Complete Game Notes (PDF)

SATURDAY  l  4:05 p.m.  l  Eiler-Martin Stadium

Watch: SPORTSfever TV Network (including Blue Ridge TV-13)  l  esuwarriors.com  l  ESPN3
Listen:  ESPN 840 AM  l  espnpoconos.com
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Specific Broadcast Outlets

LIVE
ESPN 3 (Accessible on line to more than 88 million households at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One)
ESPN College Extra (Live TV available to AT&T Uverse, DirecTV, Bright House Networks, Cox, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and select NCTC  subscribers)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Stroudsburg/Williamsport/Pottsville - WSWB CW 38 (38 over-the-air, Comcast 7/HD 807, Service Electric 11/HD511, Blue Ridge 11/HD607, Adams 11/HD503, DirecTV 38, DISH Network 38)
 
Harrisburg/Lancaster/York/Carlisle/Lebanon - WHP 21.2 (21.1 over-the-air, Comcast 19, Armstrong 15, Blue Ridge 133, Nittany 99, Verizon 21, DirecTV 22)

Poconos, Eastern and Northern PA -  BLUE RIDGE CABLE NETWORK (BRC 113, BRC 11, BRC 13)
 
DELAY/REPLAY
Saturday, October 21 7 p.m.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Stroudsburg/Williamsport/Pottsville - WYOU CBS 22 (22 over-the-air, Comcast 2/HD802, Service Electric 12/HD512, Blue Ridge 2/HD602, Adams 3/HD501, DirecTV 22, DISH Network 22)

Saturday, October 21 11 p.m.
Erie/Meadville/Sharon/Cleveland/Columbus/Akron/Toledo/Huntington/Charleston/Youngstown/Buffalo - SPORTS TIME OHIO (Erie Time Warner 21-23/HD308-1308, Armstrong 47/HD177, Sharon Time Warner 76/HD 308-1308, DirecTV 662, Dish Network 431)


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

1 • ESU hosts Bloomsburg on Homecoming Weekend at Eiler-Martin Stadium.
• Warriors are 26-17 on Homecoming under 44th-year head coach Denny Douds
• just the 3rd Homecoming match-up vs. Bloomsburg under Douds (W 1993, L 2009)

2 • Douds leads active NCAA coaches in games coached (458) and ranks 2nd in wins (262).
• moved into 7th in NCAA history in games coached last week

3 • Douds ranks:
• 1st in DII history in games coached
• 4th in games coached at one school
• 16th in NCAA history in wins
• 1st in PSAC history in wins (set in 2008)

4 • NCAA history - games coached
1. 638 - John Gagliardi
2. 588 - Eddie Robinson
3. 548 - Amos Alonzo Stagg
    548 - Joe Paterno
5. 510 - Bobby Bowden
6. 482 - Pop Warner
7. 458 - Denny Douds

5 • R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson is 2nd in the PSAC East and 5th in the PSAC in rushing (97.3 ypg).
• 100+ yds in 4 of first 5 games
• 80+ yds in 6 of first 7 games
• replaced all-time leading rusher Robert Healy (3,993 career yds), who set single-season record with 1,163 yds in 2016

6 • Sr. WR Tim Wilson has surpassed the 100-catch mark (114) and 1,500-yard mark (1,760) for his career.
• has led ESU in rec yds in all 7 games
• 7th in PSAC in receiving (77.0 ypg)
• was also 7th in 2016 (91.0 ypg)

7 • R-Sr. C Devon Ackerman was named to National Football Foundation's Campbell Trophy semifinalist list on Sept. 27
• 2x Academic All-America 1st team
• 4.0 (Biochemistry and Chemical Biotechnology)
• ESU's 6 selections since 2009 are t-3rd in DII
• made 40th straight start last week

8 • Sr. LB Dakota Everett leads DII with 4 blocked kicks, all extra points.
• ESU single-season record is 6 (done 3 times)
• 2016 DII leader had 7
• DII single-season record is 9
   (Clinton Washington, West Ala., 1997)

9 • ESU's senior linebackers of Everett (65), R-Sr. Sekou Jones (53) and R-Sr. Mike Wiand (50) are the top 3 tacklers.
• Jones (2015) and Wiand (2016) have both been All-PSAC East selections in their careers

10 • ESU ranks t-5th in DII in takeaways (20), with 13 fumble recoveries (t-2nd) and 7 interceptions.
• Warriors had 2+ takeaways in first 6 games
• ESU's 33 takeaways in 2009 NCAA Playoff season are program's most since 1993


THE SERIES: Bloomsburg leads, 40-39-2
• 81 meetings (since 1927) are tied with West Chester as ESU's most frequent opponent
• BU has won 10 of the last 11 (ESU won 35-34 in 2015 in last meeting at Eiler-Martin)
   (Matt Soltes 2-point pass to Jon Schnaars with 1:10 left)
• 2015 win was ESU's first since 52-39 road win in 2nd round of 2005 NCAA DII Playoffs
   (2005 remains only postseason meeting)

THE HEAD COACHES
ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 262-193-3 (.575) in his 44th season
• 52nd season at ESU overall, including 8 years as an assistant coach from 1966-73
• 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances since taking over in 1974
• outright state titles in 1975, 1978 and 1982 before the State Game was discontinued following the 1987 season
• PSAC East divisional titles in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 2002 and 2003
• NCAA Playoff appearances in 1991, 2004, 2005 and 2009
• 2005 team won Northeast Region title and advanced to the national semifinals

Bloomsburg - Paul Darragh (Temple '85)
• record of 39-15 in his 5th season at Bloomsburg
• led BU to PSAC East titles in both of his first 2 years and played Slippery Rock in State Game both season
   (W 42-38 in 2013, L 28-26 in 2014)
• 21st year at Bloomsburg overall (defensive coordinator for previous 16 years)
• replaced Danny Hale (173 wins, 11 PSAC East titles, 8 NCAA Playoff appearances in 20 seasons at BU)

TAKEAWAYS FROM 41-9 LOSS at KUTZTOWN
1. ESU trailed just 3-0 late in the 1st half, but Kutztown scored 10 points off two interceptions in the final minute and scored TD's on its final 4 offensive possessions in the 2nd half to put the game away.
2. R-Jr. FS Billy Inge III scored ESU's TD on a forced fumble and 35-yard return on KU's first play of the 2nd half, ripping the ball from the Golden Bears receiver for his 4th forced fumble of the year (has played in 5 games).
3. ESU has been held to 8 offensive TD's in the first 7 games, scoring 6 in the first 3 games
• led Mercyhurst 13-0 at half in 25-20 loss in week 3
4. R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson (21 carries, 81 yds) has 80+ rushing yards in 6 of 7 games (100+ yards in 4 games).
5. Sr. WR Tim Wilson (5 rec, 82 yds) has led ESU in receiving yards in 14 of its last 16 games (played in 15).

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. BLOOMSBURG
1. The Huskies knocked off West Chester, 20-19, on the road last week to force a 4-way tie for the PSAC East lead.
2. Bloomsburg was picked 4th in the PSAC East preseason poll behind West Chester, Kutztown and Shippensburg.
3. R-So. TB Qmac Quiteh (88.6 rush ypg) had 21 carries for 121 yards at West Chester.
• younger brother of BU's Franklyn Quiteh, 2013 Harlon Hill Trophy recipient as top player in DII
  (PSAC record and 2nd in DII history with 7,523 career rushing yards)
  (has 3 of top 8 individual rushing efforts vs. ESU - 304, 282 and 246 yards)
4. Both teams rank in the top half of the PSAC in scoring defense (BU 4th 22.3 ppg, ESU 7th 26.4 ppg)

Complete Game Notes (PDF)