COMPLETE GAME NOTES (PDF)

NOTE: Saturday's game time has been moved to 12 p.m.

Millersville Recap  l  Photo Gallery

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 11:30 a.m.

THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University travels to Cheyney looking to end a seven-game losing streak, the program's longest since losing the final two games in 1997 and first five games in 1998. The Warriors are coming off a difficult 31-27 loss to Millersville last Saturday when the Marauders scored the game-winning TD with 17 seconds left - the third game they have led going into the 4th quarter in the last seven weeks.

CONGRATULATIONS, COACH: ESU head coach Denny Douds set the Division II record with his 394th game coached last Saturday, passing the total compiled by Jim Malosky of Minn.-Duluth from 1958-1997. Douds was recognized in a postgame ceremony and was introduced by offensive coordinator Mike Terwilliger, the quarterback for Douds' first four years (1974-77) and an assistant coach for the last 34.

ESU vs. CHEYNEY: The Warriors are 54-1 against Cheyney since the first meeting in 1954. The two schools have met every year since except for 1958 and 1959. In 1979, the Wolves won 7-3 on their way to the PSAC championship game where they lost to Lock Haven, 48-14. The Warriors won 25-14 in 1980 to start a streak of 31 straight victories, the longest in an uninterrupted series in Division II history.

WAGNER LEADS DII: R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner leads Division II in total offense (369.0) and is 2nd in passing (354.9) despite leaving last Saturday's game due to injury early in the 3rd quarter. Wagner threw for 172 yards and had 13 rushing yards for 185 yards of total offense. He has 300+ yards in 6 of 8 games this year.

THE HEAD COACH: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63), in his 38th season, holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 230-161-3 record. His Division II-record 394 games are 91 more than the second-most in PSASC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 462 of the 762 games - 60.6 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.  There have been at least four head coaches at all 15 PSAC schools during Douds' tenure. For more, please see page 13 of the game notes.

RAY WAGNER
Passing - 354.9, 2nd DII (7.0 ypg behind Adam Neugebauer, WV Wesl)
Total Offense - 369.0, 1st DII (14.0 ypg more than Neugebauer)
Yards/Completion - 15.95, 1st DII (among QB's with 15+ completions per game)

Wagner's Superlatives       
#1 QB rating (321.5 vs. Pace), #2 passing yards (522 at KU) and #3 total offense (544 at KU) in DII this fall
Only QB in college football with two 500-yard games this season (only 11 total games in DI FBS, FCS, DII and DIII)
One of 2 QB's in college football with consecutive 500-yard games in last 4 seasons

One of 2 QB's in PSAC history with two 500-yard games in a career (ESU's Damian Poalucci, 1996)
ESU QB's have 5 of the 11 500-yard games in PSAC history - Wagner (2), Poalucci (2), Jimmy Terwilliger (1)
Most passing yards in 3 straight games in PSAC history (1,422)
2nd-most passing yards in 2 straight games in PSAC history (1,025 - Poalucci 1,110 in 1996)
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

Streaks ended last week vs. Millersville (left in 3rd quarter due to injury)
One of 2 QB's in DII with 250+ passing yards in every game this season (led DII with 381.0 ypg)
Only ESU QB with 250+ passing yards in 7 straight games in a single season (also 6)
2nd ESU QB with 300+ passing yards in 3 straight games (joining Jimmy Terwilliger)
3rd ESU QB with 400+ passing yards in 2 straight games (joining Poalucci and Tim Roken)
Only ESU QB with 40+ attempts in 6 straight games (also 4 and 5)

On pace for: 245-for-446 for 3,904 yards — currently 178-for-324 for 2,839 yards    
ESU records: 262-for-424 for 4,571 yards (Jimmy Terwilliger, 2005, 14-game season)
ESU per-game passing yardage record: 388.3 (Poalucci, 1996 - at least 472 yards in 5 of 10 games)

200/HALF: Wagner has thrown for 200 yards in a half in 6 of the first 8 games - 375 vs. Pace (1st), 206 at IUP (1st), 201 vs. Cal (2nd), 289 vs. Bloomsburg (1st), 330 at Kutztown (1st) and 353 vs. C.W. Post (1st).

