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BLOOMSBURG - Tailback Franklyn Quiteh ran 43 times for 282 yards and three touchdowns and redshirt freshman quarterback Tim Kelly threw four touchdown passes to lead No. 6-ranked Bloomsburg to a 48-27 win over visiting East Stroudsburg University in PSAC East football on Saturday at Redman Stadium.

ESU (3-3, 2-2), coming off a 35-28 win over West Chester last Saturday, trailed 14-10 at halftime and 21-17 late in the third quarter, but Kelly threw two long touchdown passes and Quiteh ran for two of his three scores as Bloomsburg pulled away.

Both teams had just four possessions in the first half, as Bloomsburg (7-0, 4-0) scored touchdowns on its first two drives and ESU's trips produced a missed field goal, a 52-yard field goal by junior kicker Taylor Groff, a punt and a six-yard touchdown run by senior tailback Eric Deery late in the half to get ESU within 14-10.

Bloomsburg opened the second half with a 37-yard TD pass from Kelly to Glenn Hutton, Jr. to cap a 12-play, 75-yard drive, but after an ESU punt, sophomore defensive end Tarik Haddad forced a fumble by Quiteh that was recovered by freshman outside linebacker Greg Jones to give the Warriors the ball at their 46-yard line.

ESU drove the remaining 54 yards in nine plays with a 12-yard TD pass (on third-and-10) from redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Soltes to redshirt junior wide receiver Robert Bleiler getting the Warriors back on the board.

Bloomsburg scored two plays later, however, with Kelly hitting Hutton for a 68-yard score to make it 28-17 with 2:33 left in the third quarter.

ESU got within 28-20 on a 28-yard field goal by Groff two minutes into the fourth quarter, but the Huskies scored on all three of their possessions in the final quarter to pull away.

Groff's 52-yard field goal in the second quarter tied his career long and was his school-record 13th field goal of 40 or more yards. Groff, previously the only kicker in PSAC history with two field goals of 51+ yards, is now the only kicker with three field goals of that distance. He hit from 52 at Kutztown last year and 51 at Clarion two weeks ago.

Soltes, last week's PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week, was 13-for-25 for 167 yards and a touchdown and didn't throw an interception. He was also ESU's top rusher with 14 carries for 54 yards for 221 yards of total offense.

Senior tailback Kendrick Williams (10 carries, 38 yards) became the seventh back in school history with 2,000 career rushing yards, finishing the game with 2,002 yards. Deery's rushing touchdown was the eighth of his career.

Quiteh and Kelly led a Bloomsburg offense that gained 603 yards, 336 rushing and 267 passing. Kelly was 12-for-16 and hit Hutton four times for 120 yards and two TD and Ryan Dickerson four times for 117 yards and a TD. Larry Webster, a four-year forward for the Huskies in basketball who also leads the PSAC in sacks, caught a five-yard TD pass in the second quarter.

ESU hosts Kutztown (3-4, 1-3) next Saturday in its final home game of the season before hitting the road for three straight to finish the 2012 campaign. Kutztown, last year's PSAC champion, fell 73-35 to Shippensburg on Saturday in a game that saw Ship quarterback Zach Zulli match former ESU All-America Jimmy Terwilliger's conference record with nine touchdown passes.

GAME NOTES
* Saturday's game marked the fourth meeting of 200-win coaches in NCAA Division II history. ESU's Denny Douds, the PSAC record-holder, entered with 235 wins. Bloomsburg's Danny Hale notched his 210th career victory.
* Douds, in his 39th season, coached his 403rd game, giving him 100 more than the second-most in PSAC history (Gene Carpenter, Millersville).
* He coached his 40th game against Bloomsburg, one week after coaching his 40th against West Chester. Douds is 14th in college football history in games coached and set the Division II record last year (Oct. 22) with his 394th game. He is tied for 4th in Division II history with 235 career wins.

