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Cheyney Recap

TV: Broadcast on several outlets (tape-delay) through the SPORTSfever TV Network with Matt Janus and James Taylor on the call. The game will air on Monday at 7 p.m. on Blue Ridge TV-11 and Blue Ridge Digital 113, and Wednesday at 8 p.m. on ROOT Sports and 9:30 p.m. on Comcast Network.

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 11:30 a.m.

THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University hits the road for the final time in 2011 with a trip to Shippensburg in the PSAC East finale for both schools. The Warriors are coming off a hard-fought 10-6 win at Cheyney, while Shippensburg had an impressive 40-0 shutout at Millersville. Both games were played in last weekend's late October snowstorm - ESU at Cheyney's natural grass field, and Shippensburg on the FieldTurf at Millersville's Biemesderfer Stadium.

CONGRATULATIONS, COACH: ESU head coach Denny Douds set the Division II record with his 394th game coached on Oct. 22, passing the total compiled by Jim Malosky of Minn.-Duluth from 1958-1997. Douds was recognized in a postgame ceremony and was introduced by offensive coordinator Mike Terwilliger, the quarterback for Douds' first four years (1974-77) and an assistant coach for the last 34.

ESU vs. SHIPPENSBURG: ESU is 3-9-1 against Shippensburg under Douds and 1-2 since Ship moved to the PSAC East in 2008. The Warriors won that year's meeting, 44-41 (OT), as Douds set the PSAC record with his 213th career win. ESU's last win at Shippensburg was a 23-21 victory in 2002; Ship won 38-14 in 2009.

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63), in his 38th season, holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 231-161-3 record. His Division II-record 395 games are 92 more than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 463 of the 763 games - 60.7 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 15 of the game notes.

Mark Maciejewski (Shippensburg '92) is in his first season as head coach and 13th overall, replacing Rocky Rees. He was an AP All-America defensive tackle in 1991 and 1992 and played in the 1991 NCAA Playoff game won by Ship, 34-33 (OT), at Eiler-Martin Stadium. That game was Douds' 183rd on the sidelines.

THE QUARTERBACKS: This weekend's game features the only match-up in Division II football between quarterbacks who rank in the top 25 in the nation in passing.

ESU R-Sr. Ray Wagner is 4th with 315.4 yards per game and Shippensburg R-So. Zach Zulli is 21st with 260.2 ypg. Wagner led DII and was 2nd in all divisions with 381.0 yards per game through week 7 but has been limited to 172 yards passing and 205 yards of total offense due to injury the last two weeks.

Wagner (2,839 yards) and R-So. Nate Daniels (329 yards in 3 games) have helped ESU put together the No. 3-ranked passing offense in DII, averaging 352.0 yards per game. The Warriors have the only trio of wide receivers in DII averaging at least 70.0 yards per game in So. Dusty Reed (89.9), R-Jr. Jordan Hallman (86.6) and R-So. Robert Bleiler (72.0).

Zulli leads a Ship offense that is 2nd in the PSAC and 15th in DII in total offense (460.1 ypg) and 3rd in the PSAC and 18th in DII in scoring (36.3 ppg). He is 2nd to Wagner in the PSAC and 17th nationally in total offense (284.8), throwing for 2,342 yards and running for 221. Ship's offense is 4th in the PSAC in both rushing and passing.

ALL ABOUT RAY: Wagner left the Millersville game on Oct. 22 on ESU's first possession of the 2nd half after throwing a 12-yard TD pass to Reed, his 18th of the season. Wagner took a late hit two plays earlier and was forced out of the game. He returned and started last week at Cheyney, going 0-for-2 passing with three carries for 20 yards, but his injury was re-aggravated and Daniels entered in the 1st quarter.

Despite playing less than 3 quarters the last two weeks, Wagner still leads the PSAC in passing and total offense by more than 40 yards per game. He is 3rd in Division II in total offense (330.2) and 4th in passing (315.4).

