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Things got really bad for Hamline in the second quarter when St. Thomas went on a tear, scoring 21 unanswered points. The score was 35-6 by half time. Things didn’t look good for the home team.

Neither team scored in the third quarter.

Hamline scored on an interesting play with four minutes left in the fourth, though. The only score of the second half came with four minutes left on the clock, but it was too little too late for Hamline.

It was a 10-yard pass from newly appointed quarterback James Leary to his predecessor, Andrew
Seymour, that put them on the board in the fourth. Seymour started at QB for the first seven games of the season, completing 87 of 172 passes before giving way to Leary. On Saturday, Seymour saw time at the wide receiver position.

“He’s someone who is going to be on the field for us somewhere,” said head coach Paul Miller. Seymour finished the day with four catches for 53 yards and a touchdown.

The Tommies had a lot going right for them and it seemed Hamline had everything going wrong. St. Thomas out gained the Pipers in total yardage. They compiled 477 total yards on the afternoon, with an astonishing 351 yards coming through the air. The Pipers, meanwhile, came up with only 197 total yards.

The Tommies had a new quarterback at the helm throughout the game. Academic All-American quarterback Ryan Jansen went out for the season two weeks ago. First-year David Sauer stepped up and has filled Jansen’s shoes. Sauer, in his second career start, completed 25 of his 30 passes for 349 yards.
He also threw five touchdown passes, just one away from a school record.

The biggest star on the day was P.J. Theisen of St. Thomas who scored four touchdowns, three of which came in the first half. He also managed to catch 12 passes for 224 yards.

The Pipers were dominated on virtually every front. The St. Thomas defense had a stellar performance. Defensive end Andre Ubbelohde had 12 tackles to add to his 100 tackles he’s had through eight games.
He needed only more two tackles at press time to capture his school’s record.

Despite the indications of the scoreboard, some of the Pipers on defense put up some good numbers against the mix of starters and second stringers put on the field by St. Thomas. Piper Junior Brody
Anderson, a linebacker, had eight tackles, one forced fumble, and a fumble recovery that set up a score. Paul Klees for Hamline also had eight tackles and a sack. Ryan Laube finished with 11 tackles for the Hamline defense.

This team has shown some flashes of brilliance this year. They played a great game against Macalester the weekend before and came home with little flair or the brilliance that helped earn their victories. There is a good nucleus of the team returning next season but the recruitment class will have to contribute immediately, that much is certain.

Hamline Football plays their season finale at Carleton at 1 p.m.

Carleton comes into the game with the same record as Hamline (1-6 in the MIAC and 3-6 overall).
Whoever wins the at Carleton has a chance to finish sixth or seventh, depending on how Gustavus plays against Bethel.

Keep an eye on Tyler Schultz again during the finale at Carleton. He needs two interceptions to tie Hamline’s school record. Going into the game against St. Thomas he was third in the nation in interceptions.

In other news around the MIAC, St. John’s has competition for first place going in to the last game of the year. If St. John’s loses and Concordia beats UM-Morris, which is very possible, then Concordia would take the conference.