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RADIO: Live on WVPO (ESPN Poconos) 840 AM for the 53rd season, and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 27th season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 15th year providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets: Available at Eiler-Martin Stadium 90 minutes before kickoff. $10 General admission, $15 chairback seating, $5 seniors 65 and older and children under 12.


1st & 10 ...  Complete Game Notes (PDF)

1 • ESU hosts Bloomsburg in the 80th meeting of its rivalry with the Huskies. The Warriors are looking for their first win in the series since a 52-39 victory at Bloomsburg in the 2nd round of the 2005 NCAA DII Playoffs, and its first in the regular season since a 30-24 road win in 2004.  

2 • Both teams dropped key PSAC East road games last week. Bloomsburg lost 33-22 at West Chester to fall into a 3-way tie for the PSAC East lead (4-1) with WCU and Shippensburg. ESU fell 63-17 at Kutztown for its 2nd divisional setback.    

3 • ESU head coach Denny Douds holds the PSAC record for career wins (254), ranking 3rd in DII history, 20th in NCAA history and 3rd among active coaches.

4 • Douds holds the DII record and leads active coaches in career games (437). He coached his 500th overall game with the Warriors on Sept. 19 (56-12 W vs. Edinboro). Douds has been part of 505 of ESU's 805 games, and 299 of 470 wins, as a varsity program (since 1926).
4a • Douds is in his 42nd season as head coach and 50th at ESU overall.

5 • ESU is 2nd in DII in passing offense (373.4 ypg) and 15th in both total offense (490.0 ypg) and scoring offense (41.1 ppg) thru 8 weeks.
5a • Bloomsburg is 14th in DII in scoring defense (17.5 ppg), 17th in total defense (300.4 ypg), 16th in rushing defense (104.0 ypg) and 62nd in passing defense (196.4 ypg - 2nd in PSAC).

6 • R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes is 2nd in DII in total offense (387.2 ypg) and passing (372.0 ypg), and leads all NCAA divisions in pass TD (33).
6a • Soltes is one of 5 QB's in DII history with 3,000 yards total offense in all 4 years of his career. Soltes also holds the DII record for career games with 500 yards total offense (6), and is t-1st in games with 600 yards (2).

7 • Soltes is a 2-time Harlon Hill candidate, joining 2014 winner Jason Vander Laan (QB, Ferris St) as the only active 2-time candidates.
7a • Soltes leads active DII QB's in career total offense per game (352.1 - 2nd in DII history), total offense (13,026), pass efficiency (160.8) and pass TD (118 - leads all divisions).

8 • R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars leads DII in receiving (147.0 ypg), receptions (10.1 per game) and TD (17). He has 100+ yards in 7 of ESU's 8 games and is the only DII WR with 200+ yards in 2 games this year. He leads active DII players in career TD catches (40) and his 20 catches and 7 TD vs. Ship are both the most in NCAA football this year.

9 • R-Jr. TB Robert Healy is one of 2 NCAA players with 500+ yards rushing (567) and receiving (596) thru 8 weeks. He leads active PSAC players in career yards from scrimmage (3,874) and career yards from scrimmage per game (129.1 ypg).

10 • Healy has 2,513 career rushing yards and is 66 yards from ESU's career record (2,579 - Rick Sterner, 1988-92).


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THE SERIES: ESU and Bloomsburg have played 79 times since their first meeting in 1927, tied with West Chester for ESU's most frequent opponent. Bloomsburg holds a one-game lead in the series, 39-38-2.  ESU won the only postseason meeting, 52-39 in the 2nd round of the 2005 NCAA Playoffs. That victory was ESU's most recent, with Bloomsburg winning the last 9 overall and last 10 regular season games since ESU's 30-24 win in 2004.

TAKEAWAYS vs. KUTZTOWN
1. Soltes (23-for-48, 322 yds, 1 TD) threw for 300+ yards for the 21st time in 34 career starts, but had a streak of 5 consecutive games with 5+ TD passes come to an end (DII record is 7 consecutive games).
2. Schnaars (10 rec, 147 yds, TD) had a TD catch for the 7th straight game and extended several school records. He had 5+ catches for the 9th straight game, 9+ catches for the 6th straight game, and had his 4th career game with 10+ catches (tying a school record).
3. Schnaars hit 3 major milestones, surpassing 200 career catches (206), 3,000 yards (3,013) and 40 TD (40).
4. Healy had 118 yards from scrimmage (67 rushing, 51 receiving), his 24th game with 100+ yards (30 career games).
5. Kutztown gained 321 yards passing and 301 yards rushing (2nd team with 300 rush yds, 300 pass yds vs. ESU).

