WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 3 Wartburg football team (1-0 overall) travels to face No. 16 Bethel Saturday at 1 p.m. This is the season opener for the Royals.

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The Series
The Royals hold the all-time series lead at 5-3. The series is tied at 2-2 in regular season meetings, as the Knights claimed the most-recent regular season meeting in 2015. 

Wartburg
Hunter Clasen leads the team with 247 rushing yards on 23 carries for six touchdowns.

Nile McLaughlin has thrown for 240 yards and one TD. Thor Maakestad has a team-high 89 receiving yards for one score on two catches, and Drake George follows with 78 yards on four catches.

Owen Grover leads the defense with 12.0 tackles. Justin Grieff has a team-best 2.0 TFLs and Parker Rochford has three interceptions through one game.

Career Record Watch
Clasen is tied for fifth in total TDs (39), sixth in rushing TDs (37), tied for sixth in points (234), seventh in all purpose yards (4,078), and 10th in rushing yards (2,680) and kick return yards (866).

McLaughlin is 10th in pass completions (300) and passing TDs (31). Cael O'Neill is sixth in field goals (15) and 10th in PATs (60).

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 ninth in total tackles (262) and in solo tackles (152).

Downing is sixth in sacks (20.5), and 10th in TFLS (34.0).

Bethel
The Royals received one D3football.com preseason All-American honor in wide receiver Joey Kidder, who was a Second-team honoree. 

Bethel advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Playoffs last season, but fell 41-28 to Mary-Hardin Baylor.