WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (3-1 overall, 1-0 IIAC) hosts Buena Vista (0-4, 0-1) Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the annual Homecoming game.

The Series:
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 38-25-2, including the last three straight.

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Last Week:
Wartburg:
Senior Taylor Jacobsmeier (Wapello) amassed over 100 yards on the ground (109) and through the air (170) and threw for two touchdowns in Wartburg's 34-24 win over Simpson last week.

Junior Donald Miller (Maywood, Ill.) had two touchdown receptions, including a 40-yard pass from Jacobsmeier.

Senior Brandon Steggall (Waverly) gave the Knights the early lead on his 48-yard touchdown reception less than a minute into the game from sophomore Logan Schrader (Kildeer, Ill.).

Simpson made a 35-yard field goal on its ensuing drive to make the score 6-3.

The Storm took the 10-6 lead as quarterback Taylor Nelson ran the ball in from nine-yards out on their first drive of the second quarter.

Junior Donald Miller (Maywood, Ill.) caught his first touchdown pass of the day, this one for 13-yards from senior Taylor Jacobsmeier (Wapello) with 4:50 left in the first half, which helped the Knights regain the lead for good at 13-10.

Schrader helped the Orange and Black extend the margin to 20-10 as he punched one in from one-yard out on their first drive of the third quarter.

Simpson sliced the margin to three on its next drive as Jordan Been scored a 40-yard touchdown run, but Wartburg answered on its next drive as Jacobsmeier and Miller teamed up for another touchdown, this one on a 40-yard pass.

The Knights scored on their next drive of the frame as sophomore Brandon Domeyer (Manchester) had a 10-yard touchdown run with 00:48 left in the third quarter.

The Storm scored for the final time as Jake McCulley caught a three-yard pass from Nelson.

Miller led all receivers with 63 yards on four catches for two touchdowns.

Senior Jared Wauters (Elberon) and junior Spencer Capitani (Northwood) each finished with 7.5 tackles and helped the Knights record 10 tackles for a loss of 51 yards. Senior Joey Naig (Emmetsburg) had a team-best 2.5 sacks for a loss of 25 yards.

Buena Vista:
Coe College scored twice in the game's final 2:11 to break a 7-7 contest and hold on to edge the Buena Vista football team last Saturday, 21-7.  The game was the Iowa Conference opener for both teams.

With the game tied at 7-7 and just under five minutes to play in regulation, the Beavers moved the ball down to the Kohawk 40 yard line before quarterback Bobby Brown had his pass attempt deflected up into the air and then intercepted by Coe and returned all the way back down to the Beaver 27.  Six plays later, facing a 3rd-and-7, quarterback Josh Rekers found Elijah Phillips from 11 yards out to retake the lead with only 2:11 left.  The PAT pushed the margin to 14-7.

BVU had one last chance to drive down and look to tie things up, but turned the ball over on downs at its own 20 before Coe got a final touchdown run with 1:21 left for the game's final score.

Brown finished the game, completing 15-of-34 passes for 216 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.  Adam Cave hauled in five of those passes for 66 yards, while Jalen Henningsen caught four passes for 69 yards.

On the ground, Dylan Barrett carried the ball 26 times for 88 yards.

Rekers threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns, including five to Keaton Juergens for 83 yards.
Gage Mohs turned in a game-high 152 yards on the ground on 30 attempts.

Defensively, Brady Randall led BVU with 12 total stops, including the lone Beaver interception.
Derek Schwartz added nine, including 1.5 for a loss, while Kyle Arnold and Beau Van Wechel each turned in eight.  Van Wechel and Matt Schmidt each recorded a sack for the Beavers, for a combined 18 yards.