DOUDS' MILESTONES: Douds is one of 13 men to reach 40 seasons as head coach in NCAA football history, the 9th to coach 40 years at one school, and the 5th to spend all of his 40+ year career at the same institution. He joins Eddie Robinson (Grambling, 1941-42, 45-97), John E. Dorman (Upper Iowa, 1905-06, 09-42, 45-59), Joe Paterno (Penn State, 1966-2011) and Jim Malosky (Minn.-Duluth, 1958-97) on that list.

Entering this week: has coached more games (437) than any active coach in NCAA football ... ranks 1st in DII history in games coached (set in 2011), and 9th in NCAA history ... 3rd in career wins (254) among active NCAA coaches ... 1st in the PSAC in career wins (set in 2008), 3rd in DII history and 20th in NCAA history ... 55 career wins since turning 65 - more than 10 of the other 15 PSAC coaches have in their careers.

DOUDS DWARFS PSAC EAST: Douds had 250 career wins entering 2015 ... the other 7 coaches in the PSAC East had combined for 164 wins while coaching in the PSAC - WCU's Bill Zwaan (101), Ship's Mark Maciejewski (31), Bloom's Paul Darragh (21), KU's Jim Clements (6), Cheyney's Chris Roulhac (3), Mill's Greg Breitbach (2) and LHU's Dave Taynor (0) ... Douds had coached 41 seasons in the PSAC entering 2015 (other 7 - combined for 24).

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63) has a career record of 254-180-3 (.585) in his 42nd season. He is in his 50th season at ESU overall, including 8 years as an assistant coach from 1966-73. He has led the Warriors to 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances since taking over as head coach in 1974. His teams won outright state titles in 1975, 1978 and 1982 before the State Game was discontinued following the 1987 season. His teams have claimed PSAC East divisional titles in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 2002 and 2003. NCAA Playoff appearances have come in 1991, 2004, 2005 - when the Warriors won the Northeast Region title and advanced to the national semifinals - and 2009.

Paul Darragh (Temple '85) has a career record of 26-7 in his 3rd season as head coach at Bloomsburg. He has led the Huskies to 2 straight PSAC East division titles, winning the 2013 State Game (42-38) and falling in 2014 (28-26), both against Slippery Rock. Darragh is in his 19th year at Bloomsburg overall and replaced Danny Hale as head coach, who won 173 games, 11 PSAC East titles and made 8 NCAA Playoff appearances in 20 years with the Huskies. Darragh was defensive coordinator for the previous 16 years. He also has coaching experience at Temple, Northeastern, Gannon, William Patterson and IUP.

TRENDING UP: ESU has notched 2 straight winning seasons (6-5 in 2014, 7-4 in 2013), building on a 5-5 mark in 2012 after consecutive 3-8 seasons in 2010 and 2011. Since 2000, ESU is 105-68 (.607) with a .500+ record in 12 of 15 years.

DOUDS' FOES: Douds has faced 108 head coaches in his career at ESU ... Dave Taynor (LHU) was Douds' 108th opponent on Sept. 26 ... Douds is 71-37 against first-time foes ... Douds faced Millersville's Gene Carpenter 27 times, and faced Danny Hale 26 times between his career at WCU and Bloom ... Among active coaches, his most frequent opponents are West Chester's Bill Zwaan (13), SRU's George Mihalik (12) and LIU Post's Bryan Collins (10).

PROGRAM WINS: ESU has a 470-316-19 (.596) record in its 88th year of varsity football. West Chester (577), IUP (533) and Slippery Rock (481) are the only other PSAC programs with at least 450 wins (Bloomsburg has 448) ... As head coach, Douds is responsible for 54.3 percent of the program's games (437 of 805), and 54.1 percent of its wins (254 of 470) ... Including 68 games and 45 wins as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 505 of the 805 games (62.7 percent) and 299 of the 470 wins (63.6 percent) in program history ... There have been at least 4 head coaches at every other PSAC school since Douds was named head coach in 1974.

