Football 1982 Archive
MIAC: 6-2 (T-2nd)
Season Review
The 1982 Gustavus team put the cap on what turned out to be an outstanding “come-back season” with an exciting 26-23 victory over Concordia College in the final game of the season. The win gave Coach Dennis Raarup’s gridders a 6-4 record in an injury-plagued season in which only two of seven backfield regulars played in all ten games. It also represented the squad’s fourth straight MIAC win and gave the team a share of second place at 6-2.
Coach Raarup characterized the ‘82 season as “three seasons in one.” After losing the season opener to Wisconsin-Stout, the Gusties discovered their offensive potential in the form of freshman wide receiver Tom Illies, who finished just 31 yards shy of the all-time Gustavus single-seaon reception yardage record in his first year of college competition. Raarup’s “first season” ended, however, after wins over Bethel and Hamline and injuries to some key individuals. The middle season saw the Gusties go 0-3 after meeting a hot St. Thomas passing attack, playing in the mud with St. John’s, and sustaining more injuries-notably the loss for the season of starting quarterback Scott Swanson in the team’s loss to St. Cloud State. In the third season, the Gusties were 4-0; back-up quarterback Eric Lande directed wins over Augsburg and St. Olaf, and sophomore running back Rick Straka rushed for 150 yards in the 34-7 Homecoming win over Macalester. The final game, with Concordia, was a fitting conclusion for the team’s come-back script, as the offensive unit mounted an 80-yard drive to score in the final minute.
| 1982 MIAC Final Standings | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | |||
| St. John's | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| St. Thomas | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||
| GUSTAVUS | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Concordia | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Hamline | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Augsburg | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Bethel | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Macalester | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| St. Olaf | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1982 Final Results (6-4-0, 6-2-0) | ||||||
| GA | Opponent | |||||
| 0 | U-W Stout | 16 | ||||
| 35 | Bethel | 20 | ||||
| 27 | Hamline | 11 | ||||
| 28 | St. Thomas | 56 | ||||
| 0 | St. John’s | 14 | ||||
| 14 | St. Cloud State | 22 | ||||
| 21 | Augsburg | 7 | ||||
| 20 | St. Olaf | 10 | ||||
| 34 | Macalester | 7 | ||||
| 26 | Concordia | 23 | ||||
| 1982 Roster | ||||||
| Number | Name | Year | Position | Hometown | ||
| 1 | Jim O’Neill | JR | K | Crystal, Minn. | ||
| 2 | Eric Lande | SO | QB | Aurora, Colorado | ||
| 3 | Michael Capozzi | SO | DB | Lake Forest, Illinois | ||
| 4 | Todd Krough | SO | DB | Minnetonka, Minn. | ||
| 5 | Chris Zins | FR | DB | Nicollet, Minn. | ||
| 6 | David Nelson | FR | DB/QB | Atkinson, Illinois | ||
| 8 | Andy Mobeck | FR | DB | North Branch, Minn. | ||
| 9 | Todd Weir | FR | DB | Red Wing, Minn. | ||
| 10 | Marc Illies | SO | DB | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 11 | Todd Osmundson | SR | QB | Aurora, Minn. | ||
| 13 | Tim Eklund | FR | DB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 14 | Tom Illies | FR | QB/WR | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 15 | Ron Olson | FR | DB | Edina, Minn. | ||
| 16 | Scott Swanson | SO | QB | Robbinsdale, Minn. | ||
| 17 | Mark Erickson | JR | WR | Long Lake, Minn. | ||
| 19 | Jim Van Overbeke | SO | WR | Hutchinson, Minn. | ||
| 20 | Scott Youngblom | SO | DB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 21 | Jon Fasching | FR | DB | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 22 | Phil Skow | JR | DB | Mountain Lake, Minn. | ||
| 23 | Kent Johnson | JR | ILB | Sidney, Montana | ||
| 24 | Jeff Braun | SO | RB | Meadowlands, Minn. | ||
| 25 | Jeff Pedersen | JR | DB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 26 | Craig Bitter | JR | RB | Eden Prarie, Minn. | ||
| 27 | Bill Wavrin | SR | DB | Ely, Minn. | ||
| 28 | Joel Pederson | SO | DB | Amboy, Minn. | ||
| 29 | Tim Dittberner | SR | DB | Oakdale, Minn. | ||
| 30 | Chris Erikstrup | JR | RB | Eagan, Minn. | ||
| 32 | Rick Straka | SO | RB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 33 | David Gooding | SO | RB | Roseville, Minn. | ||
