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1st & 10 ...  Complete Game Notes (PDF)

1 • ESU travels to West Chester for its final PSAC East game of 2015. ESU and WCU are 2 of 5 schools with an opportunity to earn at least a share of the PSAC East title on the final day of divisional contests.

ESU has one path to the State Game with a five-way tie at 5-2 in the PSAC East standings:
• ESU win at West Chester
• Kutztown win vs. Shippensburg
• Bloomsburg win vs. Lock Haven
• 5-way tie would be decided by draw

Shippensburg has the clearest path to the State Game with a win at Kutztown on Saturday.

2 • ESU scored 15 unanswered points in the 4th quarter, capped by a 2-point conversion by R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes to R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars with 1:10 left, in a 35-34 win vs. Bloomsburg last week.    

3 • ESU is attempting to post wins vs. Bloomsburg and West Chester (regular season) in the same year for the first time since 1991.

4 • ESU's Denny Douds holds the PSAC record for career wins (255), ranking t-2nd in DII history, t-18th in NCAA history and 3rd among active coaches.

5 • Douds holds the DII record and leads active coaches in career games (438). He coached his 500th overall game with the Warriors on Sept. 19 (56-12 W vs. Edinboro). Douds has been part of 506 of ESU's 806 games, and 300 of 471 wins, as a varsity program (since 1926).
5a • Douds is in his 42nd season as head coach and 50th at ESU overall.

6 • ESU is 2nd in DII in passing offense (361.1 ypg) and 14th in both total offense (484.0 ypg) and scoring offense (40.4 ppg) thru 9 weeks.
6a • West Chester is 9th in DII in passing defense (145.9 ypg), 8th in pass efficiency defense (98.8) and 16th in total offense (294.2 ypg - 1st PSAC).

7 • R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes is 2nd in DII in total offense (375.8 ypg) and passing (359.9 ypg), and 1st in DII in pass TD (33 - tied for all division lead).
7a • Soltes is one of 5 QB's in DII history with 3,000 yards total offense in all 4 years of his career. Soltes also holds the DII record for career games with 500 yards total offense (6), and is t-1st in games with 600 yards (2).

8 • Soltes is a 2-time Harlon Hill candidate, joining 2014 winner Jason Vander Laan (QB, Ferris St) as the only active 2-time candidates.
8a • Soltes leads active DII QB's in career total offense per game (350.3 - 2nd in DII history), total offense (13,310), pass efficiency (159.1) and pass TD (118).

9 • R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars leads DII in receiving (144.6 ypg), receptions (9.8 per game) and TD (17). He has 100+ yards in 8 of ESU's 9 games. He leads active DII players in career TD catches (40) and his 20 catches and 7 TD vs. Ship are the most in the NCAA this year.

10 • R-Jr. TB Robert Healy is one of 2 NCAA players with 600+ yards rushing (698) and receiving (620). He leads active PSAC players in career yards from scrimmage (4,029) and per game (130.0 ypg).  
10a • Healy set ESU's career rushing record (2,644 yards) last week (season-high 131 yards vs. Bloom).


THE SERIES: ESU and West Chester have met 79 times with the Golden Rams holding a 57-22 advantage. WCU will tie Bloomsburg today as ESU's most frequent opponent after the Warriors met the Huskies for the 80th time last week. They have met every year since 1946, with the 68 games in that span making it ESU's longest continuous series. They played twice in one season - 2004 - with West Chester winning 38-37 (OT) in the regular season and 48-38 in the NCAA Playoffs. ESU's last win was 35-28 in 2012 at Eiler-Martin.

TAKEAWAYS vs. BLOOMSBURG
1. ESU tied program records for largest comeback in a game (18 points - 21-3) and largest halftime deficit overcome (14 points - 24-10). The Warriors previously rallied from an 18-point deficit in a 43-41 win at SCSU in 1991.
2. Healy set ESU's career rushing record (2,644 yards), set a career-high with 27 carries and had a season-high 131 yards for his 9th career 100-yard game. Healy had 100+ yards from scrimmage for the 25th time in 31 career games.
3. Schnaars (7 rec, 125 yards) had 100+ receiving yards for the 5th straight game, tying a school record set in 2006 by Evan Prall. Schnaars had 5 catches for 99 yards in the 4th quarter.
4. The 2-point conversion from Soltes to Schnaars was ESU's 2nd game-winning 2-point conversion in the final 2:00 under Denny Douds. Jimmy Terwilliger threw a 2-pointer to Prall with 47 seconds left in a 28-27 win vs. WCU in 2003.
5. ESU limited Bloomsburg to 12 plays for 20 yards in the 4th quarter. The Warriors have had 18 defenders start this season, with 3 making all 9 starts - R-Jr. DE Ahmad McFarland, R-So. DL Marc Ranaudo and R-So. OLB Sekou Jones.

DOUDS' MILESTONES: Douds is one of 13 men to reach 40 seasons as head coach in NCAA football history, the 9th to coach 40 years at one school, and the 5th to spend all of his 40+ year career at the same institution. He joins Eddie Robinson (Grambling, 1941-42, 45-97), John E. Dorman (Upper Iowa, 1905-06, 09-42, 45-59), Joe Paterno (Penn State, 1966-2011) and Jim Malosky (Minn.-Duluth, 1958-97) on that list.

