WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 15/18 Wartburg football team will host Trine Saturday at noon in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Playoffs. Both teams enter the contest 11-0.

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The Series
These programs have never previously met.

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Wartburg
Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 1,211 yards and 12 touchdowns. He is the 17^th player in program history to achieve the 1,000 season rushing mark and first since Brandon Domeyer in 2014.

Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 2,722 yards and 30 touchdowns on the season. He has now tied the single-season record in TD passes that was set in 2014 by Logan Schrader. Sacia has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 17-straight games and in 19 of his last 20, which dates back to last season.

Sacia's top target has been senior Riley Brockway (Postville), who has 1,185 yards on 78 catches with 14 TDs.
 
Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 105 total tackles.

Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) and junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) have a team-best five interceptions.

Senior Dillon Radamaker (Greene) has a team-best 9.5 TFL.

Career Leader List Watch
Sacia ranks sixth on the program's career leader list in passing yards (5,499). His 54 passing TDs and his 413 completions are fifth-best.

Brockway' is now the all-time leader in pass receptions (176) and his 2,421 receiving yards rank third. 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.

Trine
Trine won the Michigan Athletic Association Conference (MIAA) Championship to earn its trip to the NCAA Playoffs. They defeated Monmouth 63-24 in the first round to advance in the bracket. This marks Trine's fourth appearance in the NCAA Playoffs.

Quarterback Evan Wyse has thrown for 1,563 yards and 18 TDs. His top receiver is Jeffery Barnett with 36 catches for 753 yards and nine TDs.

Lamar Carswell and Wyse co-lead the team on the ground with 1,475 and 1,096 rushing yards, respectively.

As a team, the Thunder average 150 passing yards/game and 348.3 rushing yards/game.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 36 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in winning percentage (1.00), 1^st in turnovers lost (9), 1^st in blocked punts allowed (0), 3^rd in passes had intercepted (3), 4^th in red zone defense (.5), 5^th in first downs offense (274), 9^th in turnover margin (1.27), 11^th in blocked punts (3), 12^th in completion percentage (.661), 12^th in passes intercepted (19), 12^th in team passing efficiency (170.27), 14^th in kickoff returns (23.97), 19^th in defensive touchdowns (3), 19^th in time of possession (33:03), 23^rd in rushing defense (93.7), 23^rd in net punting (36.02), 24^th in punt return defense (3.92), 26^th in scoring offense (38.4), 29^th in total offense (461), 30^th in third down conversion percentage (.455), 30^th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.297), 40^th in scoring defense (16.9), 45^th in tackles for loss allowed (5), 47^th in rushing offense (208.9), 52^nd in team passing efficiency defense (110.88), 54^th in turnovers gained (23), 54^th in team tackles for loss (7.2), 56^th in fumbles lost (6), 59^th in fourth down conversion percentage (.55), 60^th in passing offense (252.1), 66^th in third down conversion percentage defense (.333), 72^nd in team sacks (2.45), 79^th in blocked kicks (3), 81^st in passing yards per completion (13.4), 87^th in total defense (342.6), and 98^th in punt returns (9.08).
 
Individually, 12 Knights rank in the top 100 of thirty-three statistical categories: Brockway ranks 11^th in receiving yards (1,185), 13^th in receiving touchdowns (14), 19^th in receiving yards per game (107.7), 26^th in receptions per game (7.1), 37^th in total touchdowns (15), 40^th in total points scored (90), 70^th in scoring (8.2), and 97^th in all purpose (120.82).

Senior Chris McNutt (Solon) ranks 6^th in punt return touchdowns (1), senior Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 50^th in punting (38.5); Hunter Baldus (Cedar Rapids) ranks 52^nd in fumbles recovered (2), and senior Griffin Brennecke (Marion) ranks 61^st in yards per reception (18.58).

Rottler ranks 63^rd in total tackles (9.5), and junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks 3^rd in passes defended (2.2) and 58^th in interceptions per game (.5).

Sacia ranks 10^th in passing efficiency (171.5), 10^th in passing touchdowns (30), 12^th in completion percentage (.663), 17^th in points responsible for (198), 20^th in yards per pass attempt (8.9), 26^th in passing yards (2,722), 29^th in points responsible for per game (18), 44^th in passing yards per game (247.5), 54^th in total offense (259.5), 56^th in completions per game (18.45), and 67^th in passing yards per completion (13.41).

Binion ranks 29^th in rushing yards (1,211), 39^th in rush yards per carry (6.15), 42^nd in rushing yards per game (110.1), 45^th in rushing touchdowns (12), 51^st in total touchdowns (14), 59^th in total points scored (84), 95^th in all purpose (121), and 95^th in scoring (7.6).

Sophomore Jake Kloft (Maquoketa) ranks ranks 7^th in kickoff return touchdowns (1), sophomore Cedric Dobbins (Waukee) ranks 76^th in passes defended (1.3), and McNair  ranks 8^th in passes defended (1.9), 58^th in interceptions per game (.5), and 75^th in combined kick returns (523).