Passing - 315.4, 4th DII, 1st PSAC (43.6 ahead of Peter Lalich, California)
Total Offense - 330.2, 3rd DII, 1st PSAC (45.4 ahead of Zach Zulli, Shippensburg)
Yards/Completion - 15.95, 1st DII (among QB's with 15+ completions per game)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The potent offenses of ESU and Shippensburg, combined with the extenuating weather circumstances around last week's games, create some interesting notes for this weekend:

Sacks and TFL
• ESU is 1st in DII in fewest TFL allowed (3.0 per game)
• Ship is 12th in DII in most TFL (9.0 per game)
• ESU is t-7th in DII in fewest sacks allowed (8.0)
• Wagner has been sacked 4 times in 326 attempts
•  Ship is t-7th in DII in most sacks (32.0 - 3.59 per game)

Yards per play and Plays per game
• ESU is 7th in DII in most yards per play (6.84)
• Ship is t-2nd in DII in most plays per game (81.4)
• ESU's defense is t-20th in most plays per game (74.2)

First Downs
• ESU had 6 first downs last week, 1 in the 2nd half
• ESU is 6th in PSAC and 67th in DII with 20.1 per game
• Ship is t-1st in DII with 25.7 first downs per game

Last week - ESU at Cheyney (W 10-6), Ship at Millersville (W 40-0)
• 308 combined total yards (190 ESU, 118 Cheyney) - 4th fewest in Douds' career
• 14 combined first downs (6 ESU, 8 Cheyney) - 3rd fewest in Douds' career

• Cheyney had 43 carries for 56 yards with a long gain of 6 yards
• Ship had 58 carries for 391 yards with 13 gains of at least 7 yards at Millersville
•  Mike Frenette ran for a 71-yard TD on Ship's first possession

WAGNER'S SUPERLATIVES (3rd in DII in total offense, 4th in passing)     
#1 QB rating (321.5 vs. Pace), #2 passing yards (522 at KU) and #3 total offense (544 at KU) in DII this fall
Only QB in college football with two 500-yard games this season (only 13 total games in DI FBS, FCS, DII and DIII)
One of 2 QB's in college football with consecutive 500-yard games in last 4 seasons - 522 at Kutztown, 503 vs. C.W. Post

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)
Most passing yards in 3 straight games in PSAC history (1,422)
2nd-most passing yards in 2 straight games in PSAC history (1,025 - Poalucci 1,110 in 1996)
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

Streaks ended on Oct. 22 vs. Millersville (left in 3rd quarter due to injury)
One of 2 QB's in DII with 250+ passing yards in every game this season (led DII with 381.0 ypg)
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)

200/HALF: Wagner threw for 200 yards in a half in 6 of the first 8 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 150 career starts, has allowed just 8 sacks in 360 pass attempts this season. Wagner has been sacked just 4 times (for -16 yards) in 326 attempts this season, and has been sacked just 9 times in 389 career attempts.

VERTICAL PASSING GAME: Wagner has 45 plays of 20+ yards and 29 plays of 30+ yards in 2011. In his consecutive 500-yard games, he had 20 plays of 20+ yards and 13 plays of 30+ yards.

Wagner is averaging 37.5 yards per completion on his 18 touchdown passes - 6 over 50 yards:    
* 97 - 75 - 73 - 70 - 61 - 59 - 44 - 35 - 34 - 34 - 27 - 19 - 19 - 12 - 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, in his only year as a starter, has 3,410 career yards - 571 before this season.

RELIEF PITCHER: R-So. QB Nate Daniels was 5-for-18 for 66 yards and an interception in adverse conditions in the win at Cheyney. He was 7-for-10 for 182 yards, a TD and an interception after replacing Wagner vs. Millersville, throwing a 72-yard TD pass to R-Jr. WR Jordan Hallman on his first attempt and later hitting Hallman for 45 yards. He saw his first action this season in the 4th quarter vs. Pace, going 5-for-7 for 81 yards and a TD.

Wagner (172) and Daniels (182) are the 2nd set of ESU QB's to throw for 150+ yards in the same game, both against Millersville. Starter Tim Roken (150) and backup Matt Marshall (258) both did it at Millersville in 2008.

MORE DANIELS
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.

He has played in 5 games this season and attempted a pass in 3 - Pace, Millersville and Cheyney. He has been the holder on extra points and field goals since week 6 at Kutztown.

THROW OUT THE STATS
ESU went from 1st (378.8 ypg) to 3rd (352.0) in DII in passing last week, throwing for 66 yards at Cheyney.

WARRIORS GET A W
ESU's much-needed win at Cheyney ended a 7-game losing streak, its longest since losing the last two games in 1997 and the first five in 1998. It was the longest streak in the same year since dropping 7 straight to open 1986.

The Warriors' previous 7 opponents have combined for a record of 43-19. Three of the seven losses came by 4 points or less, including 22-19 vs. No. 21 California on Sept. 17 - the second game of the streak.

ESU led three games, including the Cal game, going into the 4th quarter: 19-14 vs. Cal, led No. 5 Bloomsburg 20-19 in a 32-20 loss on Oct. 1, and led Millersville 24-17 in a 31-27 loss on Oct. 22. Cal threw a 75-yard, 4th-and-10 pass to go ahead with 3:12 left, and Millersville drove 50 yards and scored the winning TD with 17 seconds left.