KEEPING A CLEAN SHIRT: ESU's veteran offensive line, which has combined for 145 career starts, has allowed just 8 sacks in 342 pass attempts this season. Wagner has been sacked just 4 times (for -16 yards) in 324 attempts this season, and has been sacked just 9 times in 387 career attempts.

VERTICAL PASSING GAME: Wagner has 45 plays of 20+ yards and 29 plays of 30+ yards in 2011. In his consecutive 500-yard games, he had 20 plays of 20+ yards and 13 plays of 30+ yards.

The Warriors' top 6 wide receivers are averaging at least 15.0 yards per catch and have combined for 31 of the team's 32 plays of 30+ yards.

Wagner is averaging 37.5 yards per completion on his 18 touchdown passes - 6 over 50 yards:    
* 97 - 75 - 73 - 70 - 61 - 59 - 44 - 35 - 34 - 34 - 27 - 19 - 19 - 12 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 2
* He threw 3 50+ yard TD passes vs. C.W. Post - 75 and 73 to R-Jr. Jordan Hallman and 59 to R-So. Robert Bleiler - and is the 3rd ESU QB with 3 50+ yard TD passes in the same game (Poalucci, Jimmy Terwilliger)

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, in his only year as a starter, has 3,410 career yards - 571 before this season.

RELIEF PITCHER
R-So. QB Nate Daniels was 7-for-10 for 182 yards, a TD and an interception after replacing Wagner vs. Millersville. He threw a 72-yard TD pass to R-Jr. WR Jordan Hallman on his first attempt and later hit Hallman for 45 yards. He saw his first action this season in the 4th quarter vs. Pace, going 5-for-7 for 81 yards and a TD.

Wagner (172) and Daniels (182) are the 2nd set of ESU QB's to throw for 150+ yards in the same game, both against Millersville. Starter Tim Roken (150) and backup Matt Marshall (258) both did it at Millersville in 2008.

A 2nd team All-State (AAAA) selection from Muhlenberg HS, Daniels was the only QB in Berks County history to have two 2,000-yard seasons and had 4,724 career passing yards and 43 TD. At ESU, he is a member of the school's ROTC program.

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. This season, three of the Warriors' seven losses have been by 4 points or less, including 22-19 vs. No. 21 California on Sept. 17.

ESU led Cal, 19-14, going into the 4th quarter, led No. 5 Bloomsburg 20-19 in a 32-20 loss on Oct. 1 and had a 24-17 lead entering the 4th last week vs. Millersville.

ESU's strength of schedule (opponents' winning percentage) was the 11th-toughest in Division II entering last week, with their previous six opponents combining for a 30-11 record.

ESU has suffered six-game losing streaks in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1986-87. The current seven-game streak is the longest since the last two games in 1997 and first five in 1998, and the longest in the same season since dropping seven straight to open 1986.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST (ESU and Cheyney)
• ESU is 1st in DII in passing, CU is 143rd
• ESU is 8th in total offense but t-72nd in scoring
• CU is 144th in total offense and 150th in scoring
• ESU is 143rd in total defense and t-72nd in scoring

WARRIORS YOUNG RECEIVERS LEAD DII
ESU leads Division II with 387.8 passing yards per game - more impressively, every receiver is an underclassman.

ESU's top three receivers - R-Jr. Jordan Hallman (97.8 ypg), So. Dusty Reed (96.5 ypg) and R-So. Robert Bleiler (82.3) - rank 1-2-3 in the PSAC East in receiving.

Hallman, Reed and Bleiler are the only trio in the top 50 in Division II - Hallman is 13th (97.8 ypg), Reed is 15th (96.5) and Bleiler is 39th (82.3). Hallman and Reed are the only teammates in the top 20.

