WAVERLY, Iowa—The No. 12/13 Wartburg football team (5-1 overall, 3-0 American Rivers) defeated Simpson (3-4, 2-3) 46-21 Saturday in the annual Homecoming game.

Top performers:

• Carter Markham: 13-23, 242 yards, 3 TDs
• Dawson Rud: 229 yards, 2 TDs
• Dylan Swanstrom: 4 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD
• Cael O'Neill: 40 & 41-yard field goals, 4 PATs
• Justin Grieff: 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT, 2 breakups
• Keenan Tyler: 15 tackles, 1.0 TFL
• Ben Parker: pick-six

Notes:

• This marked Wartburg's 22^nd-straight win over a conference opponent, to extend the streak
• This was the 15^th-straight ARC opponent that Wartburg has held under 100 yards rushing
• Simpson's two yards rushing was the fewest Wartburg has given up in a game since giving up -20 yards to Simpson in week four of last season
• Wartburg has scored a defensive touchdown in its last four games
• The Knights' 293 rushing yards were the most in a game since rushing for 332 vs Monmouth in week one of last season and the most against an ARC opponent since rushing for 321 against Nebraska Wesleyan in week 7 of 2021
• The Storm had only one rushing first down on the day
• career-high rushing yards for Rud
• Carter Henry has a touchdown catch in three consecutive games
• Justin Greiff had his first career interception
• Tyler tied his career-high in tackles
• Second game this season Tyler has had 15 tackles
• Tyler has recorded double digit tackles in four of the six games this season
• Cael O'Neill is now 3-3 in field goals from beyond 40 yards in his career
• O'Neill is now 2-2 on field goals from beyond 40 yards this season
• Wartburg has had two interceptions in each of its last four games
• Wartburg has blocked a kick in two consecutive games
• The Knights have had over 500 yards of offense in back-to-back games for the first time since Illinois College and Whitworth in the first two rounds of the playoffs last year
• Wartburg moved its series lead to 50-27-2. The Knights have won the last five-straight and 10 of the last 11.

Click here for the highlights from KWWL.
Click here for the recap from the Waterloo Courier. 

Next event
The Knights take to the road next week to face Coe next Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff