WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 12/13 Wartburg football team (5-1 overall, 4-0 American Rivers) travels to face No. 21 Coe (7-0, 5-0) Saturday at 1 p.m. Coe is ranked in the AFCA top 25 poll.

League standings

School	A-R-C	All
Coe	5-0	7-0
Wartburg	4-0	5-1
Dubuque	3-1	3-3
Central	3-2	5-2
Simpson	2-3	3-4
Nebraska Wesleyan	1-3	2-4
Buena Vista	1-3	1-5
Loras	1-4	1-6
Luther	0-4	1-5

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The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 28-13, which includes the last six-straight meetings. This will mark the first contest where both teams are ranked in either the D3football.com or the AFCA polls. 

Wartburg
Dawson Rud leads the team on the ground with 485 yards and five touchdowns. Four teammates join him above 100 yards with Joey Anderson follows at 210, Carter Markham at 125, Ben Bryant at 123, and Bricen White at 115.

Quarterback Markham has thrown for 1,221 yards and 13 TDs. Drake George leads the receiving group with 26 catches for three touchdowns and is second with 300 yards. 

Carter Henry has a team-high 367 yards on 26 catches for four TDs. 

Keenan Tyler leads the defense with 63 tackles. Conner McDonald has a team-high 5.0 TFLs and 3.5 sacks.

Career Record Watch 
George is first in pass receptions (193), sixth in pass reception yards (2,280), and sixth in pass reception TDs (20). Carter Henry is eighth in pass reception yards (1,843) and ninth in pass receptions (120).

O'Neill is second in field goals (26), tied for third in PATs (148) and eighth in points (231). Ben Bryant is first in punt return yards (958) and second in punt returns (76). 

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). 

National Stat Rankings
The Knights are ranked in the top 50 in 14 various national rankings. They rank first in defensive touchdowns (4), fourth in rushing defense (45.3), 11^th in net punting (38.89), 11^th in blocked punts (2), 19^th in rushing offense (214.8), 22^nd in winning percentage (.883), 28^th in blocked kicks (3), 33^rd in first downs offense (136) and total offense (439.0), 37^th in punt return defense (2.80), 39^th in team passing efficiency (162.14), 41^st in passes intercepted (8), 44^th in 4rd down conversion percentage (.449) and completion percentage (.652).

The Knights have four individual athletes who rank in the top 50 in various national rankings.
 
Carter Markham ranks 38^th in passing efficiency (164.4), 44^th in yards per pass attempt (8.60), 48^th in completion percentage (.662), and 50^th in passing touchdowns (13).
 
Keenan Tyler ranks 14^th in solo tackles (5.8), ninth in total tackles (10.5).
 
Ben Bryant ranks 32^nd in punt returns (8.3)
 
Dawson Rud ranks 14^th in rush yards per carry (6.83).

Against the A-R-C
In conference games, Wartburg leads the league in A-R-C contest in scoring average (40.0), total yards/game (456.0), rushing yards/game (271.8), fewest rushing yards/game allowed (36.0), and are tied for first in punting average (42.3).

Dawson Rud is second in rushing TDs (5) and average rushing yards (108.5/game), third in rushing yards (434), and fifth in points (30).

Keenan Tyler is first in solo tackles (26) and second in total tackles (44). O'Neill is second in PATs (17) and field goals (3). 

 Jaxson Hoppes is second in punting average (43.7).

Bryant leads the conference in punt return yards (80) and punt returns (9). Thane Alexander is tied for first in interceptions (2).

Coe
Trenton Barnes has rushed for 856 yards and eight scores. Quarterback Clay Krousie has thrown for 1,220 yards and 14 TDs. His top target has been Jeron Senters with 42 catches for 608 yards and eight TDs.

Sam Shaw leads the defense with 45 total tackles. Alex Aitchison has a team-best 10.5 TFLs and 6.0 sacks.