Valparaiso at St. Thomas (MN)

Saturday, November 18, 2023

St. Thomas (MN) beat Valparaiso 16–⁠10. It was their third meeting; after it, St. Thomas (MN) led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayValparaiso3–⁠8 in 2023
10
HomeSt. Thomas (MN)8–⁠3 in 2023
16

Final at O’Shaughnessy Stadium, Saint PaulAttendance 3,310

At kickoff
54°F, clear, wind 9 mph from the northwestWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; St Paul Dwtwn Holman Fd Airport (KSTP), 4 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff
Officials
Luke Nadzadi; Tyler DownsGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Valparaiso037010
St. Thomas (MN)370616

Standouts

Player stats

Valparaiso

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Rowan Keefe13/2513510
Evan Matthes1/11900
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Ryan Mann1142013
Brian Thomas51708
Jashon Butler216012
Jeffery Vercher21008
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Solomon Davis882122
Chris Gundy224014
Wade Abrams119019
Brandon Jimenez116016
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Owen Cherry0001

St. Thomas (MN)

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Amari Powell9/1717911
Andrew McElroy0/1000
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Hope Adebayo1588023
Amari Powell1216013
Landon Reed1919
Shawn Shipman5803
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Andrew McElroy490050
Patrick Wagner364130
Matthew Rink117017
Colin Chase1808

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

ValparaisoSt. Thomas (MN)
236Total yards296
154Passing yards179
82Rushing yards117
5.9Yards per pass9.9
2.6Yards per rush3.1
16First downs16
3–⁠12Third downs4–⁠13
1–⁠3Fourth downs0–⁠1
1Turnovers1
6–⁠56Penalties6–⁠41
29:40Possession30:20

Efficiency

ValparaisoSt. Thomas (MN)
32%Success rate35%
−0.15EPA per play0.11
1.26Explosiveness1.45
−0.08Rushing EPA−0.02
−0.20Passing EPA0.32
27%Passing-down success24%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

St. Thomas (MN) 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Every drive

St. Thomas (MN) end zoneValparaiso end zoneQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 6 playsQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 playsQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Field goal, 6 playsQ1 ValparaisoPunt, 4 playsQ1 ValparaisoPunt, 8 playsQ1 ValparaisoPunt, 3 playsQ2 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 playsQ2 ValparaisoPunt, 3 playsQ2 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 8 playsQ2 ValparaisoField goal, 11 playsQ2 St. Thomas (MN)Interception, 6 playsQ3 St. Thomas (MN)Turnover on downs, 5 playsQ3 ValparaisoPunt, 5 playsQ3 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 playsQ3 ValparaisoTouchdown, 10 playsQ3 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 7 playsQ4 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 9 playsQ4 ValparaisoTurnover on downs, 13 playsQ4 ValparaisoTurnover on downs, 4 playsQ4 St. Thomas (MN)Result not recorded, 3 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. St. Thomas (MN) drives left to right, Valparaiso right to left.
  1. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 6 plays, 20 yards
  2. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 plays, 4 yards
  3. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Field goal, 6 plays, 62 yards
  4. Q1 ValparaisoPunt, 4 plays, 2 yards
  5. Q1 ValparaisoPunt, 8 plays, 22 yards
  6. Q1 ValparaisoPunt, 3 plays, 4 yards
  7. Q2 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 plays, −1 yard
  8. Q2 ValparaisoPunt, 3 plays, −8 yards
  9. Q2 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 8 plays, 90 yards
  10. Q2 ValparaisoField goal, 11 plays, 54 yards
  11. Q2 St. Thomas (MN)Interception, 6 plays, 5 yards
  12. Q3 St. Thomas (MN)Turnover on downs, 5 plays, 18 yards
  13. Q3 ValparaisoPunt, 5 plays, 19 yards
  14. Q3 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 plays, −5 yards
  15. Q3 ValparaisoTouchdown, 10 plays, 69 yards
  16. Q3 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 7 plays, 70 yards
  17. Q4 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 9 plays, 34 yards
  18. Q4 ValparaisoTurnover on downs, 13 plays, 53 yards
  19. Q4 ValparaisoTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 1 yard
  20. Q4 St. Thomas (MN)Result not recorded, 3 plays, −6 yards

