WAVERLY, Iowa- The No. 14/15 Wartburg football team (9-0 overall, 7-0 A-R-C) travels to face Coe (7-2, 6-1) Saturday at 1 p.m. The Knights stand atop the conference standings, while the Kohawks are tied for second.

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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 26-13, which includes the last four-straight.
 
Wartburg  
The Knights broke an 80-year old school record two weeks ago with their fifth shutout of the season. The previous mark was four set in 1942.
 
Senior Hunter Clasen leads the team with 954 yards on the ground and 15 touchdowns. Senior Nile McLaughlin (Eldridge) has thrown for 1,968 yards and 19 touchdowns.
 
Drake George leads the receivers with 445 yards, and Thomas Butters (Kalona) leads the group with four TD catches.
 
Ben Bryant, who set the season record for punt return yards last year, leads the team with 16 punt returns for 293 yards. He also has 338 rushing yards for five touchdowns, and 141 receiving yards for two touchdowns.
 
Senior Owen Grover leads the defense with 60 tackles, and junior Nate Link (Eldridge) follows with 51 tackles.
 
Senior Jordan Downing leads the team with 12.5 TFLs, and 8.0 sacks.
 
Career Record Watch
Ben Bryant is third in average yards/punt return (15.3), fourth in punt return yards (642) and tied for fifth in punt return TDs (1).

Clasen is 10th in rushing TDs (25) and O'Neill is tied for ninth in field goals (10).

Antonio Santillan is tied for fifth in interception return TDs (1), tied for sixth in assisted tackles (131), and eighth in total tackles (260). Downing is tied for eighth in sacks (16) and ninth in yards from TFLs (140).
 
Season Record Watch
Cael O'Neill is tied for sixth in field goals (9), and seventh in PATs (45).
 
Bryant is third in punt return yards (293) and fourth in average yards/punt return (18.31).
 
Downing is tied for sixth in fumbles forced (2), and 10^th in yards from sacks (60).
 
As a team, Wartburg is tied for first in punt return TDs (3), third in rushing TDs (35) and punt return yards (467), fifth in yards from sacks (253), sixth in points (436) and PATs (51), tied for sixth in field goals (9), seventh in total TDs (59) and yards from TFLS (379), and tied for ninth in sacks (35).
 
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 50 of 30 national stat categories. The Knights are: first in red zone defense (.364), rushing defense (30.6), turnovers gained (30), and winning percentage (1.000), second in scoring defense (5.2), third in team TFLs (9.0) and turnover margin (2.00), fourth in team passing efficiency defense (83.09) and team sacks (3.89), 
fifth in passes intercepted (19), total defense (193.8) and scoring offense (48.4), sixth in blocked punts (3), eighth in third down conversion percentage (.250) and first downs defense (108), ninth in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.190) and fumbles recovered (11), 11th in punt returns (18.58), 14th in rushing offense (240.7), 16th in total offense (470.7), 20th in sacks allowed (.89), 25th in kickoff return defense (15.29), 28th in first downs offense (211), 32nd in red zone offense (.860), 37th in blocked kicks (4) and TFLs allowed (4.44), 38th in passing yards allowed (163.2), 39th in completion percentage (.644) and defensive TDs (2), 40th in time of possession (32.09), 42nd in fumbles lost (4).

Individually, 10 players rank in the top 50.

McLaughlin is 40th in passing TDs (19), and 41st in completion percentage (.647). O'Neill is ninth in field goal percentage (.818), 12th in field goals/game (1.00), 39th in points (72), 46th in scoring (8.0)

Bryant is fourth in punt returns (18.3), and Justin Grieff is 17th in fumbles recovered (2). Thane Alexander, Parker Rochford and Kaleb Lamphier are all tied for seventh in punt return TDs (1).

Grover and Parker Rochford are tied for 34th in interceptions/game (0.4), and Rochford is 14th in passes defended (1.4).

Clasen is fifth in rushing TDs (15), sixth in rush yards/carry (7.69), 13th in points (90) and total TDs (15), 17th in scoring (10.0), 24th in rushing yards (954), and 28th in rushing yards/game (106.0).

Downing is 33rd in sacks (0.89).

Coe
Ray Seidel has rushed for 553 yards.  Carter Maske has thrown for 1,521 yards for 16 TDs. Dominic Shepardson has 751 receiving yards for seven scores. Jay Oostendorp leads the defense with 47 total tackles.