The trio has combined for 68.6 percent - 2,130 of 3,102 - of the Warriors' passing yards this season.

HALLMAN HITS 200 - TWICE
R-Jr. WR Jordan Hallman is the only player in Division II and one of three in all of college football with consecutive 200-yard receiving games this season.

He had 5 catches for 239 yards - 2nd-most in school history and 3rd-most in DII in 2011 - vs. C.W. Post, and followed up with 8 catches for 221 yards vs. Millersville.

He had 2 TDs in both games and his 6 TD catches this year have come from 75, 73, 72, 35, 34 and 27 yards. Of his 30 catches, 12 have covered at least 30 yards.

30 catches, 782 yards, 6 TD
3rd PSAC, 13th DII with 97.8 yards per game
• 26.1 ypc are the most among the top 100 WR in DII
• 35.4 ypg in last 2 weeks (13 catches, 460 yards, 4 TD)
• 460 yards are most in 2-game stretch in ESU history
• 2nd ESU WR with consecutive 200-yard games
   (Mike Mancuso, 1996)

REED - 50 catches, 772 yards (15.4 avg.), 6 TD
4th PSAC, 15th DII with 97.8 yards per game
4th PSAC, t-20th DII with 6.2 catches per game
• First ESU WR with 8+ catches in 3 straight games and 7+ catches in 5 straight games (also 4)
• Only DII WR with 80+ yards in every game until last week

On pace for 69 catches, 1,062 yards (ESU soph records)
Dusty Reed (2011) - 50 catches, 772 yards
Evan Prall (2004) - 52 catches, 832 yards

Career: 81 catches, 1,149 yards, 12 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)

BLEILER - 28 catches, 576 yards (20.6 avg.), 4 TD
6th PSAC, 39th DII with 82.3 yards per game
• one of 12 WR in top 100 in DII averaging 20.0 ypc
2 games of 150+ yards this season:
• 3 catches, 172 yards, 2 TD (97, 44) vs. Pace
• 7 catches, 153 yards at Kutztown
• 97-yard TD vs. Pace is tied for the 2nd-longest play in DII

MORE WARRIORS NOTES
• 13 players have a caught a pass, all underclassmen
• 5 players have a 100-yard game
• 3 players with 100 yards at Kutztown (3rd time at ESU)
• The Warriors surpassed their cumulative career yardage entering the season at Kutztown:
pre-2011: 2,056 yards (173 catches, 23 TD)
in 2011: 3,102 yards (190 catches, 20 TD)

FIVE WARRIORS HIT 100
Bleiler, Hallman, Reed, R-Jr. Wade Williams and Fr. Ray Dominguez all have 100-yard games. ESU also had 5 in 2008 and 2009 and has never had 6 in the same year.

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.

TOP 20 / BOTTOM 20
ESU ranks in the top 20 in Division II in passing (1st) and total offense (8th), and in the bottom 20 in turnover margin (T-148th) and total defense (143rd).

ESU is one of just 3 schools in the top 20 in passing and total offense with a record below .500.

ESU is one of 17 schools in the bottom 20 in turnover margin and one of 18 in total defense with a record below .500.

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
OL Dan Caffrey - 42, 2008-  (every game)

IN THE FRONT ROW
The Warriors' offensive line, which has combined for 145 career starts, features all five returning starters and has given up just 8 sacks this season.

Starting QB Ray Wagner has been sacked just 4 times in 324 attempts. Backup Nate Daniels has also been sacked 4 times, coming in 17 attempts.

• R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (42 starts), 2010 2nd team PSAC East
• R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (30 starts), at least 2 starts at four offensive line spots; 2009 Academic All-District
• R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (30 starts), all at tackle
• R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (28 starts), all at guard
• R-So. LG Greg Blue (15 starts), all at guard
• Fr. LT Pete Wolmart started vs. California and West Chester but left the 2nd game due to injury

30 CAREER START GROUP
Sarginger and Wright both made their 30th career starts vs. Millersville. R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave has 32 career starts and R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll has 31. R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami (29) and R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (28) are also approaching 30 career starts and could give ESU 7 players (and 4 offensive linemen) with 30+ starts by the end of the season.