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 - tied for the most in school history.

NEED TO KNOW - OFFENSE
• ESU's passing offense is thriving despite graduating 2-year starting QB Matt Marshall and two 2,000-yard receivers in Ed Kiser and Jeff Giglio
• R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner is in his only year as a starter
• All 13 players who have a catch are underclassmen
• So. Dusty Reed, R-Jr. Jordan Hallman and R-So. Robert Bleiler are the only trio in DII averaging 70.0 ypg
• ESU leads DII with 16.3 yards per completion
• 5 Warriors have 100-yard receiving games
• Jr. TB Kendrick Williams had career-high 25 carries for 105 yards and a TD at Cheyney
• ESU's offensive line has combined for 150 career starts
• Four OL will have 30+ career starts through Saturday
• Career starts entering this week - R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (43), R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (31), R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (31), R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (29) and R-So. LG Greg Blue (16)

NEED TO KNOW - DEFENSE
• ESU starts 7 seniors on defense, including 5 returning starters in R-Sr. DT Cody Berry (22 starts), R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami (30), Sr. ILB Mike Bergey (20), R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave (33) and R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll (32)
• So. Derek Brown moved from OLB to FS before Millersville game on Oct. 22, the 3rd starter at the position this year
• Warriors lost 6 starters, including OLB Matt Freed, a 3-time All-American and Harlon Hill regional finalist

NEED TO KNOW - SPECIAL TEAMS
• So. K Taylor Groff is among the nation's best kickers after missing the first 3 games due to injury
• 9-for-11 overall and 5-for-5 from 40+ yards
• Has made 5 of the 11 40-yard FG in the PSAC
• 52 and 48 are the two longest in the PSAC
• R-So. K John Schubert was 4-for-6 in the first 3 games
• Fr. P Jordan Bair is 6th in the PSAC with a 37.3 avg.

WARRIORS STRETCH THE FIELD
ESU leads Division II with 16.25 yards per reception, and R-Sr. QB Ray Wagner leads DII QB's with 15.95 yards per completion.

The Warriors' top 6 wide receivers are averaging at least 15.0 yards per catch and have combined for 31 of the team's 32 plays of 30+ yards.

WARRIORS WR RANK 1-2-3 IN PSAC EAST
Reed (89.9), Hallman (86.9) and Bleiler (72.0) rank 1-2-3 in the PSAC East and 4-5-6 overall in receiving. The trio has 2,167 yards - 68.4 percent of ESU's 3,168 yards - while the rest of the Warriors' receivers have 1,001 yards.

HALLMAN HITS 200 - TWICE
R-Jr. WR Jordan Hallman is the only player in Division II and one of three in all of college football with consecutive 200-yard receiving games this season.

He had 5 catches for 239 yards - 2nd-most in school history and 4th-most in DII in 2011 - vs. C.W. Post, and followed up with 8 catches for 221 yards vs. Millersville.

He had 2 TDs in both games and his 6 TD catches this year have come from 75, 73, 72, 35, 34 and 27 yards. Of his 30 catches, 12 have covered at least 30 yards.
• 26.1 ypc are the most among the top 100 WR in DII
• 35.4 ypg in last 2 weeks (13 catches, 460 yards, 4 TD)
• 460 yards are most in 2-game stretch in ESU history
• 2nd ESU WR with consecutive 200-yard games
   (Mike Mancuso, 1996)

BIG-GAME BLEILER
R-So. WR Robert Bleiler has 2 games of 150+ yards:
• 3 catches, 172 yards, 2 TD (97, 44) vs. Pace
• 7 catches, 153 yards at Kutztown
• 97-yard TD vs. Pace is tied for the 2nd-longest play in DII this season

REED TOPS WARRIORS SOPHOMORE CHARTS
So. WR Dusty Reed has hit ESU marks for most catches (84) and yards (1,186) through a player's sophomore year, surpassing All-American RB Anthony Carfagno's 74 catches and All-American WR Evan Prall's 1,153 yards.

Reed has 53 catches for 809 yards this season - Prall had 52 catches for 832 yards as a sophomore in 2004.

Earlier this season, he set of tied records as the fastest Warrior to 50 catches (15 games), 10 TD (15) and 1,000 yards (17).

