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Television: Live on Blue Ridge TV-13. Play-by-play man Chris Doty, in his 22nd season, is joined in the booth by Jim Riley (fourth season), along with Mike Remish on the sidelines.

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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 2:30 p.m.

THE MATCH-UP: Head coach Denny Douds will set the Division II record with his 394th game coached when East Stroudsburg University hosts Millersville on Homecoming Weekend. Douds, in his 38th year on the sidelines at Eiler-Martin Stadium, enters the weekend tied with Jim Malosky of Minnesota-Duluth (1958-97) as the dean of Division II coaches.

Most Games Coached, NCAA History (PDF)
Douds features:
Morning Call (Oct. 12)  I  USA Today (Oct. 13)  I  Associated Press (Oct. 14)  l  New York Times CFB Blog (Oct. 15) l  WNEP TV-16 (Oct. 19)  l  NCAA.com (Oct. 21)  l  Express-Times (Oct. 21)
Photo Galleries: Denny Douds  I  ESU Football Media Guides

NATIONAL LEADER: Record-breaking quarterbacks have been a cornerstone of the Warriors under Douds, so it's only fitting that R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner has garnered national attention during Douds' climb on the Division II list. The two Warriors have been mentioned on NCAA.com and in the New York Times college football blog, and Douds was profiled by USA Today and the Associated Press last week.

Wagner enters this weekend as the DII leader in passing yards (381.0) and total offense (395.3) per game, and leads all divisions of college football in total offense. He is ranked 2nd across all divisions in passing, trailing Houston's Case Keenum (384.8 ypg), who can set the national record for total offense this weekend.

Wagner became the first QB in PSAC history to throw for 500 yards in consecutive weeks with a 503-yard performance last Saturday vs. C.W. Post. He threw for 522 yards the previous week at Kutztown for a two-game total of 1,025 yards, 2nd-most in school history. He has two of the 10 500-yard games across all of college football this season, and is the 4th QB (and 2nd in DII) with consecutive 500-yard games since 2008. (C.W. Post recap)

Wagner feature: Morning Call (Oct. 19)

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63) makes history today, 38 years after taking over as head coach in 1974. He holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 230-160-3 record and has coached 90 more games than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese, he has coached in 461 of the 761 games - 60.6 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 13 of the game notes.

RAY WAGNER
Passing - 381.0, 1st DII (20.3 ypg more than Adam Neugebauer, WV Wesl)
Total Offense - 395.3, 1st DII (30.4 ypg more than Tommy Corwin, Central MO)
Yards/Completion - 16.16, 1st DII (among QB's with 15+ completions per game)

• #1 QB rating (321.5 vs. Pace), #2 passing yards (522 at KU) and #3 total offense (544 at KU) in DII this fall
• 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)
• Wagner has gained 91% of ESU's offensive yards (1,437 of 1,575) in the last 3 weeks

On pace for: 259-for-471 for 4,191 yards — currently 165-for-300 for 2,667 yards    
• ESU records: 262-for-424 for 4,571 yards (Jimmy Terwilliger, 2005, 14-game season)
• ESU per-game passing yardage record: 388.3 (Poalucci, 1996 - at least 472 yards in 5 of 10 games)

Passing yards in 3 games - 1st, 1,422
Passing yards in 2 games - 2nd, 1,025

• 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)
• 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

200/HALF: Wagner has thrown 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 140 career starts, has allowed just 6 sacks in 308 pass attempts this season. Wagner has been sacked just four times (for -16 yards) in 300 attempts this season, and has been sacked just 9 times in 363 career attempts.

VERTICAL PASSING GAME: Wagner's 1,025 yards the last two weeks have included 20 plays of at least 20 yards and 13 plays of at least 30 yards. Wagner has 43 plays of 20+ yards and 28 plays of 30+ yards in 2011.

The Warriors' top 6 wide receivers are averaging at least 15.0 yards per catch and have combined for 27 of the team's 28 plays of 30+ yards.

Wagner is averaging 39.75 yards per completion on his 16 touchdown passes - 6 over 50 yards:    
* 97 - 75 - 73 - 70 - 61 - 59 - 44 - 35 - 34 - 34 - 19 - 19 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 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 is currently on pace for 4,191 yards this year.
•  To reach Wagner's 1,025 yards in the last 2 games - add up Terwilliger's top 5 passing games (1,022 yards)
•  Wagner's 2,667 yards are more than the final passing yardage of all but 40 of DII's 151 members in 2010
•  Wagner's 5 300-yard passing games this season are more than the career totals (4) of Tim Roken, James Franklin, Bret Comp and Andy Baranek

PLAYING THE BEST: ESU has played the 11th-toughest schedule in Division II this season. The last six opponents - IUP (4-2), California (5-2), West Chester (4-3), Bloomsburg (7-0), Kutztown (6-1) and C.W. Post (4-3) - have combined for a 30-11 record. Three of those schools - Cal, Bloom and Kutztown - won 10 games each last season.

