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No. 25 ESU (1-0) vs. IUP (1-0)
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 • 6 p.m.
Eiler-Martin Stadium • 6,000

TELEVISION COVERAGE: Live on Blue Ridge TV-13. Veteran play-by-play man Chris Doty is joined in the booth by Jim Riley for the third season, along with Mike Remish on the sidelines.

RADIO COVERAGE: Live on WVPO 840 AM and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 22nd season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 10th year providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 5:30 p.m.

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

THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University hosts IUP in its home opener at Eiler-Martin Stadium. Both schools are coming off victories in their season openers - the Warriors won 57-0 at Pace, while the Crimson Hawks knocked off Northeast-10 preseason favorite Southern Connecticut State, 16-6.

NATIONAL RANKING: The Warriors are ranked No. 25 in this week's AFCA Coaches Poll and will play their first game with an AFCA Top 25 ranking since Sept. 2, 2006, when No. 18 ESU fell to Bentley, 9-7, in the season opener. ESU was No. 25 in the preseason poll, fell to second among others receiving votes in the first regular season poll and is now back in the Top 25. ESU is ranked No. 12 this week by D2Football.com.

ESU with AFCA ranking: 21-10
Home: 10-6
Road: 11-4

ESU will play seven schools that were either ranked or received votes in the AFCA preseason poll - IUP, California, Bloomsburg, West Chester, C.W. Post, Shippensburg and Edinboro. Cal is No. 4 this week and Edinboro is No. 24 after upsetting then-No. 7 West Liberty. West Chester was No. 21 but dropped out after falling at Delaware in its season opener. For more on ESU in the Top 25, please see page 9.

DEMANDING SCHEDULE: IUP, California, West Chester and Bloomsburg - the next four schools on the Warriors' schedule - represent the top two teams in each division in the PSAC preseason poll. PSAC West preseason favorite California (11-4), PSAC East favorite West Chester (7-4) and Bloomsburg (8-3) combined for a 26-11 record last season, while IUP was 5-6 for its first losing season since 1982.

UNDER THE LIGHTS: The Warriors are 4-1 in night games since lights were installed at Eiler-Martin Stadium in 2007. ESU has won the last four games after falling to IUP, 38-23, in the first game under the lights on Sept. 15, 2007. ESU was 3-0 in night games in 2008 (Virginia Union, Gannon, Cheyney) and won its only night game last season (Clarion).

THE SERIES: IUP leads the all-time series with ESU, 8-6, since the first meeting in 1960. The Warriors won back-to-back PSAC championships vs. IUP in the State Game in 1964 (27-14) and 1965 (26-10). The last 11 meetings have come with Indiana, Pa. native Denny Douds at the helm of the Warriors, who brought IUP onto the schedule in his inaugural season in 1974 and is 4-7 against his hometown school.

LAST TIME OUT: R-Sr. QB Matt Marshall was 22-for-33 for 337 yards and a career-high 5 TDs, hitting five different receivers, and the defense forced five turnovers and had nine sacks as ESU blanked Pace, 57-0. The shutout was the Warriors' fifth in a season opener under Douds, and the 57 points are the third-most in the first game of the year in 83 years of varsity football. Marshall's 5 TD passes helped ESU overcome a slow start, as a safety was the only scoring of the first quarter before the Warriors scored points on eight of their final 11 offensive possessions and compiled 500 yards of total offense by game's end.

MARSHALL HONORED: Marshall was recognized with his fifth career PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week award for his performance at Pace. He was previously mentioned following the final two games of the regular season in 2008 (at Millersville, at Slippery Rock), and twice in 2009 (Clarion, at Kutztown). Marshall's passing yards (337) and total offense (363) were both the third-most of his career, to go with his career-best 5 TD passes, which came in a span of 18:30 from the end of the first half until early in the fourth quarter.

