WAVERLY, Iowa-- No. 16/19 Wartburg (7-0 overall, 5-0 IIAC) hosts Dubuque (5-2, 3-2) Saturday at 1 p.m. The Knights received the No. 16 ranking in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 poll for week six and the No. 19 spot in the d3football.com Top 25 poll for week eight.

Wartburg has also won 21 of its last 22 home games, which dates back to the 2013 season.

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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead, 45-29, which includes nine of the last 10.

Wartburg
Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 691 yards and eight touchdowns.

Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 1,812 yards and 18 touchdowns on the season. He has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 14-straight games and in 16 of his last 17, which dates back to last season.

Sacia's top target has been senior Riley Brockway (Postville), who has 733 yards on 54 catches with eight TDs.
 
Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 67 total tackles. Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) has a team-best five interceptions.

Senior Tony Anstoetter (Farley) has a team-best 6.0 TFL.

Career Leader List Watch
Sacia now ranks seventh on the program's career leader list in passing yards (4,551). His 42 passing TDs rank eighth, and his 356 completions are seventh-best.

Brockway's 1,950 receiving yards and 150 receptions both rank fourth-best. He is also third in kick return yards (1,204) and kick returns (56).

Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) has made 69 PATs, which is eighth-best.

Dubuque
Dwayne Allen Jr. is the team's leading rusher with 1,152 yards and nine TDs.

Conor Feckley has thrown for 1,138 yards and 11 TDs. Emanuel Jenkins leads the receivers with 546 yards on 31 catches for four TDs.

Derek Trotter leads the defense with 61 tackles.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of thirty-three statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in winning percentage (1.00), 1^st in blocked punts allowed (0), 2^nd in turnover margin (2.14), 3^rd in time of possession (35:11), 4^th in passes intercepted (17), 5^th in turnovers lost (5), 6^th in passes had intercepted (2), 6^th in completion percentage (.69), 7^th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.20), 7^th in defensive touchdowns (3), 11^th in first downs offense (178), 13^th in net punting (37.53), 17^th in turnovers gained (20), 18^th in team passing efficiency (168.55), 23^rd in total offense (470.7), 24^th in third down conversion percentage (.476), 29^th in fumbles lost (3), 30^th in red zone defense (.615), 32^nd in team passing efficiency defense (104.28), 32^nd in blocked punts (1), 34^th in scoring offense (38.1), 39^th in fourth down conversion percentage (.615), 43^rd in punt return defense (4.45), 43^rd in scoring defense (16.9), 44^th in rushing offense (209.6), 45^th in kickoff returns (22.29), 48^th in third down conversion percentage defense (.311), 51^st in rushing defense (110.9), 57^th in passing offense (261.1), 65^th in tackles for loss allowed (5.29), 89^th in sacks allowed (1.71), 91^st in total defense (343.4), and 93^rd in red zone offense (.80).
 
Individually, ten Knights rank in the top 100 of twenty-six statistical categories.

Brockway ranks 14^th in receptions per game (7.7), 26^th in receiving touchdowns (8), 26^th in receiving yards (733), 27^th in receiving yards per game (104.7), 85^th in total touchdowns (8), and 100^th in all purpose (118.14).

Senior Chris McNutt (Solon) ranks 67^th in interceptions per game (.4) and 72^nd in passes defended (1.3), senior Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 18^th in punting (40.5), Rottler ranks 62^nd in total tackles (9.6), and senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) ranks 81^st in field goal percentage (.571);

Sacia ranks 5^th in completion percentage (.692), 19^th in passing efficiency (169), 26^th in passing touchdowns (18), 27^th in yards per pass attempt (8.71), 29^th in points responsible for per game (18), 34^th in points responsible for (126), 38^th in completions per game (20.57), 40^th in passing yards (1,812), 44^th in passing yards per game (258.9), and 48^th in total offense (274.3).

Junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks ranks 9^th in passes defended (2) and 33^rd in interceptions per game (.6),  Binion ranks 45^th in rush yards per carry (5.91), 46^th in rushing touchdowns (8), 50^th in rushing yards (691), 56^th in rushing yards per game (98.7), and 85^th in total touchdowns (8).

Sophomore Cedric Dobbins (Waukee) ranks 48^th in passes defended (1.4) and 67^th in interceptions per game (.4); and McNair ranks 1^st in passes defended (2.4) and 9^th in interceptions per game (.7).