Entering this week: has coached more games (438) than any active coach in NCAA football ... ranks 1st in DII history in games coached (set in 2011), and 9th in NCAA history ... 3rd in career wins (255) among active NCAA coaches ... 1st in the PSAC in career wins (set in 2008), t-2nd in DII history and t-18th in NCAA history ... 56 career wins since turning 65 - more than 10 of the other 15 PSAC coaches have in their careers.

DOUDS DWARFS PSAC EAST: Douds had 250 career wins entering 2015 ... the other 7 coaches in the PSAC East had combined for 164 wins while coaching in the PSAC - WCU's Bill Zwaan (101), Ship's Mark Maciejewski (31), Bloom's Paul Darragh (21), KU's Jim Clements (6), Cheyney's Chris Roulhac (3), Mill's Greg Breitbach (2) and LHU's Dave Taynor (0) ... Douds had coached 41 seasons in the PSAC entering 2015 (other 7 - combined for 24).

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63) has a career record of 255-180-3 (.586) in his 42nd season. He is in his 50th season at ESU overall, including 8 years as an assistant coach from 1966-73. He has led the Warriors to 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances since taking over as head coach in 1974. His teams won outright state titles in 1975, 1978 and 1982 before the State Game was discontinued following the 1987 season. His teams have claimed PSAC East divisional titles in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 2002 and 2003. NCAA Playoff appearances have come in 1991, 2004, 2005 - when the Warriors won the Northeast Region title and advanced to the national semifinals - and 2009.

Bill Zwaan (Delaware '79) has a career record of 107-50 (.682) in his 13th season as head coach at West Chester. He guided Widener to a six-year record of 54-14 from 1997-02 and has a career mark of 161-64 (.716). Zwaan has led the Golden Rams to 7 NCAA Playoff appearances and 3 PSAC East championships in his first 12 seasons. WCU advanced to the NCAA Division II semifinals in 2013, going 13-2. The Golden Rams also advanced to the NCAA postseason every year from 2004-08 and reached the 2nd round of the NCAA Playoffs last fall.

TRENDING UP: ESU has notched 2 straight winning seasons (6-5 in 2014, 7-4 in 2013), building on a 5-5 mark in 2012 after consecutive 3-8 seasons in 2010 and 2011. Since 2000, ESU is 106-68 (.609) with a .500+ record in 12 of 15 years.

DOUDS' FOES: Douds has faced 108 head coaches in his career at ESU ... Dave Taynor (LHU) was Douds' 108th opponent on Sept. 26 ... Douds is 71-37 against first-time foes ... Douds faced Millersville's Gene Carpenter 27 times, and faced Danny Hale 26 times between his career at WCU and Bloom ... Among active coaches, his most frequent opponents are West Chester's Bill Zwaan (13), SRU's George Mihalik (12) and LIU Post's Bryan Collins (10).

PROGRAM WINS: ESU has a 471-316-19 (.596) record in its 88th year of varsity football. West Chester (578), IUP (534) and Slippery Rock (482) are the only other PSAC programs with at least 450 wins (Bloomsburg has 448) ... As head coach, Douds is responsible for 54.3 percent of the program's games (438 of 806), and 54.1 percent of its wins (255 of 471) ... Including 68 games and 45 wins as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 506 of the 806 games (62.8 percent) and 300 of the 471 wins (63.7 percent) in program history ... There have been at least 4 head coaches at every other PSAC school since Douds was named head coach in 1974.

RETURNING ALL-PSAC EAST: ESU has 4 players who have earned All-PSAC East status in their careers:
QB - R-Sr. Matt Soltes (2013 and 2014 2nd team, 2012 Freshman of the Year)
TB - R-Jr. Robert Healy (2013 and 2014 2nd team, 2013 Freshman of the Year)
WR - R-Sr. Jon Schnaars (2014 2nd team)
CB - Sr. Teron Dobbs (2014 2nd team)

TWO TERWILLIGERS: Jimmy Terwilliger, the 2005 Harlon Hill Trophy winner as a junior at ESU, joins the Warriors' coaching staff as defensive backs coach ... He joins his father, Mike Terwilliger, ESU's offensive coordinator, on Denny Douds' staff ... Mike Terwilliger enters his 38th year as assistant coach after 4 years as ESU's starting QB from 1974-77 - Douds' first 4 years as head coach ... Mike was a 2-time 1st team All-PSAC East selection, leading ESU to a 30-4-1 record, the 1975 PSAC championship (10-0) and a tie in the 1976 State Game (9-0-1) ... Jimmy was 36-12 in 4 years as ESU's starting QB from 2003-06 and is the only 4-time 1st team All-PSAC East QB in conference history ... he set 18 DII and 2 NCAA all-division records, tying the all-time mark with 148 career TD passes and setting DII records for passing yards (14,350) and total offense (16,064), among other standards.