RETURNING ALL-PSAC EAST: ESU has 4 players who have earned All-PSAC East status in their careers:
QB - R-Sr. Matt Soltes (2013 and 2014 2nd team, 2012 Freshman of the Year)
TB - R-Jr. Robert Healy (2013 and 2014 2nd team, 2013 Freshman of the Year)
WR - R-Sr. Jon Schnaars (2014 2nd team)
CB - Sr. Teron Dobbs (2014 2nd team)

TWO TERWILLIGERS: Jimmy Terwilliger, the 2005 Harlon Hill Trophy winner as a junior at ESU, joins the Warriors' coaching staff as defensive backs coach ... He joins his father, Mike Terwilliger, ESU's offensive coordinator, on Denny Douds' staff ... Mike Terwilliger enters his 38th year as assistant coach after 4 years as ESU's starting QB from 1974-77 - Douds' first 4 years as head coach ... Mike was a 2-time 1st team All-PSAC East selection, leading ESU to a 30-4-1 record, the 1975 PSAC championship (10-0) and a tie in the 1976 State Game (9-0-1) ... Jimmy was 36-12 in 4 years as ESU's starting QB from 2003-06 and is the only 4-time 1st team All-PSAC East QB in conference history ... he set 18 DII and 2 NCAA all-division records, tying the all-time mark with 148 career TD passes and setting DII records for passing yards (14,350) and total offense (16,064), among other standards.

THE OFFENSE

ESU has routinely fielded one of the top offenses in DII, both in passing offense and total offense. The Warriors are one of 2 teams in DII (along with Colorado Mines) to average 300+ yards passing per game in each of the last 4 years:
2011 - 323.2 ypg ... 2012 - 327.6 ypg ... 2013 - 318.6 ypg ... 2014 - 329.1 ypg

R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes has started 34 of ESU's 40 games since the start of the 2012 season. In that span, ESU ranks:
• 2nd in DII in yards per play (6.7) of 169 teams in the division
• 4th in DII in passing yards per game (334.7 ypg)
• 5th in DII in total offense per game (486.0 ypg)

3,000 - 1,000: R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes and R-Jr. TB Robert Healy are the only active teammates in DII to account for 3,000+ yards total offense (Soltes) and 1,000+ yards from scrimmage (Healy) in each of the last 2 years:
• 2014 - Soltes (3,054 total yards), Healy (1,378 yards from scrimmage)
• 2013 - Soltes (3,716 total yards), Healy (1,333 yards from scrimmage)

12,000 - 3,000: Soltes and Healy are one of 2 sets of active teammates in DII with 12,000 career yards total offense and 3,000 career yards from scrimmage:
• ESU (Matt Soltes 13,026 total yards -- Robert Healy 3,874 yards from scrimmage)
• Western N.M. (Mitch Glasmann 12,509 total yards -- Marques Rodgers 3,051 yards from scrimmage)

HEALY, SCHNAARS ONE OF DII'S TOP TANDEMS: R-Jr. TB Robert Healy and R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars have accounted for 2,339 combined yards (rushing + receiving), the 3rd-most among 2 teammates in DII football. Healy has 1,163 yards from scrimmage (567 rushing, 596 receiving) and Schnaars leads DII players with 1,176 receiving yards. They have accounted for 59.7 percent of ESU's rushing and receiving yards this season.

RECORD-SETTING: Soltes holds 4 DII and multiple PSAC and ESU records:
• DII - 4 seasons with 3,000 yards total offense (5th player)
• DII - 6 career games with 500+ yards total offense
• DII - 2 career games with 600+ yards total offense (t-1st)
• DII - 12 career games with 5+ TD pass TD (t-1st)
• ESU/PSAC - 666 yards of total offense, 2012 at LIU Post
• ESU/PSAC - 211 consecutive passes without an interception, 2013
• ESU/PSAC - 3 career games with 500+ yards passing
• ESU/PSAC - 9 pass TD in a game, 2015 vs. Ship (t-1st)
• ESU - 13 career games with 400+ yards total offense
• ESU - 9 career games with 400+ yards passing
• ESU - 5 career games with 100+ yards rushing by QB (t-1st)
• ESU - 40 completions in a game, 2015 vs. Ship
   [38, Steve Mummaw, 1970 at Lafayette]
• ESU - 70 pass attempts in a game, 2015 vs. Ship
   [59, Tim Roken, 2008 vs. Ship]
• ESU - 78 offensive plays in a game, 2015 vs. Ship
   [72, James Franklin, 1994 at Millersville]
• ESU - 7+ TD passes in 2 straight games (t-1st)
• ESU - 5+ TD passes in 5 straight games
• ESU - 4+ TD  passes in 5 straight games (t-1st)
• ESU - 400+ yards total offense in 4 straight games
• ESU - 400+ passing yards in 2 straight games (t-1st)
• ESU - top 2 marks in completion % (record 85.3 vs. Clarion, 2013)

