St. Thomas (MN) at Butler

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Butler beat St. Thomas (MN) 36–⁠20. It was their fourth meeting; after it, St. Thomas (MN) led the series 3–⁠1.

AwaySt. Thomas (MN)6–⁠6 in 2024
20
HomeButler9–⁠3 in 2024
36

Final at Butler Bowl, IndianapolisAttendance 2,926

At kickoff
53°F, mostly cloudy, wind 8 mphWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Eagle Creek Airpark Airport (KEYE), 11 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff
Official
Tim DuffyGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
St. Thomas (MN)707620
Butler76101336

Standouts

Player stats

St. Thomas (MN)

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Tak Tateoka13/2621412
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Hope Adebayo1261040
Grif Wurtz1303
Tak Tateoka8119
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Colin Chase496149
Jacob WIldermuth477038
Eli Paulson226014
Aiden Carlson1909

Butler

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Reagan Andrew13/1816810
Nick Howard2/32710
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Nick Howard1454114
Reagan Andrew1020015
Ershod Jasey II41609
Joey Suchy41206
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Luke Wooten495136
Trevon Brown351124
Ethan Loss326013
Brady Preston1808
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Jeremiah Jackson0001
Devaon Holman0001

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

Team stats

St. Thomas (MN)Butler
279Total yards303
214Passing yards195
65Rushing yards108
8.2Yards per pass9.3
3.0Yards per rush3.0
13First downs17
1–⁠10Third downs6–⁠13
1–⁠1Fourth downs1–⁠1
2Turnovers1
5–⁠28Penalties1–⁠5
20:35Possession29:57

Efficiency

St. Thomas (MN)Butler
35%Success rate46%
−0.06EPA per play0.22
1.39Explosiveness1.09
−0.04Rushing EPA0.02
−0.07Passing EPA0.50
7%Passing-down success29%

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 and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Butler 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

Butler −6.5, over/under 44.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

Butler end zoneSt. Thomas (MN) end zoneQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 5 playsQ1 ButlerPunt, 3 playsQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 playsQ1 ButlerTouchdown, 11 playsQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 4 playsQ1 ButlerPunt, 3 playsQ1 St. Thomas (MN)Missed FG, 7 playsQ2 ButlerPunt, 8 playsQ2 St. Thomas (MN)Interception, 3 playsQ2 ButlerTouchdown, 5 playsQ2 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 6 playsQ2 St. Thomas (MN)Interception, 8 playsQ3 ButlerTouchdown, 6 playsQ3 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 playsQ3 ButlerMissed FG, 8 playsQ3 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 6 playsQ3 ButlerField goal, 8 playsQ4 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 playsQ4 ButlerPunt, 7 playsQ4 St. Thomas (MN)Result not recorded, 1 play
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Butler drives left to right, St. Thomas (MN) right to left. Our source’s drive data for this game doesn’t add up to the final score, so a score may be missing here; the scoring by quarter above is complete.
  1. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 5 plays, 14 yards
  2. Q1 ButlerPunt, 3 plays, −5 yards
  3. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  4. Q1 ButlerTouchdown, 11 plays, 78 yards
  5. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 4 plays, 75 yards
  6. Q1 ButlerPunt, 3 plays, 6 yards
  7. Q1 St. Thomas (MN)Missed FG, 7 plays, 68 yards
  8. Q2 ButlerPunt, 8 plays, 33 yards
  9. Q2 St. Thomas (MN)Interception, 3 plays, −6 yards
  10. Q2 ButlerTouchdown, 5 plays, 33 yards
  11. Q2 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 6 plays, 6 yards
  12. Q2 St. Thomas (MN)Interception, 8 plays, 22 yards
  13. Q3 ButlerTouchdown, 6 plays, 36 yards
  14. Q3 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 plays, −6 yards
  15. Q3 ButlerMissed FG, 8 plays, 29 yards
  16. Q3 St. Thomas (MN)Touchdown, 6 plays, 79 yards
  17. Q3 ButlerField goal, 8 plays, 57 yards
  18. Q4 St. Thomas (MN)Punt, 3 plays, 4 yards
  19. Q4 ButlerPunt, 7 plays, 31 yards
  20. Q4 St. Thomas (MN)Result not recorded, 1 play, 0 yards

