2014 Wartburg Knights football team

American college football season March 2026 August 2023 2014 Wartburg Knights football Wartburg Knights logo.svg 150 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference IIAC 4 4 12–1 8–0 Rick Willis 16th Matt Wheeler 5th Chris Winter 4th Walston-Hoover Stadium IIAC champion NCAA Division III Quarterfinal L 33–37 at Wisconsin–Whitewater The 2014 Wartburg Knights football team represented Wartburg College as a member of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 2014 NCAA Division III football season. Led by Rick Willis in his 16th season as head coach, the Knights compiled an overall record of 12–1 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning IIAC title for the second year in a row and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs. Wartburg lost in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs to eventual national champion Wisconsin–Whitewater. The Knights held a 17-point lead early in the fourth quarter, but lost 37–33.Petaros Nick NCAA playoffs: No. 1 Whitewater stuns No. 5 Wartburg in fourth quarter, 37-33 https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/ncaa-playoffs-no-1-whitewater-stuns-no-5-wartburg-in-fourth-quarter-37-33/article_6d3ef2b5-e14e-56ee-995c-9313397e08d3.html 5 January 2024 Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier December 7, 2023 The team played home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.https://go-knights.net/facilities/walston-hoover-stadium/3 Wartburg Facilities go-knights.net Jan 5, 2024 Schedule Wartburg's 2014 regular season scheduled consisted of five home and five away games. 2014 NCAA Division III D3Football.com Central September 6 1:00 p.m. w y y 17 2014 Augsburg Auggies Augsburg Edor Nelon Field Minneapolis, MN 40–3 2,737 September 13 1:00 p.m. w y 15 2014 Bethel Royals Bethel 7 Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA 31–14 3,000 September 20 1:00 p.m. w y 9 2014 Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils Wisconsin–Stout Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA 45–14 4,500 October 4 1:00 p.m. w y 8 2014 Central Dutch Central (IA) Schipper Stadium Pella, IA 35–14 3,500 October 11 1:00 p.m. w y 7 2014 Coe Kohawks Coe Clark Field Cedar Rapids, IA 43–0 4,819 October 18 1:30 p.m. w y 6 2014 Dubuque Spartans Dubuque Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA 42–9 3,540 October 25 1:00 p.m. w 6 2014 Luther Norse Luther Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA 52–7 3,517 November 1 1:00 p.m. w y 6 2014 Buena Vista Beavers Buena Vista J. Leslie Rollins Storm Lake, IA 43–24 3,100 November 8 1:00 p.m. w y 5 2014 Simpson Storm Simpson Buxton Stadium Indianola, IA 41–10 1,524 November 15 1:00 p.m. w 5 2014 Loras Duhawks Loras Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA 81–21 1,017 November 18 12:00 p.m. w y 5 2014 St. Thomas Tommies St. Thomas (MN) 20 Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA NCAA Division III First Round 37–31 2,752 November 25 12:00 p.m. w y 5 2014 Saint John's Johnnies St. Johns (MN) 13 Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA NCAA Division III Second Round 21–10 4,850 https://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/college/2014/11/29/college-football-wartburg-ends-johnnies-season/19686253/ December 12 12:00 p.m. l y y 5 Wisconsin–Whitewater 1 Perkins Stadium Whitewater, WI NCAA Division III Quarterfinal 33–37 1,790 https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400609078 2014 Football Schedule https://go-knights.net/sports/football/schedule/2014 Wartburg College Athletics Athletics January 20, 2023 Awards and honors Individual awardsWartburg Knights Player Award Logan Schrader Gagliardi Trophy SemifinalistIIAC Offensive Player of the yearD3football.com Third-team All-American Spencer Capitani IIAC Defensive Player of the YearD3football.com Second-team All-American Chris Brinkmeier D3football.com West Region Offensive Player of the YearD3football.com First-team All-AmericanAFCA First-team All-American Wartburg Knights Coach Award Rick Willis IIAC Coach of the yearReference:2014 D3football.com All-America team https://www.d3football.com/awards/all-americans/2014 D3football.com D3football.com 5 January 2024Final four for Gagliardi Trophy announced https://www.d3football.com/notables/2014/12/gagliardi-final-four-announced D3football.com D3football.com 5 January 2024 All-ConferencePlayerPositionTeamYear Logan Schrader QB 1 Jr Taylor Jacobsmeier WR 1 SR Chris Brinkmeier OL 1 SR Casey Krull OL 1 SR Chase Wilhelms OL 1 JR Spencer Capitani DB 1 SR Logan Pitz WR 1 JR Miguel Lozan DB 1 SR Cole Hinders DL 1 JR Will Janssen LB 1 JR Drew Kooi LB 1 Sr Grant Zimmerman P 1 Jr Donald Miller RS 1 Sr Brandon Domeyer RB 2 Jr Robbie Anstoetter WR 2 Jr Bjorn Nelson OL 2 Sr Skylar Dierikx DB 2 Sr Zach Twedt DL 2 Sr Gunner Tranel LB 2 Jr Donald Miller WR HM SrHM = Honorable mention. Reference:Wartburg Trio Headlines IIAC Football Awards https://rollrivers.com/news/2014/11/19/FB_1119140818.aspx?path=football rollriver.com American Rivers Conference 5 January 2024 References Wartburg Category:Wartburg Knights football seasons Category:American Rivers Conference football champion seasons Wartburg Knights football