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SATURDAY  l  1:05 p.m.  l  Eiler-Martin Stadium

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TV:  Live on Blue Ridge TV-13, esuwarriors.com, ESPN3 and ESPN College Extra. Play-by-play man Chris Doty, in his 26th season, is joined in the booth by Jim Riley (8th season).

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.


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1 • ESU (0-2) hosts Edinboro (0-2) on Family Weekend at Eiler-Martin Stadium. Head coach Denny Douds is on the sidelines for his 500th game at ESU - 432nd as head coach since 1974, following 68 as an assistant from 1966-73.
1a • This week's game is the 800th in program history. ESU is 466-314-19 (.595) as a varsity program since becoming a 4-year school in 1926.

2 • ESU is 23-18 in Family Weekend games under Douds and has won 2 of the last 3 - 48-21 vs. Lock Haven last fall, and 59-27 vs. Cheyney in 2012.

3 • Douds has coached in the most games (431) among active NCAA football coaches and ranks 9th in NCAA history. He holds the PSAC record, ranks 3rd in DII history, 20th in NCAA history and 3rd among active NCAA coaches in career wins.
3a • Douds is in his 42nd season as head coach and 50th at ESU overall.

4 • In his first 499 games at ESU, the Warriors are 295-199-5 (.596). Douds has coached in 63.3 percent of the 466 wins in program history.

5 • ESU and Edinboro have met 12 times since 2000, including twice in the NCAA Division II Playoffs. ESU won 36-32 in the 1st round in 2004 for the first playoff victory in program history.
5a • Two of Douds' three outright PSAC titles in the State Game were won vs. Edinboro - 1975 (24-20, home) and 1982 (24-22, away).

6 • Both teams enter with an 0-2 record as they play their final game before PSAC divisional play begins next week. The Warriors last started 0-3 in 1998. The Fighting Scots started 0-5 last year and were 1-8 before winning their final 2 games.

7 • R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes is a 2-time Harlon Hill candidate, joining 2014 winner Jason Vander Laan (QB, Ferris St) as the only active 2-time candidates. Soltes leads active DII QB's in career total offense per game (339.2 ypg - 4th in DII history) and career total offense (10,516). In 28 career starts, Soltes leads current DII QB's in games with 300 (19), 400 (9) and 500 (5) yards of total offense.

8 • R-Jr. TB Robert Healy leads active PSAC players in career yards from scrimmage per game (126.3 ypg), 8th among active players in DII. He has 319 yards from scrimmage (173 rushing, 146 receiving) thru 2 games this season. Healy went over the 3,000-yard mark for his career last week and has 2,119 career rushing yards, 460 yards from ESU's career record

9 • R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars is moving up ESU's career receiving charts. He is currently 9th in catches (138), 11th in yards (2,085) and t-5th in TD receptions (24).

10 • Healy has 100+ yards from scrimmage in 19 of 24 career games. Schnaars has 9 games with 100 yards receiving (t-4th in school history).


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THE SERIES: ESU holds a 12-6 advantage in the all-time series which dates to the 1967 season. The two schools have met 12 times since 2000, getting together every season from 2000-06, including twice in 2004 - a 20-7 road win in the regular season, and a 36-32 win in the 1st round of the NCAA Playoffs for ESU's first-ever postseason victory. Edinboro won at ESU, 31-16, in the 2009 NCAA Playoffs. ESU is 10-6 against Edinboro under Denny Douds and won the first 2 meetings in the State Game, 24-20 at home in 1975 and 24-22 at Edinboro in 1982. The Warriors won 47-34 last year as QB Matt Soltes threw for 502 yards and 6 TD, and WR Dusty Reed had 9 catches for 170 yards and 4 TD.

TAKEAWAYS at SLIPPERY ROCK
1. R-Jr. TB Robert Healy (14 carries, 83 yards; 2 catches, 25 yards) had 100+ yards from scrimmage for the 19th time in 24 career games. Healy had a 55-yard gain on the 1st play from scrimmage to set up a field goal.
2. R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars (7 catches, 128 yards, TD) had his 2nd straight 100-yard game to open the season and a career-long 60-yard catch in the 4th quarter, setting up an 8-yard TD. Schnaars has a TD in 11 of ESU's last 13 games.
3. So. FS Chase May had 11 tackles and 2 interceptions in his 1st career start. He is one of 9 ESU defenders to make his 1st career start this season.
4. Fr. K Nicolas Ruiz made a 23-yard field goal, improving to 5-for-5 to open his career. He set an ESU freshman record by going 4-for-4 vs. LIU Post in the season opener.
5. ESU allowed 414 rushing yards and ranks 162nd of 167 DII schools in rushing defense (325.5 ypg) thru 2 weeks.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. EDINBORO
1. R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes had 532 total yards (502 passing, 6 TD) in last year's 47-34 win. Two of his top 3 targets from that game return in Schnaars (7-107, TD) and Healy (8-98, TD). Dusty Reed had 9 catches for 170 yards and 4 TD.
2. Edinboro's top receivers have fared well vs. ESU recently. David Bostic had 17 catches for 176 yards and 1 TD in 2 games (2011 - 11-91; 2010 - 6-85, TD), and current Jr. WR Darren Massey had 10 catches, 103 yards and 3 TD last year.
3. ESU leads the PSAC in red zone defense, holding opponents to 7-for-13 with 5 TD allowed inside the 20-yard line.
4. ESU and Edinboro are 2 of the PSAC's winningest programs since 2000 -- Bloomsburg (143), California (122), IUP (116), West Chester (113), ESU (101), Slippery Rock (101) and Edinboro (97) are all at or approaching the 100-win mark.

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 101-66 (.605) with a .500+ record in 12 of 15 years.

DOUDS' FOES: Douds has faced 107 head coaches in his career at ESU ... He will face one new head coach this season in Dave Taynor (Lock Haven) on Sept. 26 ... Douds is 70-37 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 (11) and LIU Post's Bryan Collins (10) ... Douds has a 3-2 record vs. Browning entering this week.

PROGRAM WINS: ESU has a 466-314-19 (.595) record in its 88th year of varsity football. West Chester (572), IUP (528) and Slippery Rock (476) are the only other PSAC programs with at least 450 wins (Bloomsburg has 443) ... As head coach, Douds is responsible for 53.9 percent of the program's games (431 of 799), and 53.6 percent of its wins (250 of 466) ... Including 68 games and 45 wins as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 499 of the 799 games (62.5 percent) and 295 of the 466 wins (63.3 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 28 of ESU's 34 games since the start of the 2012 season. In that span, ESU ranks:
• 2nd in DII in yards per play (6.8) of 167 teams in the division
• 7th in DII in passing yards per game (323.1 ypg)
• 8th in DII in total offense per game (481.6 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)

RECORD-SETTING: Soltes holds 5 ESU records and 4 PSAC records:
• ESU/PSAC - 666 yards of total offense, 2012 at LIU Post
• ESU/PSAC - 211 consecutive passes without an interception, 2013
• ESU/PSAC - 5 career games with 500+ yards total offense
• ESU/PSAC - 2 career games with 500+ yards passing (t-1st)
• ESU - top 2 marks in single-game completion % (record 85.3 vs. Clarion)

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