Senior quarterback Sam Frasco (Prospect HS, Mt. Prospect, Ill.) broke Ken Anderson's 47-year old school record for total offense this past Saturday, but Augustana fell 60-49 to Albion at Lindberg Stadium in a game that saw an amazing 13 lead changes. Frasco accounted for 469 yards (218 rushing and 251 passing) and seven touchdowns (four rushing and three passing) in the loss. Coach Steve Bell's team will take a 1-1 record to Dubuque, Iowa on September 19 to face Loras in a 1:00 p.m. tilt at the Rock Bowl.
 
The offense is putting up gaudy number through two contests, averaging 311.5 yards per game (5.7 per carry) on the ground and an additional 244.0 yards through the air. Frasco's 324 yards and six touchdowns lead the rushing attack. He's averaging 8.8 yards per carry. Junior Brandon Price (Providence Catholic HS, Plainfield, Ill.) has rushed for 190 yards (4.4 yards per carry) and one touchdown and classmate Paris Edwards (Edison HS, Tulsa, Okla.) has 108 yards and a 4.3-yard average.
 
Frasco has completed 35 of 58 pass attempts (60.3%) for 488 yards and six touchdowns with just one interception. Junior Danny Lattner (Fenwick HS, Riverside, Ill.) and senior Sean Fitzgerald (Providence Catholic HS, Manhattan, Ill.) have each caught 13 passes through two games. Lattner's receptions have gone for 220 yards (16.9 per catch) and two touchdowns and Fitzgerald's for 139 yards (10.7 ypc) and one score. Senior Kyle Frake (Central HS, Clifton, Ill.) has four catches for 76 yards (19.0 ypc) and two touchdowns.
 
Sophomore Jacob Stytz (Minooka HS, Channahon, Ill.) is perfect on 13 point after attempts and classmate Jeremy Collier (St. Thomas Aquinas HS, Overland Park, Kan.) is averaging 38.7 yards per punt and has put three kicks inside the 20 with just one touchback.
 
Junior Jack Asquini (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) leads the defense with 13 solo tackles, 23 total stops and 3½ tackles for loss.
 
Coach Steve Helminiak's Loras squad enters Saturday's contest with an 0-2 mark. The Duhawks have lost lo CCIW member Elmhurst (31-17) and Wisconsin-Stout (52-42). Quarterbacks Nolan Baumhover and Nik Schulte have combined to complete 66 of 116 pass attempts (56.9%) for 826 yards and five touchdowns with four interceptions. Running back Zach Minch has rushed for 328 yards and two touchdowns on 54 carries. Loras has four receivers with 10 or more receptions for over 100 yards, led by Josh Schulte's 18 for 265 and two touchdowns.
 
Calvin Harridge leads the Duhawk defense with 26 tackles.
 
LAST WEEK...
 
09/12/15—ALBION 60, AUGUSTANA 49
 
Record-setting day for Frasco not enough to overcome Albion offense
 
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A record-setting day by senior quarterback Sam Frasco (Prospect HS, Mt. Prospect, Ill.) wasn't quite enough to lift Augustana to a victory Saturday, as Albion rolled up 733 yards of total offense to claim a 60-49 win at Lindberg Stadium. Frasco rushed for 218 yards and four touchdowns and threw for 251 yards and three scores, breaking Ken Anderson's school record for total offense in a game by 10 yards. The Vikings dropped to 1-1 on the year, while the Britons improved to 2-0.
 
Frasco's 41-yard scoring burst down the left sideline with eight minutes remaining gave the hosts a 49-46 lead, but Albion responded with a four-play, 85-yard drive capped off by a 28-yard Dominic Bona-to-Kyle Winchell touchdown pass to go back up 53-46. After Augustana was forced to punt on the ensuing possession, Mike Czarnecki scored the 16th and final touchdown of the game, breaking several tackles on a 58-yard scoring jaunt with two minutes left. Frasco's fourth-and-10 scramble on the Vikings' final possession came up a yard short of a first down and the visitors were able to run out the clock.
 
Chris McCall's 48-yard return of the opening kickoff set Albion up in great field possession and Bona guided the Britons 45 yards in five plays for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead. Colin Parks took it in from two yards out. On Augustana's opening drive, Frasco completed four short passes to the left side before hitting senior Kyle Frake (Central HS, Clifton, Ill.) on a hitch-and-go for 61 yards and a touchdown. Jacob Stytz's (Minooka HS, Channahon, Ill.) point after gave the Vikings a 7-6 lead.
 
