Wartburg football news

  • Five named Gagliardi finalists
    December 07, 2023
    Out of 20 semifinalists, we whittled it down to five on Thursday, three quarterbacks, a wide receiver and a linebacker. One of these five will win the award, Division III football's top honor.
  • Turbo-charged Clasen, Knights ready for semis
    December 06, 2023
    He's nicknamed Turbo, as we've been telling you, and if you can't understand why just by looking at Hunter Clasen play the game, you can learn more about it and how he became the running back that all future Wartburg running backs will be looking up at. Riley Zayas has more in a Road to Salem feature.
  • Experience brings confidence for Wartburg
    November 29, 2023
    Last year, you could have gotten away with saying Wartburg was just happy to be playing multiple weeks into the NCAA playoffs. But this year, the Knights are right where they expected to be. Brian Lester has more in a Road to Salem feature.
  • D3 trio named Campbell Award finalists
    October 25, 2023
    Owen Grover, Liam Thompson and Luke Schuermann are three of the 16 national finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded to an outstanding college football scholar-athlete.
  • Grover finds creativity in middle
    October 24, 2023
    Owen Grover has played outside linebacker and middle linebacker for Wartburg, but the fifth-year senior moved back inside for good this year and he has enjoyed the challenge. Joe Sager has more in a Defense Week feature.
  • 'When Nile says something, guys listen'
    September 14, 2023
    Last year, quarterback Nile McLaughlin helped lead Wartburg to the national semifinals. This year, his leadership is taking a different form. Brian Lester has more.
  • Today, we are all Mount Union
    December 24, 2022
    Mount Union is no longer alone at the top. They’re peering through the glass at the champions like everyone else. But as Keith McMillan and Greg Thomas write, perhaps the Division III landscape is forever different, and the next North Central could come from various places.
  • It 'wasn't the right time for me to leave'
    December 08, 2022
    Sam Reyes faced the same decision many in Division III sports are facing right now: to stay and take an extra year or graduate and move on. But coming off the lost COVID season and last year's 7-3 mark, Reyes wasn't ready to leave Wartburg. Greg Thomas has more on the Knights in a Road to Annapolis feature.
  • Knights secondary becomes primary focus
    December 01, 2022
    Wartburg's defensive backfield was a source of much concern in the spring and in the preseason, but the difference in the young secondary has been like night and day as the season has progressed. Brian Lester has more.
  • 3-0 Wartburg credits focus for hot start
    September 21, 2022
    Wartburg has outscored opponents 123-7 over the first three weeks of the season, including a shutout of UW-Stout. And the Knights credit focus and team chemistry. Joe Sager has more in a D3football.com feature.
  • Winter up next at Wartburg
    July 09, 2021
    With Rick Willis taking a vice president role on the Wartburg campus, his assistant, Chris Winter, will begin the new day for the Knights.
  • Knights defeat Hope 41-3 in NCAA First Round
    November 23, 2019
  • Watch: Gagliardi finalists announcement
    December 06, 2018
    The votes are in, and the 13 semifinalists for the 2018 Gagliardi Trophy will be whittled down to four finalists. Watch at 4 p.m. ET as we reveal those four names.
  • Gagliardi Trophy names its final four
    December 06, 2018
    The 2018 winner of the Gagliardi Trophy will be a quarterback or a running back, this much we know for sure. Here's who the finalists are.
  • Wartburg knocks down Central; Slager sets tackle mark
    October 20, 2018
    Wartburg brought an end to Central's unbeaten run and threw the ARC title chase into a four-way tie, while Misericordia scored twice in the final 61 seconds to win and Grinnell's Ryan Slager set the record for career tackles in D-III history in Week 8 action. Meanwhile, Eureka and Kalamazoo continued their undefeated ways.
