WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 10/11 Wartburg football team (10-2 overall) fell 24-14 to No. 21 Bethel (11-2) Saturday in the Third Round of the NCAA Playoffs.

Top performers:

• Keenan Tyler: INT, 1 sack, 6 tackles
• Jagger Schmitt: 92 yards receiving, 2 TD
• Mac Watts: 8 tackles, 1 TFL
• Riley Richards: 177 yards passing, 2 TD, 29 yards rushing

Notes:

• Wartburg played its 10^th playoff game the last three years
• Wartburg has won 10 of its last 12 games at home in the post-season
• Wartburg is 52-4 in the last 10 years at Walston-Hoover Stadium with only two of those losses coming in regulation
• Bethel owns the lead at 4-1 in NCAA Playoff meetings
• The Royals are now the team Wartburg has faced the most in the NCAA Playoffs (5 games)
• The Orange and Black are 18-17 in the NCAA Playoffs.
• The Knights have had at least one interception in the last five-straight games
• Wartburg has had at least one rushing TD in 10 of the 12 games this season 
• The Knights have had at least one TD catch in 10 of the 12 games this season 
• Dawson Rud surpassed 1,500 career rushing yards
  • Reached mark in the first quarter
• Carter Henry surpassed 2,000 receiving yards for his career
  • Reached mark on a 17-yard catch in the second quarter
• Keenan Tyler stands sixth on the career season leader list with 106 tackles
• Today is Chris Winter's 50^th game as head coach
• Jagger Schmitt's 92 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns were both a career high
• Riley Richards had a career high in passing yards, completions and touchdowns
• Keenan Tyler had his second career interception
• Jake Walker had a career-high six solo tackles
• Wartburg become the only third team to run for over 100 yards against Bethel 
• Wartburg has held all 12 season opponents to less than 100 yards rushing in every game

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Post game press conference


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This concludes the season for the Knights. A full season recap to follow at a later date.