WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 15/16 Wartburg football team (3-1 overall, 2-0 American Rivers) travels to face Buena Vista (1-4, 1-2) Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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Standings

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

The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 50-30-3. The Knights have won the last two meetings and 12 of the last 13.

Wartburg
Dawson Rud leads the team on the ground with 203 yards and two touchdowns.

Quarterback Carter Markham has thrown for 812 yards and five touchdowns. 

Carter Henry has 18 receptions for 286 yards and two TDs. Two players join him in triple digits with Drake George with 237 yards on 22 catches and one score and John McConohy with 130 yards on 14 catches for two TDs.

Keenan Tyler leads the defense with 45 total tackles. Conner McDonald has 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks.

Cael O'Neill is 11-13 in PATs and has two field goals.

Career record watch
George is tied for first in pass receptions (189), sixth in pass reception yards (2,217), and tied for sixth in pass reception TDs (18).

O'Neill is third in field goals (23) and third in PATs (136). Ben Bryant is first in punt return yards (944) and second in punt returns (72). 

Parker Rochford is tied for first in interception return TDs (4), tied for fifth in interceptions (15), 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 Rankings
The Knights are ranked in the top 50 in 11 various national rankings. They are tied 10th in defense touchdowns (2), rank 13th in net punting (39.40), 15th in rushing defense (62.3), tied 17th in blocked punts (1), tied 29th in passes had intercepted (2), 32nd in punt return defense (2), 32nd in first down defense (61), 36th in 3rd down conversions (0.481), tied 37th in winning percentage (0.750), 39th in scoring defense (16.3) and 47th in completion percentage (0.653).
 
The Knights have six individual athletes who rank in the top 50 in various national rankings.
 
Keenan Tyler ranks seventh in total tackles (11.3), 28th in solo tackles (5.8) and ties 42nd in fumbles recovered (1).
 
Ben Bryant ranks 29th in punt returns (10.8).
 
Jaxson Hoppes ranks 33rd in punting (39.9).
 
Carter Markham ranks 37th in completion percentage (0.670).
 
Conner Grover ties 42nd in fumbles recovered (1).
 
Thane Alexander ranks 43rd in interceptions per game (.5)

Against the A-R-C
Wartburg leads the league in A-R-C contest in fewest points allowed (6), punting yards (66), and kickoff averages (61.1).

Carter Henry is third in average yards/catch (17.3) and Keenan Tyler is tied for fourth in tackles (26).

Bryant leads the conference in punt return yards (66) and punt returns (5). Thane Alexander is tied for first in interceptions (2).

Buena Vista
Eman Alaniz leads the team with 302 rushing yards for four TDs.

Zach Herrera has thrown for 591 yards and three scores. Blaine Peebles has been his top receiver with 20 catches for 178 yards and two TDs.

Troy Reynolds leads the defense with 47 tackles.