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TV: Live on Blue Ridge TV-13 and ESU Warriors "All Access", and broadcast on several outets (tape delay) through the SPORTSfever TV Network with Matt Janus and James Taylor on the call. The game will air on Monday at 7 p.m. on Blue Ridge TV-11 and Blue Ridge Digital 113, and Wednesday at 8 p.m. on ROOT Sports and 9:30 p.m. on Comcast Network.

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 recognizes its seniors before the final game of the 2011 season at Eiler-Martin Stadium. The Warriors finish the season against Edinboro for the third straight year and are 10-6 in the all-time series. Edinboro won 31-16 in the 2009 NCAA Playoffs and 28-25 last fall.

WARRIORS SENIORS: The Warriors will honor their 10 seniors for their contributions to the program over their careers at ESU. Nine players have been five-year members of the program and LB Mike Bergey was the only player in his class to play as a true freshman in 2008. The Warriors' 10 seniors - all starters - have combined for 246 career starts and were all letterwinners on the 2009 NCAA Playoff team.

LB Mike Bergey - 21 career starts, 229 career tackles, 91 this season (2nd in PSAC)
DT Cody Berry - 23 career starts, 150 career tackles, 26.0 TFL, 14.5 sacks, 52 tackles, 9.5 TFL this season
OLB Bryan Billger - 10 career starts, 115 career tackles, 78 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks in only season as starter
C Dan Caffrey - 44 career starts (every game of career), 2nd team All-PSAC East in 2010
CB Shawnte Carroll - 33 career starts, ESU record 4 interceptions and 2 TD vs. Slippery Rock in 2009
LB Taylor Cave - 34 career starts, 240 career tackles, 70+ tackles in three straight seasons
DT Rudy Cerami - 31 career starts, 129 career tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 43 tackles this season
LT Zach Sarginger - 32 career starts at four positions on OL (14 at LT, 5 at LG, 11 at RG, 2 at RT)
QB Ray Wagner - 9 career starts, 4th in DII in total offense (314.4), two straight 500-yard passing games
DE Jon Weber - 9 career starts, 39 career tackles, 27 this year in only season as starter

CONGRATULATIONS, COACH: ESU head coach Denny Douds set the Division II record with his 394th game coached on Oct. 22, 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 seasons.

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63), in his 38th season, holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 231-162-3 record. His Division II-record 396 games are 93 more than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 464 of the 764 games - 60.7 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 15 of the game notes.

Scott Browning (Ohio State '81) is in his sixth year as head coach at Edinboro and has a 45-22 record, including a 32-13 mark the last four years. He made his first appearance as head coach in the NCAA Playoffs in 2009 and was a part of Edinboro's seven previous playoff squads as an assistant coach for 20 seasons.

ESU vs. EDINBORO: ESU and Edinboro have met 16 times, including 10 times since 2000, with ESU holding a 6-4 mark in the most recent meetings. Three games have been played in postseason situations - ESU's 24-22 win in the 1982 PSAC championship game, ESU's 36-32 win in the first round of the 2004 NCAA Playoffs, and Edinboro's 31-16 win in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Playoffs.

ALL ABOUT RAY: R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner finishes one of the most remarkable seasons by a quarterback in school history this weekend. He moved into 4th in single-season passing yards (3,011) and 7th in total offense (314.4) last week at Shippensburg, throwing for 172 yards in 3 quarters after behind held out to start the game due to injury.

Friday: Wagner named candidate for Harlon Hill Award

Wagner threw for 375 yards and 6 TDs in the first half of his first career start against Pace on Sept. 1, setting ESU records for passing yards and TD in a half and the single-game record for QB rating (321.5). Since then, he has become the only QB in PSAC history with consecutive 500-yard passing games (522 at Kutztown, Oct. 8 and 503 vs. C.W. Post, Oct. 15) and led all of college football in total offense through Oct. 15 (395.3 yards per game). He has played just 6 quarters in the last 3 games due to an injury sustained on the first drive of the 3rd quarter vs. Millersville on Oct. 22.