He was the first ESU WR with 8+ catches in 3 straight games and 7+ catches in 5 straight games, and was the only DII WR with 80+ yards in every game through the first 7 weeks. He was ESU's top receiver with 3 catches for 37 yards last week at Cheyney and also had a 43-yard kick return to open the 2nd half.

Reed was an All-State RB at Delone Catholic and is the nephew of Pat Flaherty, the offensive line coach of the New York Giants who was an All-America center at ESU in 1976 while playing with QB Mike Terwilliger.

FIVE WARRIORS HIT 100
Bleiler, Hallman, Reed, R-Jr. Wade Williams and Fr. Ray Dominguez all have 100-yard games. ESU also had 5 players with 100-yard games in 2008 and 2009 and has never had 6 in the same year. (Williams has since left the team prior to last week's game)

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.

40+ CAREER STARTS 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 - 43, 2008-  (every game)

IN THE FRONT ROW
The Warriors' offensive line, which has combined for 150 career starts, features all five returning starters and has given up just 8 sacks this season.

Starting QB Ray Wagner has been sacked just 4 times in 326 attempts. Backup Nate Daniels has also been sacked 4 times, coming in 33 attempts.

• R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey (43 starts), 2010 2nd team PSAC East
• R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger (31 starts), at least 2 starts at four offensive line spots; 2009 Academic All-District
• R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II (31 starts), all at tackle
• R-Jr. RG Seve Rivers (29 starts), all at guard
• R-So. LG Greg Blue (16 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
Rivers will make his 30th career start this weekend, becoming the 7th Warrior (and 4th offensive lineman) with 30+ career starts:
R-Sr. C Dan Caffrey - 43
R-Sr. ILB Taylor Cave - 33
R-Sr. CB Shawnte Carroll - 32
R-Sr. LT Zach Sarginger - 31
R-Jr. RT Wrenton Wright II - 31
R-Sr. DT Rudy Cerami - 30

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 is 3rd in 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 was featured in several regional and national publications as he tied and set the Division II record for most games coached:
• Allentown Morning Call - Oct. 12
• USA Today - Oct. 13
• Associated Press - Oct. 14
• New York Times CFB Blog - Oct. 15
• NCAA.com - Oct. 21
• Easton Express-Times - Oct. 21

GROFF AMONG NATION'S BEST KICKERS
So. K Taylor Groff is one of the top kickers in the nation as a member of the Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award. Among his season and career highlights:

2011 Season - 9-11 - 4-5 inside 40 - 5-5 over 40
• 5 FG of 40+ yards - tied for 2nd-most in school history behind Joey Pingitore (6 in 1983)
• has made 5 of the 11 40-yard FG in the PSAC
• has made 4 of the 7 longest FG in the PSAC
• 52-yard FG at Kutztown, 2nd-longest at ESU
• two 43-yard FG vs. Millersville, first ESU kicker with two 40+ FG in a game since Ed Detwiler made 3 vs. California in 1992
• 48-yard FG at West Chester (first attempt of year)
• made 6 straight FG (missed from 29 at Cheyney)
• missed first 3 games due to injury

2010 Season - 16-21 - 12-12 inside 40 - 4-9 over 40
• ESU record with 16 field goals
• perfect inside 40 yards
• one of two kickers in DII to make a FG in every game
• 87 points were 2nd-most in school history

Career - 25-32 - 16-18 inside 40 - 9-14 over 40
• 25 field goals are tied for 6th in school history
• only 3 ESU kickers have made 30+ career field goals
• 9 FG of 40+ yards are 2nd-most in ESU history behind Detwiler (12 of PSAC record 50 FG from 1989-92)

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.

WILLIAMS FILLS ALL-PURPOSE ROLE
Jr. TB Kendrick Williams is 4th in the PSAC and 29th in Division II with 145.0 all-purpose yards per game. He has 2,671 career yards - 13th on ESU's all-time list - and will rank 7th if he hits the 3,000-yard mark. He has at least 100 all-purpose yards in 14 of his 26 games, including all 8 in 2011.

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 395 games under Coach Douds.

He had his 4th career 100-yard rushing game at Cheyney, set a career-high with 25 carries, scored the Warriors' only TD and ran for a 2-point conversion.

He had 383 rushing yards over the final four games of the 2010 season, including 119 - the 2nd-most in his career - against Shippensburg. He had a career-high 127 yards and tied the school record with 4 rushing TD's vs. Millersville. He ran for 668 yards last season to earn 2nd team All-PSAC East honors.

Williams has 1,558 career rushing yards, 16th in school history, and is 156 yards from matching Jimmy Terwilliger (1,714) for 10th.