GROFF AMONG NATION'S BEST KICKERS
So. K Taylor Groff is one of the top kickers in the nation as a member of the Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award. Among his season and career highlights:

2011 Season - 9-for-10 - 4-5 inside 40 - 5-5 over 40
• 5 FG of 40+ yards - tied for 2nd-most in school history behind Joey Pingitore (6 in 1983)
• has made 5 of the 11 40-yard FG in the PSAC
• has made 4 of the 7 longest field goals in the PSAC
• 52-yard FG at Kutztown, 2nd-longest in school history
• two 43-yard FG vs. Millersville, first ESU kicker with two 40+ FG in a game since Ed Detwiler made 3 vs. California in 1992
• 48-yard FG at West Chester (first attempt of season)
• has made 6 straight FG this season
• missed first 3 games due to injury

2010 Season - 16-for-21 - 12-12 inside 40 - 4-9 over 40
• ESU record with 16 field goals
• perfect inside 40 yards
• one of two kickers in DII to make a FG in every game
• 87 points were 2nd-most in school history

Career - 25-for-31 - 16-17 inside 40 - 9-14 over 40
• 25 field goals are tied for 6th in school history
• only 3 ESU kickers have made 30+ career field goals
• 9 FG of 40+ yards are 2nd-most in ESU history behind Detwiler (12 of PSAC record 50 FG from 1989-92)

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.

SENIOR QB's STARTING SEASON OPENER
Ray Wagner and Matt Marshall were the first two seniors to start back-to-back season openers since 1980-81. Barry Kennedy was in his 3rd year as a starter in 1980, and Brian Marshall (Matt's father) started 8 games, including the season opener, in 1981.

ESU QB's TOP PSAC IN TOTAL OFFENSE
Wagner leads the PSAC (and Division II) in total offense a category that ESU QB's have dominated over the past decade. The Warriors' QB has finished in the top 3 in the PSAC in total offense for 9 straight seasons and led the conference each season from 2002 through 2006.

EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
ESU's fifth-year senior quarterback came to ESU from Susquehanna Township HS (Harrisburg area), where he was a 3-year starter and was 2nd team All-State after leading his team to the Mid-Penn AAA championship and a 10-2 record as a senior. He threw for 1,500 yards and 18 TDs and ran for 800 yards and 14 TDs in 2006.

WAGNER FEATURED ON NCAA.COM
Wagner's record-setting first career start was featured on NCAA.com's "Nine at Noon" on Wednesday, Sept. 7 as the No. 1 performance you might have missed from the previous week. His 6 TD passes were listed in a numerical rundown on usatoday.com's "Campus Rivalries" page.

Wagner was also mentioned as a "Player to Watch" on NCAA.com's DII preview on Oct. 12 - three days before becoming the first PSAC QB with consecutive 500-yard games.

He was also the D2Football.com Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 522 yards at Kutztown, and is a 3-time PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week.

DOUDS MEDIA WRAP-UP
Coach Douds was featured in several regional and national publications as he tied and set the Division II record for most games coached:
• Morning Call - Oct. 12
• USA Today - Oct. 13
• Associated Press - Oct. 14
• New York Times CFB Blog - Oct. 15
• NCAA.com - Oct. 21
• Express-Times - Oct. 21

MR. OFFICIAL, NO MORE FLAGS, PLEASE
ESU has been penalized 45 times for 336 yards (67.2 ypg) the last 5 weeks after being penalized 12 times for 82 yards the first 3 weeks (27.3 yards per game, 3rd in DII).

WILLIAMS FILLS ALL-PURPOSE ROLE
Jr. TB Kendrick Williams is 3rd in the PSAC and 24th in Division II with 148.1 all-purpose yards per game. He has 2,548 career yards - 16th on ESU's all-time list - and will rank 7th in school history if he hits the 3,000-yard mark this season. He has at least 100 all-purpose yards in 13 of his 25 career games, including 7 straight.