| 34 | Larry Bodin | FR | RB | Washburn, Wisc. | ||
| 35 | Scott Robinson | FR | RB | Edina, Minn. | ||
| 36 | Bob Hess | FR | RB | Duluth, Minn. | ||
| 37 | Tom Bjork | FR | OLB/DB | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 38 | Doug Anderson | SR | NG | Willmar, Minn. | ||
| 39 | Jim Alexander | JR | RB | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 40 | Ron Nelson | JR | DB | Mankato, Minn. | ||
| 41 | Brad Brubaker | FR | RB | Grundy Center, Iowa | ||
| 42 | Alan Hughes | JR | RB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 43 | Rolf Erickson | JR | DB | St. Louis Park, Minn. | ||
| 44 | Rob Jacobson | FR | RB | Circle Pines, Minn. | ||
| 45 | Laine Sletta | SR | ILB | Hanska, Minn. | ||
| 46 | Randy Richert | SO | DB | Hartland, Wisc. | ||
| 48 | Mike Dille | SO | RB | Minnetonka, Minn. | ||
| 49 | Terry Petersen | JR | ILB | Belgrade, Minn. | ||
| 50 | Matt Hammerlund | SO | OL | Maple Plain, Minn. | ||
| 51 | Scott Croonquist | SO | ILB | Willmar, Minn. | ||
| 52 | Maynard Manthe | FR | K | Pemberton, Minn. | ||
| 53 | Thor Raarup | FR | C | Minnetonka, Minn. | ||
| 54 | Mark Lantz | SO | ILB | Lake Crystal, Minn. | ||
| 55 | Chuck Day | SO | OL | Creve Coeur, Missouri | ||
| 56 | Dave Magee | SR | OG | Austin, Minn. | ||
| 57 | Mark Rodning | SO | OG | Bloomington, Minn. | ||
| 58 | Scott Fritz | SO | OL | Lino Lakes, Minn. | ||
| 59 | Tom Kern | SO | OL | Mankato, Minn. | ||
| 60 | Paul Hodnefield | SR | OT | Bloomington, Minn. | ||
| 62 | Tom Dahl | JR | OG/P | St. Paul, Minn. | ||
| 63 | Mark Johnson | JR | OL | Gibbon, Minn. | ||
| 64 | Bill Bodin | FR | C | Washburn, Wisc. | ||
| 65 | Brian Dahl | SR | C | Mankato, Minn. | ||
| 67 | Steve Dahl | SO | OL | Mankato, Minn. | ||
| 68 | John Holmes | FR | NG | Manitowoc, Wisc. | ||
| 69 | Ron Lutes | SR | OL | Minneapolis, Minn. | ||
| 70 | Martin Johnson | FR | OL | Buffalo, Minn. | ||
| 72 | Kurt Ploeger | SO | DT/OT | LeSueur, Minn. | ||
| 73 | Erick Boe | JR | OL | LeSueur, Minn. | ||
| 74 | Jim Larson | FR | DL | St. Paul, Minn. | ||
| 75 | Dan Gilyard | SR | OLB | Sebeka, Minn. | ||
| 76 | Chris Getchell | SO | OT | Stillwater, Minn. | ||
| 77 | Larry Busack | SR | DT | Echo, Minn. | ||
| 78 | Cameron Foster | SO | DT | Plymouth, Minn. | ||
| 79 | Ken Ericson | JR | DT | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | ||
| 80 | Tim Roberts | SR | TE | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| 81 | Scott Fransen | FR | TE | Eden Prairie, Minn. | ||
| 82 | Jim Halvarson | JR | TE/P | Mound, Minn. | ||
| 83 | Brian Hays | FR | WR | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 86 | Jody Erickson | SO | ILB | Brainerd, Minn. | ||
| 87 | Tom Marks | SR | DT | St. Louis Park, Minn. | ||
| 88 | Jay Larson | JR | WR | Lake Oswego, Oregon | ||
| 89 | Steve Clausen | JR | WR | Ellendale, Minn. | ||
| 90 | Dave Dvorak | SR | OLB | Rochester, Minn. | ||
| 91 | Kyle Hegna | SO | TE | Glencoe, Minn. | ||
| 93 | Dave Pederson | FR | ILB | Duluth, Minn. | ||
| 95 | Tom Webster | FR | NG/LB | Gaylord, Minn. | ||
| 96 | Craig Peterson | FR | OLB | Windom, Minn. | ||
| 97 | Bill Belvedere | FR | TE/OT | Edina, Minn. | ||
| 98 | Leo Jansen | SO | OLB | St. Peter, Minn. | ||
| Head Coach: Dennis Raarup | ||||||
| Team Statistics | ||||||
| Rushing | Gustavus | Opponents | ||||
| Carries | 480 | 449 | ||||
| Yards gained rushing | 1899 | 1683 | ||||
| Yards lost rushing | 228 | 305 | ||||
| Net yards gained rushing | 1671 | 1378 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 167.1 | 137.8 | ||||
| TD’s | 16 | 10 | ||||
| Passing | ||||||
| Attempts | 263 | 236 | ||||
| Completions | 116 | 107 | ||||
| Intercepted | 18 | 15 | ||||
| Gain | 1762 | 1587 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 176.2 | 158.7 | ||||
| TD’s | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Total Offense | ||||||
| Plays | 743 | 685 | ||||
| Gain | 3433 | 2965 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 343.3 | 296.5 | ||||
| First Downs | ||||||
| Rushing | 87 | 79 | ||||
| Passing | 79 | 69 | ||||
| Penalty | 16 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 182 | 153 | ||||
| Scoring | ||||||
| Touchdowns | 29 | 25 | ||||
| PAT Kick | 23-28 | 20-22 | ||||
| PAT Other | 1-1 | 3-3 | ||||
| Field Goals | 2-10 | 6-14 | ||||
| Safeties | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total Points | 205 | 194 | ||||
