WAVERLY, Iowa—The No. 3 Wartburg football team (3-0 overall, 1-0 American Rivers) defeated Buena Vista (0-3, 0-1) 47-0 Saturday.

Top performers

• Carter Henry: 7 catches, 120 yards, 1 TD
• Nile McLaughlin: 16-26, 227 yards, 3 TDs
• Hunter Clasen: 83 yards, 3 TDs
• Owen Grover: 8 tackles
• Jordan Downing: 2 sacks
• Cael O'Neill: 5 PATs

Highlights


Notes/streaks

• The Knights' defense only allowed 58 total yards by BV
• BV was 1-14 on third down conversions
• McLaughlin's third-straight game this season with over 200 passing yards
• McLaughlin's ninth-straight game dating back to last season
• Seventh-straight game with at least one passing TD dating back to last season
• Third-straight game with at least one interception for the Orange and Black
• Wartburg scored on both of its drives in the first quarter
• The Knights scored on their first two drives of the third quarter
• Maurice Powell had his first career rushing touchdown
• Wartburg has won its last 21 home contests, which dates back to September 29th, 2018 when Simpson defeated the Knights 37-36 in overtime.
• Wartburg is 55-4 in the last 10 season at Walston-Hoover Stadium
• The Knights have gone 54 games without losing at home in regulation. The last home Wartburg loss in regulation was to Coe on November 2, 2013 (24-10).
• This was the second-straight shutout over BV in Waverly, as the Knights previously won 63-0 in the 2018 meeting.
• This was the second-straight shutout in the series as the Orange and Black won 65-0 last year in Storm Lake. 

Click here to read the recap in the Waterloo Courier.
Click here for the highlights from KWWL.

Next event
Wartburg takes to the road next weekend to face Simpson. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.