Play by play

1st quarter6 drives, then St. Thomas (MN) 3, Valparaiso 0
St. Thomas (MN) Field goal, 6 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Ryan Hawk kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25Amari Powell pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 50 yds to the VAL 25 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 25Hope Adebayo run for 12 yds to the VAL 13 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 13Adebayo,Hope rush left (Franco,Max).
15:002nd & 10 at opp 13pass incomplete to Andrew McElroy
15:003rd & 10 at opp 13pass incomplete to Patrick Wagner
12:394th & 10 at opp 13Stephen Shagen 29 yd FG GOODSt. Thomas (MN) 3, Valparaiso 0
Valparaiso Punt, 4 plays
12:391st & 10 at own 35Stephen Shagen kickoff for 56 yds
12:391st & 10 at own 25Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 10 yds to the VAL 35 for a 1ST down
12:391st & 10 at own 35pass incomplete to Solomon Davis
12:392nd & 10 at own 35pass incomplete to Solomon Davis
12:393rd & 10 at own 35Rowan Keefe sacked for a loss of 8 yards to the VAL 27
11:184th & 18 at own 27Evan Matthes punt for 48 yds , Andrew McElroy returns for no gain to the STMN 25
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 6 plays
11:181st & 10 at own 25Amari Powell run for 2 yds to the STMN 27
11:182nd & 8 at own 27Shawn Shipman run for 2 yds to the STMN 29
11:183rd & 6 at own 29Amari Powell run for 13 yds to the STMN 42 for a 1ST down
11:181st & 10 at own 42Shawn Shipman run for 3 yds to the STMN 45
11:182nd & 7 at own 45Amari Powell pass incomplete to Landon Reed, broken up by Mohamed Kamara
11:183rd & 7 at own 45pass incomplete to Colin Chase
8:174th & 7 at own 45Amari Powell punt for 55 yds
Valparaiso Punt, 8 plays
8:171st & 10 at own 20Ryan Mann run for 5 yds to the VAL 25
8:172nd & 5 at own 25Rowan Keefe run for 7 yds to the VAL 32 for a 1ST down
8:171st & 10 at own 32Ryan Mann run for 1 yd to the VAL 33
8:172nd & 9 at own 33Jeffery Vercher run for 8 yds to the VAL 41
8:173rd & 1 at own 41Rowan Keefe run for 3 yds to the VAL 44 for a 1ST down
8:171st & 10 at own 44Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for a loss of 3 yards to the VAL 41
8:172nd & 13 at own 41Jeffery Vercher run for 2 yds to the VAL 43
8:173rd & 11 at own 43Rowan Keefe sacked for a loss of 1 yard to the VAL 42
2:494th & 12 at own 42Evan Matthes punt for 47 yds , Andrew McElroy returns for no gain to the STMN 11
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 3 plays
2:491st & 10 at own 11Hope Adebayo run for a loss of 2 yards to the STMN 9
2:492nd & 12 at own 9Adebayo,Hope rush middle (Annis,Evan;Graves,Colin).
2:493rd & 12 at own 9Amari Powell run for 6 yds to the STMN 15 Amari Powell fumbled, recovered by STMN Amari Powell Powell,Amari rush right for 6 yards to the UST15, fumble by Powell,Amari recovered by UST Powell,Amari, Powell,Amari rush.
0:274th & 6 at own 15Elliot Huether punt for 35 yds
Valparaiso Punt, 3 plays
0:271st & 10 at the 50Brian Thomas run for 3 yds to the STMN 47
Q2 15:002nd & 7 at opp 47Brian Thomas run for 3 yds to the STMN 44
Q2 15:003rd & 4 at opp 44Rowan Keefe run for 3 yds to the STMN 41
Q2 15:004th & 1 at opp 41Valparaiso Penalty, delay of game (Rowan Keefe) to the STMN 46
Q2 13:214th & 6 at opp 46Evan Matthes punt for 43 yds
2nd quarter5 drives, then St. Thomas (MN) 10, Valparaiso 3
