WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 15/18 Wartburg football team (12-0 overall) will travel to face No. 3/3 UW-Oshkosh (12-0) Saturday at noon in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Playoff.

The Titans won the WIAC title to punch their ticket to the NCAA Playoffs.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 2-0, but the programs have not met since 2002.

Wartburg
Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 1,243 yards and 12 touchdowns. He is the 17^th player in program history to achieve the 1,000 season rushing mark and first since Brandon Domeyer in 2014.

Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 2,958 yards and 33 touchdowns on the season. He has broken the single-season record of 30 TD passes that was set in 2014 by Logan Schrader. Sacia has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 18-straight games and in 20 of his last 21, which dates back to last season.

Sacia's top target has been senior Riley Brockway (Postville), who has 1,315 yards on 83 catches with 14 TDs. Brockway has now set the single season school record in catches and receiving yards, both which were previously set by Justin Vetter in 2008.
 
Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 116 total tackles.

Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) has a team-best six interceptions and senior Dillon Radamaker (Greene) has a team-best 10.5 TFL.

Career Leader List Watch
Sacia ranks fifth on the program's career leader list in passing yards (5,735). His 57 passing TDs are fourth-best, and his 428 completions are fifth-best.

Brockway is now the all-time leader in pass receptions (181) and his 2,551 receiving yards rank third. He is also third in kick return yards (1,204) and kick returns (56).

Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) has made 69 PATs, which is eighth-best.

Single Season Record Watch
Brockway now holds the records in pass receptions (83) and receiving yards (1,315).

Sacia now holds the record with 33 TD passes.

Binion's 1,243 rushing yards stands eighth-best on the single season leader list.

Rottler's total tackles are seventh-best and McNair's six INTs are ninth-best.

UW-Oshkosh
The Titans were the National Runner-Up last year.

Quarterback Brett Kasper has thrown for 2,477 yards for 30 TDs. Sam Mentowski leads the receivers with 1,167 yards on 52 catches for 11 TDs. Dylan Hecker leads the team on the ground with 825 rushing yards and 11 TDs.

Jon Kallas leads the defense with 73.0 tackles.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 37 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in winning percentage (1.00), 1^st in turnovers lost (9), 1^st in turnover margin (1.67), 1^st in blocked punts allowed (0), 3^rd in passes had intercepted (3), 4^th in first downs offense (294), 4^th in red zone defense (.5), 6^th in team passing efficiency (174.52), 9^th in passes intercepted (21), 9^th in completion percentage (.671), 11^th in blocked punts (3), 12^th in defensive touchdowns (4), 12^th in turnovers gained (29), 16^th in kickoff returns (23.85), 22^nd in punt return defense (3.62), 22^nd in scoring offense (39.3), 22^nd in time of possession (32:41), 25^th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.289), 26^th in rushing defense (97), 26^th in total offense (463.8), 31^st in scoring defense (16.1), 34^th in third down conversion percentage (.448), 37^th in net punting (35.04), 41^st in rushing offense (213), 43^rd in tackles for loss allowed (5), 48^th in team passing efficiency defense (109.9), 51^st in team tackles for loss (7.3), 55^th in fumbles lost (6), 60^th in passing offense (250.8), 63^rd in third down conversion percentage defense (.33), 65^th in team sacks (2.5), 71^st in fourth down conversion percentage, 73^rd in passing yards per completion (13.55), 77^th in total defense (333.1), 79^th in blocked kicks (3), 92^nd in red zone offense (.782), and 98^th in punt returns (9.08).
 
Individually, 12 Knights rank in the top 100 of thirty-three statistical categories.

Brockway ranks 4^th in receiving yards (1,315), 14^th in receiving touchdowns (14), 16^th in receiving yards per game (109.6), 29^th in receptions per game (6.9), 40^th in total touchdowns (15), 44^th in total points scored (90), 97^th in all purpose (121.58), and 97^th in scoring (7.5).

Senior Connor Schrader (Lake Zurich, Ill.) ranks 72^nd in rush yards per carry (5.57) and 99^th in rushing touchdowns (8), senior Chris McNutt (Solon) ranks 6^th in punt return touchdowns (1), senior Hunter Baldus (Cedar Rapids) ranks 52^nd in fumbles recovered (2).

Rottler ranks 58^th in total tackles (9.7), senior Griffin Brennecke (Marion) ranks 75^th in yards per reception (18.21), senior Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 86^th in punting (37.2).

Sacia ranks 5^th in passing efficiency (175.7), 6^th in passing touchdowns (33), 8^th in points responsible for (222), 12^th in completion percentage (.673), 14^th in yards per pass attempt (9.13), 18^th in passing yards (2,958), 26^th in points responsible for per game (18.5), 46^th in passing yards per game (246.5), 56^th in total offense (258.1), 58^th in passing yards per completion (13.57), and 59^th in completions per game (18.17).

Jjunior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks 7^th in passes defended (2), 52^nd in fumbles recovered (2), and 75^th in interceptions per game (.4).

Binion ranks 26^th in rushing yards (1,243), 40^th in rush yards per carry (6.18), 45^th in rushing touchdowns (12), 52^nd in rushing yards per game (103.6), 52^nd in total touchdowns (14), and 63^rd in total points scored (84).

Sophomore Jake Kloft (Maquoketa) ranks 7^th in kickoff return touchdowns (1); and McNair ranks 12^th in passes defended (1.8), 38^th in interceptions per game (.5), and 67^th in combined kick returns (543).

Wartburg in the NCAA Playoff
Wartburg (1982-93-94-99, 2002-03-04-08-10-13-14-17)
Wartburg vs. Bishop, 1982, First-round, L 7-32
Wartburg vs. Wis.-La Crosse, 1993, Regionals, L 26-55
Wartburg vs. Central,  1994, Regionals, W 22-21
Wartburg vs. Saint John's, 1994, Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), L 14-42
Wartburg vs. Pacific-Lutheran, 1999, Second-round, L 14-49
Wartburg vs. Lake Forest, 2002, First-round, W 45-0
Wartburg @ Linfield, 2002, Second-round (Sweet Sixteen), L 15-52
Wartburg vs. Bethel, 2003, First-round, W 21-7
Wartburg @ Linfield, 2003, Second-round (Sweet Sixteen), L 20-23
Wartburg @ Concordia-Moorhead, 2004, First-round, L 14-28
Wartburg @ Wis.-Stevens Point, 2008, First-round, W 26-21
Wartburg @ Monmouth, 2008, Second-round (Sweet Sixteen), W 30-28
Wartburg @ #5 Wis.-Whitewater, 2008, Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), L 17-34
Wartburg vs. Bethel, 2010, First-round, L 20-28
Wartburg @ Illinois Wesleyan, 2013, First-round W 41-7
Wartburg @ Bethel, Second-round(Sweet Sixteen), L 27-34
Wartburg vs. #20 St. Thomas, 2014, First-round, W 37-31
Wartburg vs. #13 St. John's, 2014, Second-round (Sweet Sixteen), W 21-10
Wartburg @ #1 UW-Whitewater, 2014, Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), L 37-33
Wartburg vs. Franklin, 2017, First-round, W 35-34 OT
Wartburg vs. #22/25 Trine, 2017, Second-round (Sweet Sixteen), W 49-7