# 2022 Wartburg Knights football team

The 2022 Wartburg Knights football team represented Wartburg College of as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC) during the 2022 NCAA Division III football season. Led by second-year head coach Chris Winter, the Knights compiled an overall record of 13–1 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the ARC title and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs. There, the Knights made it to their first ever national semifinal, losing to the eventual national runner up, Mount Union. The team played home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.

## Schedule

Wartburg's 2022 regular season scheduled consisted of five home and five away games.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 10:16 p.m. | at Monmouth (IL)* | | April Zorn Stadium and Woll Memorial FieldMonmouth, IL | W 34–7 | 2,000 |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Wisconsin–Stout* | | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA | W 27–0 | 2,233 |
| September 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Luther | | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA | W 62–0 | 1,800 |
| September 24 | 1:00 p.m. | at Dubuque | No. 22 | Chalmers FieldDubuque, IA | W 25–0 | 1,022 |
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | Loras | No. 21 | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA | W 42–3 | 2,200 |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Central (IA) | No. 20 | Ron and Joyce Schipper StadiumPella, IA | W 35–28 | 2,000 |
| October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan | No. 17 | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA | W 65–0 | 5,013 |
| October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Buena Vista | No. 16 | J. Leslie Rollins Stadium and Peterson FieldStorm Lake, IA | W 65–0 | 700 |
| November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Simpson | No. 16 | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA | W 81–9 | 1,205 |
| November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Coe | No. 15 | Clark FieldCedar Rapids, IA | W 19–14 | 2,467 |
| November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 6 Wisconsin–La Crosse* | No. 12 | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA (NCAA Division III First Round) | W 14–6 | 4,500 |
| November 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Saint Johns (MN)* | No. 12 | Clemens StadiumCollegeville, MN (NCAA Division III Second Round) | W 23–20 | 2,348 |
| December 3 | 12:00 p.m. | Aurora* | No. 12 | Walston-Hoover StadiumWaverly, IA (NCAA Division III Quarterfinal) | W 45–17 | 5,200 |
| December 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Mount Union* | No. 12 | Kehres StadiumAlliance, OH (NCAA Division III Semifinal) | L 31–34 | 2,251 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from D3Football.com Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in central time |||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| D3football.com | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| AFCA | Not released | Not released | Not released | 22 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 |

## Awards and honors

Individual awards :
| Player | Award |
| Owen Grover | ARC Defensive Player of the Year D3football.com 1st team All-American AP 2nd team All-American |
| Hunter Clasen | ARC Offensive Player of the Year AP 1st team All-American AFCA 2nd team All-American D3football.com 3rd team All-American |
| Parker Rochford | AP 2nd team All-American D3football.com 3rd team All-American |
| Riley Konrardy | D3football.com 4th team All-American |
| Tucker Kinney | D3football.com 4th team All-American |
| Coach | Award |
| Chris Winter | D3football.com National Coach of the Year ARC Coach of the year |
| Reference: ||
All-Conference :
| Player | Position | Team | Year |
| Jordan Downing | DL | 1 | SR |
| Riley Konrardy | DL | 1 | SR |
| Owen Grover | LB | 1 | SR |
| Nate Link | LB | 1 | SR |
| Parker Rochford | DB | 1 | SO |
| Hunter Clasen | RB | 1 | SR |
| Tucker Kinney | OT | 1 | JR |
| Sam Reyes | OG | 1 | SR |
| Nile McLaughlin | QB | 1 | SR |
| Tom Butters | TE | 1 | SR |
| Ben Bryant | RS | 1 | JR |
| Freddie Hosch | DL | 2 | SR |
| Cael O'Neill | K | 2 | JR |
| Drew Wyffels | DB | HM | SR |
| Ethan Stockwell | OT | HM | JR |
| HM = Honorable mention. Reference: ||||