Wagner still leads the PSAC in passing and total offense by more than 20 yards per game, ranks 4th in Division II in total offense and 6th in passing:

Passing - 301.1, 6th DII, 1st PSAC (27.6 ahead of Peter Lalich, California)
Total Offense - 314.4, 4th DII, 1st PSAC (23.5 ahead of Zach Zulli, Shippensburg)
Yards/Completion - 15.76, 1st DII (among QB's with 15+ completions per game)

WAGNER'S SUPERLATIVES (4th in DII in total offense, 6th in passing)   
#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 (only 14 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 on Oct. 22 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)

200/HALF: Wagner threw for 200 yards in a half in 6 of the first 7 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 155 career starts, has allowed just 10 sacks in 395 pass attempts this season. Wagner has been sacked just 4 times (for -16 yards) in 357 attempts this season, and has been sacked just 9 times in 420 career attempts.

VERTICAL PASSING GAME: Wagner has 47 plays of 20+ yards and 31 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.

Wagner is averaging 35.6 yards per completion on his 19 touchdown passes - 6 over 50 yards:    
* 97 - 75 - 73 - 70 - 61 - 59 - 44 - 35 - 34 - 34 - 27 - 19 - 19 - 12 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 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 3,582 career yards - 571 before this season.

RELIEF PITCHER: R-So. QB Nate Daniels was the 30th ESU quarterback to start under head coach Denny Douds last week at Shippensburg. He was 0-for-3 before leaving due to injury on the Warriors' 10th offensive play. Daniels was 5-for-16 for 66 yards and an interception in adverse conditions in the win at Cheyney and was 7-for-10 for 182 yards, a TD and an interception after replacing Wagner vs. Millersville. 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.

MORE DANIELS: 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.

He has played in 6 games this season and attempted a pass in 4 - Pace, Millersville, Cheyney and Shippensburg. He has been the holder on extra points and field goals since week 6 at Kutztown.

THROW OUT THE STATS
ESU led Division II in passing with 387.8 yards per game following week 8 vs. Millersville. The Warriors are currently 3rd with 334.0 yards per game, throwing for 238 yards (119.0 per game) in the last two weeks - Daniels threw for 66 yards in the snow and mud at Cheyney, and Wagner threw for 172 yards in relief of Daniels at Shippensburg.

WARRIORS GET A W
ESU's much-needed win at Cheyney ended a 7-game losing streak, its longest since losing the last two games in 1997 and the first five in 1998. It was the longest streak in the same year since dropping 7 straight to open 1986.

The Warriors' previous 7 opponents have combined for a record of 43-19. Three of the seven losses came by 4 points or less, including 22-19 vs. No. 21 California on Sept. 17 - the second game of the streak.

ESU led three games, including the Cal game, going into the 4th quarter: 19-14 vs. Cal, led No. 5 Bloomsburg 20-19 in a 32-20 loss on Oct. 1, and led Millersville 24-17 in a 31-27 loss on Oct. 22. Cal threw a 75-yard, 4th-and-10 pass to go ahead with 3:12 left, and Millersville drove 50 yards and scored the winning TD with 17 seconds left.

The Warriors have battled through the same schedule they faced last year, when they went 3-8 with five losses by 7 points or less - tied for the most in school history. This year's strength of schedule is in the top 1/3rd in DII.

SHIP DEALS BIGGEST LOSS SINCE 2005
ESU's 44-14 loss at Shippensburg last week was the Warriors largest margin since falling 55-20 at Grand Valley State in the 2005 NCAA semifinals. Ship's 31-0 halftime lead was the largest since Grand Valley led 41-7.

