Gene's Blog: Numbers add up well for VB, Football

November 08, 2010

In honor of St. Thomas’ MIAC championships won in football and volleyball, here’s a November “By-The-Numbers” blog involving interesting news and notes:

6

Number of MIAC championships won by Tommie volleyball in eight seasons under Coach Thanh Pham

2

Number of times that one school has won or shared four consecutive MIAC volleyball titles (1993-96 St. Olaf, 2007-10 St. Thomas)

5

Number of Tommie senior volleyball players to make 2010 All-MIAC team

52-4

Tommie won-loss record against MIAC teams in the senior class’ four-year era

329

Number of MIAC regular-season team championships captured all-time by St. Thomas

168

Number of MIAC regular-season team championships captured in last 20 seasons by St. Thomas (all sports) since its last previous football championship (1990)

Football facts

4

Number of St. Thomas football teams in last 95 seasons to finish with an unbeaten regular-season record

0

Number of previous St. Thomas football teams ever to post a 10-0 regular-season record

5

Number of victories by Tommie football in October 2010

15

Number of seasons since the last time Gustavus allowed 43 or more points in a home game (43-6 vs. Toms, Oct. 30)

1

Number of Division III football teams (St. Thomas) with a 10-0 won-loss record

6

Number of teams in all of NCAA football with a 10-0 record

 .848

Three-year winning percentage thus far for Coach Glenn Caruso (28-5)

14

Consecutive regular-season wins for Tommie football

13

Consecutive home-field wins for Tommie football

2010 slate

6

Number of Tommie players to throw a touchdown pass this season

9

Number of touchdowns allowed by UST defense in 25 opponent trips inside the red zone this season

206.6

Average rushing yards a game for Toms in their 10-0 start

205.6

Average passing yards a game for Toms in their 10-0 start

85-21

Sacks by/sacks allowed ratio for Tommies in 33 games of the Caruso era

19

Number of blocked kicks by UST in 33 games of the Caruso era

13

Number of times in their last 24 games that the Tommies have scored 40 or more points

282

Number of career points by UST senior Ben Wartman, who broke Gary Trettel’s 20-year-old record

94

Number of career yards needed by Wartman to break Jake Barkley’s UST career rushing record

16

Number of 75-plus yard rushing performances this season by Tommie running backs or quarterbacks

41-23

First-half scoring advantage for UST in recent games with Augsburg (14-10), Bethel (3-0), Gustavus (14-6), Carleton (10-7).

105-13

Second-half scoring margin for UST in those same four games to pull away to victories

23

Tommies’ red zone scores, in 25 chances, over their last five games

Fritz Talk

3

Number of kick/punt return touchdowns by Fritz Waldvogel as a prep senior at St. Thomas Academy

8

Number of kick/punt return touchdowns by Waldvogel in 33 college games at St. Thomas

73

Number of games since Gustavus had allowed a kickoff-return touchdown before Waldvogel’s third-quarter dash on Oct. 30

45

Consecutive games that the Tommies have not allowed a kickoff-return touchdown  

14.9

Career punt-return average in yards for Waldvogel, on 59 returns

28.3

Career kickoff-return average in yards for Waldvogel, on 42 returns

13.9

Career reception average in yards for Waldvogel, on 206 receptions

28

Touchdowns for Waldvogel in 33 career games.

32

Career gains of 38 or more yards on rushes, receptions and returns by Waldvogel

Nuts and bolts

4

Number of UST freshmen -- Ryan Whalen, Max Hubbard, Ben Henrickson and Banning Young  -- who swam on four-man 200 free relay that placed first at the first competition in the Anderson Pool

118

Number of college/university oand high school/club swimming teams in the nation that will compete on Tuesday in the fifth-annual Ted Mullin Hour of Power fundraiser in memory of the Carleton College swimmer who died of cancer in 2006

33-4

Minnesota Vikings’ won-loss record under Coach Brad Childress when they score 22 or more points

2-24

Minnesota Vikings’ won-loss record under Childress when they score 17 or less points

3

Number of, ahem, celebritites -- Chad Ochocinco, Snooki Polizzi and Rod Blagojevich –- on TV ads for Wonderful Pistachios

5

Number of late-night TV comics who have another reason to call the above trio “nut jobs”