in a game. Cerney carried the ball 11 times for 110 yards and two touchdowns in SJU’s 70-0 win on Nov. 9, 2019 at Hamline, a week after another sophomore \u2013 Henry Trost \u2013 rushed for 110 yards and two scores on 12 carries vs. Concordia-Moorhead.<\/p>\n
\nUnfortunately, Saturday’s 56-6 score was not a Scorigami. The only other time 56-6 was the final score of an SJU football game? Four years ago on Oct. 29, 2022, when the Johnnies traveled to Duluth to defeat St. Scholastica. Scholastica’s touchdown in 2022 was a 71-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. Like today, the PAT was no good. That game marked the first time in 47 years SJU had played a game in Duluth.<\/p>\n
\nThe Johnnies are now 9-0 all-time against St. Scholastica on the gridiron and have outscored the Saints 577-54 in those matchups.<\/p>\n