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Saturday, 4 p.m.

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 3:30 p.m.

VIDEO: Broadcast by IUP-TV (online link)

LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/iup/football/

THE MATCH-UP: Head coach Denny Douds, a 1959 graduate of Indiana High School, leads East Stroudsburg University into IUP for the Crimson Hawks' season opener. The game will also mark the head coaching debut of IUP's Curt Cignetti, the oldest son of former head coach Frank Cignetti. Douds was 2-2 against Cignetti's teams in the 1990's, including a 23-12 upset of the No. 1-ranked team in the nation in 1996 at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

ESU is 2-4 at IUP under Douds and most recently made the trip in 2006, falling 35-20 in IUP's first season under Lou Tepper. The Warriors won 33-31 at IUP in 1997. Two of the PSAC's most successful programs met twice for the PSAC championship in 1964 and 1965, with ESU winning both games. Douds came to the Poconos in 1966 as an assistant coach and has remained ever since.

IT STARTS WITH RAY: R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner set three school records in his first career start in Thursday night's 56-14 win over Pace — passing yards (375) and TDs (6) in a half, and single-game pass efficiency rating (321.5). He leads Division II in pass efficiency, ranks 3rd in passing and 6th in total offense (386), and leads the PSAC in all 3 categories. ESU leads DII with 456 passing yards, R-So. WR Robert Bleiler (172) is 5th in receiving yards and So. WR Dusty Reed (136) is 15th. Bleiler and Reed rank 1-2 in the PSAC in receiving.

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63), who turned 70 in February, holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 230-154-3 record in his 38th season as head football coach at ESU. His 387 games as head coach are 84 more than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese (1966-73), he has coached in 455 of the 755 games - 60.3 percent - in program history.

Douds is in his 46th season at ESU overall and is second among active Division II coaches and seventh among all active college football coaches in career victories. He has led the Warriors to nine PSAC titles and four NCAA Playoff appearances. For more on Coach Douds, please see page 12 of the game notes.

Curt Cignetti (West Virginia '82) came to IUP after four seasons at Alabama, where he was wide receivers coach and helped the Crimson Tide to the 2009 BCS championship. He also spent nine of his first 28 seasons as a college coach at Pittsburgh. Frank Cignetti was 182-50-1 (.783) in 20 seasons from 1986-2005.

ESU RECORDS IN SEASON OPENER: Among the records set or approached in ESU's win vs. Pace:

Passing Yards, Half
1. Ray Wagner, 375

Passing TDs, Half
1. Ray Wagner, 6

Passing Yards, 1st Career Start
2. Ray Wagner, 375

Passing TDs, 1st Career Start
1. Ray Wagner, 6

Pass Efficiency Rating
1. Ray Wagner, 321.5

Pass Efficiency, Division II (since 2008)
3. Ray Wagner, 321.5

Receiving Yards, Quarter
2. Robert Bleiler, 172 (2nd)

Receiving Yards, Half
3. Robert Bleiler, 172 (1st)

Longest Pass Play
2. Ray Wagner to Robert Bleiler, 97

Most Receiving Yards, 3 Catches
1. Robert Bleiler, 172

Most Receiving Yards, 2 Players, Game
8. 308 (Robert Bleiler 172, Dusty Reed 136)

2+ TD Receptions, 2 Players, Game
13th time - Robert Bleiler 2, Dusty Reed 2

5 Players with TD Reception
6th time - Robert Bleiler 2, Dusty Reed 2, Jordan Hallman 1, Steven Jones 1, Wade Williams 1

Two 100-Yard Receivers, One 100-Yard Rusher
9th time - Robert Bleiler 172, Dusty Reed 136; Kendrick Williams 101

Total Offense, Team
8. 667 (456 pass, 211 rush)

Yards per Play, Team
2. 11.3 (667 yards, 59 plays)

Passing Yards, Team
8. 456

Most TD Passes, 0 Interceptions
3rd time with at least 7 TDs

400 Yards Passing, 200 Yards Rushing
4th time - 456 pass, 211 rush

Fewest Penalties, Game
5th time - 1 (5 yards)

WARRIORS OFFENSE IN OPENER
• 667 yards of total offense (8th-most in ESU history)
• most since 712 vs. SCSU in 2005 NCAA Playoffs
• 456 yards passing (8th-most in ESU history)
• most since 546 at C.W. Post in 2005
• 482 total yards, 375 pass yards in 1st half
• 4 of 6 TD drives in 1st half came in 1:00 or less
• 3 of 6 TD drives in 1st half were on first play