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 3 plays
13:211st & 10 at own 3Shawn Shipman run for 2 yds to the STMN 5
13:212nd & 8 at own 5Shawn Shipman run for 2 yds to the STMN 7
13:213rd & 6 at own 7Amari Powell sacked for a loss of 5 yards to the STMN 2
11:094th & 11 at own 2Elliot Huether punt for 46 yds , Colin Graves returns for 7 yds to the STMN 41
Valparaiso Punt, 3 plays
11:091st & 10 at opp 41Rowan Keefe sacked for a loss of 7 yards to the STMN 48
11:092nd & 17 at opp 48Jashon Butler run for 4 yds to the STMN 44
11:093rd & 13 at opp 44Rowan Keefe pass incomplete to Solomon Davis, broken up by Tommy Shelstad
11:094th & 13 at opp 44Valparaiso Penalty, false start (Max Samuel) to the STMN 49
St. Thomas (MN) Touchdown, 8 plays
11:091st & 10 at own 7Gabriel Abel run for 1 yd to the STMN 8
11:092nd & 9 at own 8Gabriel Abel run for 2 yds to the STMN 10
11:093rd & 7 at own 10Amari Powell pass complete to Patrick Wagner for 15 yds to the STMN 25 for a 1ST down
11:091st & 10 at own 25Amari Powell pass complete to Matthew Rink for 17 yds to the STMN 42 for a 1ST down
11:091st & 10 at own 42St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, false start (Marcus Johnson) to the STMN 37
11:091st & 15 at own 37pass incomplete to Bryce Boyd
11:092nd & 15 at own 37Amari Powell pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 23 yds to the VAL 40 for a 1ST down
11:091st & 10 at opp 40Amari Powell run for 10 yds to the VAL 30 for a 1ST down
5:531st & 10 at opp 30Amari Powell pass complete to Patrick Wagner for 30 yds for a TD (Stephen Shagen KICK)St. Thomas (MN) 10, Valparaiso 0
Valparaiso Field goal, 11 plays
5:531st & 10 at own 35Stephen Shagen kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
5:531st & 10 at own 25Ryan Mann run for 6 yds to the VAL 31
5:532nd & 4 at own 31Ryan Mann run for 6 yds to the VAL 37 for a 1ST down
5:531st & 10 at own 37Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 11 yds to the VAL 48 for a 1ST down
5:531st & 10 at own 48Rowan Keefe pass complete to Jake Vickers for 10 yds to the STMN 42 for a 1ST down
5:531st & 10 at opp 42Rowan Keefe pass complete to Chris Gundy for 10 yds to the STMN 32 for a 1ST down
5:531st & 10 at opp 32pass incomplete to Brandon Jimenez
5:532nd & 10 at opp 32Chris Gundy pass incomplete to Jashon Butler for a 1ST down St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, Defensive holding (Jonathan Bunce) to the STMN 22 for a 1ST down
5:531st & 10 at opp 22Ryan Mann run for 1 yd to the STMN 21
5:532nd & 9 at opp 21Ryan Mann run for 5 yds to the STMN 16
5:533rd & 4 at opp 16Valparaiso Penalty, delay of game (Rowan Keefe) to the STMN 21
1:413rd & 9 at opp 21Rowan Keefe pass incomplete to Solomon Davis, broken up by Johnson Fallah
1:324th & 9 at opp 21Ryan Hawk 38 yd FG GOODSt. Thomas (MN) 10, Valparaiso 3
St. Thomas (MN) Interception, 6 plays
1:321st & 10 at own 35Ryan Hawk kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
1:321st & 10 at own 25Amari Powell pass incomplete to Colin Chase St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, inelgible downfield on pass (-5 Yards) to the STMN 20
1:321st & 15 at own 20Hope Adebayo run for 3 yds to the STMN 23
1:102nd & 12 at own 23Amari Powell pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 12 yds to the STMN 35 for a 1ST down
1:101st & 10 at own 35Amari Powell sacked for a loss of 10 yards to the STMN 25
