WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 11/12 Wartburg football team (7-1 overall, 6-0 American Rivers) travels to face Dubuque (4-4, 4-2) Saturday at 1 p.m.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 51-29, which includes the last seven-straight.
Wartburg
Dawson Rud leads the team on the ground with 658 yards and six touchdowns. Five teammates join him above 100 yards withÂ
Joey Anderson follows at 281,Â
Carter Markham at 182,Â
Ben Bryant at 161, andÂ
Bricen White at 148, and
Leo Dodd at 119.
Quarterback Markham has thrown for 1,261 yards and 13 TDs.Â
Drake George leads the receiving group with 26 catches for three touchdowns and is second with 300 yards.Â
Carter Henry has a team-high 384 yards on 25 catches for four TDs.Â
Keenan Tyler leads the defense with 75 tackles.Â
Conner McDonald andÂ
Christian Nunley both have 6.0 TFLs and McDonald leads the team with 3.5 sacks.
Cael O'Neill is 32-35 in PATs and has four field goals.
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George is first in pass receptions (193), sixth in pass reception yards (2,280), and sixth in pass reception TDs (20).Â
Carter Henry is eighth in pass reception yards (1,860), ninth in pass receptions (121), and 10th in receiving TDs (16).
O'Neill is first in PATs (157), second in field goals (26), second in PATs (150) and seventh in points (240).Â
Ben Bryant is first in punt return yards (1,005) and second in punt returns (81).Â
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) andÂ
Justin Grieff is seventh in quarterback hurries (9).Â
National Stat Rankings
The Knights are ranked in the top 50 in 14 various national rankings. They rank third in defensive touchdowns (4), fifth in rushing defense (46.5), 17
th in blocked punts (2), 17
th in rushing offense (216.3), 19
th in winning percentage (.875), 30
th in punt return defense (2.75), 31
st in completion percentage (.662), 32
nd in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.333), 35
th in first downs offense (180), 39
th in scoring defense (15.5), 40
th in turnover margin (.75), 43
rd in total offense (423.9), 45
th in team passing efficiency (161.93), and 49
th in passes intercepted (10).
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The Knights have four individual athletes who rank in the top 50 in various national rankings.
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Keenan Tyler ranks 14
th in solo tackles (5.8) and 37
th in total tackles (9.4).
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Dawson Rud ranks 25
th in rush yards per carry (6.45).
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Ben Bryant ranks 31
st in punt returns (8.6).
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Carter Markham ranks 50
th in passing efficiency (158.7).
Dubuque
Tyler Olejniczak leads his team with 256 rushing yards. Ben Gultig has thrown for 1,485 yards and 14 TDs.Â
Za'Cameron Rice leads all receivers with 883 yards and 11 TDs.
Channing Williams leads the defense with 51 tackles.
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