STORM LAKE, Iowa—The No. 15/16 Wartburg football team (4-1 overall, 3-0 American Rivers) defeated Buena Vista (1-5, 1-3) 70-21 Saturday afternoon.

Top performers:

• Carter Markham: 12-16, 167 yards, 5 TDs
• Leo Dodd: 1-1, 67 yards, 1 TD
• John McConohy: 67 receiving yards, 1 TD
• Jagger Schmitt: 4 catches, 59 yards, 1 TD
• Carter Henry: 3 catches, 31 yards, 1 TD
• Micah Holmberg: 1 catch, 4 yards, 1 TD
• Drake George: 2 TD catches
• Spencer Zinn: 2 rushing TDs, 7 carries, 39 yards
• Dawson Rud: 5 carries, 53 yards, 1 TD
• Adam Link: 7 tackles
• Conner McDonald: sack
• Parker Rochford & Keenan Tyler: interceptions
• Cael O'Neill: 8 PATs

Notes:

• George set the career receptions record on his TD catch on Wartburg's first drive of the game
• Markham 5 TD passes in first half; ties school record
• 5 TD passes has previously occurred 13 times, most recently by Nile McLaughlin against Loras last season
• 16^th career interception for Rochford
  • He's now tied for fourth on the career leader list in this category
• 6 TD passes by Wartburg ties the school record, set against Loras last season
• O'Neill tied the record with his 8 PATs
• This is the fifth time he's made 8 in a game
• Career-high tackles for Link
• 10 set the school record
• Old mark of 9 was set against Simpson last season and Loras in 2014
• The score of 70-21 is a Wartburg scoragami; this has never previously occurred in program history
• This was the third-straight win for the Orange and Black in the series
• The Knights extend their lead to 51-30-3 over Buena Vista
• This was the 21^st-straight conference win, which extends the new record

Drake George @blazethisplace4 made @WartburgFB history & entered the @WartburgKnights history book in style. Listen to the historic catch below 👇

Drake George's History Making Catch by KWAY Radio on #SoundCloud https://t.co/DrMlJhYIUJ

— KWAY (@KWAYWaverly) October 14, 2024

 

Next event
The Knights return home next weekend to host Simpson in the annual Homecoming game. Kickoff will be at 1:30 p.m.