Play by play

1st quarter7 drives, then Tied at 7
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 5 plays
15:00Ryan Short kickoff for 64 yds , Gabriel Abel return for 36 yds to the STMN 37
14:521st & 10 at own 37Hope Adebayo run for 3 yds to the STMN 40
14:152nd & 7 at own 40Tak Tateoka pass complete to Eli Paulson for 14 yds to the BUT 46 for a 1ST down
13:571st & 10 at opp 46Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
13:512nd & 10 at opp 46Hope Adebayo run for a loss of 1 yard to the BUT 47
13:103rd & 11 at opp 47Tak Tateoka pass complete to Mariano Birdno for 3 yds to the BUT 44
12:234th & 8 at opp 44St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, Delay Of Game (Gabriel Abel) to the BUT 49
12:224th & 13 at opp 49Elliot Huether punt for 49 yds for a touchback
Butler Punt, 3 plays
12:151st & 10 at own 20Reagan Andrew sacked by Ryan Calcagno for a loss of 5 yards to the BUT 15
11:372nd & 15 at own 15Nick Howard run for 5 yds to the BUT 20
10:563rd & 10 at own 20Reagan Andrew sacked by Noah Friedt for a loss of 5 yards to the BUT 15
10:224th & 15 at own 15Ryan Short punt for 50 yds , Colin Chase returns for 9 yds to the STMN 44
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 3 plays
10:111st & 10 at own 44Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
10:092nd & 10 at own 44Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
10:043rd & 10 at own 44Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
10:004th & 10 at own 44Elliot Huether punt for 38 yds , Joey Audia returns for 4 yds to the BUT 22
Butler Touchdown, 11 plays
9:471st & 10 at own 22Reagan Andrew pass incomplete
9:442nd & 10 at own 22Joey Suchy run for 6 yds to the BUT 28
9:013rd & 4 at own 28Joey Suchy run for 6 yds to the BUT 34 for a 1ST down
8:251st & 10 at own 34Reagan Andrew pass complete to Griffin Caldwell for 6 yds to the BUT 40
8:042nd & 4 at own 40Griffin Caldwell run for a loss of 1 yard to the BUT 39
7:263rd & 5 at own 39Reagan Andrew pass complete to Luke Wooten for 14 yds to the STMN 47 for a 1ST down
7:031st & 10 at opp 47Reagan Andrew pass complete to Ethan Loss for 5 yds to the STMN 42
6:212nd & 5 at opp 42Nick Howard run for 1 yd to the STMN 41
5:423rd & 4 at opp 41Reagan Andrew pass complete to Cameron Heald for 3 yds to the STMN 38
5:214th & 1 at opp 38Reagan Andrew run for 2 yds to the STMN 36 for a 1ST down
4:361st & 10 at opp 36Reagan Andrew pass complete to Luke Wooten for 36 yds for a TD (Ryan Short KICK)Butler 7, St. Thomas (MN) 0
St. Thomas (MN) Touchdown, 4 plays
4:36Timeout Butler, clock 04:36
4:36Ryan Short kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
4:361st & 10 at own 25Tak Tateoka run for no gain to the STMN 25
3:592nd & 10 at own 25Tak Tateoka pass complete to Colin Chase for 49 yds to the BUT 26 for a 1ST down
3:301st & 10 at opp 26Tak Tateoka pass complete to Jacob Wildermuth for 25 yds to the BUT 1 for a 1ST down
2:591st & goal at opp 1Tak Tateoka run for 1 yd for a TD (Ben Hoiland KICK)Tied at 7
2:59Timeout Butler, clock 02:59
Butler Punt, 3 plays
2:59Ben Hoiland kickoff for 54 yds , Joey Audia return for 20 yds to the BUT 31
