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PREVIEW: Football Hopes Season Doesn’t Come to an End Saturday at Morris

| By: Jesse Robinson
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DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica football team will have to take care of business in the regular season finale at the University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday, while also looking for some help from Greenville College (Ill.) and a little luck as well if it wants its season to continue. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Big Cat Stadium.

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About the Saints
Record: 7-2, 6-1 UMAC

  • The Saints still have an outside chance of qualifying for the NCAA Playoffs for the second year in a row. If Northwestern defeats Greenville, the Eagles are the outright UMAC Champions. If Greenville defeats
    Northwestern and the Saints lose to Morris, the Panthers and Eagles are co-champions and the Panthers advance to the playoffs. If Greenville defeats Northwestern and the Saints defeat Morris, all three teams are co-champions and a random draw will determine who gets the conference's automatic qualifier.
  • The Saints are looking to finish unbeaten on the road during the regular season for the second consecutive season.
  • St. Scholastica is coming off its first overtime victory in program history last Saturday with a 20-17 win at Presentation College.
  • For the second time in program history, the Saints won a game while trailing entering the fourth quarter.
  • The CSS defense remains in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense, ninth at 11.6 points/game.
  • The Saints lead the conference in red zone conversions (89%), but are just seventh in red zone touchdown percentage (58%).
  • Moose Lake's Chris Gassert (Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake HS) had a nice game on the ground last Saturday rushing for 86 yards, including 51 yards in the fourth quarter and overtime.
  • Kicker Mike Theismann (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo HS) finally missed a field goal in his collegiate career, but redeemed himself with the 25-yard game-winner in overtime.

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About the Cougars
Record: 6-3, 5-2 UMAC


  • Minnesota Morris can finish tied for second in the conference with a win and a Greenville loss on Saturday.
  • Morris also survived overtime last week at Crown College winning 30-29. The Cougars needed two touchdowns in the final 5:13 to send the game into overtime where a missed extra point was the difference.
  • The Cougars will come into Saturday's contest riding a four-game winning streak.
  • During that win streak, Morris has put up big numbers through the air averaging 300 yards per game. In their first five games, the Cougars averaged just 208 yards per game.
  • The Cougars ran for a season-low 38 yards vs. Crown last week. Morris has averaged 38 more yards rushing per game at home than on the road.
  • Morris is averaging over 36 points per game in October, compared to just over 20 points per game in September.
  • The Cougars use a two quarterback system with both Dan Gerrigan and Derrick Foss getting snaps. Gerrigan has put up more yards (1,265), but Foss has a higher completion percentage (.523) and more TDs (12).
  • The main target of those passes has been Brendon Foss with 48 receptions.
  • Cody Hickman (head coach's son) leads the conference with 107 tackles.

Series History: (CSS is 3-1 all-time vs. Minnesota Morris)
  • The Saints defeated the Cougars 44-19 last season at Malosky Stadium.
  • Jake Jensen (South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul HS) scored four times in last season's home opener.
  • Keegan O'Neill (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) had seven receptions for 96 yards.
  • Zack Dubanoski (New Prague, Minn./New Prague HS) recorded a safety.
  • Brendon Foss had 12 receptions for 144 yards for Morris.
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