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds holds a 5-4 advantage in nine meetings with Lou Tepper. Douds was 5-2 against Tepper's Edinboro teams from 2000-05. The Warriors have lost both meetings since Tepper has been at IUP, 2006 (35-20) and 2007 (38-23).

Douds (Slippery Rock '63) holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 227-146-3 record in his 37th season as head football coach at ESU. He is in his 45th season at ESU overall and is one of five active coaches in Division II, and one of just 18 coaches in all of college football, with at least 200 career victories. He has led the Warriors to nine PSAC titles and four NCAA Playoff appearances. For more information on Coach Douds and the ESU coaching staff, please see page 11 of the game notes.

Tepper (Rutgers '67) is in his fifth season as head coach at IUP and 17th year as a collegiate head coach, owning a career record of 96-70-2. He has a record of 31-13 at the helm of the Crimson Hawks, going 25-7 in his first three years with an NCAA Playoff appearance in 2007 before a 5-6 campaign last season. He led Edinboro to the NCAA Playoffs in 2003 and 2004 and was 25-31-2 in five seasons at Illinois from 1992-96.

NEW DECADE: 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 records 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 443-282-19 (.608).

OFFENSIVE SNAPSHOT
• t-2nd in DII in scoring (57.0), 3rd in passing (380.0), 10th in total offense (500.0), leads PSAC in all 3 categories
• 2009 — 2nd in PSAC in total offense (405.3 ypg), 3rd in passing (270.5 ypg), 5th in scoring (29.3 ppg)
• 8 returning starters from last season

• R-Sr. QB Matt Marshall leads PSAC in passing (337.0 ypg), total offense (363.0 ypg) and QB rating (196.4)
• 5th in DII in QB rating, t-7th in total offense and 10th in passing yards
• 2009 — 2nd in PSAC in total offense (270.9 ypg) and 3rd in passing (244.8 ypg) and QB rating (150.3)
• Marshall and R-Jr. QB Ray Wagner completed passes to 10 players (6 WR, 4 RB) at Pace
• 5 players caught TD passes for the first time since 2006 vs. Bloomsburg

• So. TB Eric Deery (2-yd run), R-Fr. TB Joe Klebon (68-yd pass) and Fr. TB Dusty Reed (44-yd pass) all scored their first career TDs at Pace
• R-Sr. WR Jeff Giglio, R-Sr. WR Ed Kiser and R-Fr. WR Robert Bleiler (1st career start) all caught 5 passes
• Giglio went over 100 career catches (101) and Kiser caught a pass for the 24th straight game
• Offensive line didn't allow a sack (gave up 41 sacks last year, 2nd-most in PSAC); returns 4 starters

DEFENSIVE SNAPSHOT
• Leads Division II with 9.0 sacks per game and 3rd with 13.0 tackles for a loss per game in season opener
• All 11 starters at Pace were juniors or seniors (8 players in at least 4th year in program)
• 7 returning starters from last season
• 1st in PSAC in rushing defense (15.0 ypg), t-1st in scoring (0.0 ppg), 2nd in total defense (155.0 ypg)
• 2009 — 1st in PSAC in takeaways (33), 1st in red zone defense (62%), 6th in scoring (22.2 ppg)
• 2009 — t-3rd in Division II in red zone defense, 4th in 4th down defense (19%), t-11th in takeaways

• 8 players contributed to takeaways and 8 contributed to sacks (12 players total)
• Allowed 1 yard in 2nd quarter and 20 yards in 4th quarter (ESU scored 24 points in each quarter)
• Sr. DE Richard Peter scored TD on 20-yard fumble return in 4th quarter (played at Pace as FR in 2007)

• R-Sr. OLB Matt Freed moved into 5th in school history with 285 career tackles
• Two-time All-American after recording 258 tackles, 29.0 TFL and 14.0 sacks over the past two seasons
• DE Brett Moss and FS Herschel Thornton made their 1st career starts (transfers from Lackawanna JC)
• Sr. CB David Castillo made his 29th career start, most among active players