2:551st & 10 at own 31Billy Dozier run for a loss of 1 yard to the BUT 30
2:212nd & 11 at own 30Nick Howard pass complete to Trevon Brown for 7 yds to the BUT 37
1:513rd & 4 at own 37Nick Howard pass incomplete
1:474th & 4 at own 37Ryan Short punt for 38 yds
1:411st & 10 at own 25St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the STMN 20
St. Thomas (MN) Missed FG, 7 plays
1:411st & 15 at own 20Tak Tateoka pass complete to Jacob Wildermuth for 38 yds to the BUT 42 for a 1ST down
1:121st & 10 at opp 42Tak Tateoka pass complete to Colin Chase for 12 yds to the BUT 30 for a 1ST down
0:511st & 10 at opp 30Tak Tateoka pass complete to Colin Chase for 23 yds to the BUT 7 for a 1ST down
0:191st & goal at opp 7Gabriel Abel run for no gain to the BUT 7
Q2 15:002nd & goal at opp 7Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
Q2 14:553rd & goal at opp 7Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
Q2 14:504th & goal at opp 7Ben Hoiland 24 yd FG BLOCKED blocked by
2nd quarter5 drives, then Butler 13, St. Thomas (MN) 7
Butler Punt, 8 plays
14:451st & 10 at own 14Griffin Caldwell run for 2 yds to the BUT 16
14:012nd & 8 at own 16Reagan Andrew pass incomplete
13:583rd & 8 at own 16Reagan Andrew pass complete to Luke Wooten for 20 yds to the BUT 36 for a 1ST down
13:161st & 10 at own 36Nick Howard run for no gain to the BUT 36
12:372nd & 10 at own 36Reagan Andrew pass complete to Trevon Brown for 24 yds to the STMN 40 for a 1ST down
11:581st & 10 at opp 40Joey Suchy run for a loss of 1 yard to the STMN 41
11:322nd & 11 at opp 41Reagan Andrew pass complete to Joey Audia for 1 yd to the STMN 40
10:523rd & 10 at opp 40Butler Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the STMN 45
10:323rd & 15 at opp 45Reagan Andrew sacked by Luke Herzog for a loss of 8 yards to the BUT 47
9:524th & 23 at own 47Ryan Short punt for 38 yds , Colin Chase returns for no gain to the STMN 15
St. Thomas (MN) Interception, 3 plays
9:451st & 10 at own 15Tak Tateoka pass complete to Jacob Wildermuth for 5 yds to the STMN 20
9:202nd & 5 at own 20Hope Adebayo run for a loss of 3 yards to the STMN 17
8:493rd & 8 at own 17(08:49) TATEOKA, Tak pass to the left complete for 7 yards to WILDERMUTH, Jacob caught at the UST24 and advanced to the UST24 (STURTZ, Adam), clock 08:43. PENALTY UST Holding on RASMUSSEN, Alec enforced half the distance from the goal, 8 yards from the UST17 to the UST9 [SG]. NO PLAY (replay the down).
8:273rd & 16 at own 9Tak Tateoka pass intercepted Jeremiah Jackson return for no gain to the STMN 33
Butler Touchdown, 5 plays
8:221st & 10 at opp 33Ershod Jasey II run for 9 yds to the STMN 24
7:402nd & 1 at opp 24Reagan Andrew pass incomplete
7:363rd & 1 at opp 24Ershod Jasey II run for 5 yds to the STMN 19 for a 1ST down
7:001st & 10 at opp 19Ershod Jasey II run for a loss of 1 yard to the STMN 20
6:132nd & 11 at opp 20Nick Howard pass complete to Trevon Brown for 20 yds for a TD (Ryan Short PAT MISSED)Butler 13, St. Thomas (MN) 7
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 6 plays