DUAL THREAT: Soltes ranks 2nd at ESU and 4th in PSAC history in career rushing yards by a QB (1,406) and has 5 career 100-yard rushing games.
• 2012 - 536 rushing yards (#2 QB rusher in PSAC)
• 2013 - 472 rushing yards (#2 QB rusher in PSAC)
• 2014 - 276 rushing yards (7.5 games - #5 QB rusher in PSAC)
• 2015 - 146 rushing yards (#8 QB rusher in PSAC)

500+ PASSING, 100+ RUSHING - NCAA History
One of 2 QB's in NCAA history with 500+ passing, 100+ rushing yards
• Matt Soltes - 535 passing, 131 rushing at LIU Post (2012)
• Zac Dysert (Miami OH) - 516 passing, 108 rushing at Akron (2012)

400+ PASSING, 100+ RUSHING - PSAC History
• Matt Soltes - 416 passing, 111 rushing at Shippensburg (2014)
• Matt Soltes - 535 passing, 131 rushing at LIU Post (2012)
• Jeff Petrucci (California) - 406 passing, 111 rushing vs. Edinboro (1968)

FAMILY TRADITION: Soltes and his father, Andy, are one of 3 father-son tandems to throw a TD pass for the Warriors under Douds. Other tandems are Mike and Jimmy Terwilliger, and Brian and Matt Marshall. Andy Soltes' only career TD pass was the game-winner in a 17-9 win at West Chester during the 1982 PSAC championship season.

SOLTES PSAC EAST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Soltes has been named PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week 9 times in his career, tied with Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) for the most in school history.  
• 2012 10-6 - at West Chester (373 total yards)
• 2012 10-27 - at LIU Post (666 total yards)
• 2012 11-3 - at Millersville (382 total yards)
• 2013 10-5 - vs. Clarion (481 total yards)
• 2014 9-6 - at LIU Post (467 total yards)
• 2014 9-20 - at Edinboro (532 total yards)
• 2014 10-4 - at Shippensburg (527 total yards)
• 2015 9-26 - at Lock Haven (429 total yards)
• 2015 10-10 - at Cheyney (435 total yards)

ESU's scoring in Soltes' 34 career starts
• 20+ points (31) ... 30+ (25) ... 40+ (17) ... 50+ (7) ... 60+ (5)

SCHNAARS, WENDOWSKI, HEALY PRODUCTIVE

Most Receiving Yards, 3 Teammates
1. 2,409 - Western New Mexico
2. 2,355 - ESU

R-Sr. WR JON SCHNAARS CAREER (206 catches, 3,013 yards, 40 TD)
• ESU history: 2nd in catches ... 3rd in yards ... 2nd in TD
• PSAC history: 12th in catches ... 15th in yards ... 8th in TD

• Active DII players: 5th in catches ... 3th in yards ... 1st in TD
• Active PSAC players: 1st in all 3 categories

• 2015 - 81 catches, 1,176 yards, 17 TD
• 2014 - 58 catches, 807 yards, 14 TD
• 2013 - 51 catches, 718 yards, 8 TD
• 2012 - 16 catches, 312 yards, 1 TD

SCHNAARS CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALIST
• Schnaars is a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy, awarded by the National Football Foundation, for scholar-athlete success
• He is ESU's 5th semifinalist in the last 7 years (t-3rd in DII)
• One of 20 semifinalists in 2015 (1 of 2 in PSAC - Kutztown QB Chad Barton)
• Other ESU semifinalists: 2014 DL Bryan Thomson; 2013 WR Robert Bleiler; 2010 LB Matt Freed; 2009 WR Sam Shuman
• 2014 Academic All-America 2nd team

SCHNAARS IN 2015 (81 catches, 1,176 yards, 17 TD)
• Ranks 1st in DII in catches (10.1 rpg), yards (147.0 ypg) and TD (17)
• 6 catches, 120 yards vs. LIU Post
• 7 catches, 128 yards, TD at Slippery Rock
• 9 catches, 200 yards, 2 TD vs. Edinboro
• 9 catches, 88 yards, TD at Lock Haven
• 20 catches, 218 yards, 7 TD vs. Ship (PSAC records for catches, TD)
• 11 catches, 148 yards, 3 TD at Cheyney
• 9 catches, 127 yards, 2 TD vs. Millersville
• 10 catches, 147 yards, TD at Kutztown

