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1 • ESU (4-4, 2-3) hosts West Chester (5-3, 3-2) in a noon kickoff at Eiler-Martin Stadium.  The Warriors have dropped 3 straight to the Golden Rams after winning twice in the previous 4 years (2009, 2012).

2 • Last Time Out: After a 0-0 first half, ESU fell 35-14 at Bloomsburg on Saturday. BU scored 21 3rd-quarter points before withstanding a 14-point ESU surge, finally putting the game away with a 15 play, 75-yard drive that erased 8:03 from the 4th-quarter clock. ESU R-Sr. TB Robert Healy had 109 yards from scrimmage (80 rush, TD; 29 receiving) for his 12th straight game with 100 yards from scrimmage, tying his own school record.

3 • ESU head coach Denny Douds ranks 8th on the NCAA all-division list for games coached (448), and 4th on the list of games coached at one school - moving into 4th two weeks ago.
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. 448 - Denny Douds (East Stroudsburg)
5. 446 - Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky)

4 • 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.

5 • Douds' 43 seasons as a head coach are 10th in NCAA history, and his 43 seasons at ESU are t-5th at one school.

6 • R-Sr. TB Robert Healy in the 2016 NCAA Division II statistical rankings:
2nd - yards from scrimmage (202.6 ypg)
8th - rushing (137.9 ypg)
t-2nd - rushing TD (17)
t-3rd - total TD (18)

YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE
1. 202.6 - Austin Ekeler (Western State)
2. 186.0 - Robert Healy (ESU)
3. 160.3 - Michael Anderson (WV Wesleyan)

RUSHING YPG
1. 175.0 - Austin Ekeler (Western State)
2. 148.5 - Josh Caldwell (Mo. Western)
3. 145.1 - Mac Mickey (Sioux Falls)
4. 144.9 - Romello Brown (Wayne St. Mich.)
5. 143.3 - Bubba Jenkins (SW Baptist)
(8.) 137.9 - Robert Healy (ESU)

7 • Healy has multiple ESU career yardage records:
1st - rushing (3,933)
1st - yards from scrimmage (5,840)
1st - all-purpose yards (5,840)

8 • Healy has 1,103 rushing yards this season and is 57 yards from tying ESU's single-season record (1,160) set by Andre Castiglioni in 2000.

9 • Jr. WR Tim Wilson ranks 6th in the PSAC in receiving (82.0 ypg). He has 3 100-yard receiving games, and had 8 catches for 92 yards last week.

10 • ESU has had 24 players make starts on defense.  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 8 games.


THE SERIES: ESU and West Chester have met 80 times with the Golden Rams holding a 58-22 advantage. WCU will tie Bloomsburg today as ESU's most frequent opponent after the Warriors met the Huskies for the 81st time last week. They have met every year since 1946, with the 70 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 FROM 35-14 LOSS at BLOOMSBURG
1. R-Sr. TB Robert Healy gained 100 yards from scrimmage (109) for the 12th straight game, tying his ESU record.
• 100 yards from scrimmage in 35 of 41 career games (including 19 of last 20)
2. R-Jr. QB Tim DiGiorgio made his 1st career start (22-39, 247 yds, TD, 2 Int.) in his 4th career appearance
3. Jr. WR Tim Wilson (8 catches, 92 yards) continues to rank among the PSAC's top receivers (6th - 82.0 ypg)
4. ESU had its 24th player start on defense this season, and its 13th defensive back (6 corners, 7 safeties)
5. The 0-0 halftime score was ESU's first since 2000 (W 12-6 at West Chester on Sept. 9, 2000)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. WEST CHESTER
1. Healy (1,103 rushing yards) is 57 yards from ESU's single-season record (1,160 - Andre Castiglioni, 2000)
2. Healy (3,933 rushing yards) is 67 yards from the 4,000-yard mark for his career (would be 14th PSAC player)
• he is already ESU's first 3,000-yard rusher
3. Healy (1,907 receiving yards) is also within reach of becoming the 2nd PSAC player with 4,000 career rushing yards and 2,000 receiving yards, joining West Chester's Rondell White (2010-13)
4. West Chester is 2nd in the PSAC (15th in DII) in total defense (295.6 ypg)
• Last 3 weeks vs. Shippensburg, Bloomsburg and Cheyney - 216.7 ypg (376 in 20-14 loss at Kutztown on Oct. 1)
5. Jr. QB Pat Moriarty, who led WCU to last year's PSAC East regular season title (197-355, 2,655 yds, 28 TD, 13 Int. in 2015), is this week's starter. Jr. QB Andrew Derr (124-220, 1,695 yds, 13 TD, 11 Int. in 2016) hasn't played since Oct. 1.

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