2024 Wartburg Knights football team
| 2024 Wartburg Knights football | |
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ARC champion | |
NCAA Division III Third Round, L 14–24 vs Bethel (MN) | |
| Conference | American Rivers Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AFCA | No. 11 |
| D3Football.com | No. 11 |
| Record | 10–2 (8–0 ARC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Matt Wheeler (14th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Matt Tschetter (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Walston-Hoover Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Wartburg $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Coe ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central (IA) | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubuque | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simpson (IA) | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buena Vista | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loras | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luther | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Wartburg Knights football team represents Wartburg College as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC) during the 2024 NCAA Division III football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Chris Winter, the Knights play home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]Wartburg's 2024 regular season schedule consists of four home, with six on the road.[3]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Monmouth (IL)* | No. 4 |
| W 38–24 | 3150 |
| September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 12 Saint John's (MN)* | No. 5 | L 13–35 | 9,529 | |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Central (IA) | No. 13 |
| W 10–6 | 1,500 |
| September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan | No. 13 | W 34–0 | 2,301 | |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Buena Vista | No. 16 |
| W 70–21 | 520 |
| October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Simpson | No. 12 |
| W 46–21 | 6,125 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Coe | No. 13 |
| W 14–7 | 2,156 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Luther | No. 12 |
| W 49–10 | 4,250 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Dubuque | No. 12 |
| W 24–14 | 1,250 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Loras | No. 11 |
| W 69–14 | 3,501 |
| November 30 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 7 Wisconsin–Platteville* | No. 11 |
| W 19–14 | 3,715 |
| December 7 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Bethel (MN)* | No. 11 |
| L 14–24 | 5,214 |
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Rankings
[edit]| Week | |||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| D3football.com | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |
| AFCA | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
Awards and honors
[edit]| Player | Award |
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| Parker Rochford | ARC Defensive Player of the Year AFCA 2nd team All-American AP 1st team All-American |
| Tucker Kinney | AFCA 1st team All-American AP 1st team All-American |
| Coach | Award |
| Chris Winter | ARC Coach of the year |
| Reference:[4][5] | |
| Player | Position | Team | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thane Alexander | DB | 1 | SR |
| Justin Grieff | DL | 1 | SR |
| Keenan Tyler | LB | 1 | JR |
| Parker Rochford | DB | 1 | SR |
| Ethan Stockwell | OL | 1 | SR |
| Dawson Rud | RB | 1 | SO |
| Tucker Kinney | OT | 1 | SR |
| Ben Bryant | RS | 1 | SR |
| Christian Nunley | DL | 2 | SR |
| Will Conlan | OL | 2 | SR |
| Carter Henry | WR | 2 | SR |
| Carter Markham | QB | 2 | SR |
| Cael O'Neill | K | 2 | SR |
| Jaxson Hoppes | P | HM | SO |
| Kaleb Lamphier | DB | HM | SR |
| John McConohy | TE | HM | SR |
| Austin Souhrada | LS | HM | FR |
| Mac Watts | LB | HM | JR |
| Jake Walker | DL | HM | SO |
| HM = Honorable mention. Reference:[6] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Nelson, Jim (August 27, 2024). "College Football: With standards raised high, Wartburg embraces No. 4 ranking". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ "Wartburg Facilities". go-knights.net. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Football Schedule". Wartburg College Athletics Athletics. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "Curry's Montie Quinn And Bethel's Matt Jung Headline The 2024 AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America Teams". AFCA. December 3, 2024.
- ^ Olson, Eric (December 19, 2024). "North Central (Ill.) QB Luke Lehnen wins top offensive honor on AP Division III All-America team". Associated Press. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ "Wartburg's Rochford and Winter, Coe's Barnes, and Simpson's Cracraft Headline A-R-C Football Postseason Selections". American Rivers Conference. November 22, 2024.