1:102nd & 20 at own 25Amari Powell pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 5 yds to the STMN 30
0:033rd & 15 at own 30Amari Powell pass intercepted Max Franco return for no gain to the STMN 35
3rd quarter5 drives, then Tied at 10
Valparaiso Punt, 5 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 32Rowan Keefe pass incomplete to Solomon Davis, broken up by Johnson Fallah
15:002nd & 10 at own 32Ryan Mann run for 13 yds to the VAL 45 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 45Rowan Keefe run for 3 yds to the VAL 48
15:002nd & 7 at own 48Mann,Ryan rush left (Fallah,Johnson).
15:003rd & 7 at own 48Rowan Keefe pass complete to Moise Tezzo for 3 yds to the STMN 49
14:531st & 10 at own 35Stephen Shagen kickoff for 59 yds , Chris Gundy return for 26 yds to the VAL 32
11:394th & 4 at opp 49Evan Matthes punt for 49 yds
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 3 plays
11:391st & 10 at own 20Hope Adebayo run for 2 yds to the STMN 22
11:392nd & 8 at own 22Amari Powell run for a loss of 2 yards to the STMN 20
11:393rd & 10 at own 20Amari Powell sacked for a loss of 5 yards to the STMN 15
9:254th & 15 at own 15Elliot Huether punt for 34 yds , Colin Graves returns for no gain to the VAL 48
St. Thomas (MN) Turnover on downs, 5 plays
9:251st & 10 at opp 48Amari Powell pass incomplete to Andrew McElroy for a 1ST down Valparaiso Penalty, Defensive pass interference (Tyler Geiman) to the VAL 33 for a 1ST down
9:251st & 10 at opp 33pass incomplete to Andrew McElroy
9:252nd & 10 at opp 33Amari Powell run for 3 yds to the VAL 30
9:253rd & 7 at opp 30Powell,Amari rush left (Nwosisi,Onye).
7:574th & 7 at opp 30pass incomplete to Andrew McElroy
Valparaiso Touchdown, 10 plays
7:571st & 10 at own 30Ryan Mann run for 1 yd to the VAL 31
7:572nd & 9 at own 31pass incomplete to Jake Vickers
7:073rd & 9 at own 31Rowan Keefe pass intercepted for a 1ST down St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, Defensive pass interference (Kam In) to the VAL 45 for a 1ST down
7:071st & 10 at own 45Brian Thomas run for 3 yds to the VAL 48
7:072nd & 7 at own 48Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 14 yds to the STMN 38 for a 1ST down
7:071st & 10 at opp 38Rowan Keefe run for 3 yds to the STMN 35
7:072nd & 7 at opp 35Rowan Keefe pass incomplete Valparaiso Penalty, Offensive holding (Carter Woody) to the STMN 46
7:072nd & 18 at opp 46Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 10 yds to the STMN 36
4:233rd & 8 at opp 36Rowan Keefe pass complete to Chris Gundy for 14 yds to the STMN 22 for a 1ST down
3:391st & 10 at opp 22Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 22 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk KICK)Tied at 10
3:391st & goal at opp 3St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, off-side (2 Yards) to the STMN 1
St. Thomas (MN) Touchdown, 7 plays
3:331st & 10 at own 35Ryan Hawk kickoff for 61 yds , Terrance Kamara return for 23 yds to the STMN 27
3:331st & 10 at own 27Hope Adebayo run for 23 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
3:331st & 10 at the 50Hope Adebayo run for 2 yds to the VAL 48
3:332nd & 8 at opp 48Amari Powell pass complete to Colin Chase for 8 yds to the VAL 40 for a 1ST down
3:331st & 10 at opp 40Hope Adebayo run for 16 yds to the VAL 24 for a 1ST down
