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Kutztown game recap

Television: Live on Blue Ridge TV-13. Play-by-play man Chris Doty, in his 22nd season, is joined in the booth by Jim Riley (fourth season), along with Mike Remish on the sidelines.

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Radio: Live on WVPO 840 AM and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 23rd season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 11th year providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 12:30 p.m.

THE MATCH-UP: Head coach Denny Douds leads the Warriors onto the field for the 393rd time as head coach, tying the NCAA Division II record, as East Stroudsburg University hosts C.W. Post at Eiler-Martin Stadium. Douds will tie the record held by Jim Malosky of Minnesota-Duluth (1958-97), and will set a new standard for Division II coaches next Saturday at home vs. Millersville. (COMPLETE RELEASE / PHOTO GALLERY)

Douds features: Morning Call (Oct. 12)  I  USA Today (Oct. 13)  I  Associated Press (Oct. 14)

LAST TIME OUT: R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner had 522 passing yards and 544 yards of total offense, both the most in Division II this season, in a 49-32 loss at No. 23 Kutztown. Wagner ranks 4th in ESU history in both categories, 6th in PSAC history in passing and 7th in total offense. He hit three 100-yard receivers in R-So. Robert Bleiler (153 yards), R-Jr. Wade Williams (career-high 140) and So. Dusty Reed (118).

Wagner recognized: D2Football.com  I  NCAA.com

THE SERIES: This will mark the fourth meeting between ESU and C.W. Post since the Pioneers joined the PSAC in 2008, and the 12th overall. The Warriors won the two most notable meetings in 2005, 66-49 in the regular season and 55-28 to claim the Northeast Region championship and a trip to the NCAA semifinals.

THE HEAD COACHES: There have been at least four head coaches at the other 15 PSAC football programs since Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63) took over as the Warriors' head coach in 1974. He holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 230-159-3 record in his 38th season as head coach, and has coached 89 more games than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese (1966-73), he has coached in 460 of the 760 games - 60.5 percent - in program history. Douds is 2nd among active Division II coaches and 7th among all active coaches in career victories.  He has led the Warriors to 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances. For more, please see page 13 of the game notes.

Bryan Collins (St. John's '87) has a 103-46 record in his 14th season as head coach at C.W. Post and also serves as the Athletic Director. He has led the Pioneers to three NCAA playoff appearances and was the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year four times in 10 seasons before C.W. Post joined the PSAC in 2008. C.W. Post is 15-9 in PSAC East games, going 5-2 the last two seasons and opening 3-0 this fall.

RAY WAGNER
Total Offense - 378.3 ypg - 1st DII, 1st PSAC (88.3 ypg more than Travis Rearick, Mercyhurst)
Passing - 360.7 ypg - 2nd DII, 1st PSAC (87.9 ypg more than Travis Rearick, Mercyhurst)
Yards/Completion - 15.35 - 1st DII (among QB's with 15+ completions per game)

Top QB rating (321.5 vs. Pace), passing yards (522 at KU) and total offense (544 at KU) in DII this season
one of 2 QB's in Division II with 250+ yards in every game (Adam Neugebauer, WV Wesleyan)
one of 2 QB's in Division II with 375+ yards in 3 games (Tommy Corwin, Central Missouri)

On pace for: 259-for-477 for 3,967 yards — currently 141-for-260 for 2,164 yards    
ESU records: 262-for-424 for 4,571 yards (Jimmy Terwilliger, 2005, 14-game season)

Passing yards through first 6 games - 1st, 2,164
Passing yards in 2 games - 3rd, 919
Passing yards in 3 games - 2nd, 1,203

First ESU QB with 250+ passing yards in 6 straight games in a single season
Only ESU QB with 40+ attempts in 5 straight games (also 4)
Only ESU QB with 50+ attempts in 3 games in a season and career (Poalucci, 1996 - 2)
ESU records for passing yards (375), TD (6) in a half in 1st half of first career start vs. Pace

200/HALF: Wagner has thrown for 200 yards in a half in 5 of the first 6 games - 375 vs. Pace (1st), 206 at IUP (1st), 201 vs. Cal (2nd), 289 vs. Bloomsburg (1st) and 330 at Kutztown (1st).