DEERY GETS START
Jr. TB Eric Deery started at tailback against Kutztown (18 carries, 54 yards, TD; 3 catches, 12 yards) and Millersville (10 carries, 43 yards), but missed last week's game due to injury.

Deery ran for 92 yards (16 carries) vs. Pace in the season opener, 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 60.8 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 40.0 passes per game in 2011, including a streak of 40+ in 6 straight games from the 2nd through 7th games of the season. The Warriors attempted 41.5 passes per game in 1996.

MR. OFFICIAL, NO MORE FLAGS, PLEASE
ESU has been penalized 51 times for 400 yards (66.7 ypg) the last 6 weeks after being penalized 12 times for 82 yards the first 3 weeks (27.3 yards per game, 3rd in DII).

TIME OF POSSESSION
ESU ranks 149th (next-to-last) nationally in time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 25:18 through the first 9 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 67.4 percent (29-for-43) and rank 3rd in the lowest percentage of TDs allowed (19-for-43, 44.2 percent).

The Warriors' 14 overall red zone stops include 4 missed field goals, 6 turnovers on downs and 2 fumbles. They stopped Cheyney at the 2-yard line on both of the Wolves' red zone trips last week.

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 (14-for-35, 40.0 percent) is 15th in the PSAC and includes a PSAC-high 8 turnovers.

The Warriors scored TDs on 62.0 percent (31-for-50) of their red zone trips in 2010 and 88.0 percent (44-for-50) in 2009.

PRESSURE DEFENSE
The Warriors have created 3+ turnovers in 14 of 32 games since the start of the 2009 season, when they led the PSAC and ranked 11th in Division II with 33 takeaways.

TURNOVER MARGIN
ESU is 148th (3rd-from-last) in DII in turnover margin at -1.78 (21 gained, 33 lost). The Warriors have 3+ turnovers in 8 of their 9 games, and 5 turnovers in 3 games. Against Millersville, the Marauders' TD drives covered 26, 6, 10 and 50 yards - the first three after interceptions. ESU's 33 turnovers have led to 87 points - 12 TDs and 1 FG - with the average drives start after a turnover at the opponents' 49-yard line.

Since 2009:
ESU creates 2+ turnovers      12-6
ESU creates 0-1 turnovers     1-13

Turnover margin in 13 wins       +16
Turnover margin in 19 losses    -26

NET PUNTING
Fr. Jordan Bair is 6th in the PSAC with a 37.3-yard average on 33 punts. He has put 10 punts inside the 20-yard line and has just 2 touchbacks. Last week at Cheyney, he made a leaping catch of an errant snap to get off the last of his 6 punts and help the Warriors seal their victory. His long of 50 yards came at West Chester in week 4.

ESU is 6th in the PSAC in net punting (32.6 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.

COVER THAT KICK
The Warriors are 11th in the PSAC with an opponents' average drive start at the 33.3-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 30 kickoffs.

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 124 tackles, 14.5 TFL and 4.5 sacks
• Berry has 142 tackles, 24.0 TFL and 13.5 sacks

STRONG UP THE MIDDLE (LB)
• Cave has started 32 straight games and Bergey has 20 career starts
• Cave leads all ESU players with 228 tackles
   70+ tackles the last two years (64 this season)
   5 career Int., 5 FF and 3 FR
   Returned blocked PAT 95 yards for 2-point conversion at Cheyney
• Bergey has 214 career tackles
   50+ tackles in three straight years (career-high 76 this season)
   9 tackles, 2.0 TFL at Cheyney; 11 tackles, FF at goal line vs. Cal

MANNING THE CORNER
• Carroll has started 31 of the last 32 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., 25 pass breakups, 123 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)

THREE STARTERS AT SAFETY
• So. Derek Brown, an outside linebacker, has started at FS the last 2 weeks
• Brown had 52 tackles in 6 starts at OLB; 12 tackles in 2 starts at FS
• R-Fr. Anthony Singlar had 36 tackles in his first 4 career starts
• Replaced Fr. Kevin Antol, who started the first 3 games (17 tackles, FF)
• R-Fr. Andrew Coyle and Fr. Angel Rosado have also played nickel back

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 6 of the last 8 games and had 6 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble at Kutztown and a sack and FF at Cheyney

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
• Billger entered season with 27 of 37 career tackles on special teams
• 71 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks in 8 starts (34 tkl, 5.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks last 4 weeks)
• Chesko has 31 tackles and 2 Int. in his first 3 career starts
• 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 119-70 home record (.630) under Douds and a 39-27 home record (.591) 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 447-297-19 (.598)

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)

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