The Warriors faced three AFCA Top 25 teams in four weeks in No. 21 California, No. 5 Bloomsburg and No. 23 Kutztown. They led Cal, 19-14, going into the 4th quarter before the Vulcans hit a 75-yard TD pass on 4th-and-10 with 3:12 left to avoid the upset. They led Bloomsburg, 20-19, going into the 4th but the Huskies pulled it out with two interceptions and TD drives.

BEEN HERE BEFORE: The Warriors are battling through the same schedule they faced last year, when they went 3-8 with five losses by 7 points or less while outscoring opponents by 80 points for the season.

ESU has suffered six-game losing streaks in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1986-87. The Warriors played the same schedule both years, going 0-7 to open 1986 and 1-6 to open 1987.

Last season, the Warriors ended their six-game slide with a 65-14 win over Millersville and built a 51-7 lead at halftime. ESU scored 48 points in a 16-minute stretch from late in the 1st quarter to late in the 2nd quarter.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST (ESU and Millersville)
• ESU is 1st in DII in passing, MU is 146th
• ESU is 10th in total offense but t-66th in scoring
• MU is 150th in total offense and 150th in scoring
• MU's top offensive game is 245 yards (at Lock Haven)
• ESU's lowest offensive game is 358 yards (at IUP)
• ESU is 148th in total defense and 104th in scoring
• MU is 88th in total defense and 126th in scoring
• MU has not allowed 500 yards in a game this season
• ESU has 3 500-yard games and 2 600-yard games

WARRIORS YOUNG, DEEP AT RECEIVER
ESU's top three receivers - So. Dusty Reed (105.9 ypg), R-So. Robert Bleiler (88.0) and R-Jr. Jordan Hallman (80.1) - rank 3-4-5 in the PSAC and 1-2-3 in the PSAC East in receiving yardage.

Reed, Bleiler and Hallman are:
• the only trio in the top 5 in a conference in Division II
• the only trio in the top 50 in Division II:
   Reed 10th, Bleiler 21st, Hallman 42nd
• have combined for 989 of Wagner's 1,422 yards in the
   last 3 weeks (Hallman: 12 rec, 425 yds, 35.4 avg.)
• have combined for 1,830 of ESU's 2,748 yards

Reed and Bleiler are the top-ranked freshmen/sophomores in Division II in receiving

REED - 47 catches, 741 yards (15.8 avg.), 5 TD
3rd PSAC, 10th DII with 105.9 yards per game
3rd PSAC, t-15th DII with 6.7 catches per game

Only WR in Division II with 80+ yards in every game
Pace - 5 rec, 136 yds, 2 TD; 1 rush, 14 yds
IUP - 4 rec, 86 yds
Cal - 7 rec, 106 yds, TD; 1 rush, 6 yds
WCU - 8 rec, 105 yds, TD; 4 rush, 22 yds
Bloom - 8 rec, 96 yds, TD
KU - 8 rec, 118 yds
CWP - 7 rec, 94 yds

• First ESU WR with 8+ catches in 3 straight games and 7+ catches in 5 straight games (also 4)

On pace for 74 catches, 1,165 yards (ESU soph records)
Dusty Reed (2011) - 47 catches, 741 yards
Evan Prall (2004) - 52 catches, 832 yards

Career: 78 catches, 1,118 yards, 11 TD
Most yards through soph year: Evan Prall (1,153)

• Has set or tied records as the fastest Warrior to 50 catches (15 games), 10 TD (15) and 1,000 yards (17)

HALLMAN - 22 catches, 561 yards (25.5 avg.), 4 TD
5th PSAC, 42nd DII with 80.1 yards per game
2nd in DII (among top 100 receivers) with 25.5 avg.

