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Football KatieJo Kuhens

Football Travels to Face Coe

WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg football team (3-2 overall, 2-1 American Rivers) travels to face Coe (3-3, 2-2) Saturday at 1 p.m.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 23-13, which includes last year's meeting. The programs have met every year since 1997, when Coe joined the then-Iowa Conference.

Wartburg
Senior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 1,215 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 24-straight games and in 26 of his last 27, which dates back to the 2016 season.

Junior Kolin Schulte (Anamosa) leads the receivers with 507 yards on 21 catches and four TDs. Juniors Denison Harrington (Cedar Falls) and Will Hasken (Miles) and sophomore JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) join him in triple digits with 203, 163, and 151 yards, respectively.

Sophomore Bennett Goettsch (Marengo) has a team-high 350 yards on 80 carries with 10 TDs. Junior Connor Bailey (Knoxville) has 233 yards and three TDs, and classmate Mason Carter (North Liberty) rounds out those in triple digits with 117 yards.

Senior Marcus Johnson (Huxley) leads the defense with 40 tackles. Classmate Dillon Rademaker (Greene) leads the team with 7.5 TFLs.

Career Record Watch
Sacia holds the second spot in TD passes with 70. He is third with 553 pass completions and 7,213 passing yards.

Senior Peyton Imhoff (Dubuque) is fourth with 32 pass break ups.

Coe
Mitch Stopko leads the team on the ground with 223 yards on 69 carries. Tyler Dralle follows at 194 yards and Cody Russell at 109.

Quarterback Quentin White is 128-208-7 and has thrown for 1,304 yards for eight TDs.

His top target has been Colton White who has 411 yards on 39 catches for three TDs. Trevor Noble has 254 yards, Matt Kopp has 181, and Jonah Alfaro has 152.

Terrence Hall leads the defense with 52 total tackles.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 35 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1st blocked punts (0), 7th in completion percentage (.705), 8th in blocked punts allowed (2), 12th in scoring offense (46.4), 14th in first downs defense (64), 16th in punt returns (16.93), 18th in team passing efficiency (170.88), 19th in rushing defense (64.6), 21st in fourth down conversion percentage (.667), 23rd in fewest penalties per game (4.8), 23rd in fewest penalty yards per game (42), 23rd in total defense (257.6), 29th in fewest penalties (24), 30th in team passing efficiency defense (100.33), 32nd in fewest penalty yards (210), 36th in turnovers lost (6), 36th in red zone offense (.867), 39th in passes had intercepted (3), 40th in passing offense (276.2), 42nd in time of possession (32:23), 44th in third down conversion percentage defense (.298), 48th in blocked kicks (2), 49th in scoring defense (17.6), 49th in total offense (434.6), 62nd in net punting (34.59), 64th in fumbles lost (3), 67th in third down conversion percentage (.429), 70th in first downs offense (110), 70th in tackles for loss allowed (5.4), 76th in passing yards per completion (13.15), 80th in passes intercepted (6), 82nd in punt return defense (6.5), 84th in winning percentage (.6), 88th in passing yards allowed (193), and 98th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.4).
 
Individually, nine Knights rank in the top 100 of 27 statistical categories: Sacia ranks 9th in completion percentage (.695), 17th in yards per pass attempt (9.27), 20th in passing efficiency (170.5), 49th in passing yards per game (243), 53rd in passing touchdowns (11), 56th in passing yards (1,215), 64th in passing yards per completion (13.35), 64th in completions per game (18.2), 70th in points responsible for (72), 71st in points responsible for per game (14.4), and 82nd in total offense (240.8); senior Dane Steidler (Eldridge) ranks 5th in punt return touchdowns (1); Rademaker ranks 69th in tackles for loss (1.5); Schulte ranks 11th in yards per reception (24.14), 37th in receiving yards per game (101.4), 41st in receiving yards (507), and 92nd in receiving touchdowns (4); Goettsch ranks 6th in rushing touchdowns (10), 8th in scoring (13.2), 10th in total points scored (66), 10th in total touchdowns (11), 89th in points responsible for (66), and 96th in points responsible for per game (13.2); McNair ranks 5th in punt return touchdowns (1), 14th in passes defended (1.8), 19th in punt returns (16.2), and 50th in combined kick returns (328); sophomore Nick Deppe (Plainfield,Ill.) ranks 58th in punting (38.5); sophomore Ryan King (Joliet, Ill.) ranks 92nd in fumbles recovered (1); and freshman Kain Eagle (Denver) ranks 87th in field goals per game (.6).
 
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