SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The No. 7 Augustana football team (6-0 overall, 5-0 NSIC) hosts Concordia-St. Paul (1-5, 1-4) for their annual Hall of Fame game on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.

10 Vikings will be inducted in this year's class, including former football players Josh Kayser and Terry Lehnen. Kayser, a 2002 All-NCC First Team selection was a leader on an offensive line that allowed just eight sacks, tied for the least amount of sacks allowed in program history. He was a first-team CCA All-Region selection and blocked for a rushing attack that averaged 150.1 yards per game. 

Lehnen, a 1985 NCC All-Conference second team honoree, was a four-year letterwinner and starter for the Vikings. He was a team captain as a senior and finished his career as the program-record holder with 2,672 rushing yards, a record that stood for five seasons. Also a threat in the passing game, Lehnen is one of two Vikings to record over 2,500 rushing yards, 100 receptions and 1,000 receiving yards, with 40 years separating the two instances.

Augieville, the site for all pregame festivities, will be the site for the 2025 Burger Battle, hosted by the Beef Council. Don't forget to get your entries in!
 
Complete action can be followed on GoAugie.com/Live and the GoAugie app, presented by The Original Pancake House. The app can be downloaded in the app store or Google Play.

Scouting the Enemy
The Golden Bears are 1-5 on the season and 1-4 in the NSIC after a home loss to Minnesota State last weekend. CSP is led by freshman Lincoln Graf, who has completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 671 yards and five touchdowns without allowing an interception.

Concordia-St. Paul was picked to finish 11th in the NSIC Preseason Poll and sixth in the South Division. Defensively, Mike King is 34th in the country with 5.0 solo tackles per game and 44th with 8.7 tackles per game.

Weekend Rewind
The No. 8 Augustana football team scored 19 fourth-quarter points to stun Sioux Falls and retain the Key to the City, 29-28, on Saturday afternoon at Bob Young Field.

In his first career start, Richard Lucero Jr. went 17 of 28 for 231 yards and two touchdowns, including 174 passing yards and both touchdowns in the fourth quarter alone. Isaiah Huber hauled in five passes for 116 yards and the final touchdown while Breylon Blount added 94 yards on the ground and 43 receiving yards and had two total touchdowns. His 75-yard burst to open the second half was the lone score in the south end zone. Sam Scholten had 22 receiving yards and the game-winning two-point conversion.

The defense was full of standouts, led by 13 tackles from Logan Leonard. Although they didn't record a sack, the defense totaled five tackles for loss from five different players. Zachary Richardson had eight tackles, a deflection at the line and a blocked field goal and Brody Shuss had six tackles while shining in the final frame for the defense.

This (Game)Day in History
Augustana has played on October 11th 13 previous times, going 5-8 in those games. It will be the first game on this date since since 2014, a 23-12 loss to Sioux Falls. The first game played on this date came in 1930, a 3-0 loss to Black Hills State, while the first home game was in 1941, a 66-0 win over Huron. AU is 5-4 on this date at home.

Welcome to the Skoldiers
82 different Vikings have played over the first six weeks, including 22 Vikings that have made their AU debut. Josh Larsen, a transfer from South Dakota, has made three starts at left guard and three starts at center. Klayton Sattler has 17 catches for 244 yards and five touchdowns after back-to-back multi-touchdown performances.

Rich Lucero made his first career start against Sioux Falls, throwing a pair of touchdowns and tallying 231 passing yards. DJ Page has four catches for 53 yards in a pair of games. Neal May, a Minnesota State transfer, eight catches for 109 yards and 253 return yards.

Defensively, true freshman Brody Shuss has 25 tackles, including three tackles for loss. RJ Eckhardt has a sack and two tackles for loss while Ashton Toll has a half sack to go with 12 tackles.