WAVERLY, Iowa—Matching the school record for five touchdown passes in a game, Jace Moore and the Wartburg Knights (3-2, 2-1 A-R-C) scored five touchdowns in the first half.
 
The Knights would defeat the Loras College Duhawks (3-3, 3-1, A-R-C) 58-21, handing the Duhawks their first conference loss.
 
Records Broken

• Moore matched the school record for touchdown passes in a game, throwing all five in the first half.
• JoJo McNair matched the longest kick-off return in the third quarter, scoring the seventh touchdown of the game for the Knights.
• McNair was the recipient on two passes from Moore, while Ben Bryant, Hunter Clasen, Brett Meyer, and Drake George all caught passes in the first half.
• A Knights quarterback has completed five passing touchdowns in a game 12 times prior to today's game.
• The Knights have now won nine of their last homecoming games.

 
Scoring Plays
 

• Moore and McNair started the scoring drive in the first quarter as McNair caught a 28-yard pass from Moore for the first score of the game.
• Bryant rushed for 16-yards in the start of the second quarter as the Knights took an early 14-0 lead.
• Clasen connected with Moore with 9:12 remaining in the first half, scoring the third touchdown for the Knights.
• An onside kick by the Knights' Adijan Muhamedagic set up the next scoring drive for the Knights as McNair caught a 53-yard pass from Moore with 9:00 minutes remaining in the half.
• George caught a 31-yard pass from Moore with 5:18 to play in the half.
• Meyer had the final score of the first half, taking a 31-yard pass from Moore with 32 seconds remaining.
• McNair started the second half off with an endzone-to-endzone kick-off return for a touchdown.
• Bryant took a 61 punt return to the endzone for the Knights eighth touchdown of the day with 13:10 remaining in the third quarter.
• Ty Bausch of Loras scored back-to-back rushing touchdowns to end the third quarter as the Duhawks trailed 55-14.
• Cael O'Neill scored the final points for the Knights, making a 28-yard field goal attempt with 11:18 remaining in the fourth.
• The Duhawks' Elijah Thomas scored the final points of the game for either side, rushing 60-yards for a touchdown.

 
A Look at the Numbers
 

• The Knights have 537 total yards of offense, with 301 passing yards.
• The Knights averaged 7.3 yards per play, with 23 first downs in the game.
• Defensively, the Knights recorded two sacks for a total of 13 yards and making seven of eight point-after attempts.
• The Knights punted the ball five times, averaging 26.4 yards per punt.
• The Duhawks has 280 yards of total offense, with nine punts. The Duhawks averaged 32.2 yards per punt.
• The Duhawks made all three point-after attempts.

 
Key Players
 

• Moore was 13-of-25 for pass completions, with 268 total passing yards and five touchdowns. Moore's longest pass was a 53-yard pass to McNair
• Nile McLaughlin saw action in the game, making 4-of-6 pass completions.
• Bryant led the Knights in rushing yards, with 91 total rushing yards, one touchdown, and averaging 15.2 yards per rush.
• McNair had two receiving touchdowns and five receptions on the day, totaling 117 receiving yards.
• Owen Grover led the Knights in tackles with eight tackles. Grover recorded one sack for a six-yard loss in the game.
• Jordan Downing had two tackles-for-loss, totaling 13 yards, as seven Knights had tackles-for-loss in the contest. Downing had the Knights second sack of the game.
• Three Knights had pass breakups in the contest and one Knights defender recorded a quarterback hurry.
• McNair had a forced fumble in the game and one tackle.

 
Next Time Out
 
The Knights hit the road as they travel to Luther College on Oct. 16. Kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. in Decorah, Iowa.
 
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