WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 11/11 Wartburg football team (9-1 overall, 8-0 American Rivers) defeated Loras (2-8, 2-6) 69-14 Saturday afternoon. The Knights won their third-straight American Rivers Conference Championship and 20th in program history.

Top performers.

• Carter Markham: 104 passing yards
• Jake Walker: 12 tackles
• Mac Watts: 10 tackles
• Cael O'Neill: 9-9 PATs, 2 field goals

Notes:

• Career-high tackles from Walker
• O'Neill set a new school record with nine PATs
• Old mark was eight which was previously accomplished by Kain Eagle (against Central, 2019); Cael O'Neill (against Luther and Buena Vista), 2022; Cael O'Neill (against Simpson, Loras), 2023; Cael O'Neill (against Buena Vista), 2024
• This is the ninth time in conference history a team has three-peated
• Third-straight title under fourth-year head coach Chris Winter
• This marked the sixth undefeated conference record for Wartburg since 2001. Previous seasons: 2003, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024
• The Orange and Black have the most undefeated conference seasons in that time frame
• The Knights have now won 26-straight games against ARC opponents
• This was the 19^th-straight ARC opponent Wartburg has held under 100 yards rushing
• Wartburg owns the series lead at 33-9, which includes the last 19-straight meetings.
• The 19 straight wins over Loras marks the longest win streak for the Knights over a Conference opponent both active and all-time
• Wartburg has won 26 straight regular season home games
• It has been 52 games since Wartburg has lost a home regular season game in regulation
• Nine different Knights scored touchdowns. That's the most in a single game in the 21^st century. Eight different Wartburg players scored against Loras in 2023, Greenville in 2018, Loras in 2014 and MacMurray in 2012
• Dawson Rud has scored a touchdown in three straight and six of his last seven games
• Carter Henry has caught a touchdown pass in six of the nine games he's played in this season
• Wartburg had nine tackles for a loss, a season high
• Mac Watts has had double digit tackles in four games this season
• Jake Walker had his first career fumble recovery
• Grant McCallips had his first career interception
• First career touchdowns for Levi Pingel, Tucker Kinney, Matthew Hilleman and Max Sollis and Riley Richards threw his first career touchdown pass 

Big man TD! @TuckerKinney1 with the fancy footwork to find the end zone. @WartburgFB @d3football pic.twitter.com/GBEYcSsNMT

— Luke Summers (@Luke_Summers1) November 17, 2024

Next game
The Knights will await their opponent, game location, game date and time at tomorrow's NCAA selection show.