WARRIORS DEFENSE IN OPENER
• Allowed 0 points, 148 yards on first 11 possessions
• Forced 3 turnovers (2 Int., 1 FR) and 8 punts
• 66-yd Int. TD by Jr. CB Curtis Culbreath
• 6 first-time starters

5TH YEAR SENIORS
Three ESU 5th-year seniors made their first career start against Pace:

QB Ray Wagner
• replaces Matt Marshall, who made 25 career starts
• entered season with action in 14 career games
• Career (entering year): 34-63, 571 yds, 4 TD, 3 Int.
• 2010: 23-43, 343 yds, 1 TD, 3 Int.
• 2010 at Edinboro (season finale): 13-22, 178 yds, 2 Int.

OLB Bryan Billger
• replaces 3-time All-America Matt Freed
• career-high 7 tackles, first career sack
• sack/forced fumble set up first TD drive at 33-yd line
• 3 career forced fumbles on 44 tackles
• has played in 32 career games
• 27 of 37 career tackles entering season on special teams
• President of ESU's Student Athlete Advisory Committee

DE Jon Weber
• replaces Alex Figueroa/Brett Moss
• 4 tackles, first career forced fumble
• has played in 20 career games, including all 11 in 2010
• came to ESU as QB/FS and moved to DE in 2007

GROFF ON MITCHELL AWARD WATCH LIST
So. K Taylor Groff, who set the school record with 16 field goals last season, was named to the Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award prior to the season. The award will be presented to the nation's top kicker in Division II, III, NAIA or NJCAA. Groff was 16-for-21, including a perfect 12-for-12 mark inside 40 yards, as a freshman and was one of two kickers in Division II to make a field goal in every game. He also helped ESU lead the PSAC in kickoff coverage with 11 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs.

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. He was a 1995 graduate and worked as an investment rates option broker for Cantor Fitzgerald. ESU will remember Wortley and others at its 9-11 candlelight vigil on Sunday at 8 p.m. on the Linden Quad.

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 got off to a great start in a category that ESU quarterbacks have dominated over the past decade. The Warriors' signal caller has ranked in the top 3 in the PSAC in total offense for 9 straight seasons and led the conference each season from 2002 (Jeremy Palm) through 2006 (Jimmy Terwilliger). ESU has also led the PSAC in passing offense in 6 of the last 9 years.

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.

RELIEF PITCHER
R-So. QB Nate Daniels was 5-for-7 for 81 yards and a TD in the 4th quarter vs. Pace. 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.

BLEILER, REED - 100 YARDS, 2 TD
R-So. WR Robert Bleiler (3 catches, 172 yards, 2 TD) and So. WR Dusty Reed (5 catches, 136 yards, 2 TD) rank 1st and 2nd in the PSAC in receiving yards through the first week of the season.

They are the 5th set of ESU teammates to go over 100 yards with at least 2 TD's in the same game:
• 2005 vs. SCSU (Strenfel 135, 2 TD; Prall 102, 2 TD)
• 2005 at Cheyney (Strenfel 156, 2 TD; Prall 111, 2 TD)
• 2005 at CW Post
(Prall 207, 3 TD; Strenfel 149, 3 TD; Carfagno 115, 3 TD)
• 1996 vs. SCSU (Mancuso 210, 3 TD; Killian 178, 3 TD)

They are the 2nd set of teammates to have their first career 100-yard receiving games in the same game:
• 1982 at Millersville (Ernie Siegrist 192, Scott Benoit 161)

IN THE FRONT ROW
ESU's offensive line returned intact this season and has combined for 112 career starts through last week's game.

R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey, a 2nd team All-PSAC East selection, has started all 35 games in his career at ESU and is also a four-year starter at long snapper.

R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (23 starts) has made at least five starts at three positions - 11 at RG, 7 at LT and 5 at RT. He started the last 6 games at LT last season and returns this year. He was an Academic All-District selection in 2009.

R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (23 starts) has made 18 starts at RT and 5 at LT. He started all 12 games at RT as a R-FR in 2009 and made 5 starts at both tackle spots in 2010.

R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (21 starts) started all 11 games last season, 9 at LG and 2 at RG. He started the first 9 games at LG as a R-FR in 2009 but missed the last 2 due to injury.