SPECIAL TEAMS SNAPSHOT
• Fr. K Taylor Groff leads PSAC kickers with 13 points, going 2-for-3 on FG and 7-for-7 on PAT in debut
• Made FG from 29 and 33 yards (missed 43-yarder on bad hold)
• 1st team All-State and a member of the AAA runner-up squad at Manheim Central HS as a senior
• Sr. P Greg Knauss averaged 35.3 yards on 3 punts (1 inside 20); two-year starting kicker in 2007 and 2008

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA: R-Sr. OLB Matt Freed was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America 1st team and R-Jr. OL Zach Sarginger was named to the Academic All-District 2nd team last fall. Freed, a History major, is the 5th Academic All-American in ESU football history and the 3rd Warrior to be selected to the 1st team. He was also an All-District selection as a sophomore in 2008. Sarginger, a Mathematics and Secondary Education major, was voted to the team in his first year of eligibility.

EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN: R-Sr. OLB Matt Freed has earned multiple All-America honors from the Associated Press and Daktronics (sports information directors) entering his final year at ESU. A look at Freed's career honors and highlights:

• Daktronics Division II All-America 1st team - 2008 and 2009
• AP Little All-America (DII, DIII, NAIA) 3rd team - 2008 and 2009
• Daktronics Super Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year - 2009
• Daktronics 1st team All-Region - 2008 and 2009
• ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America 1st team - 2009
• ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 1st team - 2008 and 2009
• PSAC “Top 10” Award - 2009

2009: 132 tackles, 18.0 TFL, 10.0 sacks, 1 FF
• Led PSAC in tackles, TFL and sacks
• t-12th in DII in tackles/game (11.0)
• 7th in DII in solo tackles/game (6.2)
• 20 tackles vs. Slippery Rock (t-4th in DII)
• 14 solo tackles vs. Kutztown (t-1st in DII)

2008: 126 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks, 4 Int., 1 FF, 2 FR
• Led PSAC, t-6th in DII in tackles/game (11.5)

• 1st ESU player with consecutive 100-tackle seasons since All-American Kevin Nagle (1998-2000)
• 10+ tackles in 16 of 24 career starts; 13+ tackles in 7 games
• Tackle for a loss in 19 games (11 of 12 in 2009)

ESU Career Tackles
1. Jeff Johnson (1975-78) - 520
2. Kevin Nagle (1997-00) - 477
3. Dan Murray (1984-87) - 358
4. Mike Reichenbach (1980-83) - 335
5. Matt Freed (2007-10) - 285
6. Greg Thoman (2002-05) - 280

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Three members of this year's team have fathers who earned letters for the Warriors under Coach Douds.

Fr. QB Charlie Diskin - father Charlie, the Warriors' leading passer in 1983
R-So. DL Sam Hull - father Chris, four-year letterwinner at DE from 1984-87
R-Sr. QB Matt Marshall - father Brian, the Warriors' leading passer in 1981

They join at least five other father-son combinations who have been affiliated with ESU football since Douds arrived in 1966:

• Michael Falcone - LB, 1973; Bryan Falcone - LB, 2000-02
• Steven Jackson - C, 1969-71; Greg Jackson - TE, 1998-99
• Doug McNamee - DB/WR, 1964-66; Todd McNamee - K/P, 1985-88
• Willard Stem - All-America FS, 1975; Drew Stem - WR/KR, 2007-08
• Mike Terwilliger - starting QB, 1974-77 (Douds' first four seasons), entering 33rd year as assistant coach; Jimmy Terwilliger - starting QB, 2003-06, Harlon Hill Award winner as top player in DII in 2005

THE MARSHALL PLAN: R-Sr. QB Matt Marshall is 11-4 as a starter, going 8-4 last year and 2-0 in 2008, winning starts vs. Cheyney in week 5 and at Slippery Rock in the final game of the season.

