2024 Wartburg Knights football team

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2024 Wartburg Knights football
Wartburg Knights logo.svg
ARC champion
Conference American Rivers Conference
Ranking
AFCANo. 12
D3Football.comNo. 13
Record10–2 (8–0 ARC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Wheeler (14th season)
Defensive coordinatorMatt Tschetter (4th season)
Home stadium Walston-Hoover Stadium
Seasons
←  2023
2025 →
2024 American Rivers Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Wartburg $^  8 –0   10 –2  
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

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]

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The Knights won their 20th conference championship and 3rd straight in 2024. [3] Their season would come to an end in the third round of the NCAA playoffs to Bethel (MN). Chris Winter was named the conference coach of the year for the 3rd straight year, along with Parker Rochford being named defensive player of the year(DPOY). The Knights have had the DPOY in the ARC 3 years running.

Schedule

Wartburg's 2024 regular season schedule consists of four home, with six on the road. [4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 77:00 p.m.at Monmouth (IL) *No. 4
W 38–243150
September 141:00 p.m.at No. 12 Saint John's (MN) *No. 5
L 13–359,529
September 211:00 p.m.at Central (IA) No. 13
W 10–61,500
September 281:00 p.m. Nebraska Wesleyan No. 13
W 34–02,301
October 121:00 p.m.at Buena Vista No. 16
W 70–21520
October 191:30 p.m. Simpson Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 12
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 46–216,125
October 261:00 p.m.at Coe No. 13
W 14–72,156
November 21:00 p.m. Luther No. 12
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 49–104,250
November 91:00 p.m.at Dubuque No. 12
W 24–141,250
November 161:00 p.m. Loras No. 11
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 69–143,501
November 3012:00 p.m.No. 7 Wisconsin–Platteville *No. 11
W 19–143,715
December 712:00 p.m.No. 21 Bethel (MN) *No. 11
L 14–245,214

Rankings

Ranking movements
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Awards and honors

Individual awards
PlayerAward
Parker Rochford ARC Defensive Player of the Year
AFCA 2nd team All-American
AP 1st team All-American
D3football.com 2nd team All-American
Tucker Kinney AFCA 1st team All-American
AP 1st team All-American
D3football.com 2nd team All-American
CoachAward
Chris Winter ARC Coach of the year
Reference: [5] [6]


All-Conference
PlayerPositionTeamYear
Thane AlexanderDB1SR
Justin GrieffDL1SR
Keenan TylerLB1JR
Parker RochfordDB1SR
Ethan StockwellOL1SR
Dawson RudRB1SO
Tucker KinneyOT1SR
Ben BryantRS1SR
Christian NunleyDL2SR
Will ConlanOL2SR
Carter HenryWR2SR
Carter MarkhamQB2SR
Cael O'NeillK2SR
Jaxson HoppesPHMSO
Kaleb LamphierDBHMSR
John McConohyTEHMSR
Austin SouhradaLSHMFR
Mac WattsLBHMJR
Jake WalkerDLHMSO
HM = Honorable mention. Reference: [7]

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Jim (August 27, 2024). "College Football: With standards raised high, Wartburg embraces No. 4 ranking". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Wartburg Facilities". go-knights.net. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Jim (November 17, 2011). "College football: No. 11 Wartburg secures third consecutive ARC championship". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 Football Schedule". Wartburg College Athletics Athletics. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Curry's Montie Quinn And Bethel's Matt Jung Headline The 2024 AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America Teams". AFCA. December 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "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.
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