R-So. LG Greg Blue (10 starts) was a first-year starter at RG last season. He started the first 5 games, missed 2 due to injury, and returned for the final 4 games.

THE RUNNING GAME
ESU ran for 211 yards on 32 carries vs. Pace, 6.6 yards per carry. 22 rushing plays went for at least 5 yards, seven were at least 10 yards and two carries were over 20 yards.

ESU has won 28 straight games when running for at least 200 yards, a streak spanning more than 10 years.

WILLIAMS TOPS 100
Jr. TB Kendrick Williams went over the 100-yard mark for the 3rd time in his last 5 games vs. Pace, running for 101 yards on 9 carries.

A 2nd team All-PSAC East selection last season, Williams has run for 484 yards and 8 TDs since week 8 last year:
• week 8 - 127 yds, 4 TD (t-school record) at Millersville
• week 9 - 93 yds, 3 TD vs. Cheyney
• week 10 - 119 yds, TD vs. Shippensburg
• week 11 - 44 yds at Edinboro
• week 1 - 101 yds vs. Pace

Williams also returned 3 kickoffs for 74 yards for a career-high 175 all-purpose yards. He has at least 100 all-purpose yards in 7 of his 18 career starts.

Rushing - 232 car, 1,205 yds, 12 TD
Receiving - 22 rec, 323 yds, 2 TD
Kick Returns - 7 KR, 158 yds
All-Purpose - 261 touches, 1,686 yds, 14 TD

DEERY HITS 90
Jr. TB Eric Deery ran for 92 yards in 16 carries, just missing the 100-yard mark for the 3rd time in his career.

He had two 100-yard games as a freshman in 2009, the first ESU freshman to hit 100 since 1997:
• 121 yards, 15 carries at Cheyney
• 102 yards, 18 carries vs. Millersville

Rushing - 122 car, 549 yds, 2 TD
Receiving - 15 rec, 91 yds

WARRIORS DEPTH AT RECEIVER
R-Jr. Jordan Hallman was the Warriors' only returning starter entering the season, but 3 of ESU's top 4 receivers now have at least one 100-yard game in Hallman, Bleiler and Reed. R-Jr. WR Wade Williams career-high is 66 yards last year vs. West Chester. Jr. TB Kendrick Williams also had 103 yards at Kutztown in 2009.

Hallman - 24 games, 10 starts, 43 catches, 7 TD
Williams - 20 games, 2 starts, 35 catches, 3 TD
Reed - 12 games, 2 starts, 36 catches, 8 TD
Bleiler - 7 games, 6 starts, 15 catches, 2 TD

THE FULLBACKS
So. Darius Jackson and R-So. Thomas Tippett give the Warriors two veterans at fullback. Brent Jones ran for 7 TDs from the fullback spot the last 2 years.

Jackson started 4 games and had 7 catches for 74 yards and 2 TDs and 9 carries for 56 yards last season. Tippett played in 10 games on special teams and short-yardage offense.

THE TIGHT ENDS
R-Fr. Steven Jones had 3 catches for 55 yards, including a 31-yard TD catch, in his first career game vs. Pace. He replaces 6th-year senior Matt Brown as the starter at tight end. Brown started 6 games and caught 9 passes last season. Jones was 2nd team All-State in La Salle College HS's AAAA state championship team in 2009. R-So. Lukas Mason has played in 4 games, 3 last season and the season opener this year.

WARRIORS OFFENSE IN 2010
QB Matt Marshall, WR Ed Kiser and WR Jeff Giglio are the three top players who are gone from last year's offense. Marshall ranks 3rd at ESU in total offense (7,057) and 4th in passing yards (6,403) and TD passes (61). Kiser had 57 catches for 860 yards in 2010, finishing his career with four straight 100-yard games, and ranks 8th with 2,109 career receiving yards. Giglio is 11th with 1,901 receiving yards and tied for 7th with 18 receiving TDs.