MARSHALL'S 2010 SEASON
• 1st in PSAC in passing (337.0 ypg), total offense (363.0 ypg), QB rating (196.4) and TD passes (5)
• 5th in DII in QB rating, t-7th in total offense and 10th in passing yards
• Final 3 quarters at Pace — 17-for-24 for 304 yards, 5 TD and 1 Int. (5 TD in span of 18:30)
• 1st quarter at Pace — 5-for-9 for 33 yards
• 1st quarters in 2009 — 66-for-96 (68.6 percent) for 1,172 yards, 10 TD and 3 Int.

MARSHALL'S 2009 SEASON
• 6th in ESU history in passing yards (2,938), total offense (3,251), QB rating (150.3), TD passes (26)
• 4th different QB to throw for 2,500 yards in a season
• 5th in ESU history in completion percentage (60.4)
• 2nd-best single-game completion percentage vs. Clarion (79.3, 23-for-29)
• 15th 400-yard passing game at ESU with 430 yards at Kutztown; 8th different QB to throw for 400 yards

Top 3 in PSAC in five categories:
• 2nd in total offense (270.9 ypg) and completion percentage (60.4)
• 3rd in passing (244.8 ypg), QB rating (150.3) and TD passes (26)

MARSHALL'S CAREER
• 2nd in ESU history in QB rating (156.0) and completion percentage (60.1)
• 12 games with 200+ passing yards - 1 in 2010, 8 in 2009, 3 in 2008
• 6 games with 300+ passing yards - 1 in 2010, 3 in 2009, 2 in 2008
• 5-time PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week - 1 in 2010, 2 in 2009, 2 in 2008

Career-Highs
• Passing Yards - 430 at Kutztown, 2009
• Rushing Yards - 59 vs. Edinboro, 2009
• Total Offense - 471 at Kutztown, 2009
• TD Passes - 5 at Pace, 2010
• Completions - 29 at Kutztown, 2009

IN THE FRONT ROW: Four of the five starters return on the offensive line, all underclassmen, for the 2010 season. LT Morgan Thomas is the only starter who doesn't return and was 1st team All-PSAC East and 2nd team All-Region last year after starting 42 career games.

The Warriors' projected starters for week 2, from left to right:
• LT R-So. Wrenton Wright II - 13 career starts, started all 12 games at RT last season
• LG R-So. Seve Rivers - 10 career starts, started first 9 games at LG last season (missed last 3 due to injury)
• C R-Jr. Dan Caffrey - has started all 24 games at C over the last two years
• RG R-Fr. Greg Blue - 1st career start at Pace, named top lineman in Chest-mont in 2008 at Unionville HS
• RT R-Jr. Zach Sarginger - 13 career starts, started all 12 games at RG last season; Academic All-District selection

Protecting Marshall:
• Marshall (22-for-33) and R-Jr. QB Ray Wagner (3-for-4) weren't sacked last week at Pace
• The Warriors surrendered 41 sacks last season, the 2nd-most in the conference, on 361 passing attempts
• Marshall ran for 313 yards in 2009 - 567 gained and 254 lost for a 2.4-yard average on 130 attempts

THE WIDE RECEIVERS: ESU returned its top four receivers from last season in R-Sr. Jeff Giglio, R-Sr. Ed Kiser, R-So. Jordan Hallman and So. Bryan Ogden. The quartet had 2,134 yards and 17 TDs last season, accounting for almost 2/3 of the Warriors' 3,246 yards through the air.

ESU led the PSAC in passing efficiency last season (154.6), ranked 2nd in total offense (405.3 ypg) and 3rd in passing offense (270.5 ypg). The Warriors have led the PSAC in passing yards per game in 6 of the last 8 years (2002-06, 2008).

Giglio and Kiser can both reach 2,000 career receiving yards this season. Last year, Sam Shuman became the 8th Warrior with 2,000 receiving yards with a 77-yard TD catch vs. Edinboro in the NCAA Playoffs, and finished his four-year career with 2,043 yards.

