WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 3/3 Wartburg football team (9-0 overall, 7-0 American Rivers Conference) won the A-R-C Championship with the 24-14 win over Central (6-2, 4-2) Saturday
This was the 19th conference championship in program history, and second-straight. With the title, the Orange and Black will receive the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Other achievements set today
- Hunter Clasen surpassed the 1,000 yard rushing mark for the second-straight season.
- Jordan Downing set the career record for sacks with 28.5 to date. He broke Vince Kings' record of 27.5 set from 2000-03.
Top performers
Notes/streaks
- McLaughlin's ninth-straight game this season with over 200 passing yards
- McLaughlin's 15th-straight game game with triple digit passing yards dating back to last season
- McLaughlin's 13th-straight game with at least one passing TD dating back to last season
- This was Link's' first interception of the season
- Fifth INT of Link's career
- Wartburg has had at least one interception in eight of its nine games this season
- Clasen's fifth game this season with triple digit rushing yards
- Clasen finished one game off the school record in fastest to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a season
- Justin Beatty reached this in eight games in 2001
- Grover's fourth game this season with double digit tackles
- Wartburg has won its last 23 home contests, which dates back to September 29th, 2018 when Simpson defeated the Knights 37-36 in overtime.
- Wartburg is 58-4 in the last 10 season at Walston-Hoover Stadium
- The Knights have gone 57 games without losing at home in regulation. The last home Wartburg loss in regulation was to Coe on November 2, 2013 (24-10).
- 22nd-straight regular season win for the Knights. This streak dates back to the 2019 season
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Next event
Wartburg takes to the road next week to face Nebraska Wesleyan at 1 p.m. to conclude the regular season.
