MONMOUTH, Ill.—The No. 4/4 Wartburg football team (1-0 overall) defeated Monmouth 38-24 (0-1) in the season opener Saturday night.

Top performers:

• Carter Markham: 25-40, 301 yards, 3 TDs. Also added 59 rushing yards on 11 carries and one TD
• Carter Henry: 9 catches, 143 yards, 1 TD
• John McConohy: 6 catches, 55 yards, 1 TD
• Drake George: 4 catches, 51 yards, 1 TD
• Keenan Tyler: 7 tackles
• Kaleb Lamphier: 6 tackles
• Nate Link: 5 tackles, 1 sack
• Cael O'Neill: 30-yard field goal, 5-5 PATs
• Ben Bryant: 3 punt returns, 20 yards

Notes:

• Markham's passing statistics were career-highs
• Career-high tackles for Tyler
• Fourth triple-digit career receiving yard game for Henry
• Defensively, Wartburg held the Scots to 51 yards rushing
• The all-time series moves to 11-2 in favor of the Knights
• This was the fifth-straight win over the Scots
• George surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards
• George has 2,031 yards to date which continues to rank sixth
• George has 171 career receptions which continues to rank second 
• His 18 career TD catches is tied for sixth
• O'Neill has 22 career field goals which is tied for third
• Bryant extends his lead as the career punt return yard leader with 878 to date
• His 67 career punt returns ranks fourth
• Justin Grieff has eight career quarterback hurries which ranks seventh
• Click here for the recap from the Waterloo Courier

Next game:
The Orange and Black travel to Collegeville, Minn. to face No. 14/14 Saint John's next Saturday at 1 p.m.