• Giglio was 2nd team All-PSAC East and was 6th in Division II with 118.2 yards per game through the first 4 weeks
• Missed 3 of the last 5 games due to injury
• Finished year 8th in the PSAC with 67.0 receiving yards and 98.8 all-purpose yards per game
• Led ESU with 41 catches and 10 TDs and was 2nd on team with 749 yards in 2008
• 5 100-yard games in 6-game stretch spanning 2008-09 (last 2 of 2008, 3 of first 4 in 2009)

• Kiser led the Warriors with 43 catches for 805 yards and scored 6 TDs last season
• Had 11 catches for 177 yards and go-ahead 12-yard TD in 27-20 (OT) win at Kutztown, 215 all-purpose yards
• Had 5 catches for 121 yards vs. Edinboro in NCAA Playoffs, 188 all-purpose yards
• Finished year 7th in the PSAC with 67.1 receiving yards and 102.3 all-purpose yards per game
• 18.2 yards per catch (career), has 3 career plays of 80+ yards, including 96-yard catch at Millersville in 2008
• Held ESU record in indoor 400m (49.49) in 2008 and was member of three record-setting relay teams

• Hallman was 3rd on team in catches (29), 5th in yards (359) and scored 6 TDs as R-FR
• Season-high 6 catches for 42 yards, go-ahead 5-yard TD pass in 21-20 win at West Chester
• Season-high 102 yards and 2 TDs on 5 catches vs. Slippery Rock

• Ogden was 4th on team in catches (26) and yards (367) and scored 2 TDs as true FR
• Season-high 106 yards and TD on 4 catches vs. Millersville
• Had 4 catches for 50 yards and 3-yard TD vs. Edinboro in NCAA Playoffs

• R-Fr. Robert Bleiler started and had 5 catches for 57 yards at Pace in his ESU debut
• R-So. Wade Williams had 1 catch for 12 yards at Pace and made his first career catch for 13 yards in NCAA Playoffs

• ESU had 5 players with 100-yard receiving games last year, along with a 97-yard game from Sam Shuman
• ESU had 8 players with a 30-yard reception last year
• At least 5 players have a 30-yard reception in each season since 2001, including 10 in 2005 NCAA semifinal season
• ESU has at least one TD pass in 88 of its 91 games since 2002. Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) had a TD pass in 47 of his 48 career games, including an NCAA Division II record 39 straight.

THE RUNNING GAME: The Warriors will turn to four players to carry the running game this season in sophomores Eric Deery and Kendrick Williams, redshirt freshman Joe Klebon and true freshman Dusty Reed.

Deery and Williams both contributed as true freshmen last season as starting tailback Zach Krise (128.0 ypg through first 3 games) was forced out of the lineup due to injury. The Warriors averaged 134.8 yards per game on the ground last year, their most since 2005. They ran the ball on 55.2 percent of their offensive plays and averaged 37.1 rushing attempts per game, both the most since 2001.

Kendrick Williams - started at Pace, 4 carries for 12 yards
• 2009: 99 carries, 436 yards (4.4 avg.), 3 TD; 12 catches, 245 yards (20.4 avg.), 1 TD
• Played in final 7 games (started 6) and averaged 97.3 all-purpose yards per game
• 6 carries for 50 yards on go-ahead TD drive in 4th quarter of 21-20 win at West Chester (ESU debut)
• Nottingham (NJ) HS: 3rd team All-State, 2,186 yards, 22 TDs, 320 carries

Career-Highs
• All-Purpose Yds - 158 at Kutztown
• Rushing Yds - 96 vs. Millersville
• Receiving Yds - 103 at Kutztown