Against Cal, Williams was the first Warrior with 20 rushes and 5 catches since Zach Krise at Gannon in 2009 and just the fifth in 394 games under Coach Douds.

Last season, Williams entered the Millersville game with 285 rushing yards - then rolled off 383 yards over the last 4 weeks to earn 2nd team All-PSAC East honors. He had 18 carries for a career-high 127 yards and tied the school record with 4 rushing TD's vs. Millersville. Williams has three 100-yard games in his career - 127 at Millersville and 119 vs. Shippensburg in 2010, and 101 vs. Pace in 2011.

DEERY GETS START
Jr. TB Eric Deery has started at tailback in 2 of the last 3 weeks. He ran had 10 carries for 43 yards vs. Millersville and had 18 carries for 54 yards and a TD and 3 catches for 12 yards at Kutztown.

Deery ran for 92 yards (16 carries) vs. Pace, just missing the 100-yard mark for the 3rd time in his career. He had two 100-yard games as a freshman in 2009 (121 at Cheyney, 102 vs. Millersville), the first ESU freshman to hit 100 yards since 1997.

LOOKING TO THE AIR
The Warriors are on a record pace for pass attempts this season. The offense, triggered by R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner, has thrown the ball on 63.5 percent of its plays, well above the standard of 55.4 percent held by Damian Poalucci's record-setting offense in 1996.

ESU has attempted 42.8 passes per game in 2011, including a streak of 40+ in 6 straight games. The Warriors attempted 41.5 passes per game in 1996.

TIME OF POSSESSION
ESU ranks 149th (next-to-last) nationally in time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 25:11 through the first 8 games. ESU was 15th of 16 schools in the PSAC in time of possession in 2010 (26:19) and held the ball for more than 30:00 in just two games.

STOP IN THE RED ZONE
The Warriors are 7th in the PSAC in red zone defense at 70.7 percent (29-for-41) and rank 4th in the lowest percentage of TDs allowed (19-for-41, 46.3 percent).

The Warriors' 12 overall red zone stops include 4 missed field goals, 4 turnovers on downs and 2 fumbles.

ESU tied for 3rd in Division II with a 62% rate in the red zone in the 2009 NCAA Playoff season.

On offense, ESU's percentage of TDs in the red zone (13-for-33, 39.4 percent) is 14th in the PSAC and includes a PSAC-high 8 turnovers.

The Warriors scored TDs on 62.0 percent (31-for-50) of their red zone trips last season.

PRESSURE DEFENSE
The Warriors have created 3+ turnovers in 14 of 31 games since the start of the 2009 season, when they led the PSAC and ranked 11th in Division II with 33 takeaways.

TURNOVER MARGIN
ESU is tied for 148th (next-to-last) in DII in turnover margin at -1.88 (19 gained, 30 lost). The Warriors have 3+ turnovers in 7 of their 8 games, and 5 turnovers in 3 games. Last week vs. Millersville, the Marauders' TD drives covered 26, 6, 10 and 50 yards - the first three after interceptions. ESU's 30 turnovers have led to 87 points - 12 TDs and 1 FG - with the average drives start after a turnover at the opponents' 47-yard line.

Since 2009:
ESU creates 2+ turnovers 11-6
ESU creates 0-1 turnovers 1-13

Turnover margin in 12 wins +17
Turnover margin in 19 losses -26

COVER THAT KICK
The Warriors are 11th in the PSAC with an opponents' average drive start at the 33.2-yard line.

ESU led the PSAC in kickoff coverage in 2010 (26-yard line) and So. K Taylor Groff had 11 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs. His rate of 17% was more than triple the 5% rate in the rest of the PSAC. This season, Groff has 3 touchbacks on 28 kickoffs.

NET PUNTING
Fr. Jordan Bair is 7th in the PSAC with a 38.0-yard average on 27 punts. He has put 8 of his last 12 punts inside the 20-yard line and had a career-long 50-yard punt in week 4 at West Chester.