ESU threw the ball on 54.2 percent of its offensive plays last season, the 2nd-highest rate in school history behind Damian Poalucci's record-setting passing attack in 1996.
• 30+ pass attempts in 9 of 11 games (57 vs. Kutztown)
• 13 players caught at least 7 passes
• 10 players caught at least 10 passes
• 10 players caught at TD pass
• 8 players had at least 147 receiving yards
• 10 players caught a pass vs. Pace and Kutztown

FAST STARTERS
• ESU scored on its first possession in 7 of its 11 games last season, including the final 5 (TD, FG, TD, TD, TD)
• ESU did not score on its first possession vs. Pace, which resulted in a missed field goal, but scored TDs on its next 3 drives

TIME OF POSSESSION
• It took ESU just 21:59 to compile 667 yards vs. Pace
• ESU was 15th of 16 schools in the PSAC in time of possession last season (26:19), less than 25:00 in 6 games

IN THE RED ZONE
• ESU has led the PSAC in red zone offense in two of the last three seasons
• 88% (44-50, 31 TD) in 2010; 91% (44-48, 32 TD) in 2008
• K Taylor Groff was 13-of-14 on field goals during red zone opportunities last season
• Warriors have scored TDs on at least 60% of their trips in since 2008 (91 TDs in 147 trips, 62%)
• ESU scored on just 2 of its 6 red zone trips last week, losing 3 fumbles and missing a FG on the opening drive

THIRD DOWN OFFENSE
• 11th in PSAC on 3rd downs (34.3%) in 2010
• Ranked 6th in 2009 and 2nd in 2008
• Converted just 56% (10-18) on 3rd-short (1-2 yards)
• 68% (25-37) in 2009 and 72% (26-36) in 2008
• ESU was 0-for-1 on 3rd-and-short vs. Pace

TURNOVER MARGIN
• Tied for 12th in PSAC in turnover margin (-0.36) with 27 giveaways and 23 takeaways in 2010
• +4 margin in three wins; -8 in eight losses
• Led PSAC and tied for 7th in DII (+0.83) in 2009
• +13 margin in eight wins; -3 in four losses

PRESSURE DEFENSE
• ESU has created 3+ turnovers in 13 of 24 games since the start of the 2009 season, going 9-4 in those games
• 0 or 1 takeaways in 8 of last 12 losses
• 33 takeaways in 2009 (8 more than 2nd-most in PSAC)

ESU's defense ranked in the top 25 in Division II in 6 key categories in 2009. The Warriors improved their rank in just one category (QB sacks) in 2010.

WARRIORS SPECIAL TEAMS
• Led PSAC in kickoff coverage last season with an average drive start at the 26-yard line
• Ranks 4th through week 1 (30-yard line)
• So. K Taylor Groff had 11 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs
(17% - rest of PSAC averaged less than 5%)

• 4th PSAC, 38th DII in net punting at 34.2 in 2010
• Punted once vs. Pace (31.0 net), 9th in PSAC
• Led DII at 39.7 in 2008, 128th of 148 in 2009
• Douds has coached 14 1st-team kickers and 13 1st-team punters in 37 seasons

WARRIORS PUNTERS
• Fr. Jordan Bair opens the season as ESU's punter
• 31-yard punt (fair catch) vs. Pace
• Greg Knauss was 4th in PSAC (38.2) last season
• Nick Krut led PSAC and DII with 46.0 avg. in 2008

IN THE KICKING GAME
• R-So. John Schubert was the kicker vs. Pace with So. Taylor Groff sidelined due to injury
• Schubert was 8-for-8 on PAT's, becoming the 6th ESU kicker to make at least 8 PAT's in a game
• He missed from 34 yards on his first FG attempt
• Schubert is the son of former University of Pittsburgh and NFL kicker Eric Schubert (NY Giants, NE Patriots and STL Cardinals

RECORD-SETTER
• Groff set ESU's school record with 16 field goals last season
• Member of Watch List for Mitchell Award - top kicker in DII, DIII, NAIA or NJCAA
• 16-for-21 and was one of two DII kickers to make a field goal in every game
• 12-for-12 inside 40 yards
• t-5th in DII with 1.45 field goals per game
• Led PSAC, 9th in DII in points/game by kicker (7.9)
• 87 points were 2nd-most in school history
• Career long 48-yarder near end of 1st half vs. Kutztown
• Made 7 of last 8 FG (season-high 3-4 vs. Cheyney)

VETERANS 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 ranks 3rd at ESU with 399 career tackles and 5th with 22.5 sacks
• 3-time All-America selection

• Warriors still returned 5 starters, all seniors, and started 7 seniors on defense in the season opener
• ESU returned just 10 of its 22 defensive players on the depth chart for the 2010 finale at Edinboro

