WAVERLY, Iowa- The No. 15/16 Wartburg football team (7-0 overall, 5-0 A-R-C) travels to face Buena Vista (3-5, 2-4) Saturday at 1 p.m. The Knights stand atop the conference standings, while the Beavers are sixth.
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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 48-30-3, which includes 10 of the last 11.Â
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Wartburg
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Hunter Clasen leads the team with 714 yards on the ground and nine touchdowns. SeniorÂ
Nile McLaughlin has thrown for 1,622 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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Drake George leads the receivers with 328 yards and
Thomas Butters has four touchdowns.
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Ben Bryant, who set the season record for punt return yards last year, leads the team with 15 punt returns for 244 yards. He also has 264 rushing yards for three touchdowns, and 141 receiving yards for two touchdowns.
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Owen Grover leads the defense with 50 tackles, and juniorÂ
Nate Link follows with 47 tackles.
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Jordan Downing leads the team with 12.5 TFLs, and 8.0 sacks.
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Career Record Watch
Ben Bryant is fifth in average yards/punt return (14.5), seventh in punt return yards (593) and tied for fifth in punt return TDs (1).
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Antonio Santillan is tied for fifth in interception return TDs (1), tied for sixth in assisted tackles (131), and eighth in total tackles (256).
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National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 50 of 21 team categories. The Knights are: first in red zone defense (.400), rushing defense (30.7), and winning percentage (1.000), second in sacks (4.43), third in scoring defense (5.4), sixth in total defense (206.0), eighth in third down conversion percentage defense (.241), ninth in team passing efficiency defense (86.02), 10th in passes intercepted (13), 13th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.176), 14th in first downs defense (90), 16th in punt returns (17.57), 17th in turnover margin (1.14), 24th in scoring offense (41.4) and turnovers gained (17), 26th in kickoff return defense (14.90), 28th in sacks allowed (1.00), 32nd in rushing offense (212.4) and total offense (453.7), 48th in blocked punts (1), and 49th in tackles for loss (4.71).
Individually, eight players rank in the top 50.
O'Neill is sixth in field goals/game (1.14), 11th in field goal percentage (.800), 46th in scoring (8.1), and 48th in points (57).
McLaughlin is 43rd in passing TDs (15), and 50th in passing yards (1,622).
Downing is 15th in sacks (1.14), 23rd in TFLs (1.8), and 36th in forced fumbles (0.29).
Grover is 49th in interceptions/game (.4)
Parker Rochford is ninth in passes defended (1.7), and 49th in interceptions/game (.4)
Kaleb Lamphier is eighth in punt return TDs (1), and Bryant is ninth in punt returns (16.3).
Konrardy is 44th in sacks (0.86).
Clasen is seventh in rush yards/carry (7.52), 20th in rushing TDs (9), 34th in rushing yards/game (102.0), 35th in rushing yards (714), and 41st in total touchdowns (9).