2022 Saint John's Johnnies football team

The 2022 Saint John's Johnnies football team represented Saint John's University as members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division III football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Gary Fasching, the Johnnies compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the MIAC Northwoods Division title. Saint John's beat the Bethel Royal in the MIAC Championship Game to win the conference title and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs. There, the Johnnies defeated the Northwestern Eagles in the first round before losing to the Wartburg Knights in the second round. The team played home games at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minnesota.

2022 Saint John's Johnnies football
MIAC champion MIAC Northwoods Division champion
MIAC Championship Game, W 29–28 vs. Bethel
NCAA Division III Second Round, L 20–23 vs. Wartburg
Conference	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Division	Northwoods Division
Ranking
AFCA	No. 6
D3Football.com	No. 7
Record	10–2 (7–1 MIAC)
Head coach	Gary Fasching (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kole Heckendorf (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Haugen (46th season)
Home stadium	Clemens Stadium

2022 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
Northwoods Division
No. 6 Saint John's (MN) xy$^		4	–	0					7	–	1					10	–	2
Gustavus Adolphus		3	–	1					6	–	2					7	–	3
Carleton		2	–	2					5	–	3					7	–	3
St. Olaf		1	–	3					3	–	5					4	–	6
St. Scholastica		0	–	4					2	–	6					3	–	7
Skyline Division
No. 8 Bethel (MN) xy^		4	–	0					7	–	1					10	–	3
Augsburg		3	–	1					4	–	4					6	–	4
Concordia–Moorhead		2	–	2					3	–	5					5	–	5
Macalester		1	–	3					3	–	5					5	–	5
Hamline		0	–	4					0	–	8					2	–	8
Championship: Saint John's (MN) 28, Bethel (MN) 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

Saint John's 2022 regular season scheduled consisted of five home and four away games.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Wisconsin–Whitewater*	No. 5	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 24–10	12,462
September 10	1:00 p.m.	No. 19 Wisconsin–River Falls*	No. 4	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 37–34	9,104
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Bethel (MN)	No. 2	Royal Stadium Arden Hills, MN	L 28–24	7,314
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Concordia–Moorhead	No. 6	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 35–28	8,277
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Augsburg	No. 6	Edor Nelson Field Minneapolis, MN	W 45–0	1,400
October 15	1:00 p.m.	at St. Olaf	No. 5	Klein Field Northfield, MN	W 49–10	1,141
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Gustavus Adolphus	No. 5	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN (Family Weekend)	W 41–27	13,161
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at St. Scholastica	No. 4	Public Schools Stadium Duluth, MN	W 56–6
November 5	1:00 p.m.	Carleton	No. 4	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	W 45-16	3,622
November 12	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 Bethel (MN)*	No. 5	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN (MIAC Championship Game)	W 28–10	7,582
November 19	12:00 p.m.	Northwestern (MN)*	No. 4	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN (NCAA Division III First Round)	W 49–0	1,159
November 26	12:00 p.m.	No. 12 Wartburg*	No. 4	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN (NCAA Division III Second Round)	L 20–23	2,348
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from D3Football.com Poll released prior to the game All times are in central time Source: