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SATURDAY  l  1:05 p.m.  l  Eiler-Martin Stadium

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1 • ESU (4-5, 2-4) hosts Lock Haven (3-6, 3-3) in its 2016 home finale on Senior Day at Eiler-Martin Stadium. The Warriors will recognize eight seniors prior to kickoff, including 4 players who have been 4 or 5-year members of the program.

2 • ESU head coach Denny Douds will become the 8th coach in NCAA history (all divisions) to coach 450 career games this weekend. Douds ranks 4th on the list of games coached at one school.
2a • 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. 449 - Denny Douds (East Stroudsburg)
5. 446 - Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky)

3 • 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.

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

5 • Last Time Out: ESU trailed just 13-7 at halftime, but West Chester pulled away with 21 4th-quarter points for a 41-14 verdict last Saturday.

6 • R-Sr. TB Robert Healy tied ESU's single-season rushing record (1,160 yards), matching Andre Castiglioni (2000), on the final play of the 1st half. Healy was injured on the play and did not return. He extended his ESU single-season record for rushing TD (18) in the 1st quarter.

7 • Healy in the 2016 NCAA Division II statistical rankings:
2nd - yards from scrimmage (172.6 ypg)
9th - rushing (128.9 ypg)
t-2nd - rushing TD (18)
t-4th - total TD (19)

YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE
1. 189.2 - Austin Ekeler (Western State)
2. 172.6 - Robert Healy (ESU)
3. 161.1 - Max Mickey (Sioux Falls)

8 • Healy has multiple ESU career yardage records:
1st - rushing (3,990)
1st - yards from scrimmage (5,905)
1st - all-purpose yards (5,905)

Additional ESU career rankings:
t-2nd - rushing TD (32)
4th - total TD (44)

9 • R-Jr. QB Tim DiGiorgio has started the last 2 weeks and threw for 292 yards last week vs. West Chester. ESU's top 3 receivers all set career-highs for receiving yards:
• Jr. WR Tim Wilson - 111 yards
• Fr. WR Javier Buffalo - 88 yards
• Fr. WR Elijah Rehm - 53 yards
9a • Wilson (85.6 ypg) is 7th in PSAC in receiving

10 • ESU has had 24 players make starts on defense.  Just 3 - R-Sr. DE Ahmad McFarland, R-Jr. LB Mike Wiand and Sr. FS Jimmy Verzicco - have started all 9 games.


THE SERIES: ESU is 11-6 against Lock Haven in a series that will be played more frequently in future seasons, as the Bald Eagles moved to the PSAC East in 2013 due to the conference's expansion (adding Seton Hill to the PSAC West). The series dates back to 1926, ESU's first season of varsity football, and the Warriors' 99-0 win that year remains a school record for victory margin. More recently, ESU has won the last 7 meetings - 1999, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (37-34).  LHU's last win was 17-7 in 1989.

TAKEAWAYS FROM 41-14 LOSS vs. WEST CHESTER
1. R-Sr. TB Robert Healy had 65 yards from scrimmage (57 rushing, 8 receiving) before leaving due to injury
• ended streak of 12 straight games with 100 yards from scrimmage (tied his own school record)
2. Jr. WR Tim Wilson had his 4th 100-yard receiving game of the season with 6 catches for 111 yards (career-high)
• 685 receiving yards this season (8 games) - had 311 receiving yards (18 games) in first 2 seasons in 2012-13
3. Fr. WR Javier Buffalo had 2 catches for 88 yards, including a 46-yard TD (7 catches, 219 yards, 2 TD in last 4 games)
4. ESU has rushed for 126 yards in the last 2 games (63.0 ypg) after rushing for 208.4 ypg in the first 7 games
5. ESU's defense, which has used 24 different starters due to injury, has yielded 200 rushing yards in each of the last 5 games (once in first 4 games)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. LOCK HAVEN
1. Healy (1,160 rushing yards) is tied for ESU's single-season record (Andre Castiglioni, 2000)
2. Healy (3,990 rushing yards) is 10 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 (1,915 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. LHU QB Caleb Walton (288.0 pass ypg - 15th DII) and WR Shawn Seif (127.1 ypg) rank among the DII leaders
5. LHU won 26-18 vs. Bloomsburg last week (first win vs. PSAC school other than Cheyney/Millersville since 2007)

WARRIORS SENIORS: Nine Warriors are set to play their final home game this weekend:
QB Bruce Campbell - 20 games (10 starts) ... 82-for-162, 1,280 yds, 9 TD passing (183 yds, TD rushing) as a senior
WR Varney Dassin - 10 games in last 2 years ... 2 rec, 12 yds as a senior
TB Robert Healy - 3-time All-PSAC East (2013 FR of the Year), 2015 1st team, 2-time All-Region
* ESU career records for rushing yards (3,990), yards from scrimmage (5,905) and all-purpose yards (same)
S Maurice Jackson - 7 career starts (4 this season) ... 40 tackles, 5 TFL, 2 sacks, FR as a senior
DE Ahmad McFarland - 2015 All-PSAC East 2nd team ... 29 career starts (consecutive) ... 20.5 career TFL, 9.5 sacks
OL Fran McMenamin - 29 career starts in 3 seasons following 2 tours in Afghanistan with U.S. Marine Corps
FB Sean Roth - 3-year letterwinner ... 2015 Redshirt Award recipient ... 30 games (15 starts), 3 TD
FS Jimmy Verzicco - 18 career starts ... 2nd on team in tackles (62), 1st in Int (3) and FR (3) as junior


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