Complete Game Notes (PDF)

SATURDAY  l  2:30 p.m.  l  Bloomsburg, Pa.  l  Redman Stadium

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

1 • ESU (4-3, 2-2) travels to Bloomsburg (4-3, 2-2) for their 81st meeting on the 4th Saturday in October. The Warriors' 35-34 win last year, in which they tied a school record by overcoming an 18-point deficit, was their first over the Huskies since the 2005 NCAA DII Playoffs, and the first regular season win since 2004.

2 • ESU's R-Sr. TB Robert Healy (3,853 yards) and Bloomsburg's Sr. TB Lawrence Elliott, Jr. (2,233 yards) rank 2nd and 3rd among active PSAC players in career rushing yards.
2a • Healy (146.1 ypg) and Elliott (92.0 ypg) rank 1st and 8th in the PSAC in rushing this season.

3 • ESU head coach Denny Douds ranks 8th on the NCAA all-division list for games coached (447), and 4th on the list of games coached at one school - moving into sole possession of 4th last week.
3a • Games coached at 1 school:
1. 607 - John Gagliardi (St. John's MN)
2. 588 - Eddie Robinson (Grambling)
3. 548 - Joe Paterno (Penn State)
4. 447 - Denny Douds (East Stroudsburg)
5. 446 - Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky)

4 • Last Time Out: Kutztown ran for 459 yards, including 261 and 3 TD by Craig Reynolds, and gained 668 total yards in a 49-30 win at ESU last Saturday. Healy had 160 yards from scrimmage (124 rush, 2 TD; 36 rec) for the Warriors.
 
5 • Douds, in his 43rd season, ranks16th on the NCAA all-division wins list (260). Douds holds the PSAC record for career wins and ranks 2nd among active NCAA coaches.
6 • Douds' 43 seasons as a head coach are 10th in NCAA history, and his 43 seasons at ESU are t-5th at one school.

7 • R-Sr. TB Robert Healy in the 2016 NCAA Division II statistical rankings:
1st - yards from scrimmage (197.0 ypg)
5th - rushing (146.1 ypg)
t-1st - rushing TD (16)
2nd - total TD (17)

YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE
1. 197.0 - Robert Healy (ESU)
2. 196.6 - Austin Ekeler (Western State)
3. 173.3 - Michael Anderson (WV Wesleyan)

RUSHING YPG
1. 175.3 - Austin Ekeler (Western State)
2. 153.3 - Michael Anderson (WV Wesleyan)
3. 148.7 - Josh Caldwell (Mo. Western)
4. 147.6 - Max Mickey (Sioux Falls)
5. 146.1 - Robert Healy (ESU)

8 • Healy set ESU's career record in all-purpose yards last week.  ESU's career records:
1st - rushing (3,853 yds)
1st - yards from scrimmage (5,731)
1st - all-purpose yards (5,731)

9 • ESU has had 23 players make starts on defense this season.  Just 4 - R-Sr. DE Ahmad McFarland, R-Jr. NG Marc Ranaudo, R-Jr. LB Mike Wiand and Sr. FS Jimmy Verzicco - have started all 7 games.

10 • R-So. P Sam O'Brien is 2nd in the PSAC and 20th in NCAA DII in punting average (41.3).


THE SERIES: ESU and Bloomsburg are tied, 39-39-2, in their first 80 meetings since 1927.  The Huskies are tied with West Chester for ESU's most frequent opponent. The Warriors' 35-34 win last year was their first vs. Bloomsburg since a 52-39 road win in the 2nd round of the 2005 NCAA DII Playoffs, and their first regular season win since a 30-24 road win in 2004. The 2005 NCAA Playoff game remains the only postseason meeting between the two rivals.

TRENDING UP: ESU has notched 3 straight winning seasons (6-5 in 2014 and 2015, 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 116-76 (.604) with a .500+ record in 13 of 16 years.

TAKEAWAYS FROM 49-30 LOSS vs. KUTZTOWN
1. R-Sr. TB Robert Healy set a school record for career all-purpose yards (5,731), passing Evan Prall (5,682 - 2003-06)
2. Healy had 100+ yards from scrimmage for the 11th straight game (holds ESU record with 12 straight)
• 100+ yards from scrimmage in 34 of 40 career games (including 18 of last 19)
3. R-Sr. QB Bruce Campbell (7-14, 92 yds, 2 Int) and R-Jr. QB Tim DiGiorgio (9-18, 145 yds, 2 TD) split time for the 3rd straight week (DiGiorgio is listed as starter on this week's 2-deep)
4. Fr. WR Javier Buffalo had 2 catches for 70 yards, including a 50-yard TD (had 48-yard catch at Millersville in week 6).
5. Kutztown's 459 rushing yards push ESU's season average to 253.4 yards allowed per game.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. BLOOMSBURG
1. Healy (1,023 rushing yards) is 137 yards from ESU's single-season record (1,160 - Andre Castiglioni, 2000)
2. Healy (3,853 rushing yards) is 147 yards from the 4,000-yard mark for his career (would be 13th PSAC player)
• he is already ESU's first 3,000-yard rusher
3. ESU has had 23 players make starts on defense this season (this is 1st week without any projected 1st-time starters)
4. ESU (208.4 rush ypg) last ran for 200 yards vs Bloomsburg in 2005 (205 yds in 52-39 win in NCAA DII Playoffs)
5. BU (161.6 rush ypg) has run for 200 yards in 9 straight games vs. ESU (111 yds in BU's 45-37 win in 2006)