WAVERLY, Iowa—The No. 12/13 Wartburg football team (4-1 overall, 3-0 American Rivers) hosts Simpson (3-3, 2-2) in the annual homecoming game.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 49-27-2. The Knights have won the last four-straight and nine of the last 10.
Wartburg
Dawson Rud leads the team on the ground with 256 yards and three touchdowns. Four teammates join him above 100 yards with
Joey Anderson following at 162.
Ben Bryant has 122,
Bricen White has 115 and
Carter Markham has 108.
Quarterback Markham has thrown for 979 yards and 10 TDs.
Drake George leads the receiving group with 24 catches for three touchdowns and is second with 290 yards. George became the program's career leader in pass receptions last Saturday against Buena Vista. His 191 catches to date has surpassed the 189 set by Riley Brockway in 2014-17.
Carter Henry has a team-high 317 yards on 21 catches for three TDs.
John McConohy also has three scores.
Keenan Tyler leads the defense with 48 tackles.
Conner McDonald has a team-high 4.5 TFLs and 3.0 sacks.
Career Record Watch
George is first in pass receptions (191), sixth in pass reception yards (2,270), and sixth in pass reception TDs (20).
O'Neill is third in field goals (23), fourth in PATs (144) and ninth in points (221).
Ben Bryant is first in punt return yards (957) and second in punt returns (74).
Parker Rochford is tied for first in interception return TDs (4), tied for fourth in interceptions (16), and tied for seventh in pass breakups (26).
Nate Link is tied for seventh in fumble returns (2) and
Justin Grieff is seventh in quarterback hurries (9).
Against the A-R-C
Wartburg leads the league in A-R-C contest in scoring average (38.0), total yards/game (429.7), rushing yards/game (264.7), fewest rushing yards/game allowed (47.3), and punting average (43.7).
Dawson Rud is third in rushing TDs (3).
John McConohy leads the league in yards averaged/catch (20.8),
Carter Henry is third in average yards/catch (17.3) and
Keenan Tyler is ninth in tackles (29).
Jaxson Hoppes is second in punting average (43.7).
Bryant leads the conference in punt return yards (79) and punt returns (7).
Thane Alexander is tied for first in interceptions (2).
Simpson
Quarterback J Jensen III has thrown for 1,447 yards and 15 TDs. His top target has been Noah Cracraft with 37 catches for 685 yards and eight scores. Demarico Young has a team-high 515 rushing yards and five TDs.
Payton Betts leads the defense with 41 tackles. CJ Hangartner has a team-best 8.5 TFLs and 5.0 sacks.