The teams then traded touchdowns, with Bona hitting McCall from 23 yards out and Frasco scoring on a 15-yard run. Bona added touchdowns runs of his own of 17 and seven yards to put Albion up 27-14 with 6:28 left in the half. A 49-yard Frasco touchdown run drew Augustana within 27-21 and that remained the score as the teams went to halftime.
 
Both teams went three and out to start the second half before the scoring onslaught resumed. Frasco hit junior Danny Lattner (Fenwick HS, Riverside, Ill.) down the right sideline for a 45-yard touchdown and a 28-27 Viking lead. Parks' one-yard run put the Britons back on top 34-28 and Frasco answered with a one-yard touchdown run for a 35-34 Augustana advantage. Bona hit McCall with a 12-yard scoring strike, but his two-point conversion attempt fell incomplete and Albion led 40-35 after three quarters.
 
Frasco and Bona traded touchdown passes to start the fourth quarter. Lattner corralled a 37-yard toss from Frasco and 43 seconds later, McCall scored for the third time, taking a short Bona pass 52 yards to the end zone for a 46-42 Briton lead with 10:51 to play.
 
Frasco's 218 rushing yards on 24 carries represent the ninth-highest single-game total in school history and second-most ever by a Viking quarterback. His 251 passing yards came on 17 completions in 24 attempts. He threw one interception—ending a streak of 170 consecutive pass attempts without a pick—and three touchdown passes. His 469 yards of total offense bettered the 459 (410 pass and 49 rushing) that Anderson accounted for against North Park on November 2, 1968.
 
Junior Brandon Price (Providence Catholic HS, Plainfield, Ill.) augmented Coach Steve Bell's ground attack with 88 yards on 21 carries. Augustana rushed for 338 yards on 53 carries. Lattner and senior Sean Fitzgerald (Providence Catholic HS, Manhattan, Ill.) each snared six Frasco throws. Lattner's receptions went for 116 yards and two touchdowns and Fitzgerald's grabs totaled 51 yards. Frake had three catches for 71 yards and a score.
 
The Vikings were called for 14 penalties in the contest, totaling 147 yards.
 
For Albion, Bona connected on 25 of 36 passes for 370 yards and four touchdowns. He added 86 yards and two touchdowns on nine rushing attempts. Czarnecki ran for 181 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries and Parks had 96 yards and two scores on 18 rushes. Mikal McCoy caught six passes and McCall five for a team-high 106 yards and three touchdowns.
 
Augustana plays its first road contest on Saturday, September 19, traveling to the Rock Bowl in Dubuque, Iowa to face Loras at 1:00 p.m.
 
2015 AUGUSTANA VIKINGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS

DATE	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME/SCORE
September 5	Mount St. Joseph (Austin E. Knowlton Classic)	HOME	W, 42-39
September 12	Albion (Family Weekend)	HOME	L, 49-60
September 19	Loras	Dubuque, IA	1:00 p.m.
October 3	*Elmhurst	HOME	6:00 p.m.
October 10	*Wheaton	Wheaton, Ill.	1:00 p.m.
October 17	*Illinois Wesleyan (Homecoming)	HOME	1:00 p.m.
October 24	*Carthage	HOME	1:00 p.m.
October 31	*North Park	Chicago, Ill.	1:00 p.m.
November 7	*North Central (Senior Day)	HOME	1:00 p.m.
November 14	*Millikin	Decatur, Ill.	1:00 p.m.

* - College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin game
 
 
2015 CCIW STANDINGS

School	CCIW	Overall
Elmhurst	0-0	2-0
Illinois Wesleyan	0-0	2-0
Wheaton	0-0	2-0
North Central	0-0	1-0
AUGUSTANA	0-0	1-1
Millikin	0-0	1-1
North Park	0-0	1-1
Carthage	0-0	0-2

LAST WEEK'S GAMES    
Saturday, September 12
Albion 60, AUGUSTANA 49
Illinois Wesleyan 49, Alma 14
Kalamazoo 16, Millikin 13
Wheaton 49, Adrian 0
St. Norbert 41, North Park 31
North Central 41,Trine 7
Olivet 42, Carthage 32
Elmhurst 13, Hope 7
 
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
AUGUSTANA at Loras, 1:00 p.m.
North Central at UW-Platteville, 1:00 p.m.
Simpson at Illinois Wesleyan, 1:00 p.m.
North Park at UW-Oshkosh, 3:30 p.m.
Wheaton at UW-Eau Claire, 6:00 p.m.
 
HEAD COACH STEVE BELL