6:13Ryan Short kickoff for 64 yds , Gabriel Abel return for 18 yds to the STMN 19
6:081st & 10 at own 19Tak Tateoka pass complete to Aiden Carlson for 9 yds to the STMN 28
5:372nd & 1 at own 28Tak Tateoka run for no gain to the STMN 28
4:573rd & 1 at own 28Hope Adebayo run for 1 yd to the STMN 29 for a 1ST down
4:181st & 10 at own 29Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
4:142nd & 10 at own 29Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
4:103rd & 10 at own 29Tak Tateoka sacked by Ashton Nawrocki for a loss of 4 yards to the STMN 25
3:304th & 14 at own 25Elliot Huether punt for 43 yds , Joey Audia returns for no gain to the BUT 32 , returns for no gain to the BUT 32
St. Thomas (MN) Interception, 8 plays
3:231st & 10 at opp 32Tak Tateoka run for 9 yds to the BUT 23
2:462nd & 1 at opp 23Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
2:423rd & 1 at opp 23Tak Tateoka run for no gain to the BUT 23
2:004th & 1 at opp 23Timeout Butler, clock 02:00
2:004th & 1 at opp 23Grif Wurtz run for 3 yds to the BUT 20 for a 1ST down
1:331st & 10 at opp 20Hope Adebayo run for 11 yds to the BUT 9 for a 1ST down
0:591st & goal at opp 9Hope Adebayo run for 3 yds to the BUT 6
0:452nd & goal at opp 6St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, Delay Of Game (Gabriel Abel) to the BUT 11
0:452nd & goal at opp 11Timeout St. Thomas-Minnesota, clock 00:45
0:452nd & goal at opp 11Hope Adebayo run for 1 yd to the BUT 10
0:113rd & goal at opp 10Tak Tateoka pass intercepted Devaon Holman return for 51 yds to the STMN 49
3rd quarter6 drives, then Butler 23, St. Thomas (MN) 14
Butler Touchdown, 6 plays
15:00Ben Hoiland kickoff for 1 yd , return for no gain to the STMN 36
15:001st & 10 at opp 36Ershod Jasey II run for 3 yds to the STMN 33
14:252nd & 7 at opp 33Reagan Andrew pass complete to Ethan Loss for 13 yds to the STMN 20 for a 1ST down
13:491st & 10 at opp 20Nick Howard run for 14 yds to the STMN 6 for a 1ST down
13:221st & goal at opp 6Nick Howard run for 5 yds to the STMN 1
13:052nd & goal at opp 1Nick Howard run for a loss of 1 yard to the STMN 2
12:243rd & goal at opp 2Nick Howard run for 2 yds for a TD (Ryan Short KICK)Butler 20, St. Thomas (MN) 7
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 3 plays
12:24Sam Taglia kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
12:241st & 10 at own 25Hope Adebayo run for a loss of 1 yard to the STMN 24
11:502nd & 11 at own 24Tak Tateoka sacked by Jack Burch for a loss of 14 yards to the STMN 10
11:113rd & 25 at own 10Tak Tateoka run for 9 yds to the STMN 19
10:364th & 16 at own 19Elliot Huether punt for 31 yds, fair catch by Luke Wooten at the 50 yard line
Butler Missed FG, 8 plays
10:311st & 10 at the 50Billy Dozier run for 6 yds to the STMN 44
10:122nd & 4 at opp 44Reagan Andrew pass complete to Billy Dozier for 5 yds to the STMN 39 for a 1ST down
9:401st & 10 at opp 39Reagan Andrew run for 6 yds to the STMN 33
9:022nd & 4 at opp 33Reagan Andrew run for 5 yds to the STMN 28 for a 1ST down
8:251st & 10 at opp 28Reagan Andrew pass incomplete
8:192nd & 10 at opp 28Nick Howard run for 6 yds to the STMN 22