Eric Deery - 16 carries for 63 yards, 1st career TD at Pace
• 2009: 51 carries, 277 yards (5.4 avg.); 2 catches, 10 yards
• 100+ rushing yards in 2 games (15-121 at Cheyney, 18-102 vs. Millersville)
• First true freshman with 100-yard game since Stewart Ford had 5 100-yard games in 1997
• Phillipsburg (NJ) HS: 3rd team All-State, 2nd in school history with 1,718 yards

Joe Klebon - team-high 108 all-purpose yards at Pace, including 68-yard TD catch
• 6 carries for 19 yards, 1 catch for 68 yards, 1 kick return for 21 yards
• Riverside HS: 1st team All-State, school record 4,365 career rushing yards

Dusty Reed - 44-yard TD catch at Pace
• Delone Catholic HS: 1st team All-State , 3,100 career rushing yards and 54 TDs (28 TDs as senior)

FULLBACKS: R-Sr. Brent Jones and Fr. Darius Jackson will be utilized as fullbacks. Jones scored 5 rushing TDs, all on one-yard runs, in 2009 and had 13 carries for 44 yards and 10 catches for 74 yards.

THE TIGHT ENDS: R-Sr. Matt Brown, R-Fr. Lukas Mason and true freshmen Nick Hagemann and Steven Jones give the Warriors four tight ends on the roster. Brown, a 6th-year senior, redshirted in 2005 and received a medical redshirt in 2008. He has played in 28 games with 5 starts and has 10 catches for 68 yards in his career at ESU.

SPREADING IT AROUND: The Warriors showcased their depth on the offensive side of the ball throughout the 2009 season, with a number of players reaching statistical plateaus:

100 yards passing - 3
250 yards rushing - 4
350 yards receiving - 5
200 yards receiving
20 receptions - 5
10 receptions - 9
40-yard reception - 6
30-yard reception - 8
TD catch - 8

CONTROLLING THE CLOCK
• ESU ranked 6th in the PSAC in time of possession last season, averaging 30:09 per game
• First season above 30:00 since 2002, when the Warriors ranked 5th at 31:09

MAGIC NUMBER = 140
• ESU had won its last 14 games when running for at least 140 yards until the NCAA Playoff game vs. Edinboro to finish the 2009 season, running for 148 yards in a 31-16 loss
• The previous loss with at least 140 yards was a 49-28 setback vs. West Chester in 2006

RED ZONE SUCCESS
2010: t-8th in PSAC, scoring points on 5 of 6 possessions (83%), including 3 TDs (50%)
2009: 5th in PSAC, scoring points on 34 of 43 possessions (79%), including 26 TDs (60%)
2008: 1st in PSAC, scoring points on 44 of 48 possessions (92%), including 32 TDs (72%)

THIRD DOWN OFFENSE
• The Warriors were 6th in the PSAC with a 39.0 percent rate on 3rd down conversions in 2009
• Ranked 2nd at 46.1 percent in 2008

TURNOVER MARGIN
• PSAC-high 5 takeaways and 5 giveaways in season opener
• Led PSAC and tied for 7th in DII in turnover margin (+0.83) in 2009
• +10 margin reversed a trend of 3 straight years with a negative margin
• +13 margin in eight wins last season (-3 in four losses)

PRESSURE DEFENSE
• ESU has created 3+ turnovers in 9 of last 15 games
• 33 takeaways last season were 8 more than the 2nd-best team (California, 15 games) in the PSAC
• Led PSAC in both interceptions (18) and fumble recoveries (15)
• 7 takeaways (6 interceptions) vs. Slippery Rock
• Did not create a turnover in losses to Shippensburg and Edinboro

ESU's national ranks in defensive categories in 2009:
• t-3rd - Red Zone, 62% (24-39)
• 4th - 4th Down, 19% (3-16)
• t-11th - Takeaways, 33
• t-15th - Interceptions, 18
• t-15th - Fumble Recoveries, 15
• 22nd - Sacks, 2.75 per game (33 total)