KEEPING A CLEAN SHIRT: ESU's veteran offensive line, which has combined for 135 career starts, has allowed just 5 sacks in 268 pass attempts this season. Wagner has been sacked just three times (for -9 yards) in 260 attempts this season, and has been sacked just 8 times in 323 career attempts.

VERTICAL PASSING GAME: Wagner's 522 yards at Kutztown included 11 completions of at least 20 yards and 7 plays of at least 30 yards. Wagner has 34 plays of 20+ yards and 22 plays of 30+ yards this season.

The Warriors' top six wide receivers - all underclassmen - are all averaging at least 16.0 yards per catch and have combined for 22 of the team's 23 plays of 30+ yards. R-So. Robert Bleiler leads the Warriors with 20.8 yards per catch and has 7 plays of 30+ yards, R-Jr. Jordan Hallman averages 18.9 yards per catch with 5 plays of 30+ yards and So. Dusty Reed averages 16.2 yards per catch with 5 plays of 30+ yards. Fr. Ray Dominguez (16.5 avg.) has 3 plays of 30+ yards in 11 career catches, and R-Jr. Wade Williams (17.0 avg.) had the two longest plays of his career last week at Kutztown.

FOR COMPARISON'S SAKE: The Warriors' offensive coordinator, Mike Terwilliger, was Denny Douds' first quarterback and led ESU to a 30-4-1 record in 35 starts from 1974-77. Terwilliger threw for 3,799 yards in his four seasons - Wagner is currently on pace for 3,967 yards.

To reach Wagner's 522 yards at Kutztown - add up Terwilliger's top 3 passing games (643 yards)
To reach Wagner's 2,164 yards through 6 games - add up Terwilliger's top 13 passing games (2,214 yards)

Jimmy Terwilliger, Mike's son and the 2005 Harlon Hill Award winner who set 18 NCAA Division II records, threw for 200+ yards in 43 of 48 career starts from 2003-06. Mike threw for 200+ yards in 3 of his 35 starts.

Wagner's 2,164 yards are more than the final passing yardage of 75 of DII's 151 members in 2010.

PLAYING THE BEST: ESU has played the 8th-toughest schedule in Division II this season. The last five opponents - IUP (3-2), California (5-1), West Chester (3-3), Bloomsburg (6-0) and Kutztown (5-1) - have combined for a 22-7 record. The five schools were 40-19 last year - with Cal, Bloom and KU winning 10 games each - and 26-9 in PSAC divisional games.

The Warriors faced three AFCA Top 25 teams in the last four weeks in No. 21 California, No. 5 Bloomsburg and No. 23 Kutztown. They led Cal, 19-14, going into the 4th quarter before the Vulcans hit a 75-yard TD pass on 4th-and-10 with 3:12 left to avoid the upset. They led Bloomsburg, 20-19, going into the 4th but the Huskies pulled it out with two interceptions and TD drives.

BEEN HERE BEFORE: The Warriors are battling through the same schedule they faced last year, when they went 3-8 with five losses by 7 points or less while outscoring opponents by 80 points for the season.

ESU is looking to avoid six-game losing streaks in back-to-back seasons since 1986-87. The Warriors played the same schedule both years, going 0-7 to open 1986 and 1-6 to open 1987.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST (ESU and C.W. Post)
• ESU is 15th and CWP is 1st in PSAC in turnover margin
• ESU is 1st in passing and CWP is 14th in pass defense
• CWP is 5th in rushing and ESU is 14th in rush defense
• ESU is 13th in rushing and CWP is 14th in passing
• ESU is 1st in sacks allowed and CWP is 1st in sacks

WARRIORS YOUNG, DEEP AT RECEIVER
• 13 players have a caught a pass, all underclassmen
• 5 players have a 100-yard game (all in last 2 weeks)
• 3 players with 100 yards at Kutztown (3rd time at ESU)
• 5 players have had their first career catch
• 10 players caught a pass at IUP
• The Warriors surpassed their cumulative career yardage entering the season last Saturday at Kutztown:
pre-2011: 2,056 yards (173 catches, 23 TD)
in 2011: 2,245 yards (146 catches, 14 TD)