  • Top 25 roundup: UMHB rolls, UWO sputters
    September 08, 2018
    The No. 2 Cru put up a school-record 91 points, with six TD from Markeith Miller, but UW-Oshkosh put up just a field goal, and Wartburg, Johns Hopkins and Illinois Wesleyan all fell in Saturday's Top 25 action.
  • Gagliardi final four are heading to Salem
    December 05, 2017
    Iowa, Massachusetts and Wisconsin will be represented in Salem as the finalists for the 2017 Gagliardi Trophy have been announced. All four will be on stage with D3football.com in the trophy ceremony and on our live broadcast.
  • The Knights return
    November 29, 2017
    Wartburg has already proved that 2016 was a blip in the program's recent stretch of playoff success. A familiar balance boosted by experience has the Knights on another playoff run. Ryan Tipps has more in a Road to Salem feature.
  • Gagliardi Trophy semifinalists announced
    November 20, 2017
    Nearly 30 players were nominated, but only 10 get to the semifinal stage. Who are they? Read up on the players, then cast your fan ballot for the top overall student-athlete in Division III football.
  • Wartburg wins in OT; N.Central in tight game; Trine in blowout
    November 18, 2017
    The top ten teams played like it in the top-left bracket, while Wartburg had three defensive stands and outlasted Franklin in overtime and Trine found the lightning to go with the thunder in Saturday's first-round playoff action.
  • A new development at Wartburg
    September 26, 2017
    Last year's Knights had several players getting some significant and much-needed on-the-job training in key spots in the lineup. Now those players have grown, and it's interesting to see what's developed. More in Around the West.
  • Two-sport stars not ready to trade gridiron for court
    November 05, 2015
    Some of the hardiest of two-sport athletes in Division III play both football and basketball. The practice seasons overlap by at least four weeks, and the hoops season starts the day before the football regular season ends.
  • On his shoulders
    October 13, 2015
    Rick Willis says the key to the Wartburg football team’s continued success is consistent play. Fortunately for the Knights, they have a model of consistency in quarterback Logan Schrader.
  • Schrader Becomes Wartburg's All-Time Career Passing Leader in Win over Coe
    October 10, 2015
    WAVERLY, Iowa-- On the 31-yard touchdown pass to classmate Robbie Anstoetter (Farley), senior Logan Schrader (Kildeer, Ill.) became Wartburg's all-time career leader in passing yards. Schrader needed 92 yards entering Saturday's game and surpassed the old record of 7,548 set by Nick Yordi (2007-09).
  • No. 6 Wartburg Defeats UW-Stout 41-33
    September 19, 2015
    MENOMONIE, Wis.-- The No. 6 Wartburg football team moved to 3-0 on the season with the 41-33 win over UW-Stout (1-2) Saturday night.
  • Top 25: Wartburg wins showdown; Muhlenberg upset
    September 12, 2015
    The Knights won a defensive battle at No. 19 Bethel, while F&M scored twice in the final five minutes to knock off No. 23 Muhlenberg. Whitewater and Wesley rolled in their season debuts. More in the Top 25 wrapup.
  • Nebraska Wesleyan coming to IIAC
    July 20, 2015
    NWU hasn't played a Division III opponent in football since 2002 but will jump back in in full force in the fall of 2016 when the Prairie Wolves join the Iowa Conference.
  • Looking for lucky No. 13
    December 02, 2014
    Wartburg has trailed for less than 40 minutes all season. But after laying waste to the MIAC's best this season, now they'll face the nation's best, having already won more games than any team in the program's history.
  • Wrapup: Linfield advances, Hobart, John Carroll hold on
    November 29, 2014
    Hobart got an interception on its own 2-yard line with 15 seconds left and John Carroll survived a potential game-winning field goal attempt as each advanced to the quarterfinals. More in the second-round playoff roundup.
  • Five juniors, five seniors named Gagliardi semifinalists
    November 24, 2014
    Will Kevin Burke get a chance to repeat as Gagliardi Trophy winner? Find out who the 10 semifinalists are and cast your vote!
Load More