NEED TO KNOW - OFFENSE
• ESU's passing offense has thrived despite graduating 2-year starting QB Matt Marshall and two 2,000-yard receivers in Ed Kiser and Jeff Giglio
• R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner is in his only year as a starter
• All 13 players who have a catch are underclassmen
• So. Dusty Reed, R-Jr. Jordan Hallman and R-So. Robert Bleiler are the only trio in DII averaging 70.0 ypg
• ESU leads DII with 16.3 yards per completion
• 5 Warriors have 100-yard receiving games
• Jr. TB Kendrick Williams had career-high 25 carries for 105 yards and a TD at Cheyney
• ESU's offensive line has combined for 155 career starts
• Four OL have 30+ career starts
• Career starts entering this week - R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (44), R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (32), R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (32), R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (30) and R-So. LG Greg Blue (17)

NEED TO KNOW - DEFENSE
• ESU starts 7 seniors on defense, including 5 returning starters in R-Sr. DT Cody Berry (23 starts), R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami (31), Sr. ILB Mike Bergey (21), R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave (34) and R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll (33)
• So. Derek Brown moved from OLB to FS before Millersville game on Oct. 22, the 3rd starter at the position this year
• Warriors lost 6 starters, including OLB Matt Freed, a 3-time All-American and Harlon Hill regional finalist

NEED TO KNOW - SPECIAL TEAMS
• So. K Taylor Groff is among the nation's best kickers after missing the first 3 games due to injury
• 9-for-11 overall and 5-for-5 from 40+ yards
• Has made 5 of the 12 40-yard FG in the PSAC
• 52 and 48 are the two longest in the PSAC
• R-So. K John Schubert was 4-for-6 in the first 3 games
• Fr. P Jordan Bair is 8th in the PSAC with a 37.4 avg.

WARRIORS STRETCH THE FIELD
ESU leads Division II with 16.06 yards per reception, and R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner leads DII QB's with 15.76 yards per completion.

The Warriors' top 6 wide receivers are averaging at least 15.0 yards per catch and have combined for 33 of the team's 34 plays of 30+ yards:

WARRIORS WR RANK 1-2-3 IN PSAC EAST
Hallman (84.6), Reed (83.1) and Bleiler (72.0) rank 1-2-3 in the PSAC East and 4-5-7 overall in receiving. The trio has 2,323 yards - 69.6 percent of ESU's 3,340 yards - while the rest of the Warriors' receivers have 1,017 yards.

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 4th-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 34 catches, 13 have covered at least 30 yards.
• 24.9 ypc are the 2nd-most among the top 100 WR in DII
• 35.4 ypc vs. CWP, Mill (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)

BIG-GAME BLEILER
R-So. WR Robert Bleiler has 2 games of 150+ yards:
• 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 this season

REED TOPS WARRIORS SOPHOMORE CHARTS
So. WR Dusty Reed has hit ESU marks for most catches (86) and yards (1,208) through a player's sophomore year, surpassing All-American RB Anthony Carfagno's 74 catches and All-American WR Evan Prall's 1,153 yards.

Reed has 55 catches for 831 yards this season - Prall had 52 catches for 832 yards as a sophomore in 2004.

Earlier this season, he set of tied records as the fastest Warrior to 50 catches (15 games), 10 TD (15) and 1,000 yards (17).

He was the first ESU WR with 8+ catches in 3 straight games (weeks 4-6) and 7+ catches in 5 straight games (weeks 3-7), and was the only DII WR with 80+ yards in every game through the first 7 weeks. He was ESU's top receiver with 3 catches for 37 yards at Cheyney and also had a 43-yard kick return to open the 2nd half.

Reed was an All-State RB at Delone Catholic and is the nephew of Pat Flaherty, the offensive line coach of the New York Giants who was an All-America center at ESU in 1976 while playing with QB Mike Terwilliger.

FIVE WARRIORS HIT 100
Bleiler, Hallman, Reed, R-Jr. Wade Williams and Fr. Ray Dominguez all have 100-yard games. ESU also had 5 players with 100-yard games in 2008 and 2009 and has never had 6 in the same year. (Williams has since left the team prior to the Shippensburg game)

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.