| Ave. per game | 20.5 | 19.4 | ||||
| Penalties | ||||||
| Number | 31 | 52 | ||||
| Yards | 334 | 532 | ||||
| Fumbles | ||||||
| Number | 35 | 26 | ||||
| Lost | 23 | 17 | ||||
| Interceptions | ||||||
| Number | 15 | 18 | ||||
| Yards | 84 | 158 | ||||
| TD’s | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Number | 22 | 19 | ||||
| Yards | 126 | 142 | ||||
| TD’s | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Number | 37 | 30 | ||||
| Yards | 670 | 457 | ||||
| TD’s | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Punting | ||||||
| Number | 56 | 65 | ||||
| Yards | 1676 | 2235 | ||||
| Average | 29.9 | 34.4 | ||||
| Blocked | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Scoring/Quarters | ||||||
| First | ||||||
| Second | ||||||
| Third | ||||||
| Fourth | ||||||
| Total | 205 | 194 | ||||
| Individual Statistics | ||||||
| Rushing | Attempts | Gain | Loss | Net | Average | TD |
| Jim Alexander | 98 | 412 | 2 | 410 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Rick Straka | 69 | 331 | 5 | 326 | 4.7 | 1 |
| Craig Bitter | 75 | 280 | 27 | 253 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Mike Dille | 63 | 259 | 10 | 249 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Alan Hughes | 66 | 248 | 15 | 233 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Eric Lande | 47 | 167 | 52 | 115 | 2.4 | 1 |
| Scott Swanson | 38 | 115 | 88 | 27 | 0.7 | 4 |
| David Gooding | 9 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Todd Osmundson | 4 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 6.3 | 1 |
| Rob Jacobson | 6 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Jeff Braun | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Pedersen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Bob Hess | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Passing | Attempts | Completed | Interceptions | Yards | TD | |
| Eric Lande | 136 | 60 | 10 | 906 | 7 | |
| Scott Swanson | 127 | 56 | 8 | 856 | 5 | |
| Scoring | TD’s | Points | PAT Kick | Pat Other | Field Goals | |
| Tom Illies | 7 | 42 | ||||
| Jim Alexander | 6 | 36 | ||||
| Jim O’Neill | 29 | 23-27 | 2-10 | |||
| Scott Swanson | 4 | 24 | ||||
| Rick Straka | 3 | 20 | 1-1 | |||
| Craig Bitter | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Mike Dille | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Steve Clausen | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Alan Hughes | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Marc Illies | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Eric Lande | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Todd Osmundson | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Pass Receiving | Number | Yards | TD | |||
| Tom Illies | 37 | 726 | 6 | |||
| Tim Roberts | 33 | 450 | 0 | |||
| Rick Straka | 15 | 255 | 2 | |||
| Marc Illies | 3 | 83 | 1 | |||
| Craig Bitter | 7 | 77 | 1 | |||
| Alan Hughes | 9 | 65 | 1 | |||
| Jay Larson | 2 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Mike Dille | 4 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Jim Alexander | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Rob Jacobson | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Jim Halvarson | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Steve Clausen | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Interceptions | Number | Yards | ||||
| Marc Illies | 6 | 39 | ||||
| Rolf Erickson | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Scott Youngblom | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Michael Capozzi | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Terry Petersen | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Mark Lantz | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Richert | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Wavrin | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Punting | Number | Yards | Average | Blocked | ||
| Tom Illies | 45 | 1409 | 33.5 | 3 | ||
| Yost | 5 | 172 | 34.4 | 2 | ||
| Team | 6 | -5 | -1.0 | 5 | ||
| Punt Returns | Number | Yards | ||||
| Tom Illies | 14 | 119 | ||||
| Marc Illies | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Kickoff Returns | Number | Yards | ||||
| Marc Illies | 19 | 363 | ||||
| Tom Illies | 10 | 189 | ||||
| Rick Straka | 5 | 85 | ||||
| Jeff Braun | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Tim Roberts | 1 | 8 | ||||
| David Gooding | 1 | 7 | ||||
