WAVERLY, Iowa-- No. 3 Wartburg (3-0 overall, 1-0 American Rivers Conference) travels to face Simpson (1-2, 0-1) Saturday at 1 p.m.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series at 48-27-2 which includes eight of the last nine, and the last three-straight. 

Wartburg
Hunter Clasen leads the team on the ground with 434 yards and nine touchdowns. Nile McLaughlin has thrown for 674 yards and six scores.

Thor Maakestad leads the receivers with 185 yards on seven catches and two TDs while Drake George follows with 176 yards on 10 catches and one score, and Carter Henry has 159 yards on 11 catches and one TD.

Owen Grover leads the defense with 27 tackles and Justin Grieff follows closely with 19. Jordan Downing leads the team with 5.0 TFLs. Parker Rochford has four interceptions to date.

Career Record Watch
Clasen is fourth in all purpose yards (4,276), fifth in total TDs (42), in rushing TDs (40), and in points (252), and ninth in rushing yards (2,867) and kick return yards (866).

McLaughlin is eighth in pass completions (333) and ninth in passing TDs (36). Cael O'Neill is sixth in field goals (16) and 10th in PATs (66).

Ben Bryant is third in punt return yards (69) and 10th in punt returns (48).

Rochford is tied for third in interception return TDs (2). Grover is seventh in total tackles (277) and eighth in solo tackles (158).

Downing is second in fumbles forced (5), tied for fourth in sacks (23), and eighth in TFLS (37.5).

National Stat Rankings
The Knights rank in the top 50 of 19 national statistics. They are tied for 1^st in winning percentage (1.000), tied for 1^st in sacks allowed (0), tied for 1^st in blocked punts allowed (0), 8^th in tackles for loss allowed (2.67), 8^th in third down conversion percentage allowed (0.208), 11^th in blocked punts (1), 22^nd in passes intercepted (5), 25^th in kick return defense (14.33), 29^th in turnovers gained (7), 29^th in scoring defense (12.3), 31^st in rushing offense (210.0), 33^rd in scoring offense (41.7), 39^th in total defense (253.3), 41^st in team passing efficiency defense (98.54), 44^th in fewest penalties per game (4.67), 45^th in punt returns (12.33), 45^th in blocked kicks (1), 49^th in punt return defense (1.00) and 50^th in fewest penalty yards per game (41.67).
 
Individually, the Knights have nine players ranking in the top 100 of numerous national statistics. 
 
Hunter Clasen is 1^st in total touchdowns (9), 1^st in total points scored (54), 1^st in rushing touchdowns (9), tied for 1^st in scoring (18.0), 2^nd in rushing yards (434), 3^rd in rushing yards per game (144.7), 24^th in yards per carry (6.89), 24^th in all-purpose yards (150.00), 32^nd in points responsible for (54) and 42^nd in points responsible for per game (18.0).
 
Nile McLaughlin is 52^nd in passing yards (674), 53^rd in passing touchdowns (6), 56^th in passing yards per completion (14.04), 57^th in yards per pass attempt (8.42), 79^th in passing efficiency (145.5), 80^th in points responsible for (36), 80^th in passing yards per game (224.7), 96^th in completion percentage (0.600) and 99^th in total offense (224.7).
 
Jordan Downing is tied for 17^th in fumble recoveries (1), 19^th in forced fumbles (0.67), 73^rd in tackles for loss (1.7) and 82^nd in sacks (0.83).
 
Kanan Morris is tied for 17^th in fumble recoveries (1).
 
Parker Rochford is 2^nd in interceptions per game (1.3) and 11^th in passes defended (2.3).
 
Blake Janssen is tied for 1^st in punt return touchdowns (1).
 
Brock Califf is 40^th in punt returns (8.2).
 
Thor Maakestad is 13^th in yards per reception (26.43) and 98^th in receiving touchdowns (2).
 
Owen Grover is 85^th in total tackles (9.0) and 94^th in solo tackles (5.0).

Simpson
Quarterback J Jensen III has thrown for 1,076 yards and 11 TDs. Reed Worth leads the receivers with 329 yards and five TDs, while Cole Staska follows with 280 yards and two scores.

Desmond Alexander has rushed for 161 yards and Danny Rankins Jr. follows with 111 yards. 

CJ Hangartner and Wyatt Schaben co-lead the defense with 22 tackles.

First-year head coach, Reed Hoskins, is a 2006 Wartburg graduate, and teammate of current Wartburg head coach Chris Winter. He was the starting quarterback for the Knights three seasons, and earned Second-team All-Conference recognition as a sophomore. He still ranks fifth all-time in career passing yards (6,433), passing touchdowns (56), pass completions (489) and pass attempts (864). From 2008-11, Hoskins was the passing game coordinator, quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at his alma mater, and helped guide the Knights to league championships in both his first and last seasons in Waverly.