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No. 20/22 Wartburg Hosts Loras

WAVERLY, Iowa-- No. 20/22 Wartburg (5-0 overall, 3-0 IIAC) hosts Loras (3-3, 2-2) Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead, 27-9, which includes the last 12-straight meetings.

Wartburg
Wartburg has also won 20 of its last 21 home games, which dates back to the 2013 season.

Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 468 yards and four touchdowns.

Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 1,320 yards and 13 touchdowns on the season. He has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 12-straight games and in 14 of his last 15, which dates back to last season.

Sacia's top target has been senior Riley Brockway (Postville), who has 580 yards on 43 catches with five TDs.
 
Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 49 total tackles. Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) has a team-best four interceptions.

Senior Tony Anstoetter (Farley) and Rottler each have a team-best 3.0 TFL.

Career Leader List Watch
Sacia now ranks ninth on the program's career leader list in passing yards (4,097). His 37 passing TDs rank eighth, and his 328 completions are seventh-best.

Brockway's 1,816 receiving yards and 141 receptions both rank fifth-best. He is also third in kick return yards (1,204) and kick returns (56).

Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) has made 60 PATs, which is eighth-best.

Loras
Ike Cloward has a team-high 528 rushing yards and 12 TDs. Signal caller Bob Kelly has thrown for 1,434 yards and 10 TDs.

Josh Schulte leads the receivers with 557 yards on 43 catches for four TDs, while Bob Brophy leads the defense with 50 tackles.
 
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 33 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1st in winning percentage (1.000), 1st in blocked punts allowed (0), 2nd in passes had intercepted (1), 2nd in time of possession (37:02), 3rd in turnovers lost (3), 4th in turnover margin (2.20), 4th in completion percentage (.708), 5th in passes intercepted (13), 8th in first downs offense (140), 13th in total offense (497.4), 16th in defensive touchdowns (2), 18th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.250), 20th in team passing efficiency (169.34), 21st in third down conversion percentage (.487), 23rd in blocked punts (1), 23rd in rushing defense (83.6), 23rd in turnovers gained (14), 27th in rushing offense (233.4), 29th in fourth down conversion percentage (.667), 33rd in fumbles lost (2), 34th in red zone defense (.611), 35th in scoring offense (36.8), 44th in net punting (35.71), 52nd in third down conversion percentage defense (.310), 53rd in team passing efficiency defense (109.73), 56th in passing offense (264), 56th in tackles for loss allowed (5.20), 58th in scoring defense (18.2), 62nd in kickoff returns (21.33), 64th in sacks allowed (1.40), 92nd in fewest penalties (31), 97th in blocked kicks (1), and 100th in total defense (348).
 
Individually, 12 Knights rank in the top 100 of 26 categories.

Brockway ranks 9th in receptions per game (8.6), 18th in receiving yards per game (116), 25th in receiving yards (580), 52nd in receiving touchdowns (5), and 74th in all purpose (131.4). Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) ranks 71st in field goals per game (.80) and 77th in field goal percentage (.571), and senior Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 33rd in punting (39.8).

Rottler ranks 62nd in total tackles (9.8), senior Noah Dahlstrom (Mount Vernon) ranks 64th in interceptions per game (.5); Anstoetter ranks 67th in passes defended (1.4), andsenior Hunter Baldus (Cedar Rapids) ranks 80th in fumbles recovered (1).

Sacia ranks 4th in completion percentage (.708), 18th in passing efficiency (169.3), 26th in points responsible for per game (19.2), 27th in points responsible for (96), 34th in completions per game (21.8), 36th in passing touchdowns (13), 39th in yards per pass attempt (8.57), 42nd in passing yards per game (264), 43rd in total offense (287.2), and 48th in passing yards (1,320).

Junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks 10th in interceptions per game (.8) and 15th in passes defended (2), sophomore Cedric Dobbins (Waukee) ranks 25th in passes defended (1.8); and freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) ranks 1st in passes defended (3), 10th in interceptions per game (0.8), and 40th in kickoff returns (25.3).

Binion ranks 52nd in rush yards per carry (5.92), 68th in rushing yards (468), and 69th in rushing yards per game (93.6).
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