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE vs. PACE
• 8 players were involved in creating Warriors' 5 takeaways
• 8 players were involved in the Warriors' 9 sacks (most in at least 10 years)
• Jr. DE Brett Moss, Fr. OLB Derek Brown and Fr. LB Don Kinney, Jr. all had sacks in first career games for the Warriors

• 17 players were involved in creating turnovers last season
• FS Nicholas Artinger led the PSAC with 7 interceptions
• R-Jr. CB Shawnte Carroll tied for 3rd in PSAC with 5 Int.; set ESU record with 4 Int. vs. Slippery Rock
• Sr. OLB Mark Kalo led the PSAC with 4 forced fumbles
• R-Jr. LB Taylor Cave was the only Warrior with an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery
• The Warriors scored 4 defensive TDs, including 3 vs. Slippery Rock

WARRIORS ON DEFENSE
• Allowed 155 yards, 2nd in the PSAC
• ESU outgained Pace 168-1 in 2nd quarter, 207-20 in 4th quarter
• Limited Setters to 15 rushing yards on 42 attempts - 9 sacks for 49 yards; two bad snaps on punts for loss of 56 yards

Linebacker - 4 returning starters, 5 with starting experience
• Top 5 LB's combined for 401 tackles, 30.0 TFL, 16.5 sacks, 10 FF and 3 Int.
• Combined for 24 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks, 1 FF, 2 FR, Int. at Pace
• Freed - 132 tackles, 18.0 TFL, 10.0 sacks last year (led PSAC in all 3)
• Sr. OLB Mark Kalo - 12 starts, 75 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, 4 FF (led PSAC)
• R-Jr. LB Taylor Cave - 12 starts, 76 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.0 sacks, 2 Int., 6 PBU
• Sr. LB Kevin Schafer - 8 games (7 starts), 48 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks
• started 2 games at FS as true freshman in 2007
• Jr. LB Mike Bergey - 12 games (5 starts), 70 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks
• R-Jr. OLB Bryan Billger - 2-year letterwinner as OLB/special teams
• R-Jr. LB Dennis Lynch - 1st career letter last year
• Fr. OLB Derek Brown - brother of R-Sr. TE Matt Brown, 5 tkl, sack at Pace

SOUDERTON CONNECTION: ESU has 5 players from Souderton HS on the 2010 roster: Freed, Bergey, Matt Brown, Derek Brown and Fr. DB Andrew Coyle. Grad. Asst. coach Dave Lotier was a 3-year starter at linebacker from 2005-07 and 2nd team All-PSAC East as a senior.

Cornerback - 2 returning starters
• Sr. David Castillo - 29 straight starts, 6 career Int., 17 PBU, 98 tackles
• 44 tackles, 2 Int., in 2009; 15 passes defensed (2nd in PSAC) in 2008
• R-Jr. Shawnte Carroll - 14 starts (12 last year), ESU record 4 Int. vs. SRU
• 3 interceptions in 4th quarter vs. SRU tied Division II record
• So. D'Jon Tillman - played in 11 games in 2009, 1st career Int. at Cheyney
• Fr. David Ogbonnaya - All-State at Ewing (NJ) HS

Safety - replacing Nicholas Artinger (Daktronics All-Region 1st team)
• Jr. Herschel Thornton - 6 tackles in 1st career start
• NJCAA All-American at Lackawanna JC, originally signed at Minnesota
• R-So. Zechariah Runkle - missed opener due to injury, 8 career games
Defensive End - replacing Jeff Case (PSAC East 2nd team) and Matt Faas
• Jr. Brett Moss - transfer from Lackawanna JC, sack, FF at Pace
• Sr. Alex Figueroa - 2-year letterwinner, sack at Pace
• R-Jr. Jon Weber - 1st career letter last year
• Sr. Richard Peter - 2-year letterwinner as OLB/special teams
• 20-yard fumble return for TD in 4th quarter at Pace

