WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (2-1 overall) hosts Simpson (2-1) today to open the Iowa Conference portion of its schedule.

The Series:
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 45-20-1. Simpson has won the last two meetings by one point on blocked extra point attempt kicks.

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Last Time Out
Simpson:
Taylor Nelson plunged into the end zone from one-yard out on fourth-and-goal with 22 seconds left as the Simpson football team came back from nine down in the fourth quarter to beat UW-River Falls 35-34 last Saturday.
The third time was a charm for Nelson, who was stopped short after minimal gains on second and third down. He appeared to be stood up again on fourth down, but a second surge sent him across the goal line as the Storm (2-1) held on after giving up a 17-point, first-half lead.

Nelson threw for 240 yards, ran for 58 and shook off a fourth-quarter interception deep in Simpson territory, which allowed River Falls to take a 34-29 lead. He threw for one score and ran for two more, the passing strike coming on a 76-yarder to Brad Vogel in the fourth quarter. The score extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 21.

Nelson – who went 20-for-29 through the air – threw two interceptions on the day and was involved in a fumble on a center-to-quarterback exchange, but when the game was on the line, the ball was in his hands.

Dillan Hamilton led the defense with 11 tackles while Clay Finley had eight including four tackles for loss.

Wartburg:                     
On Sept. 21, the Knights recorded a 27-10 win over Carthage which increased their winning streak to 13-0 in home openers in the Walston-Hoover Stadium era (since 2001.)

Sophomore Brandon Domeyer (Manchester) scored his first of two touchdowns on the day on a 24-yard run with 5:27 left in the first quarter.

The Red Men took the 7-6 lead on a 15-yard run by quarterback AJ Simoncelli with 14:19 remaining in the half.

Domeyer helped the Orange and Black regain the lead on their ensuing drive as he punched one in from six-yards out. Classmate Michael Bohlke's (Manchester) extra point kick was good to make the score 13-7 with 8:07 left in the half.

Carthage scored on its next drive on a 35-yard field goal to make the score 13-10 with 4:34 left in the frame.

In the third quarter, Logan Pitz intercepted the ball which led to a 37-yard touchdown reception by senior Taylor Jacobsmeier (Wapello) from sophomore Logan Schrader (Kildeer, Ill.) to extend Wartburg's lead to double digits (20-10).

Junior Donald Miller (Maywood, Ill.) completed the Knights' scoring on his 30-yard touchdown reception from Jacobsmeier.

Domeyer finished the day with 48 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. Schrader was the team's leading rusher with 54 yards and also recorded 93 yards through the air with one touchdown.

Miller led the receivers with seven catches for 71 yards and one touchdown.

Junior Spencer Capitani (Northwood) led the defense with his 10 solo tackles. Senior Martin Hyatte (Rockwood, Ill.) had a team-best three tackles for a loss of 14 yards.