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 . The team played home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.
Schedule Wartburg's 2018 regular season scheduled consisted of five home and five away games.
Awards and honors Individual awards Matt Sacia Gagliardi Trophy FinalistARC Offensive Player of the yearD3football.com Honorable Mention All-American Dillon Rademaker D3football.com First-team All-AmericanReference:
All-ConferencePlayerPositionTeamYear 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 SoHM = Honorable mention. Reference:
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