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2018 Wartburg Knights football
ARC champion
ConferenceAmerican Rivers Conference
Record8–3 (7–1 ARC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Wheeler (9th season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Winter (8th season)
Home stadiumWalston-Hoover Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 American Rivers Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Wartburg $^   7 – 1     8 – 3  
Central (IA)   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Dubuque   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Simpson (IA)   6 – 2     7 – 3  
Coe   5 – 3     6 – 4  
Loras   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Nebraska Wesleyan   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Luther   1 – 7     1 – 9  
Buena Vista   1 – 9     0 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2018 Wartburg Knights football team represented Wartburg College as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC) during the 2018 NCAA Division III football season. Led by Rick Willis in his 20th season as head, the Knights compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning ARC title for the second year in a row and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs. This was the 16th conference title for Wartburg and 10th for head coach Rick Willis. Wartburg lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Bethel Royals. The team played home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.

Schedule

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Wartburg's 2018 regular season scheduled consisted of five home and five away games.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.Greenville*No. 13
W 73–131,832
September 81:00 p.m.at Monmouth (IL)*No. 13
L 18–241,700
September 151:00 p.m.Buena Vista
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 63–01,642
September 221:00 p.m.at Nebraska Wesleyan
W 42–14971
September 291:00 p.m.Simpson
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
L 36–37 OT1,927
October 131:00 p.m.at Coe
W 31–191,373
October 201:30 p.m.No. 20 Central (IA)dagger
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 47–203,229
October 271:00 p.m.at Loras
W 56–141,725
November 31:00 p.m.Luther
  • Walston-Hoover Stadium
  • Waverly, IA
W 43–73,000
November 101:00 p.m.at Dubuque
W 47–284,210
November 2312:00 p.m.at No. 11 Bethel (MN)*
L 14–416,107

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Awards and honors

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Individual awards
Player Award
Matt Sacia Gagliardi Trophy Finalist
ARC Offensive Player of the year
D3football.com Honorable Mention All-American
Dillon Rademaker D3football.com First-team All-American
Reference:[2][3]
All-Conference
Player Position Team Year
JoJo McNair DB 1 So
Dillon Rademaker DL 1 SR
Connor Frerichs LB 1 SR
Matt Sacia QB 1 SR
Nic Vetter OL 1 SR
Hud Johnston OL 1 SR
Cedric Dobbins DB 2 JR
Marcus Johnson LB 2 SR
Jason Fisher DL 2 JR
Kolin Schulte WR 2 JR
JoJo McNair WR 2 So
Tyler Schager OL 2 Sr
JoJo McNair RS HM So
HM = Honorable mention. Reference:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Wartburg College Athletics Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "2018 D3football.com All-America team". D3football.com. D3football.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Staff Report (December 14, 2018). "SJU's Erdmann named 2018 Gagliardi Trophy winner". SC Times. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "2018 American Rivers All-Conference Football Team Announced". rollriver.com. American Rivers Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2023.


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