Defensive Tackle - 1 returning starter, replacing Keith Galinsky
• R-Jr. Rudy Cerami - 6 tackles, TFL at Pace
• only returning starter on DL, started 11 games in 2009
• 34 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries
• R-Jr. Cody Berry - 8.0 career sacks in 2 years (DE in 2008, DT in 2009)
• 4 tackles, 1.5 sacks, FF, FR, PBU at Pace (sack, FF, FR on same play)
• 28 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, fumble recovery in 2009
• R-So. Sam Hull - 1st career letter last year
• R-Fr. Mark Wroblewski - 1st career action at Pace

WARRIORS ON SPECIAL TEAMS
• Fr. K Taylor Groff and Sr. P Greg Knauss made their debuts at their respective positions at Pace
• Douds has had 14 1st team kickers and 13 1st team punters in his 36 seasons as head coach at ESU

• Groff led PSAC kickers with 13 points at Pace (2-3 FG, 7-7 PAT)
• made from 29 and 33 yards, missed from 43 (bad hold)
• 1st team All-State at Manheim Central HS on AAA runner-up team
• made 11 field goals and 56 extra points on 15-1 team as a senior
• ESU has had 6 1st team All-PSAC East kickers since 2001

• Knauss had 3 punts for 35.3 avg., 1 inside the 20 and long of 36 at Pace
• 1st team All-PSAC East and 2nd team Daktronics All-Region kicker in 2007 and was 25-38 on field goals in 2007-08
• Holds school records with 53-yard field goal (vs. IUP, 2007) and 5 field goals in a game (at West Chester, 2007)
• ESU has had 7 1st team All-PSAC East punters since 1999

• So. P Joseph Janovic averaged 33.0 yards on 53 punts last year
• Net punting average (28.3) was 128th in DII (of 148 schools)
• ESU led DII with a 39.7-yard net in 2008 (Nick Krut led DII with 46.0 avg.)

EILER-MARTIN STADIUM
• 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 117-62 record (.654) at Eiler-Martin Stadium under head coach Denny Douds and a 36-19 home record (.655) since 2000.

ESU IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS
• ESU played in the NCAA Division II Playoffs for the fourth time in school history last season, falling 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

PSAC PRESEASON POLL
• ESU was picked to finish fifth in the 2010 PSAC East Coaches Poll
• The Warriors received one first place vote and were selected behind West Chester, Bloomsburg, C.W. Post and defending PSAC champion Shippensburg
• A total of 12 points separated the top five schools in the poll. Kutztown was sixth, followed by Millersville and Cheyney.
• California, the defending division champion and three-time NCAA semifinalist, was the preseason favorite in the PSAC West, followed by IUP and Clarion
• Edinboro and Gannon were tied for fifth, followed by Slippery Rock, Mercyhurst and Lock Haven
• The 2010 season will mark the third year of the PSAC State Game, which was held annually from 1960-1987 and returned in 2008

WARRIORS ON RADIO
• WVPO 840 AM is in its 48th season broadcasting ESU football and will once again carry all 11 games in 2010
• Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award winner, is in his 22nd season as the voice of the Warriors
• He is joined in the booth by Bob Brittain, who is in his 10th year providing the color commentary

WARRIORS ON TV
• Blue Ridge TV-13 will broadcast ESU football for the 23rd year this season, with all five home games airing live across the region
• Veteran play-by-play man Chris Doty is joined by color commentator Jim Riley and sideline reporter Mike Remish
• ESU also expects to announce a partnership with PA SportsFever, which has broadcast seven games over the past three seasons.

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

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 208-100-1 (.675) 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 10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selections in each of the last three years, leading the PSAC in 2007-08 and 2008-09
• 3 student-athletes were Academic All-America selections in 2009-10 — Matt Freed, Toric Robinson (soccer) and Paul Wagner (track & field)

The football program has had 5 Academic All-Americans:
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