5 catches, 239 yards (2nd-most at ESU), 2 TD vs. C.W. Post
4 catches, 128 yards, TD vs. Bloomsburg
• TDs of 75, 73, 35 and 34 yards this season
• 30+ yards on 9 of 22 catches

BLEILER - 25 catches, 528 yards (21.1 avg.), 4 TD
4th PSAC, 21st DII with 88.0 yards per game
2 games of 150+ yards this season:
• 3 catches, 172 yards, 2 TD (97, 44) vs. Pace
• 7 catches, 153 yards at Kutztown
• 4 catches, 91 yards (61-yard TD) vs. C.W. Post last week
• 97-yard TD vs. Pace is tied for the longest play in DII

MORE WARRIORS NOTES
• 13 players have a caught a pass, all underclassmen
• 5 players have a 100-yard game (all in last 3 weeks)
• 3 players with 100 yards at Kutztown (3rd time at ESU)
• 5 players have had their first career catch
• 10 players caught a pass at IUP
• The Warriors surpassed their cumulative career yardage entering the season at Kutztown:
pre-2011: 2,056 yards (173 catches, 23 TD)
in 2011: 2,748 yards (170 catches, 17 TD)

FIVE WARRIORS HIT 100
Bleiler, Reed and R-Jr. WR Wade Williams (career-high 140 yards) all had 100 yards at Kutztown, one week after Hallman (128) and Fr. WR Ray Dominguez (111) hit the mark vs. Bloomsburg.

The Warriors also had five 100-yard receivers in 2008 and 2009. They have never had six 100-yard receivers in a season.

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.

40th CAREER START FOR CAFFREY
R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey made his 40th career start at Kutztown. He is the 5th Warrior - and 3rd offensive lineman - to make 40 career starts since 2003:

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 Morgan Thomas - 42, 2006-09
OL Dan Caffrey - 41, 2008-present (every game)

IN THE FRONT ROW
The Warriors' offensive line, which has combined for 140 career starts, features all five returning starters and has given up just 6 sacks this season.

• R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (41 starts), 2010 2nd team PSAC East
• R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (29 starts), at least 2 starts at four offensive line spots; 2009 Academic All-District
• R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (29 starts), all at tackle
• R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (27 starts), all at guard
• R-So. LG Greg Blue (14 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
Sarginger and Wright will both make their 30th career starts vs. Millersville. R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave will make his 32nd start and R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll will make his 31st. R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami (28 starts) is also approaching the 30-start mark.

GROFF HITS FROM 52
So. K Taylor Groff made the second-longest field goal in school history, a 52-yarder, in the 3rd quarter at Kutztown. He is 7-for-8 on field goals in his first 4 games this season after missing the first 3 due to injury.

A member of the preseason Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award, Groff was 16-for-21 to set the school rcord for made field goals as a freshman. He hit 12-of-12 inside 40 yards and was one of two kickers in Division II to make a field goal in every game in 2010.

Groff is 23-for-29 overall and 17-for-18 inside 40 yards in his career. His previous career-long was 48 in 2010 vs. Kutztown and 2011 at West Chester.

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 22 field goals inside 40 yards since the start of last season.

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 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 will be the subject of feature stories on NCAA.com and in the Easton Express-Times this week, continuing a two-week stretch of media requests. Douds was featured in USA Today on Oct. 13 and by the Associated Press on Oct. 14 leading up to his record-tying 393rd game on Oct. 15. Douds was also the lead story in Jeff Schuler's DII/DIII football notebook in the Allentown Morning Call on Oct. 12 and has had several radio interviews regarding his Division II record.

HALL OF FAMER
Wide receiver Scott Benoit '85, who will be inducted to the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame as part of a class of 8 inductees this weekend, would have enjoyed playing in ESU's top-ranked pass offense.

Benoit was part of the Warriors' first prolific passing offense which culminated with QB Andy Baranek earning AFCA All-America honors in 1984 (the season after Benoit was a senior).

He set single season and career records for receptions and yards, and was an All-East selection in 1983 with 74 catches for 820 yards. He had record career totals of 149 catches and 1,894 yards. His single season reception mark stood until 2005 (Evan Prall, 88) and career reception mark stood until 1997 (Brett Witmer 167, Mike Mancuso 153).

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.

MR. OFFICIAL, NO MORE FLAGS, PLEASE
ESU has been penalized 33 times for 247 yards (61.8 ypg) the last 4 weeks after being penalized 12 times for 82 yards the first 3 weeks (27.3 yards per game, 3rd in DII).

WILLIAMS FILLS ALL-PURPOSE ROLE
Jr. TB Kendrick Williams is 5th in the PSAC and 23rd in Division II with 153.3 all-purpose yards per game. He has 2,431 career yards - 18th on ESU's all-time list - and will rank 7th in school history if he hits the 3,000-yard mark this season. He has at least 100 all-purpose yards in 12 of his 24 career games and 3 100-yard rushing games.