THE OFFENSE

ESU has routinely fielded one of the top offenses in DII, both in passing offense and total offense. The Warriors are one of 2 teams in DII (along with Colorado Mines) to average 300+ yards passing per game in each of the last 4 years:
2011 - 323.2 ypg ... 2012 - 327.6 ypg ... 2013 - 318.6 ypg ... 2014 - 329.1 ypg

R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes has started 35 of ESU's 41 games since the start of the 2012 season. In that span, ESU ranks:
• 2nd in DII in yards per play (6.7) of 169 teams in the division
• 3rd in DII in passing yards per game (333.0 ypg)
• 5th in DII in total offense per game (484.8 ypg)

3,000 - 1,000: R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes and R-Jr. TB Robert Healy are the only active teammates in DII to account for 3,000+ yards total offense (Soltes) and 1,000+ yards from scrimmage (Healy) in each of the last 2 years:
• 2014 - Soltes (3,054 total yards), Healy (1,378 yards from scrimmage)
• 2013 - Soltes (3,716 total yards), Healy (1,333 yards from scrimmage)

12,000 - 4,000: Soltes and Healy are the only set of active teammates in NCAA football with 12,000 career yards total offense and 4,000 career yards from scrimmage:
• Matt Soltes 13,310 total yards -- Robert Healy 4,029 yards from scrimmage

HEALY, SCHNAARS ONE OF DII'S TOP TANDEMS: R-Jr. TB Robert Healy and R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars have accounted for 2,619 combined yards (rushing + receiving), the 2nd-most among 2 teammates in DII football. Healy has 1,318 yards from scrimmage (698 rushing, 620 receiving) and Schnaars leads DII players with 1,301 receiving yards. They have accounted for 60.1 percent of ESU's rushing and receiving yards this season.

R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes
1. One of 2 active 2x Harlon Hill candidates in DII [3rd ESU 2x candidate - Jimmy Terwilliger (4), Damian Poalucci (2)]
2. 5th QB in DII history with 3,000 yards total offense in all 4 seasons (2nd ESU QB - Jimmy Terwilliger, 2003-06)
• also Scott Eyster (Delta St, 2003-06), Steven Gachette (SW Baptist, 2007-10), Bo Cordell (Tusculum, 2009-10, 12-13)
3. 1st among active DII QB's in career total offense per game (350.3 ypg - 2nd in DII history)
4. Career pass efficiency (159.1) ranks 1st among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 3rd in PSAC history
5. Career total offense (13,310 yards) ranks 1st among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 2nd in PSAC, 10th in DII history
6. Career passing yards (11,883 yards) ranks 2nd among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 3rd in PSAC, 15th in DII history
7. Career pass TD (118) ranks 1st among active NCAA QB's, 2nd at ESU, 4th in PSAC, 8th in DII history
• 12 career games with 5+ pass TD (t-DII record)
8. Career TD responsible for (125) ranks 2nd among active DII QB's, 2nd at ESU, 4th in PSAC history
9. DII record for career games with 500+ yards total offense (6) and t-1st for games with 600 yards total offense (2)
10. One of 3 active NCAA QB's with 10,000 career passing yards, 1,000 rushing yards
• also Vernon Adams (Oregon), Trevone Boykin (TCU)
11. 10th DII QB with 10,000 career passing yards (11,883) and 1,000 rushing yards (1,427)

R-Jr. TB Robert Healy
1. ESU career rushing record (2,644 yards) - surpassed previous record of 2,579 (Rick Sterner, 1988-92)
2. 1st ESU player with 2,000 career rushing yards (2,644) and 1,000 receiving yards (1,385)
3. 12th in DII in yards from scrimmage per game (146.4 ypg) thru 9 weeks
4. One of 2 NCAA players with 600+ yards rushing (698), receiving (620) thru 9 weeks
5. One of 2 players in DII with 500+ yards rushing (817), receiving (561) in 2014
6. 1st among active PSAC players in career yards from scrimmage (4,029), per game (130.0)
7. 100+ yards from scrimmage in 25 of 31 career games - ESU record (200+ in 4 games - t-1st at ESU)
8. 1,300+ yards from scrimmage all 3 seasons (2013 - 1,333 ... 2014 - 1,378 ... 2015 - 1,318)

R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars
1. 1st in DII in receiving yards (144.6 ypg), receptions (9.8 rpg) and receiving TD (17) thru 9 weeks
2. PSAC records for receptions (20) and receiving TD (7) vs. Shippensburg in week 5 (218 yards)
4. Ranks 1st among active DII receivers in career TD (40), 3rd in yards (3,138) and 5th in receptions (213)
5. Ranks 2nd at ESU in career receiving TD (40), 2nd in receptions (213) and 3rd in yards (3,138)
6. 31 receiving TD in last 20 games (at least 1 TD in 17 of those 20 games)
7. 100+ yards in 8 of 9 games in 2015 (5 straight - tied for ESU record, Evan Prall, 2006)
8. 200+ yards in 2 games in 2015 (218 vs. Ship, week 5 and 200 vs. Edinboro, week 3)