CAFFREY JOINS ELITE LIST
R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey will become the 4th Warrior to start every game of his career since 2003. He is the 5th Warrior - and 3rd offensive lineman - to make 40 career starts in that time span:

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 Dan Caffrey - 44, 2008-  (every game)
OL Morgan Thomas - 42, 2006-09

IN THE FRONT ROW
The Warriors' offensive line, which has combined for 155 career starts, features all five returning starters and has given up just 10 sacks this season.

Starting QB Ray Wagner has been sacked just 4 times in 357 attempts. Backup Nate Daniels has been sacked 6 times in 36 attempts.

• R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (44 starts), 2010 2nd team PSAC East
• R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (32 starts), at least 2 starts at four offensive line spots; 2009 Academic All-District
• R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (32 starts), all at tackle
• R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (30 starts), all at guard
• R-So. LG Greg Blue (17 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
Rivers made his 30th career start last week, becoming the 7th Warrior (and 4th offensive lineman) with 30+ career starts:
R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey - 44
R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave - 34
R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll - 33
R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger - 32
R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II - 32
R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami - 31
R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers - 30

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 is 4th in 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:
• Allentown Morning Call - Oct. 12
• USA Today - Oct. 13
• Associated Press - Oct. 14
• New York Times CFB Blog - Oct. 15
• NCAA.com - Oct. 21
• Easton Express-Times - Oct. 21

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 - 9-11 - 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 12 40-yard FG in the PSAC
• has made 4 of the 7 longest FG in the PSAC
• 52-yard FG at Kutztown, 2nd-longest at ESU
• 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 year)
• made 6 straight FG (missed from 29 at Cheyney)
• missed first 3 games due to injury

2010 Season - 16-21 - 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 - 25-32 - 16-18 inside 40 - 9-14 over 40
• 25 field goals are tied for 6th in school history
• 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 23 field goals inside 40 yards since the start of last season.

WILLIAMS FILLS ALL-PURPOSE ROLE
Jr. TB Kendrick Williams is 4th in the PSAC and 28th in Division II with 144.7 all-purpose yards per game. He has 2,813 career yards - 11th on ESU's all-time list - and is 8 yards from the top 10. He has at least 100 all-purpose yards in 15 of his 27 games, including all 9 in 2011.

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 396 games under Coach Douds.

He had his 4th career 100-yard rushing game at Cheyney, set a career-high with 25 carries, scored the Warriors' only TD and ran for a 2-point conversion.

He had 383 rushing yards over the final four games of the 2010 season, including 119 - the 2nd-most in his career - against Shippensburg. He had a career-high 127 yards and tied the school record with 4 rushing TD's vs. Millersville. He ran for 668 yards last season to earn 2nd team All-PSAC East honors.

Williams has 1,592 career rushing yards, 16th in school history, and is 122 yards from matching Jimmy Terwilliger (1,714) for 10th.

DEERY BREAKS CAREER-LONG RUN
Jr. TB Eric Deery had a 66-yard run to set up a 1-yard TD at Shippensburg, the longest run of his career. He started at tailback against Kutztown (18 carries, 54 yards, TD; 3 catches, 12 yards) and Millersville (10 carries, 43 yards) before missing the Cheyney game due to injury.

Deery ran for 92 yards (16 carries) vs. Pace in the season opener, 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 will set a record for percentage of pass attempts this season. The offense, triggered by R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner, has thrown the ball on 60.8 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 39.5 passes per game in 2011, including a streak of 40+ in 6 straight games from the 2nd through 7th games of the season. The Warriors attempted 41.5 passes per game in 1996.

MR. OFFICIAL, NO MORE FLAGS, PLEASE
ESU has been penalized 54 times for 414 yards (59.1 ypg) the last 7 weeks after being penalized 12 times for 82 yards the first 3 weeks (27.3 yards per game, 3rd in DII).