ESU is 7th in the PSAC in net punting (32.5 yards) and is a regular among the Division II leaders, leading the nation with a 39.7-yard net in 2008. Nick Krut was a 1st team AP Little All-American with a 46.0-yard average, the best in DII.

The Warriors were 4th in the PSAC and 38th in DII in 2010 after ranking 128th in 2009.

WHO'S GONE ON DEFENSE
ESU lost its three All-PSAC selections (OLB Matt Freed, CB David Castillo, FS Herschel Thornton) and 4 of its top 5 tacklers from last year's team. Freed, a 3-time All-American, ranks 3rd at ESU with 399 career tackles and 5th with 22.5 sacks.

FIRST-TIME STARTERS
The Warriors have mixed 5 returning starters - R-Sr. DT Cody Berry, R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami, Sr. ILB Mike Bergey, R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave and R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll - with 11 first-time starters this season, including 4 at defensive end.

Two redshirt seniors, DE Jon Weber and OLB Bryan Billger, have both made their first career starts in 2011.

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (DT)
• Cerami and Berry had started 16 straight games next to each other until week 6 at Kutztown
• R-Fr. Bryan Thomson made his first career start, replacing Cerami
• Cerami had started 18 straight games, 2nd-most on the defense
• Cerami has 119 tackles, 13.5 TFL and 4.5 sacks
• Berry has 137 tackles, 24.0 TFL and 13.5 sacks

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (LB)
• Cave has started 31 straight games and Bergey has started 5+ games for three straight years
• Cave leads all ESU players with 220 tackles
   70+ tackles the last two years (56 this season)
   5 career Int., 5 FF and 3 FR
• Bergey has 205 career tackles (50+ in 3 straight seasons)
   11 tackles, FF at goal line vs. Cal

MANNING THE CORNER
• Carroll has started 30 of the last 31 games
• 5 Int. in 2009 (ESU record 4 Int. vs. Slippery Rock)
• Tied DII record with 3 in 4th quarter (2 TD returns)
• 5 career Int., 25 pass breakups, 120 tackles

• Culbreath is a transfer from Lackawanna College
• 2 Int. (66-yard return for TD vs. Pace)
• Half-brother of Herschel Thornton, 2nd team All-PSAC East safety in 2010
• Replaced David Castillo (1st team All-PSAC East)

THREE STARTERS AT SAFETY
• So. Derek Brown, an outside linebacker, started at safety last week
• Brown had 52 tackles in 6 starts at OLB
• R-Fr. Anthony Singlar had 36 tackles in his first 4 career starts
• Replaced Fr. Kevin Antol, who started the first 3 games (17 tackles, FF)
• R-Fr. Andrew Coyle and Fr. Angel Rosado have also played nickel back

DEFENSIVE ENDS
• Warriors rotate 6 players including Weber, Brimmer, Harris, Gattelli, R-Fr. Sam Trunzo and Fr. Tarik Haddad
• Weber entered season as only DE who had played in a game at ESU
• Gattelli has started 5 of the last 7 games and had 6 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble at Kutztown

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
• Billger entered season with 27 of 37 career tackles on special teams
• 68 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks in 8 starts (31 tkl, 5.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks last 3 weeks)
• Chesko has 24 tackles in his first 2 career starts
• Warriors replace 3-time All-American Matt Freed and 2-year starter/4-year letterwinner Mark Kalo

SOUDERTON CONNECTION
So. OLB Derek Brown, the brother of TE Matt Brown who graduated last year, is the Warriors' third starting linebacker from Souderton since 2005. He follows Dave Lotier, a 2nd team All-PSAC East selection in 2007, and Matt Freed, a 3-time All-American from 2008-10 and 2-time Daktronics Super Region 1 Player of the Year.