0:531st & 10 at opp 24Hope Adebayo run for 7 yds to the VAL 17
0:532nd & 3 at opp 17Hope Adebayo run for 8 yds to the VAL 9 for a 1ST down
Q4 14:561st & goal at opp 9Landon Reed run for 9 yds for a TD (Stephen Shagen PAT MISSED)St. Thomas (MN) 16, Valparaiso 10
4th quarter4 drives, then St. Thomas (MN) 16, Valparaiso 10
Valparaiso Turnover on downs, 13 plays
14:531st & 10 at own 35Stephen Shagen kickoff for 51 yds , Chris Gundy return for 6 yds to the VAL 20
14:531st & 10 at own 20Ryan Mann run for 3 yds to the VAL 23
14:532nd & 7 at own 23Chris Gundy run for a loss of 1 yard to the VAL 22
14:533rd & 8 at own 22pass incomplete to Brandon Jimenez
14:534th & 8 at own 22Evan Matthes pass complete to Wade Abrams for 19 yds to the VAL 41 for a 1ST down
14:531st & 10 at own 41Brian Thomas run for 8 yds to the VAL 49
14:532nd & 2 at own 49Rowan Keefe sacked for a loss of 7 yards to the VAL 42
14:533rd & 9 at own 42Rowan Keefe pass complete to Brandon Jimenez for 16 yds to the STMN 42 for a 1ST down
14:531st & 10 at opp 42pass incomplete to Solomon Davis
14:532nd & 10 at opp 42Jashon Butler run for 12 yds to the STMN 30 for a 1ST down
14:531st & 10 at opp 30Thomas,Brian rush middle (Mohler,Jack;Tyler,Evan).
14:532nd & 10 at opp 30Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 4 yds to the STMN 26 Valparaiso Penalty, personal foul (Brandon Jimenez) to the STMN 41
14:533rd & 21 at opp 41Rowan Keefe pass complete to Solomon Davis for 14 yds to the STMN 27
8:354th & 7 at opp 27Rowan Keefe run for 2 yds to the STMN 25
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 9 plays
8:351st & 10 at own 25Hope Adebayo run for 6 yds to the STMN 31
8:352nd & 4 at own 31Hope Adebayo run for 2 yds to the STMN 33
8:353rd & 2 at own 33Amari Powell run for 3 yds to the STMN 36 for a 1ST down
8:351st & 10 at own 36Hope Adebayo run for 6 yds to the STMN 42
8:352nd & 4 at own 42Shawn Shipman run for a loss of 1 yard to the STMN 41
8:353rd & 5 at own 41Amari Powell pass complete to Patrick Wagner for 19 yds to the VAL 40 for a 1ST down
8:351st & 10 at opp 40Hope Adebayo run for 3 yds to the VAL 37
8:352nd & 7 at opp 37pass incomplete to Andrew McElroy
8:353rd & 7 at opp 37Amari Powell run for 1 yd to the VAL 36
8:354th & 6 at opp 36St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, delay of game (Elliot Huether) to the VAL 41
2:554th & 11 at opp 41Elliot Huether punt for 31 yds
Valparaiso Turnover on downs, 4 plays
2:551st & 10 at own 10pass incomplete to Chris Gundy
2:552nd & 10 at own 10Ryan Mann run for 1 yd to the VAL 11
2:553rd & 9 at own 11Rowan Keefe pass incomplete to Solomon Davis, broken up by Yusef Leak
2:024th & 9 at own 11Rowan Keefe pass incomplete to Solomon Davis, broken up by Yusef Leak
St. Thomas (MN) Result not recorded, 3 plays
2:021st & 10 at opp 11Amari Powell run for a loss of 4 yards to the VAL 15
2:022nd & 14 at opp 15Amari Powell run for a loss of 2 yards to the VAL 17
2:023rd & 16 at opp 17Amari Powell run for a loss of 1 yard to the VAL 17

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

St. Thomas (MN) leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2025St. Thomas (MN) 55, Valparaiso 17
2024St. Thomas (MN) 42, Valparaiso 14
2023St. Thomas (MN) 16, Valparaiso 10
2022St. Thomas (MN) 34, Valparaiso 7
2021St. Thomas (MN) 20, Valparaiso 13

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