WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 15/18 Wartburg football team (8-0 overall, 6-0 IIAC) travels to face Buena Vista (3-5, 2-4) Saturday at 1 p.m.

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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 46-29-2, and have won the last seven-straight.

Wartburg
Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 877 yards and nine touchdowns.

Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 1,964 yards and 19 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 778 yards on 59 catches with eight TDs.
 
Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 78 total tackles. Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) has a team-best five interceptions.

Senior Tony Anstoetter (Farley) has a team-best 7.5 TFL.

Career Leader List Watch
Sacia now ranks seventh on the program's career leader list in passing yards (4,708). His 43 passing TDs rank seventh, and his 368 completions are sixth-best.

Brockway's 2,000 receiving yards ranks fourth and 155 receptions is third-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.

Buena Vista
BV enters the game on a three-game losing skid. Quarterback Cole Miller has thrown for 2,401 yards and 16 TDs. TJ Lint leads the receivers with 859 yards on 56 catches for 7 TDs.

Tariq Thomas has 397 rushing yards.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 33 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in winning percentage (1.00), 1^st in blocked punts allowed (0), 4^th in turnovers lost (6), 4^th in turnover margin (1.75), 5^th in time of possession (34:11), 7^th in passes intercepted (17), 9^th in passes had intercepted (3), 10^th in defensive touchdowns (3), 11^th in first downs offense (200), 13^th in red zone defense (.586), 14^th in fumbles lost (3), 14^th in completion percentage (.665), 16^th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.263), 16^th in net punting (36.85), 20^th in team passing efficiency defense (101.57), 25^th in fourth down conversion percentage (.643), 26^th in scoring defense (14.8), 26^th in team passing efficiency (161.03), 30^th in turnovers gained (20), 33^rd in total offense (458.4), 33^rd in third down conversion percentage defense (.294), 37^th in third down conversion percentage (.452), 39^th in scoring offense (36.3), 41^st in blocked punts (1), 42^nd in rushing offense (210.9), 43^rd in rushing defense (108), 43^rd in kickoff returns (22.32), 44^th in punt return defense (4.45), 49^th in tackles for loss allowed (5), 69^th in total defense (324.3), 74^th in passing offense (247.5), 86^th in sacks allowed (1.63), and 89^th in red zone offense (.80).
 
Individually, ten Knights rank in the top 100 of 29 statistical categories.

Brockway ranks 20^th in receptions per game (7.4), 37^th in receiving yards (778), 38^th in receiving yards per game (97.3), and 43^rd in receiving touchdowns (8). Senior Hunter Baldus (Cedar Rapids) ranks 29^th in fumbles recovered (2), senior Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 36^th in punting (39.5), Rottler ranks 51^st in total tackles (9.8), and senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) ranks 85^th in field goal percentage (.571).

Sacia ranks 17^th in completion percentage (.667), 26^th in passing efficiency (161.4), 35^th in passing touchdowns (19), 41^st in yards per pass attempt (8.39), 43^rd in points responsible for (132), 47^th in completions per game (19.5), 48^th in points responsible for per game (16.5), 50^th in passing yards (1,964), 55^th in passing yards per game (245.5), and 60^th in total offense (260.3).

Junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks 12^th in passes defended (1.9) and 46^th in interceptions per game (.5), Binion ranks 32^nd in rushing yards (877), 36^th in rushing yards per game (109.6), 36^th in rush yards per carry (6.18), 42^nd in rushing touchdowns (9), 86^th in total touchdowns (9), and 100^th in all purpose (118.75).

Sophomore Cedric Dobbins (Waukee) ranks 76^th in passes defended (1.3); and McNair ranks 7^th in passes defended (2.1), 14^th in interceptions per game (.6), and 27^th in kickoff returns (26.5).