WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 13 Wartburg football team (1-0 overall) moved to 11-0 in night home openers in the Walston-Hoover Stadium era (since 2001) with its 73-13 win over Greenville (0-1) Saturday night.

Sept. 1, 2001      vs. UW-Oshkosh              W 31-10
Sept. 6, 2003      vs. Peru State                    W 47-0
Sept. 5, 2005      vs. Augsburg                      W 29-26
Sept. 2, 2006      vs. Monmouth                  W 20-0
Sept. 12, 2009    vs. Augsburg                      W 34-21
Sept. 4, 2010      vs. Monmouth                  W 27-7
Sept. 10, 2011    vs. Gustavus Adolphus      W 26-21
Sept. 1, 2012      vs. MacMurray                  W 73-0
Sept. 5, 2015      vs. Augsburg                      W 35-27
Sept. 9, 2017      vs. Monmouth                  W 36-13
Sept. 1, 2018      vs. Greenville                    W 73-13



Box Score
On their first drive of the game, senior Matt Sacia (Eldridge) found junior Denison Harrington (Cedar Falls) for a 36-yard touchdown pass. With that TD, Sacia moved into sole possession of second on the program's career leader list with 60.

Many players had their first career touchdowns tonight: juniors Connor Bailey (Knoxville), Mason Carter (North Liberty), Kolin Schulte (Anamosa), sophomore Bennett Goettsch (Iowa Valley), Devon Lund (Denver), and freshman Riley Pfiffner (Atkins).

Bailey led all players with a career-high 116 rushing yards, and first 100 yard game of his career.

Sacia finished with 155 passing yards for two TDs. He has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 20-straight games and in 22 of his last 23, which dates back to the 2016 season. Sacia's top targe was Harrington who had five receptions for 87 yards and one TD.

Freshman Antonio Santillan (Davenport) led the defense with seven tackles. Senior Marcus Johnson (Huxley) had a team-best 1.5 TFLs.

Sophomore JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) and junior Tyler Biting (Keokuk) each had an interception. Freshman Kain Eagle (Denver) made his first collegiate field goal on the night.

Defensively, the Knights held the Panthers to just 32 yards rushing in the game. Greenville's preseason D3Football.com third-team All-American tight end, Gregoire Franchomme, was held to two receptions for 32 yards, all in the second half.

Complete scoring summary

SCORING SUMMARY				GUFB -WARFB
1st	11:06	WARFB	Denison Harrington 36 yd pass from Matt Sacia (Kain Eagle kick)
			6 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:00	0 - 7
	10:16	WARFB	TEAM safety
				0 - 9
	09:37	WARFB	Bennett Goettsch 4 yd run (Kain Eagle kick)
			2 plays, 29 yards, TOP 0:30	0 - 16
	05:59	WARFB	Mason Carter 41 yd run (Kain Eagle kick)
			4 plays, 56 yards, TOP 1:41	0 - 23
	00:18	WARFB	Bennett Goettsch 9 yd run (Kain Eagle kick)
			6 plays, 54 yards, TOP 1:51	0 - 30
2nd	14:06	WARFB	JoJo McNair 63 yd punt return (Kain Eagle kick)
				0 - 37
	10:46	WARFB	Kolin Schulte 33 yd pass from Matt Sacia (Kain Eagle kick)
			4 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:46	0 - 44
	03:36	WARFB	Kain Eagle 25 yd field goal
			6 plays, 23 yards, TOP 3:12	0 - 47
	00:03	GUFB	R. de Castro 24 yd field goal
			8 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:26	3 - 47
3rd	09:32	WARFB	Connor Bailey 5 yd run (Matt Milewski kick)
			12 plays, 44 yards, TOP 5:23	3 - 54
	05:18	GUFB	Daniel McCloud 13 yd run (R. de Castro kick)
			11 plays, 62 yards, TOP 4:04	10 - 54
	02:37	WARFB	Riley Pfiffner 2 yd run (Matt Milewski kick blockd)
			5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:41	10 - 60
4th	13:47	GUFB	R. de Castro 25 yd field goal
			8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:41	13 - 60
	11:23	WARFB	Connor Bailey 5 yd run (Matt Milewski kick)
			5 plays, 40 yards, TOP 2:10	13 - 67
	01:56	WARFB	Devon Lund 1 yd run (Matt Milewski kick failed)
			13 plays, 0 yards, TOP 7:12	13 - 73

Wartburg takes to the road next week to face Monmouth.