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Julie Drewes
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Whitworth WHI 10-1 , 7-0
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Winner Wartburg WAR 12-0 , 8-0
Whitworth WHI
10-1 , 7-0
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Final
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Wartburg WAR
12-0 , 8-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
WHI Whitworth 6 0 0 14 20
WAR Wartburg 7 21 14 0 42

Game Recap: Football | | KatieJo Svenson

No. 3/3 Wartburg defeats No. 18/20 Whitworth 42-20 in NCAA Playoff Second Round

WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 3/3 Wartburg football team (12-0 overall) defeated No. 18/20 Whitworth 42-20 (10-1) in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs. The Knights advance to the quarterfinal round for the second-straight year, and sixth time overall in program history.

Press Clippings
Click here for the highlights from KWWL.
Click here for the recap from The Courier.
Click here for the highlights from KCRG.

Top performers Notes/streaks
  • Wartburg has won its last 25 home contests, which dates back to September 29th, 2018 when Simpson defeated the Knights 37-36 in overtime.
  • Wartburg is 60-4 in the last 10 season at Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • The Knights have gone 59 games without losing at home in regulation. The last home Wartburg loss in regulation was to Coe on November 2, 2013 (24-10).
  • This was the inaugural meeting between these two programs.
  • First time in Wartburg playoff history the Knights have scored 40 points in consecutive games
  • The Knights have won eighth-straight playoff games at home
  • This was Wartburg's 19th NCAA Playoff win
  • McLaughlin's 352 passing yards were a career high
  • This was his third career game with at least four touchdown passes
  • He has thrown for at least three touchdown passes in 8 of 12 games this year
  • His fifth career 300 yard passing game and second in the playoffs
  • His four TD passes tied a Wartburg NCAA Playoff record (Noah Dodd, Hope, 2019)
  • Drake George's third career 100-yard receiving game
  • George's third career multi-touchdown game
  • Clasen's 11th career multi-touchdown game
  • Clasen has scored at least one touchdown in each career playoff game
  • Preston Rochford's second career interception
  • Defensively, the Knights held the Pirates to seven net rushing yards
  • This was the fewest rushing yards the Orange and Black have allowed since giving up negative five yards against Illinois Wesleyan in 2013.

Post game press conferences
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Next event
The Knights will face No. 5/6 UW-Whitewater next Saturday at noon. Game location to be announced Sunday.
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