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 393 games under Coach Douds.

Last season, Williams entered the Millersville game with 285 rushing yards - then rolled off 383 yards over the last 4 weeks to earn 2nd team All-PSAC East honors. He had 18 carries for a career-high 127 yards and tied the school record with 4 rushing TD's vs. Millersville. Williams has three 100-yard games in his career - 127 at Millersville and 119 vs. Shippensburg in 2010, and 101 vs. Pace in 2011.

DEERY GETS START
Jr. TB Eric Deery ran for 54 yards and a TD on 18 carries and had 3 catches for 12 yards at Kutztown. He made his 2nd career start and 1st as the primary tailback.

Deery ran for 92 yards (16 carries) vs. Pace, 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 are on a record pace for pass attempts this season. The offense, triggered by R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner, has thrown the ball on 65.5 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 44.0 passes per game in 2011, including 40+ in 6 straight games. The Warriors attempted 39.3 passes per game against the same schedule through the first 7 games of the 2010 season.

TIME OF POSSESSION
ESU ranks 150th (last) nationally in time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 24:36 through the first 7 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 7th in the PSAC in red zone defense at 68.6 percent (24-for-35) and rank 4th in the lowest percentage of TDs allowed (15-for-35, 42.9 percent).
• The Warriors' 11 overall red zone stops include 3 missed field goals, 4 turnovers on downs and 2 fumbles.
• 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 (11-for-28, 39.3 percent) is 14th in the PSAC and includes a PSAC-high 7 turnovers.
• The Warriors scored TDs on 62.0 percent (31-for-50) of their red zone trips last season.

PRESSURE DEFENSE
The Warriors have created 3+ turnovers in 14 of 30 games since the start of the 2009 season, when they led the PSAC and ranked 11th in Division II with 33 takeaways.

Since 2009:
ESU creates 2+ turnovers      11-5
ESU creates 0-1 turnovers     1-13

Among the Warriors' tough luck this season - they forced 5 turnovers vs. Cal (2 interceptions, 3 fumble recoveries) in a loss for the second time since 2002.

TURNOVER MARGIN
ESU in 12 wins since 2009          +17
ESU in 18 losses since 2009      -23

COVER THAT KICK
The Warriors are 12th in the PSAC with an opponents' average drive start at the 33.5-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 22 kickoffs.

NET PUNTING
Fr. Jordan Bair is 6th in the PSAC with a 38.4-yard average on 24 punts. He has put 8 of his last 9 punts inside the 20-yard line and had a career-long 50-yard punt in week 4 at West Chester.

ESU is 5th in the PSAC in net punting (32.9 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.

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 116 tackles, 13.5 TFL and 4.5 sacks
• Berry has 133 tackles, 23.0 TFL and 13.5 sacks

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (LB)
• Cave has started 30 straight games and Bergey has started 5+ games for three straight years
• Cave leads all ESU players with 215 tackles
   70+ tackles the last two years (51 this season)
   5 career Int., 5 FF and 2 FR
• Bergey has 196 career tackles (50+ in 3 straight seasons)
   11 tackles, FF at goal line vs. Cal

MANNING THE CORNER
• Carroll has started 29 of the last 30 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., 23 pass breakups, 118 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)

SINGLAR GETS SAFETY SPOT
• R-Fr. Anthony Singlar has 36 tackles in his first 4 career starts
• Replaces Fr. Kevin Antol, who started the first 3 games (17 tackles, FF)
• R-Fr. Andrew Coyle and Fr. Angel Rosado are the nickel backs

DEFENSIVE ENDS
• Warriors rotate 6 players including Weber, Brimmer, Harris, Gattelli, R-Fr. Sam Trunzo and Fr. Tarik Haddad
• Weber entered season as only DE who had played in a game at ESU
• Gattelli has started 5 of the last 6 games and had 6 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble at Kutztown

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
• Billger entered season with 27 of 37 career tackles on special teams
• 58 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks in 7 starts (21 tkl, 3.5 TFL, 2.0 sacks last 2 weeks)
• Brown has 52 tackles in 6 starts (limited last 2 weeks due to injury)
• Chesko had 14 tackles in his first career start vs. C.W. Post
• 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 119-69 home record (.633) under Douds and a 39-26 home record (.600) 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 446-296-19 (.599)

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
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
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)