WAVERLY, Iowa—The No. 11/12 Wartburg football team (6-1 overall, 5-0 American Rivers) will host Luther (1-6, 0-5) Saturday at 1 p.m.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 48-30-1, which includes the last six-straight and 16 of the last 17. The Knights have won in shutout fashion in the last three-straight meetings.
Wartburg
Dawson Rud leads the team on the ground with 539 yards and five touchdowns. Four teammates join him above 100 yards with
Joey Anderson follows at 240,
Carter Markham at 182,
Ben Bryant at 123, and
Bricen White at 115.
Quarterback Markham has thrown for 1,261 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 384 yards on 25 catches for four TDs.
Keenan Tyler leads the defense with 70 tackles.
Justin Grieff,
Conner McDonald, and
Christian Nunley all have 5.0 TFLs and McDonald leads the team with 3.5 sacks.
Cael O'Neill is 25-28 in PATs and has four field goals.
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 (1,860), ninth in pass receptions (121), and 10th in receiving TDs (16).
O'Neill is second in field goals (26), second in PATs (150) and eighth in points (233).
Ben Bryant is first in punt return yards (983) and second in punt returns (78).
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 rank in the top 50 in 15 various national stat rankings. They rank third in defensive TD's (4), seventh in rushing defense (51.7), tied 16th in blocked punts(2), rank 17th in punt return defense (2.00), 19th in winning percentage (0.857), 20th in passes had intercepted (3), 21st in rushing offense (206.7), 37th in net punting (36.71), 40th in scoring defense (16.3), 42nd in turnovers lost (8), 44th in total offense (419.1), 45th in red zone offense (0.864), tied for 45th in blocked kicks allowed (1), 47th in team passing efficiency (155.22) and 47th in 4th down conversion pct defense (0.353).
The Knights have four athletes who rank in the top 50 in various national stat rankings.
Keenan Tyler ranks 10th in solo tackles (5.9) and 22nd in total tackles (10.0).
Carter Markham ranks 47th in passing efficiently (158.7).
Ben Byrant ranks 39th in punt returns (7.7).
Dawson Rudd ranks 34th in rush yard per carry (6.06).
Against the A-R-C
Wartburg leads the league in A-R-C contest in rushing yards/game (249.0), fewest rushing yards/game allowed (46.8), and fewest sacks allowed (4).
Dawson Rud is third in rushing TDs (3), yards (488), and yards/game (976).
Keenan Tyler is first in solo tackles (32) and second in tackles (51).
Bryant leads the conference in punt return yards (105) and punt returns (11).
Thane Alexander is tied for first in interceptions (2)
Luther
Aiden Damiani has rushed for a team-high 282 yards and one score and has caught 11 passes for a team-high 204 yards and one TD. Quarterback Brett Liljedahl has thrown for 654 yards and three touchdowns.
Tyler Ragan has a team-best 74 tackles and 5.0 TFLs.
