Blaine Westemeyer will graduate this spring as arguably (or maybe no argument needed) the most decorated athlete in Augustana’s storied football history. He’ll be adding one more award to his increasingly crowded trophy case, the Gagliardi Award which is given to the NCAA Division III Outstanding Football Player of the Year.
On December 17th Westemeyer became [...]
Six Augustana football players have been named to the 2009 all-conference team, three of them on the first team.
Senior offensive tackle Blaine Westemeyer led the way with his third straight first team appearance. Joining him were fellow seniors defensive back Aaron Setchell and linebacker Eric Meyer. Senior wide receiver Jake Parke, senior guard Jeff Daisy, [...]
Following a record setting game, Augustana’s sophomore quarterback David Lee has been named the CCIW Offensive Player of the Week for a second time this year. Lee threw for 422 yards (25-34 & two touchdowns) in an Augie victory over Millikin on November 14th, dethroning NFL MVP Ken Anderson from the top of the record [...]
For the second time in as many weeks, Augie’s sophomore quarterback David Lee rewrote the record books. Last week Lee put his name at the top of the list for single game completions (28). This week he threw for 422 yards while leading the Vikings to a season finale win against Milikin. Former NFL MVP [...]
Sophomore quarterback David Lee completed 28 passes on Saturday but Augustana fell short in their effort to derail the CCIW co-leader North Central.
Augie was poised to enter the locker room at halftime with a 20-17 lead and only 30 seconds left on the clock. But the Cardinals stole the momentum going into the locker room [...]
Augustana freshman running back Nate Pena posted three touchdowns to help the Augie Vikings defeat the North Park Vikings for the 38th consecutive time this past Saturday in Rock Island.
Pena was able to join the starting lineup as the first and second team running backs were not playing, and he took full advantage. Sharing time [...]
For the second time this season Augustana senior defensive back Aaron Setchell has been selected as the “Defensive Player of the Week” in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin, it was announced today. Setchell was all over the field in the Vikings’ 42-20 victory over Carthage on Saturday, October 24 at Ericson Field.
To no [...]
The Augustana offense managed to put up 21 points in just over seven minutes in a quick scoring burst during the second quarter to capture a CCIW win over Carthage. The offense totaled 445 yards while the defense managed to slow a high powered Carthage offense. The third phase, Special Teams managed to block two [...]
Stay tuned to learn more about the program straight from the source, Coach Jim Barnes.
An unfortunate roughing the kicker penalty in the first quarter of Saturday’s contest may have been the deciding play as Illinois Wesleyan beat the Augustana Vikings 7-0 on homecoming.
The Titans opened with an impressive drive that was eventually stopped by the Vikings. On fourth down, Illinois Wesleyan kicker Michael Fenger missed a 28-yard field goal [...]