Defense

Defensive Records

Unassisted Tackles

Game: 15 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	OPPONENT
26	Garrett Bender	Minneapolis Washburn	2009	Waseca
22	Brian Sauer	White Bear Lake	1996	Coon Rapids
20	Garrett Bender	Minneapolis Washburn	2009	Minneapolis Southwest
18	Matt Jarland	Harmony	1984	Glyndon-Felton
18	Ben Passeri	Deer River	1978	Pine River
18	Nathan Snider	Minnewaska	2011	Albany
18	Nathan Snider	Minnewaska	2011	ACGC
17	Marc Sonnen	Tartan	2008	Mahtomedi
17	Rich Gauthier	Blaine	1988	Park Center
17	Dana Melius	Winthrop	1974	Fairfax
16	Bill Barnett	Stillwater	1973	Park
16	Mark Kosek	Delano	1987	--
16	Jermiah Kalland	Spring Lake Park	1992	Centennial
16	Bryan Kuempel	Spring Lake Park	1994	Columbia Heights
16	Tyler Decker	Maple Lake	1999	St. Croix Lutheran
15	Charles Webb	Minnetonka	2011	Eden Prairie
15	Kyle Risinger	Minnetonka	2007	Eden Prairie
15	John Shevlin	Eastview	2002	Eden Prairie
15	Scott Anderson	Le Sueur	1987	Sibley East

Season: 125 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	GAMES
181	Mike Weiske	Westbrook	1982	14
140	Todd Simonette	Mankato Loyola	1992	14
133	Mike Schull	Motley	1977	9
130	Bill Kehoe	Chokio-Alberta	1993	14
128	Happy Chakolis	Minneapolis North	1991	9

Career: 240 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEARS
344	Jake Meixl	Mankato Loyola	1997-2001
272	Ted Greely	Kimball	1984-1987
271	Reed Olander	Crosby-Ironton	2007-2010
260	Jamie Steffensmeier	Mankato East	1998-2001
247	Adam Rasley	Deer River	1990-1993
244	Brandon Novak	Becker	1993-1995
243	Eric Stenzel	Mankato West	1996-1999

Assisted Tackles

Game: 21 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	OPPONENT
24	Dave Oswald	Southland	1974	Goodhue
24	Brian Sauer	White Bear Lake	1996	Coon Rapids
22	Josh Grover	Le Sueur-Henderson	1999	LeCenter
21	Billy Peterson	Spring Lake Park	1987	Coon Rapids
21	Joel Staats	Winona	1987	Moorhead

Season: 145 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	GAMES
195	Scott Nyegaard	Hallock	1988	14
153	Brett Natthajer	Morris	1988	14
150	Tom Gaughan	Sartell	1977	--
147	Dale Messer	Sartell	1971	9
146	Dan Nelson	Redwood Falls	1991	--

Career

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEARS
364	Jamie Steffensmeier	Mankato East	1998-2001
332	Eric Stenzel	Mankato West	1996-1999
321	Tom Gaughan	Sartell	1976-1978
311	Jake Meixl	Mankato Loyola	1997-2001
307	Dan Seymour	New Prague	1987-1989

Total Tackles

Game: 30 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	OPPONENT
39	Chuck Woolhouse	Big Lake	1973	Isel
35	Chuck Woolhouse	Big Lake	1973	St. Michael
33	Eric Brust	Montevideo	1978	Litchfield
32	Brian Hennen	Burnsville	1985	Bloomington Jefferson
32	Matt Gwash	Cook County	2000	Deer River

Season: 220 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	GAMES
258	Mike Weiske	Westbrook	1982	14
257	Jamie Steffensmeier	Mankato East	2001	13
232	Brett Lindamen	Westbrook	1985	14
225	Luke DePestel	Minneota	1993	14
222	Jeremiah Kalland	Spring Lake Park	1992	--

Career: 550 minimum

TACKLES	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEARS
655	Jake Meixl	Mankato Loyola	1997-2001
624	Jamie Steffensmeier	Mankato East	1998-2001
587	Eric Stenzel	Mankato West	1996-1999
579	Tim DeVlaeminck	Minneota	1986-1989
553	Ted Greely	Kimball	1984-1987

