WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 21 Wartburg football team (7-1 overall, 4-1 IIAC) hosts Simpson (3-5, 2-3) Saturday at 1 p.m. The football Class of 2016 will be recognized prior to the game.



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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 40-20-1 and has won five of the last seven meetings, including the last two.

Career Record Watch
Senior Logan Schrader (Killdeer, Ill.) became the all-time leader in career pass completions against Buena Vista, 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 3,094 yards and is second with 47 rushing touchdowns. His 49 career touchdowns now ranks second in program history.

Senior Logan Pitz (Farley) is second in pass breakups with 33. He needs three more to set a new school record and two to tie it.

Classmate Michael Bohlke (Manchester) moved into second in extra points made (135) and continues to extend his margin as the career leader in field goals made (24). Senior Grant Zimmerman (Mendota, Ill.) is fourth with 6,533 punt yards.

Wartburg
The Knights set a new single-game record with 573 total yards of offense last week in the shutout win over Buena Vista. Domeyer leads the team on the ground with 611 yards and 13 touchdowns on 120 carries. Junior Jake Haberman (Clarion) is second with 327 yards on 68 carries and three touchdowns.

Schrader, who has run for 145 yards and five TDs, has thrown for 2,202 yards and is 160-235-8 with 12 TDs. His top receiver has been senior Robbie Anstoetter (Farley), who has 45 receptions for 763 yards and four touchdowns. Classmate Mitch Rahm (Wesley) has 36 catches for 426 yards and two TDs while sophomore Riley Brockway (Postville) has 30 catches for 344 yards and one TD.

Senior Gunner Tranel (Vinton) leads the defense with 75 total tackles and junior Rob Rottler (Greene) has 60. Tranel also has a team-best nine tackles for a loss of 34 yards.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 35 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Tuesday.

The Knights rank fourth in fewest penalty yards per game (33.25), sixth in fewest penalty yards (266), eighth in fewest penalties per game (3.88), ninth in fewest penalties (31), tenth in 4^th down conversion percentage defense (.214), 11^th in completion percentage (.681), 13^th in fumbles lost (3), 16^th in winning percentage (.875), 39^th in passing offense (275.9), 40^th in team passing efficiency (152.70), 40^th in 4^th down conversion percentage (.600), 43^rd in blocked punts (1), 45^th in red zone defense (.655), 46^th in scoring defense (19.1), 46^th in turnover margin (.75), 49^th in first downs offense (182), 49^th in total offense (441.9), 49^th in turnovers lost (11), 52^nd in red zone offense (.825) and 57^th in tackles for loss allowed (5.13). The Orange and Black also rank 60^th in net punting (33.94), 63^rd in scoring offense (33.4), 70^th in passes intercepted (10), 70^th in total defense (338.4), 76^th in passing yards allowed (196.3), 78^th in turnovers gained (17), 79^th in kickoff return defense (18.10), 82^nd in first downs defense (144), 89^th in passing yards per completion (12.91), 89^th in team passing efficiency defense (118.95), 90^th in rushing defense (142.1), 91^st in 3^rd down conversion percentage (.396), 94^th in time of possession (30:45), 96^th in fumbles recovered (7) and 97^th in blocked kicks (2).

Individually, five Knights rank in the top 100 of 18 statistical categories.

Schrader ranks 12^th in completion percentage (.681), 18^th in yards per pass attempt (8.94), 23^rd in passing yards (2,101), 31^st in total offense (286.9), 31^st in passing yards per game (262.6), 39^th in passing efficiency (153.2), 40^th in completions per game (20.00), 66^th in passing yards per completion (13.13), 67^th in points responsible for (108), 75^th in points responsible for per game (13.5) and 92^nd in passing touchdowns (12).

Domeyer ranks 16^th in rushing touchdowns (13) and 22^nd in scoring (10.5). Zimmerman ranks 26^th in punting (39.6). Anstoetter ranks 36^th in receiving yards (763), 40^th in receiving yards per game (95.4) and 83^rd in receptions per game (5.6). Tranel ranks 84^th in total tackles (84)

Simpson
Jordan Beem is the team's leading rusher with 934 yards on 191 carries and eight touchdowns. Signal caller Caleb Frye has thrown for 1,192 yards and is 100-181-7 with nine TD passes.

Nate Connealy leads the receivers with 301 yards on 30 catches while Adrean Johnson leads the defense with 59 total tackles.