* Douds faced Hale for the 26th time. He faced Carpenter 27 times, the most of any opposing coach. He has faced 99 coaches since 1974; Marty Schaetzle (Mercyhurst) will be the 100th on Nov. 10 unless either team makes the State Game.
* ESU holds a 38-37-2 lead in the series since the first meeting in 1927. Bloomsburg won its 7th straight since ESU's 52-39 win in the 2005 NCAA Playoffs. The Huskies have won 8 straight in the regular season since ESU's 30-24 win in 2004.
* Bloomsburg was ranked in the top 6 in the AFCA DII poll for the 4th time in 5 years. ESU is 10-17 against teams ranked in the AFCA Top 25 since 2000 and 1-8 against teams in the top 10. ESU has lost 7 straight and 10 of its last 11 against ranked teams. Its last win over a ranked team was 14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union in the 2008 season opener. ESU lost to 3 ranked teams in 2011.

* Groff was 2-for-3 on field goals, improving to 34-for-49 in his career at ESU. He set ESU's career record with his 13th from 40+ yards, breaking a tie with Ed Detwiler (1989-92), who holds the PSAC record with 50 career FG.
* Groff has made 5 FG from 48+ yards in his career at ESU. He is 13-for-23 overall from 40+ yards and 21-for-26 from under 40 yards.
* All three of Groff's 51+ yard FG (and 4 of his 5 from 48+) have come on the road. He became the first PSAC kicker with two from 51+ yards on Sept. 29 at Clarion, extending that to three at Bloomsburg. He also hit from 52 yards at Kutztown last year.
* Groff moved into 3rd at ESU in points by a kicker with 183, passing Joey Pingitore (179, 1982-84) and Matt Seagreaves (177, 1994-96). He ranks 7th in total points among all players. The top two kickers are Mark Brubaker (287, 2002-05) and Ed Detwiler (262, 1989-92).

* Soltes is the 2nd ESU quarterback to throw for 1,000 yards as a freshman, joining Jimmy Terwilliger in 2003 (2,987 yards).
* He is 75-for-126 for 1,074 yards, 6 TD and 2 Int. in 6 games, including 3 starts. He has also run 48 times for 177 yards.
* Soltes was 30-for-37 (81.1 pct., ESU single-game completion pct. record) for 366 yards, 3 TD and 1 Int. in last week's 35-28 win over West Chester to be named PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week in his 2nd career start.

* Williams carried 10 times for 38 yards, becoming the 7th Warrior with 2,000 career rushing yards (2,002). He is 45 yards from entering the top 5.
* He ranks 3rd in career carries (436), passing Dell Walker (428, 1981-83). He also ranks 6th in rushing TD (10), tied for 9th in total TD (23), 6th in all-purpose yards (3,273) and 11th in yards from scrimmage (2,465).

* Jr. WR Dusty Reed had a catch in his 18th straight game. Reed is closing in on ESU's top 10 in career receptions (128, 11th - 1 from 10th) and yards (1,823, 14th - 141 from 10th).
* R-Jr. WR Robert Bleiler had his 6th career receiving TD.
* Fr. WR Tim Wilson, who scored the game-winning TD (33 yards) with 5 seconds left in last week's win over West Chester, had 2 catches for a team-high 51 yards.

* ESU started the same 5 offensive linemen for the 6th straight game. R-Sr. LT Wrenton Wright made his 39th start (22 straight), R-Sr. RG Seve Rivers made his 37th start (28 straight), R-Jr. C Greg Bluemade his 24th start (13 straight), So. LG Pete Wolmart made his 8th start (6 straight), and Fr. RT Cody Laubach has started all 6 games.

* Laubach is one of 5 true freshmen who have combined for 18 starts for ESU. OLB Greg Jones and CB Teron Dobbs made their 4th straight starts on defense. The 5 true freshmen, and 18 starts, from true freshmen are both the most since at least 2003.
* Of ESU's 85 players, 67 are freshmen or sophomores. 27 of the 56 players who have been on the field this year have seen their first career action. The Warriors have played 15 true freshmen this year.

* On defense, So. LB Cody Simcox had 17 tackles, R-So. FS Anthony Singlar had 12 and Fr. OLB Greg Jones had 10.

* Quiteh's 282 rushing yards are the 2nd-most by an opposing back against ESU under Douds. IUP's Chris Morgan had 286 yards in 2006. Quiteh ran for 246 yards on 39 carries in 2010.
* Quiteh's 43 rushing attempts are the most by an opposing back against ESU under Douds.