2008 Wartburg Knights football team

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2008 Wartburg Knights football

IIAC champion
NCAA Division III Quarterfinal, L 17–34 vs. Wisconsin–Whitewater
Conference	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 11
D3Football.com	No. 10
Record	10–3 (7–1 IIAC)
Head coach	Rick Willis (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Morrison (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Joel Dettwiler (1st season)
Home stadium	Walston-Hoover Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Wartburg $^	7	–	1	10	–	3
Buena Vista	6	–	2	7	–	3
Simpson (IA)	5	–	3	7	–	3
Loras	5	–	3	6	–	4
Central (IA)	4	–	4	6	–	4
Luther	4	–	4	5	–	5
Coe	4	–	4	4	–	6
Dubuque	1	–	7	2	–	8
Cornell (IA)	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3football.com

The 2008 Wartburg Knights football team represented Wartburg College as a member of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 2008 NCAA Division III football season. The Knights were led by Rick Willis in his 10th season as head coach, and first season back after transitioning to athletic director following the 2005 season.^[1] The Knights compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, finishing atop the IIAC for the 11th time and first since time since 2004.^[2] They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs, losing at home to the eventual national runner-up Wisconsin–Whitewater in the quarterfinal round .^[3] The team played home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.^[4]

Schedule

Wartburg's 2008 regular season scheduled consisted of five home and five away games.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:00 p.m.	St. Norbert*	No. 23	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly,IA	W 44–20	3,200
September 13	1:00 p.m.	at Augsburg*	No. 20	Edor Nelson Field Minneapolis,MN	L 24–30 ^OT	1,024
September 20	1:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Central (IA)		Schipper Stadium Pella, IA	W 20–17	3,000
September 27	1:00 p.m.	Cornell (IA)	No. 22	Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 34–14	4,200
October 4	1:00 p.m.	at Buena Vista	No. 22	J. Leslie Rollins Stadium Storm Lake, IA	L 21–26	4,200
October 11	1:00 p.m.	at Coe		Clark Field Cedar Rapids, IA	W 27–21	3,383
October 18	1:00 p.m.	Loras		Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 35–7	4,600
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Simpson		Buxton Stadium Indianola, IA	W 21–13	4000
November 1	1:00 p.m.	Luther		Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 14-0	3,800
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Dubuque		Walston-Hoover Stadium Waverly, IA	W 20–13 ^OT	1,200
November 22	12:00 p.m.	No. 9 Wisconsin-Stevens Point*		Community Stadium Stevens Point, WI (NCAA Division III First Round)	W 26–21	1,149
November 29	12:00 p.m.	No. 22 Monmouth (IL)*		April Zorn Memorial Stadium Monmouth, IL (NCAA Division III Second Round)	W 30–28	1,752
December 6	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Wisconsin-Whitewater*		Perkins Stadium Whitewater, WI (NCAA Division III Quarterfinal)	L 17–34	1,708
*Non-conference game Rankings from D3Football.com Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ Coss, Matt (August 28, 2008). "Knights excited to play for Willis". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ Coss, Matt (November 9, 2008). "Knights return to league throne". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^ Coss, Matt (December 6, 2008). "Wartburg loses to UW-Whitewater, 34-17". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^ "Wartburg Facilities". go-knights.net. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
^ "2008 Football Schedule". Wartburg College Athletics Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

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