WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 17/20 Wartburg football team (6-0 overall, 4-0 IIAC) travels to face Luther (5-2, 3-1), Saturday at 12 p.m.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 43-30-1. The Knights have won 10 of the last 11.
Wartburg
Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 620 yards and six touchdowns.
Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 1,645 yards and 17 touchdowns on the season. He has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 13-straight games and in 15 of his last 16, which dates back to last season.
Sacia's top target has been senior Riley Brockway (Postville), who has 680 yards on 50 catches with eight TDs.
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Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 60 total tackles. Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) and junior Peyton Imhoff (Dubuque) have a team-best four interceptions.
Junior Marcus Johnson (Huxley) has a team-best 5.0 TFL.
Career Leader List Watch
Sacia now ranks eighth on the program's career leader list in passing yards (4,384). His 41 passing TDs rank eighth, and his 343 completions are seventh-best.
Brockway's 1,897 receiving yards and 146 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 66 PATs, which is eighth-best.
Luther
Three players have triple digit rushing yards as Anthony Hollingshed has 398, Yassine Ouazzani has 357 and Nick Slavens has 310.
Brady Letney has a team-best 19 completions and Ian Kuykendall has thrown for a team-high 314 yards.
Justin Montgomery leads the receivers with 236 yards on 16 catches and two TDs. Dante Joseph has a team-best 49 tackles.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 34 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
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The Knights rank 1
st in winning percentage (1.00), 1
st in time of possession (36:47), 1
st in blocked punts allowed (0), 2
nd in passes had intercepted (1), 3
rd in turnovers lost (4), 4
th in turnover margin (2.0), 4
th in passes intercepted (15), 4
th in completion percentage (.710), 5
th in first downs offense (162), 10
th in total offense (495.7), 11
th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.200), 12
th in team passing efficiency (175.07), 16
th in third down conversion percentage (.494), 19
th in defensive touchdowns (2), 26
th in blocked punts (1), 26
th in in scoring offense (37.7), 28
th in red zone defense (.609), 28
th in rushing defense (86.8), 31
st in turnovers gained (16), 35
th in rushing offense (218.8), 37
th in fourth down conversion percentage (.636), 44
th in third down conversion percentage defense (.302), 44
th in passing offense (276.8), 45
th in fumbles lost (3), 46
th in scoring defense (17), 47
th in team passing efficiency defense (108.85), 49
th in net punting (35.63), 83
rd in punt return defense (5.88), 91
st in sacks allowed (1.67), 95
th in kickoff returns (19.94), 96
th in fewest penalties per game (6.17), 98
th in fewest penalties (37), 98
th in tackles for loss allowed (5.83), and 100
th in total defense (350.8).
Individually, nine Knights rank in the top 100 of 29 statistical categories.
Brockway ranks 9
th in receptions per game (8.3), 14
th in receiving yards per game (113.3), 15
th in in receiving touchdowns (8), 18
th in receiving yards (680), 57
th in total touchdowns (8), 77
th in scoring (8), 80
th in total points scored (48), and 82
nd in all purpose (126.5).
Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) ranks 75
th in field goal percentage (.571) and 85
th in field goals per game (.67), and classmate Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 44
th in punting (39.3).
Rottler ranks 53
rd in total tackles (10), junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks 4
th in passes defended (2.3) and 20
th in interceptions per game (.7).
Sacia ranks 5
th in completion percentage (.712), 11
th in passing efficiency (175.7), 17
th in points responsible for per game (20), 21
st in passing touchdowns (17), 23
rd in points responsible for (120), 26
th in yards per pass attempt (8.94), 29
th in completions per game (21.83), 34
th in passing yards (1,645), 35
th in total offense (290.5), and 36
th in passing yards per game (274.2).
Binion ranks 43
rd in rush yards per carry (6.08), 46
th in rushing yards (620), 51
st in rushing yards per game (103.3), and 61
st in rushing touchdowns (6). Sophomore Cedric Dobbins (Waukee) ranks 35
th in passes defended (1.7) and 48
th in interceptions per game (.5), and McNair ranks 2
nd in passes defended (2.5) and 20
th in interceptions per game (.7)