INSTANT IMPACT
• ESU's 6 first-year starters had a hand in all 3 turnovers vs. Pace in the season opener
• R-Sr. OLB Bryan Billger had a sack and forced fumble to set up ESU's 1st TD drive
• R-Sr. DE Jon Weber forced a fumble, recovered by R-So. DE Scott Brimmer, to set up ESU's 3rd TD
• Jr. CB Curtis Culbreath had a 66-yard Int. return for a TD on the first drive of the 2nd half

• 4 of ESU's 5 sacks were by players who had their first career sack
• Billger, Jr. DE Waverly Harris and R-Jr. DT Sam Hull had solo sacks and R-Fr. DE Brandon Gattelli and R-Fr. DT Bryan Thomson combined on a sack

WARRIORS STARTERS
3 players have made at least 24 starts and 3 starters played in their first career game vs. Pace:

DT - R-Sr. Cody Berry - 35 games, 14 starts
DT - R-Sr. Rudy Cerami - 28 games, 24 starts
DE - R-So. Scott Brimmer - 1 game, 1 start
DE - R-Sr. Jon Weber - 20 games, 1 start
ILB - Sr. Mike Bergey - 35 games, 12 starts
ILB - R-Sr. Taylor Cave - 33 games, 25 starts
OLB - R-Sr. Bryan Billger - 32 games, 1 start
OLB - So. Derek Brown - 5 games, 1 start
CB - R-Sr. Shawnte Carroll - 33 games, 24 starts
CB - Jr. Curtis Culbreath - 1 game, 1 start
FS - Fr. Kevin Antol - 1 game, 1 start

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (DT)
• Cerami and Berry started all 11 games in 2010
• Cerami has 89 tackles, 10.5 TFL and 4.0 sacks
• Berry has 100 tackles, 17.5 TFL and 11.5 sacks
• Hull and Thomson will also see action

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (LB)
• Cave has started 24 straight games and Bergey has started 5+ games for two straight years
• Cave leads all ESU players with 170 tackles
70+ tackles the last two years (72 last season)
• Bergey has 135 career tackles (70 in 2009)

MANNING THE CORNER
• Carroll has started 23 of the last 24 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., 15 pass breakups, 93 tackles
• Culbreath is a transfer from Lackawanna College
• Half-brother of Herschel Thornton, 2nd team All-PSAC East safety last season
• Replaced David Castillo (1st team All-PSAC East)

ANTOL PUTS SAFETY FIRST
• 1st true freshman to start at DB since Castillo and Kevin Schafer in 2007
• Recruited to ESU as WR and moved to safety before camp opened
• 2-time All-Lancaster-Lebanon WR/DB at Cocalico; All-Section in basketball
• Honorable mention All-State at WR

DEFENSIVE ENDS
• Warriors will rotate 5 players including Weber, Brimmer, Harris, Gattelli and R-Fr. Sam Trunzo
• Weber entered season as only DE who had played in a game at ESU
• DE's combined for 9 solo, 8 assists and 1.5 sacks vs. Pace
• Replacing Alex Figueroa and Brett Moss, combined for 21.5 TFL, 14 sacks

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
• Billger entered season with 27 of 37 career tackles on special teams
• 7 tackles, first career sack, forced fumble in first career start
• Brown played in first 4 games last season before season-ending injury
• 8 tackles vs. Pace and 13 tackles last season
• Warriors replace 3-time All-American Matt Freed and 2-year starter/4-year letterwinner Mark Kalo

UNDER THE LIGHTS
• ESU is 5-2 in night games since lights were installed in 2007
• The Warriors won the first of their two night games this season and host California next weekend (Sept. 17) at 6:05 p.m.

9-15-07 - L 23-38 vs. IUP
8-28-08 - W 14-11 vs. 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

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Two Warriors have fathers who also 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

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

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

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
The Warriors have a 119-66 home record (.643) under Douds and a 38-23 home record (.623) since 2000.

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 445-290-19 (.616)

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
• California was named the preseason favorite in the PSAC West and split the eight first-place votes with defending PSAC champion Mercyhurst
• IUP and Slippery Rock are tied for 3rd, followed by Gannon, Edinboro, Clarion and Lock Haven
• The 2011 season will mark the fourth year of the PSAC State Game, which was held annually from 1960-1987 and returned in 2008

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

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)
• ESU will announce this year's schedule with PA SPORTSfever, which has broadcast 10 games over the last four seasons

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

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 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