REED RANKED IN TOP 10 - 40 catches, 647 yds, 5 TD
Receiving Yards (3rd PSAC, 7th DII) - 107.8 per game
Receptions (t-3rd PSAC, t-15th DII) - 6.4 per game

Only WR in Division II with 80+ yards in every game
First ESU WR with 8+ catches in three straight games and 7+ catches in four straight games
31 catches in last 4 games (4th-most in ESU history)

On pace for 73 catches, 1,186 yards (ESU soph records)
Dusty Reed (2011) - 40 catches, 647 yards
Evan Prall (2004) - 52 catches, 832 yards

Career: 71 catches, 1,024 yards, 11 TD
Most yards through soph year: Evan Prall (1,153)

Has set or tied records as the fastest Warrior to 50 catches (15 games), 10 TD (15) and 1,000 yards (17)

BIG PLAY BLEILER
R-So. WR Robert Bleiler had 7 catches for 153 yards at Kutztown - but didn't set his career-high for yardage. He had 3 catches for 172 yards, including TDs of 97 and 44 yards, vs. Pace in the opener. The 97-yarder is tied for the longest play in DII this season.

FIVE WARRIORS HIT 100
Bleiler, Reed and R-Jr. WR Wade Williams (career-high 140 yards) all had 100 yards at Kutztown, one week after R-Jr. WR Jordan Hallman (128) and Fr. WR Ray Dominguez (111) hit the mark vs. Bloomsburg.

The Warriors also had five 100-yard receivers in 2008 and 2009. They have never had six 100-yard receivers in a season.

HITTING 100 TOGETHER
Bleiler and Reed were the second set of ESU teammates to have their first career 100-yard receiving games in the same game (vs. Pace) and the first since Ernie Siegrist (192) and Scott Benoit (161) at Millersville in 1982.

40th CAREER START FOR CAFFREY
R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey made his 40th career start at Kutztown. He is the 5th Warrior - and 3rd offensive lineman - to make 40 career starts since 2003:

QB Jimmy Terwilliger - 48, 2003-06 (every game)
WR Evan Prall - 48, 2003-06 (every game)
OL Mike Habel - 46, 2004-07 (every game)
OL Morgan Thomas - 42, 2006-09

IN THE FRONT ROW
The Warriors' offensive line, which has combined for 135 career starts, features all five returning starters and has given up just 5 sacks this season.

• R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (40 starts), 2010 2nd team PSAC East
• R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (28 starts), at least 2 starts at four offensive line spots; 2009 Academic All-District
• R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (28 starts), all at tackle
• R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (26 starts), all at guard
• R-So. LG Greg Blue (13 starts), all at guard
• Fr. LT Pete Wolmart started vs. California and West Chester but left the 2nd game due to injury

GROFF HITS FROM 52
So. K Taylor Groff made the second-longest field goal in school history, a 52-yarder, in the 3rd quarter at Kutztown. He is 6-for-7 on field goals in his first 3 games this season after missing the first 3 due to injury.

A member of the preseason Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award, Groff was 16-for-21 to set the school rcord for made field goals as a freshman. He hit 12-of-12 inside 40 yards and was one of two kickers in Division II to make a field goal in every game in 2010.

Groff is 22-for-28 overall and 17-for-18 inside 40 yards in his career. His previous career-long was 48 in 2010 vs. Kutztown and 2011 at West Chester.

R-So. John Schubert was 4-for-6 on field goals (4-for-5 inside 40) and 10-for-10 on extra points in the first 3 games. Schubert's father, Eric, kicked in the NFL for the NY Giants, New England Patriots and St. Louis Cardinals after a standout career at Pittsburgh.

Groff and Schubert have combined to make 20 of 22 field goals inside 40 yards since the start of last season.

For more game notes, please see the PDF at the top of this release.