WAVERLY, Iowa—The No. 11/12 Wartburg football team (7-1 overall, 6-0 American Rivers Conference) defeated Luther (1-7, 0-6) 49-10 Saturday afternoon.

Top performers

• Dawson Rud: 119 yards, 1 TD
• Leo Dodd: 15-18, career-high 176 yards, 2 TDs
• Dylan Swanstrom: 6 catches, 83 yards
• Adam Link & Mac Watts: 8 tackles and 2.0 TFLs
• Cael O'Neill: 7-7 PATs

 
Notes: 

• O'Neill broke the career record in PATs
• The previous mark was 151 held by Jordan Maus from 2001-04
• First career start for Dodd
• This was the third career 100-yard game for Dawson Rud
• Wartburg's three penalties were tied for the fewest this season
• This marked Wartburg's 23^rd-straight win over a conference opponent, to extend the streak
• This was the 17^th straight ARC opponent the Knights have held to under 100 yards rushing
• Wartburg has held 20 straight opponents to an average of less than four yards per rushing attempt
• First career interception for Blake Janssen
• First career interception for Mac Watts
• Adam Link tied a career and season high with 8 tackles
• Wartburg has had at least 400 yards of offense in five of their seven games
• The last time the Knights had five rushing touchdowns in a game was against Simpson in week 4 of last season
• Wartburg had eight tackles for a loss, a season high
• Knights have won 20 consecutive regular season home games
• The win was head coach Chris Winter's 40^th career win, moving him into fourth on Wartburg's career win list 
• Wartburg owns the series lead at 49-30-1, which includes the last seven-straight and 17 of the last 18.  
• Wartburg completed 80 percent of its passes (16-20). The last time Wartburg completed at least 80 percent of its passes in week 5 of 2019 against Nebraska Wesleyan (17-21, 80.9 percent)

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Next event
The Knights return to the field next Saturday on the road against Dubuque at 1 p.m.