GREGORY-DOUDS FIELD AT EILER-MARTIN STADIUM
• Field renamed to honor coaches Jack Gregory and Denny Douds after ESU's 58-14 win vs. Cheyney on Oct. 30, 2010
• Gregory had 49-11-2 (.806) record from 1959-65 and won 1964 and 1965 PSAC championships
• Douds has been ESU's head coach since 1974
• Eiler-Martin Stadium has been the home of the Warriors since 1938
• John R. Eiler was an outstanding athlete at the school in the early 1930s and later athletic director and a championship soccer coach
• Gene Martin was the Warriors' head football coach from 1942-57 and the school's long-time Dean of Men
• The Warriors have a 119-70 home record (.630) under Douds and a 39-27 home record (.591) since 2000

Renovations include:
• New home bleachers were added in 1960
• The current press box was installed in 1988
• The track was resurfaced and expanded to 8 lanes in 2005
• Lights were added prior to the 2007 season
• FieldTurf was installed prior to the 2008 season

WARRIORS RECOGNIZE GARVER, WORTLEY
ESU held a moment of silence for former Warriors Gary Garver and Martin Wortley before the season opener.

Garver, a 3-year letterwinner and the Warriors' top rusher in 1986, was also an assistant coach for 10 seasons from 1990-99. He passed away on August 22 after a 6-month battle with cancer.

Wortley, a 4-year letterwinner on the offensive line, was lost on Sept. 11 in the attack on the World Trade Center. A 1995 graduate, Wortley worked as an investment rates option broker for Cantor Fitzgerald. ESU remembered Wortley and others at its 9-11 candlelight vigil on Sept. 11. Denny Douds and teammates Ed Myers and Bob Stelma addressed those in attendance.

FAMILY AFFAIR
Two Warriors have fathers who played for Coach Douds:
• R-Jr. DL Sam Hull - father Chris, four-year letterwinner at DE from 1984-87
• Fr. QB Matt Soltes - father Andy lettered at QB in 1982, threw game-winning TD at West Chester

In addition, two Warriors have relatives who played for ESU under Douds:
• So. WR Dusty Reed - uncle Pat Flaherty was All-America center in 1976 and is currently the offensive line coach of the NY Giants
• R-Fr. CB Andrew Coyle - father is cousin of Tim Bishop, an All-East WR in 1984 and All-PSAC pitcher, 2B and OF in baseball

At least six other father-son combinations have earned letters since Douds arrived in 1966:

• Falcone - Michael, LB '73; Bryan, LB '00-02
• Jackson - Steven, C '69-71; Greg, TE '98-99
• McNamee - Doug, DB/WR '64-66, Todd, K/P '85-88
• Stem - Willard, FS '72-75; Drew, WR '05-08
• Terwilliger - Mike, QB '74-77 (Douds' first 4 seasons, entering 34th year as asst. coach); Jimmy, QB '03-06 (Harlon Hill Award in 2005)
• Marshall - Brian, QB '81; Matt, QB '08-10 (3rd in career total offense)

UNDER THE LIGHTS
ESU is 5-3 in night games since lights were installed in 2007:
9-15-07 - L 23-38 vs. IUP
8-28-08 - W 14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union
9-6-08 - W 23-10 vs. Gannon
9-27-08 - W 52-12 vs. Cheyney
9-12-09 - W 45-31 vs. Clarion
9-11-10 - L 17-23 vs. IUP
9-1-11 - W 56-14 vs. Pace
9-17-11 - L 19-22 vs. #21 California

WARRIORS FROM 2000-09
• The Warriors wrapped up their winningest decade in school history in the 2000's, going 77-34 for a .694 winning percentage
• They had nine winning seasons in 10 years, made three NCAA Playoff appearances, won PSAC East titles in 2002 and 2003, and had a school-record 11 wins in 2005
• ESU has an all-time record of 446-297-19 (.598)

ESU IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS
• ESU has played in the NCAA Division II Playoffs four times, most recently in 2009 when they fell to Edinboro, 31-16, in the first round
• The Warriors have also played in the postseason in 1991, 2004 and 2005, when they advanced to the national semifinals
• ESU has a 4-4 record in four postseason trips

