WAVERLY, Iowa-- No. 21 Wartburg (6-1 overall, 3-1 IIAC) hosts Buena Vista (1-6, 0-4) Saturday at 1 p.m. The Beavers enter today on a four-game losing skid.



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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 35-22-1 and has claimed the last four meetings.

Career Record Watch
Senior Logan Schrader (Killdeer, Ill.) is tied for first in career pass completions (596). He became the program's all-time leader in touchdown passes against Dubuque and in passing yards against Coe.

Senior Brandon Domeyer (Manchester) has moved into sixth on the all-time rushing leaders list with 3,055 yards and is second with 45 rushing touchdowns. His 47 career touchdowns now ranks third in program history.

Senior Logan Pitz (Farley) is second in pass breakups with 32. He needs four more to set a new school record and three to tie it.

Classmate Michael Bohlke (Manchester) moved into second in extra points made (127) and continues to extend his margin as the career leader in field goals made (24). Senior Grant Zimmerman (Mendota, Ill.) is fourth with 6,482 punt yards.

Wartburg
Domeyer leads the team on the ground with 513 yards on 104 carries and 10 touchdowns. Junior Jake Haberman (Clarion) is second with 287 yards and one touchdown while Schrader has 145 yards on 61 carries and five touchdowns.

Schrader has thrown for 1,469 yards and seven touchdowns. His top receiver has been classmate Robbie Anstoetter (Farley) who has 39 receptions for 654 yards and three touchdowns. Four other receivers have triple digit reception yards — senior Mitch Rahm (Wesley) has 260, sophomore Riley Brockway (Postville) has 208, senior Jordan Schmitt (West Union) has 162, and senior Mitch Frerichs (New Hampton) has 109.

Senior Will Janssen (Mediapolis) leads the defense with 59 tackles while classmate Gunner Tranel (Vinton) is close behind with 57. Tranel has a team-best 7.0 tackles for a loss of 25 yards.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 30 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Tuesday. The Knights rank third in fewest penalty yards per game (30.00), sixth in fewest penalty yards (210), seventh in fewest penalties per game (3.86), ninth in fumbles lost (2), tenth in fewest penalties (27), 21^st in winning percentage (.857), 28^th in completion percentage (.651), 32^nd in 4^th down conversion percentage defense (.333), 36^th in blocked punts (1), 37^th in turnovers lost (9), 42^nd in turnover margin (.86), 49^th in team passing efficiency (146.41), 58^th in passing offense (253.7) and 59^th in first downs offense (155). The Orange and Black also rank 60^th in 4^th down conversion percentage (.556), 62^nd in passing yards allowed (188.7), 65^th in net punting (33.87), 68^th in total defense (341.4), 69^th in fumbles recovered (7), 72^nd in turnovers gained (15), 72^nd in total offense (423.1), 76^th in punt return defense (6.00), 77^th in scoring defense (21.9), 82^nd in tackles for loss allowed (5.57), 82^nd in first downs defense (128), 84^th in scoring offense (30.3), 84^th in blocked kicks (2), 88^th in time for possession (30:59), 94^th in passes intercepted (8) and 98^th in 3^rd down conversion percentage (.389).

Individually, seven Knights rank in the top 100 of 21 statistical categories.

Domeyer ranks 20^th in rushing touchdowns (11), 23^rd in scoring (10.3) and 95^th in rushing yards (572).

Anstoetter ranks 23^rd in receiving yards (737), 26^th in receiving yards per game (105.3), 52^nd in receptions per game (6.1) and yards per reception (17.14).
Senior Logan Schrader (Killdeer, Ill.) ranks 27^th in completion percentage (.655), 32^nd in yards per pass attempt (8.38), 42^nd in passing yards (1,726), 45^th in passing yards per game (246.6), 45^th in total offense (271.1), 47^th in completions per game (19.29), 47^th in passing efficiency (146.7), 69^th in points responsible for (13.7), 74^th in points responsible for per game (13.7), 83^rd in passing touchdowns (11) and 84^th in passing yards per completion (12.79).

Zimmerman ranks 32^nd in punting (39.2). Pitz and James Garlock (Johnston) both rank 62^nd in interceptions per game (.4). Tranel ranks 86^th in total tackles (9.4).

Buena Vista
Cody Mowery leads the team with 726 rushing yards on 145 carries and four touchdowns. Tory Beger matches his TD total on 50 carries for 114 yards.

Beger, the signal caller, has thrown for 1,267 yards and eight TDs. Jalen Henningsen leads all receivers with 808 yards on 48 receptions for five touchdowns.

Brady Illg leads the defense with 71 total tackles and 6.5 tackles for a loss of 18 yards.