ESU RECORDS vs. SHIP
Schnaars tied a school record with 14 receptions in ESU's 37-33 win at Shippensburg in 2014, then shattered the record and set a PSAC record with 20 catches in a 69-67 (5OT) loss in 2015.
20 (218 yards, 7 TD) - Jon Schnaars vs. Shippensburg, 2015
14 (152 yards, 2 TD) - Jon Schnaars at Shippensburg, 2014
14 (186 yards, 1 TD) - Evan Prall vs. California, 2006
14 (230 yards, 2 TD) - John Kotarsky at Mansfield, 1999
14 (202 yards, 1 TD) - Brett Witmer at Bloomsburg, 1997

PREVIOUS PSAC RECORDS
Receptions (18) - Chris Pelczarski (Millersville, 1991) and Trevor Harman (Ship, 2012)
Receiving TD (5) - Fred Temoney (Cal, 1994), Mike Washington (West Chester, 2005), Evan Prall (ESU, 2006) and Trevor Harman (Ship, 2012)

R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes
1. One of 2 active 2x Harlon Hill candidates in DII [3rd ESU 2x candidate - Jimmy Terwilliger (4), Damian Poalucci (2)]
2. 5th QB in DII history with 3,000 yards total offense in all 4 seasons (2nd ESU QB - Jimmy Terwilliger, 2003-06)
• also Scott Eyster (Delta St, 2003-06), Steven Gachette (SW Baptist, 2007-10), Bo Cordell (Tusculum, 2009-10, 12-13)
3. 1st among active DII QB's in career total offense per game (352.1 ypg - 2nd in DII history)
4. Career pass efficiency (160.8) ranks 1st among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 3rd in PSAC, 17th in DII history
5. Career total offense (13,026 yards) ranks 1st among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 2nd in PSAC, 11th in DII history
6. Career passing yards (11,620 yards) ranks 2nd among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 3rd in PSAC, 17th in DII history
7. Career pass TD (118) ranks 1st among active NCAA QB's, 2nd at ESU, 4th in PSAC, 8th in DII history
• 12 career games with 5+ pass TD (t-DII record)
8. Career TD responsible for (124) ranks 2nd among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 4th in PSAC history
9. DII record for career games with 500+ yards total offense (6) and t-1st for games with 600 yards total offense (2)
10. 1st among active DII QB's in career games with 300 (23), 400 (13), 500 (6) and 600 (2) yards of total offense
11. One of 2 active NCAA QB's (with Oregon's Vernon Adams) with 10,000 career passing yards, 1,000 rushing yards
12. 10th DII QB with 10,000 career passing yards (11,620) and 1,000 rushing yards (1,406)

R-Jr. TB Robert Healy
1. 1st ESU player with 2,000 career rushing yards (2,513) and 1,000 receiving yards (1,361)
2. 2,513 career rushing yards - 2nd at ESU (66 from school record - 2,579 by Rick Sterner, 1988-92)
3. 17th in DII in yards from scrimmage per game (145.4 ypg) thru 8 weeks
4. One of 2 NCAA players with 500+ yards rushing (567), receiving (596) thru 8 weeks
5. One of 2 players in DII with 500+ yards rushing (817), receiving (561) in 2014
6. 1st among active PSAC players in career yards from scrimmage per game (129.1)
7. 100+ yards from scrimmage in 24 of 30 career games - ESU record (200+ in 4 games - t-1st at ESU)
8. Top 2 ESU seasons in yards from scrimmage by back (1,378 in 2014, 1,333 in 2013)

R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars
1. 1st in DII in receiving yards (147.0 ypg), receptions (10.1 rpg) and receiving TD (17) thru 8 weeks
2. PSAC records for receptions (20) and receiving TD (7) vs. Shippensburg in week 5 (218 yards)
3. Only DII player with 2 games with 200+ receiving yards (218 vs. Ship in week 5, 200 vs. Edinboro in week 3)
4. Ranks 1st among active DII receivers in career TD (40), 3rd in yards (3,013) and 5th in receptions (206)
5. Ranks 2nd at ESU in career receiving TD (40), 2nd in receptions (206) and 3rd in yards (3,013)
6. 31 receiving TD in last 19 games (at least 1 TD in 17 of those 19 games)
7. 100+ yards in 7 of 8 games in 2015 (4 straight) ... TD in 7 of 8 games in 2015 (7 straight)

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