PSAC PRESEASON POLL
• ESU was picked to finish 5th in the 2011 PSAC East Coaches Poll
• The Warriors were selected behind Bloomsburg, Kutztown, West Chester and C.W. Post and ahead of Shippensburg, Millersville and Cheyney

WARRIORS ON RADIO
• WVPO 840 AM is in its 49th season broadcasting ESU football and will once again carry all 11 games in 2011
• Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award winner,  is in his 23rd season as the voice of the Warriors
• He is joined in the booth by Bob Brittain, who is in his 11th year providing the color commentary

WARRIORS ON TV
• Blue Ridge TV-13 will broadcast ESU football for the 24th year this season, with all six home games airing live across the region
• Play-by-play man Chris Doty (22nd year) is joined by color commentator Jim Riley (4th year) and sideline reporter Mike Remish (2nd year)

WARRIORS ON SPORTSFEVER TV
• ESU will play 3 games on state-wide and national television this season through a partnership with SPORTSfever TV
• The Warriors' games vs. Bloomsburg (Oct. 1), Shippensburg (Nov. 5) and Edinboro (Nov. 12) will be broadcast, tape-delay, at the following air times:

ESU vs. Bloomsburg (Oct. 1)
Oct. 12, 5 p.m. - ROOT Sports

ESU at Shippensburg (Nov. 5, 1 p.m.)
Nov. 7, 7 p.m. - Blue Ridge TV-11
Nov. 9, 8 p.m. - ROOT Sports
Nov. 9, 9:30 p.m. - Comcast Network

ESU vs. Edinboro (Nov. 12, 12 p.m.)
Nov. 14, 7 p.m. - Blue Ridge TV-11
Nov. 15, 10 p.m. - Comcast Network
Nov. 16, 8 p.m. - ROOT Sports

At the end of the 2011 season, SPORTSfever will have broadcast 13 games over the last five seasons. ESU's 44-41 (OT) win vs. Shippensburg in 2008 was the second-highest rated tape-delay game on FSN Pittsburgh in the last three years.

ESU WARRIORS ALL ACCESS
• All six broadcasts on Blue Ridge TV-13 will be available online through ESU Warriors “All Access” at www.esuwarriors.com
• The single-season package ($24.95) gives access for all football content, live and archived, through August 31, 2012
• The single-day package ($6.95) gives access for a 24-hour period

AND WE GO TO...OVERTIME
• ESU is 4-6 all-time in overtime contests and has won its last two games in OT, 27-20 at Kutztown in 2009 and 44-41 vs. Shippensburg in 2008
• The win vs. Shippensburg gave head coach Denny Douds the PSAC record with his 213th career victory

OVERTIME GAMES
1991 - L 34-33 vs. Shippensburg (NCAA Playoffs)
1996 - W 27-20 vs. Kutztown
1999 - L 33-27 at Shepherd (2OT)
2000 - W 35-28 vs. Shepherd
2000 - L 33-26 vs. Millersville
2000 - L 17-14 vs. Shippensburg
2004 - L 38-37 vs. West Chester
2005 - L 31-24 vs. Bloomsburg
2008 - W 44-41 vs. Shippensburg
2009 - W 27-20 at Kutztown

PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
• ESU has won a share of nine PSAC titles under head coach Denny Douds, and 12 in school history
• The most recent championships came in 1991, 2002 and 2003, when the Warriors won the PSAC East championship
• Overall PSAC titles came in:
   1942, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1982
• ESU has a 210-105-1 (.668) record in PSAC games entering 2011 for the 3rd-best winning percentage since the first on-the-field title was awarded in 1960

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES
• ESU has produced 45 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selections over the last four years
• ESU led the PSAC with 15 selections in 2010-11 and 10 selections in
2007-08 and 2008-09
• 2 student-athletes were Academic All-America selections in 2010-11 — Matt Freed and Rose Mascoli (women's cross country/track & field)