Interceptions

Game: 4 minimum

INT.	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	OPPONENT
5	Jamie Fields	Minneapolis Washburn	2009	Blue Earth
5	Josh Stougard	International Falls	2006	Virginia
5	Jay Loven	Swanville-Grey Eagle	1987	Upsala
5	Harold Stevens	New Prague	1973	Farmington
5	Harold Stevens	New Prague	1973	Kenyon
5	Dana Melius	Winthrop	1974	Sleepy Eye
4	Steve Esselink	Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellswoth	1998	Edgerton
4	Jim Bell	Simley	1987	Hastings
4	Jim Bell	Simley	1987	Hastings
4	Ray Bratsch	Le Sueur	1950	Belle Plaine
4	Curt Billehus	Starbuck	1959	Long Prairie
4	Ed Bahr	International Falls	1983	Greenway
4	Blaine Schnaible	Adrian	1984	--
4	Eric Norskog	Adrian	1987	--
4	Robby Ott	Deer River	1989	Blackduck
4	Tom Schoenfeld	Lester Prairie	1994	--
4	Andrew Hale	Anoka	1996	White Bear Lake
4	John Treptau	Becker	1997	Big Lake
4	Tyler Isaackson	Lakeview	2003	Westbrook-Walnut Grove
4	Terrance Alm	Lakeview	2005	Cedar Mountain-Morgan
4	Joe Kneip	New Prague	2011	Chaska

Season: 12 minimum

INT.	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR
17	Harold Stevens	New Prague	1973
15	Adam Carlson	St. Clair	1989
15	Mark Mokoff	Northfield	1996
15	Adam Platt	Lakeville	1992
14	Todd DeBates	Stewartville	1981
14	Tony Kley	Lester Prairie	2002
13	Steve Myren	Cambridge	1983
13	Robby Ott	Deer River	1989
12	Evan Robertson	Dawson-Boyd	2011
12	Josh Strougard	International Falls	2006
12	Dana Melius	Winthrop	1974
12	Harold Stevens	New Prague	1974

Career: 20 minimum

INT.	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEARS
37	Eric Vollbrecht	St. Michael-Albertville	1991-1994
34	Harold Stevens	New Prague	1972-1974
27	Tony Kley	Lester Prairie	2000-2002
27	Dana Melius	Winthrop	1970-1974
25	Barry Wohler	Bird Island-LL	1977-1979
24	Cody Hendrickson	Cromwell	2004-2007
22	Scott Anderson	Verndale	1985-1988
20	Mark Hustad	Battle Lake	1973-1975
20	Dave Wrightman	Trimont	1979-1981
20	Robby Ott	Deer River	1988-1989
20	Kirk Midthun	Triton	1992-1993

Fumble Recoveries

Game: 3 minimum

FUM.	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	OPPONENT
4	Jeff Becker	Le Center	1975	Montgomery
3	Jon LaCasse	Stillwater	1978	Fridley
3	Guy Reiners	Fridley	1978	--
3	Scott Bagley	Paynseville	1988	Long Prairie

Season: 8 minimum

FUM.	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR
8	Ken Olson	Big Lake	1970
8	Mark Jerve	Big Lake	1970
8	Chuck Woolhouse	Big Lake	1970
8	Jeff Rosell	Stillwater	1975

Career: 8 minimum

FUM.	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEARS
14	Bruce Risen	Minnesota Valley Lutheran, New Ulm	1981-1983
11	John Koppi	Big Lake	1975-1978
11	Donnie Schmiedeberg	Lancaster	1989-1992
10	Wes Harris	Big Lake	1974-1976
9	Mark Felten	Southland, Adams	1980-1981
9	Gerry Garvick	Paynesville	1983-1985
8	Eric Palaschak	Adrian	1980-1983
8	Chris Westman	Blaine	1982-1983
8	Bob Howard	Deer River	1987-1988
8	Jeff Rosell	Stillwater	--
8	Ken Olson	Big Lake	--
8	Mark Jerve	Big Lake	--
8	Chuck Woolhouse	Big Lake	--

Source: MN Football Hub, Minnesota Football Coaches Association, Minnesota State High School League

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