7:583rd & 4 at opp 22Joey Suchy run for 1 yd to the STMN 21
7:174th & 3 at opp 21Ryan Short 38 yd FG BLOCKED blocked by
St. Thomas (MN) Touchdown, 6 plays
7:131st & 10 at own 21Hope Adebayo run for 40 yds to the BUT 39 for a 1ST down
6:261st & 10 at opp 39Hope Adebayo run for 3 yds to the BUT 36
5:462nd & 7 at opp 36Tak Tateoka pass complete to Eli Paulson for 12 yds to the BUT 24 for a 1ST down
5:131st & 10 at opp 24Tak Tateoka pass complete to Joseph Koch for 3 yds to the BUT 21
4:562nd & 7 at opp 21Tak Tateoka pass complete to Jacob Wildermuth for 9 yds to the BUT 12 for a 1ST down
4:181st & 10 at opp 12Tak Tateoka pass complete to Colin Chase for 12 yds for a TD (Ben Hoiland KICK)Butler 20, St. Thomas (MN) 14
4:18Timeout Butler, clock 04:18
Butler Field goal, 8 plays
4:18Ben Hoiland kickoff for 49 yds , Joey Audia return for 21 yds to the BUT 37
4:141st & 10 at own 37Reagan Andrew pass complete to Brady Preston for 8 yds to the BUT 45
3:322nd & 2 at own 45Reagan Andrew run for 4 yds to the BUT 49 for a 1ST down
2:531st & 10 at own 49Reagan Andrew pass complete to Luke Wooten for 25 yds to the STMN 26 for a 1ST down
2:201st & 10 at opp 26Reagan Andrew run for 15 yds to the STMN 11 for a 1ST down
1:381st & 10 at opp 11Reagan Andrew run for 1 yd to the STMN 10
0:512nd & 9 at opp 10Timeout Butler, clock 00:51
0:512nd & 9 at opp 10Nick Howard run for 4 yds to the STMN 6
0:103rd & 5 at opp 6Reagan Andrew pass incomplete
0:014th & 5 at opp 6Ryan Short 23 yd FG GOODButler 23, St. Thomas (MN) 14
St. Thomas (MN) Punt, 3 plays
0:01Sam Taglia kickoff for 60 yds , Colin Chase return for 23 yds to the STMN 28
Q4 15:001st & 10 at own 28Hope Adebayo run for 4 yds to the STMN 32
Q4 14:272nd & 6 at own 32Hope Adebayo run for no gain to the STMN 32
Q4 13:503rd & 6 at own 32Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
Q4 13:454th & 6 at own 32Elliot Huether punt for 56 yds, downed at the BUT 12
4th quarter2 drives, then Butler 36, St. Thomas (MN) 20
Butler Punt, 7 plays
13:341st & 10 at own 12Nick Howard run for 13 yds to the BUT 25 for a 1ST down
12:551st & 10 at own 25Nick Howard run for 1 yd to the BUT 26
12:172nd & 9 at own 26Reagan Andrew pass complete to Ethan Loss for 8 yds to the BUT 34
11:543rd & 1 at own 34Reagan Andrew run for 5 yds to the BUT 39 for a 1ST down
11:341st & 10 at own 39Nick Howard run for 2 yds to the BUT 41
10:532nd & 8 at own 41Nick Howard run for a loss of 1 yard to the BUT 40
10:113rd & 9 at own 40Nick Howard run for 3 yds to the BUT 43
9:354th & 6 at own 43Ryan Short punt for 41 yds, fair catch by Colin Chase at the STMN 16
St. Thomas (MN) Result not recorded, 1 play
9:291st & 10 at own 16Tak Tateoka pass incomplete
9:282nd & 10 at own 16St. Thomas-Minnesota Penalty, False Start (Grif Wurtz) to the STMN 11

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 3–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Butler 21, St. Thomas (MN) 14
2024Butler 36, St. Thomas (MN) 20
2023St. Thomas (MN) 17, Butler 10
2022St. Thomas (MN) 27, Butler 13
2021St. Thomas (MN) 36, Butler 0

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