TIME OF POSSESSION
ESU ranks 150th (last) nationally in time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 24:56 through the first 10 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 6th in the PSAC in red zone defense at 70.0 percent (35-for-50) and rank 3rd in the lowest percentage of TDs allowed (24-for-50, 48.0 percent).

The Warriors' 15 overall red zone stops include 4 missed field goals, 6 turnovers on downs, 2 fumbles and an interception. They stopped Cheyney at the 2-yard line on both of the Wolves' red zone trips on Oct. 29.

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 (16-for-39, 41.0 percent) is 15th in the PSAC and includes a PSAC-high 9 turnovers.

The Warriors scored TDs on 62.0 percent (31-for-50) of their red zone trips in 2010 and 88.0 percent (44-for-50) in 2009.

PRESSURE DEFENSE
The Warriors have created 3+ turnovers in 14 of 33 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 (3rd-from-last) in DII in turnover margin at -1.90 (23 gained, 38 lost). The Warriors have 3+ turnovers in 9 of their 10 games, and 5 turnovers in 4 games. Against Millersville, the Marauders' TD drives covered 26, 6, 10 and 50 yards - the first three after interceptions. ESU's 38 turnovers have led to 93 points - 13 TDs and 1 FG - with the average drives start after a turnover at the opponents' 47-yard line.

Since 2009:
ESU creates 2+ turnovers          12-7
ESU creates 0-1 turnovers         1-13

Turnover margin in 13 wins        +16
Turnover margin in 20 losses    -29

NET PUNTING
Fr. Jordan Bair is 8th in the PSAC with a 37.4-yard average on 41 punts. He has put 10 punts inside the 20-yard line and has just 2 touchbacks. At Cheyney, he made a leaping catch of an errant snap to get off the last of his 6 punts and help the Warriors seal their victory. He had his longest punt of the season, 51 yards, at Shippensburg last week.

ESU is 7th in the PSAC in net punting (32.6 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.

COVER THAT KICK
The Warriors are 11th in the PSAC with an opponents' average drive start at the 33.1-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 33 kickoffs.

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 129 tackles, 14.5 TFL and 4.5 sacks
• Berry has 150 tackles, 26.0 TFL and 13.5 sacks
• He leads the defensive line with 52 tackles and 9.5 TFL this season

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (LB)
• Cave has started 33 straight games and Bergey has 21 career starts
• Cave leads all ESU players with 240 tackles
   70+ tackles in three straight seasons (76 this season)
   5 career Int., 5 FF and 3 FR
   Returned blocked PAT 95 yards for 2-point conversion at Cheyney
• Bergey has 229 career tackles
   2nd in PSAC with 9.1 tackles per game this season (91 in 10 games)
   50+ tackles in three straight years (career-high 91 this season)
   Career-high 15 tackles last week at Shippensburg

MANNING THE CORNER
• Carroll has started 32 of the last 33 games
• 5 Int. in 2009 (ESU record 4 Int. vs. Slippery Rock)
• Tied DII record with 3 in 4th quarter (2 TD returns)
• 6 career Int. (one last week), 25 pass breakups, 124 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, has started at FS the last 3 weeks
• Brown had 52 tackles in 6 starts at OLB; 21 tackles in 3 starts at FS
• 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 has started 9 of 10 games (only DE who had played entering 2011)
• Gattelli has started 7 of the last 9 games and had 6 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble at Kutztown and a sack and FF at Cheyney

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
• Billger entered season with 27 of 37 career tackles on special teams
• 78 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks in 10 starts (41 tkl, 5.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks last 5 weeks)
• Chesko has 42 tackles and 2 Int. in his first 4 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 447-298-19 (.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, Blue Ridge digital 113
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, Blue Ridge digital 113
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)

The football program has had 5 Academic All-Americans:
2010 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team
2009 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team
2004 - Matt Crispell, DB, 1st team
1992 - Ed Detwiler, P, 2nd team
1984 - Ernie Siegrist, TE, 1st team
1979 - Warren Brown, LB, 2nd team