WAVERLY, Iowa - The No. 13/20-ranked Wartburg football team hits the road Saturday, Oct. 5, traveling to Storm Lake, Iowa for an American Rivers Conference matchup at Buena Vista University. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

WARTBURG (4-0, 2-0 A-R-C) AT BUENA VISTA (2-2, 0-2 A-R-C)
Date: Oct. 5, 2019
Time: 1 p.m.
Site: Storm Lake, Iowa // J. Leslie Rollins Stadium
Series: Wartburg leads 48-29-3
Radio: KWAY Country AM 1470 FM 96.3 // Matt Ray (Play by Play), Terry Goetzinger (Color)
 
THE SERIES
Saturday's game marks the 81^st meeting between Wartburg and Buena Vista, with the Knights holding a 48-29-3 series advantage. Wartburg has won nine consecutive matchups against the Beavers, including a 63-0 shutout in the conference opener last season in Waverly. The Knights' 63 points were the most against BVU in the series history and the first shutout since 2015.

LAST 10 MEETINGS: 9-1

Date         Home/Away        Result
9/15/18              H              W, 63-0
11/4/17               A              W, 56-14
11/12/16             H             W, 42-14
10/31/15             H             W, 55-0
11/1/14               A              W, 43-24
10/12/13             H             W, 37-29
10/6/12               A             W, 42-21
9/17/19               H             W, 27-7
10/9/10               A             W, 28-0
10/10/19             H             L, 15-27
 
LAST TIME OUT
After a 17-0 first quarter deficit, Wartburg bounced back to defeat the University of Dubuque 42-25 at Waltson-Hoover Stadium Saturday, Sept. 28 to improve to 4-0 on the season.

Dubuque came out swinging in the first quarter, opening with a field goal and two touchdowns by to take a 17-0 lead. However, those were the only points the Spartans scored in the first three quarters.
 
Wartburg's scoring bonanza began with 5:33 left in the half, as Jace Moore completed four-straight passes to set up Bennett Goettsch for a 4-yard touchdown rush.
 
Jason Fisher recovered a fumble with 1:47 left and the Knights wasted no time running the Philly Special. Moore pitched the ball to Brandan Childs who completed the 36-yard touchdown pass to Kolin Schulte. Wartburg took the momentum and a three-point deficit into halftime.
 
In the third quarter, Schulte snagged the go-ahead score, a 25-yard pass from Moore. Will Hasken followed the score with his first interception of the season. Over the next four minutes, Wartburg fought to get into the red zone and finally scored off a one-yard quarterback sneak by Moore for the last score of the quarter, taking a 28-17 lead into the fourth.   
 
Wartburg capitalized on UD miscues, as Trey Heffner brought down Spartan punter Andy Vujnovich, setting Wartburg up for a first and goal situation. Moore found Childs in the end zone on the third down for the first touchdown of the fourth.
 
The Spartans attempted an onside kick after scoring a touchdown of their own, but Nick Wall grabbed it at Wartburg's 49-yard line to start the Wartburg drive. Moore scored the consequent touchdown, giving the Spartans only 3:29 to make a comeback. Instead, Antonio Santillan snatched his second career interception on the second play of the drive, creating the final score of 42-25.
 
Individually, Moore led in both passing and rushing, going 22-29 with one interception passing while scoring a pair of rushing touchdowns. Kolin Schulte had another 100-yard receiving game, coming away with 114 receiving yards and two touchdowns off six catches. Kain Eagle went 6-for-6 on PAT attempts.

RECORD WATCH
Kolin Schulte completed his seventh touchdown reception of the season versus Dubuque, putting him halfway toward the school record 15, first done by Ryan Rausch in 1999 and again by Riley Brockway in 2017. Schulte previously tied Brockway's record of most touchdowns received in a game with four at Monmouth in the 2019 season opener. 

GROVER NAMED DEFENSIVE POTW
Freshman linebacker Owen Grover of Dyersville led the Wartburg defense during the 42-25 win over Dubuque, notching a season-high 11 tackles along with one tackle for loss en route to garnering his first career American Rivers Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor.

IN THE POLLS
Wartburg moved up from No. 15 to No. 13 in the latest American Football Coaches Association Top 25 Coaches' Poll, and remain at No. 20 in the D3football.com rankings.

WARTBURG

• Through the first four weeks of the season, Wartburg ranks first in A-R-C scoring offense and defense with an average of 50.5 points per game and 16.3 points against.
• Senior wide receiver Kolin Schulte leads the conference with 28 receptions, good for 463 yards (3rd/A-R-C) along with seven touchdowns (T-2nd/A-R-C). Schulte notched over 100 receiving yards for the third time this season last game versus Dubuque.
• Wartburg leads the A-R-C with 14 rushing touchdowns, paced by a collective effort from the Knights' running backs. Bennett Goettsch leads the team with four rushing scores, which leads the conference. Connor Bailey has three, followed by two each from Mason Carter and Jace Moore. 
• Moore leads the quarterback unit with 636 passing yards and eight touchdowns. His 73.1% completion percentage ranks second best in the conference. 
• Junior defensive back Eli Barrett is tied for the lead in the A-R-C with 38 total tackles (20 solo). 

BUENA VISTA

• The Beavers are in search of their first conference victory, off to an 0-2 start with losses against Nebraska Wesleyan and Simpson. 
• Buena Vista opened its season with a pair of non-conference wins, defeating Hamline University 51-7 and Concordia-Nebraska 27-24. 
• BVU leads the conference with 13 sacks for 85 yards. Michael Herwig and Mason Wickett have recorded 2.5 sacks each.
• Junior wide receiver Eric Pacheco has paced the Beaver offense with 25 catches and 487 receiving yards (2nd/A-R-C).
• Punter Morris Aranda leads the conference with an average of 42.8 yards per punt.