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.
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Awards and honors
Individual awards Owen Grover ARC Defensive Player of the YearD3football.com 1st team All-AmericanAP 2nd team All-American Hunter Clasen ARC Offensive Player of the YearAP 1st team All-AmericanAFCA 2nd team All-AmericanD3football.com 3rd team All-American Parker Rochford AP 2nd team All-AmericanD3football.com 3rd team All-American Riley Konrardy D3football.com 4th team All-American Tucker Kinney D3football.com 4th team All-American Chris Winter D3football.com National Coach of the YearARC Coach of the yearReference:https://www.afca.com/north-centrals-ethan-greenfield-millikins-alexander-perkins-headline-the-2022-afca-division-iii-coaches-all-america-teams/https://rollrivers.com/news/2022/12/15/football-ap-announces-2022-all-america-teams.aspx
All-ConferencePlayerPositionTeamYear 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 JRHM = Honorable mention. Reference:
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