2024 Wartburg Knights football team

2024 Wartburg Knights football
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	Chris Winter (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Wheeler (14th season)
Defensive coordinator	Matt Tschetter (4th season)
Home stadium	Walston-Hoover Stadium

2024 American Rivers Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant As of December 11, 2024 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]

Schedule

Wartburg's 2024 regular season schedule consists of four home, with six on the road.^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 p.m.	at Monmouth (IL)*	No. 4	April Zorn Stadium and Woll Memorial Field Monmouth, IL	W 38–24	3150
September 14	1:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Saint John's (MN)*	No. 5	Clemens Stadium Collegeville, MN	L 13–35	9,529
September 21	1:00 p.m.	at Central (IA)	No. 13	Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium Pella, IA	W 10–6	1,500
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Nebraska Wesleyan	No. 13	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 34–0	2,301
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Buena Vista	No. 16	J. Leslie Rollins Stadium and Peterson Field Storm Lake, IA	W 70–21	520
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Simpson	No. 12	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 46–21	6,125
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Coe	No. 13	Clark Field Cedar Rapids, IA	W 14–7	2,156
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Luther	No. 12	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 49–10	4,250
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Dubuque	No. 12	Chalmers Field Dubuque, IA	W 24–14	1,250
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Loras	No. 11	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 69–14	3,501
November 30	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 Wisconsin–Platteville*	No. 11	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA (NCAA Division III Second Round)	W 19–14	3,715
December 7	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Bethel (MN)*	No. 11	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA (NCAA Division III Third Round)	L 14–24	5,214
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from D3Football.com Poll released prior to the game All times are in central time

Rankings

Further information: 2024 NCAA Division III football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
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

Individual awards

Player	Award
Parker Rochford	ARC Defensive Player of the Year AFCA 2nd team All-American
Tucker Kinney	AFCA 1st team All-American
Coach	Award
Chris Winter	ARC Coach of the year
Reference:[4]

All-Conference

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:[5]

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. "2024 Football Schedule". Wartburg College Athletics Athletics. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
4. "Curry's Montie Quinn And Bethel's Matt Jung Headline The 2024 AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America Teams". AFCA. December 3, 2024.
5. "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.