The 2025 Wartburg Knights football team represents Wartburg College as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC) during the 2025 NCAA Division III football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Chris Winter, the Knights play home games at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly, Iowa.
The Knights won their 20th conference championship and 3rd straight in 2024. On October 11th in their homecoming game against the University of Dubuque, the Knights won their 30th conference game in a row, which passed the old mark of 29 set by Central College in 1987.
Schedule Wartburg's 2025 regular season schedule consists of five home, with five on the road.
Rankings
Awards and honors Individual awards Keenan Tyler ARC Defensive Player of the YearAFCA 1st team All-AmericanAP 1st team All-AmericanD3football.com 2nd team All-American Jake Walker AP 3rd team All-American Conner McDonald D3football.com 1st team All-American Sam Heither ARC Rookie of the Year Chris Winter ARC Coach of the yearReference:
All-ConferencePlayerPositionTeamYear Jake Walker DL 1 JR Conner McDonald DL 1 JR Keenan Tyler LB 1 SR Mac Watts LB 1 SR Conner Grover DB 1 SR Dawson Rud RB 1 JR Sam Heither TE 1 FR Cole Hotz OL 1 SR Jaxson Hoppes K 1 SR Dylan Swanstrom RS 1 JR Jack Drahos DL 2 SR Jason O'Boye DB 2 JR Leo Dodd QB 2 SR Cole Mahnke OL 2 JR Braden Plotz OL 2 SO Dylan Swanstrom WR 2 JR Austin Souhrada LS HM FR Matt Dufoe TE HM SR Tyler Gayer LB HM JR Drew Streb OL HM SOHM = Honorable mention. Reference:
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