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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 - 2 p.m.
ESU (2-6, 1-4) at West Chester (6-2, 4-1)

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DELAY/REPLAY
Sunday October 29 5 p.m.

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) Erie, Meadville, Sharon, Cleveland, Columbus, Akron, Toledo, Huntington, Charleston, Youngstown & Buffalo
 

1st and 10 (Complete Game Notes (PDF))

1 • ESU travels to West Chester for its 82nd meeting with the Golden Rams. WCU has won 12 of the last 14 meetings since 2004, after ESU won 3 of 4 from 2000-03.

2 • ESU head coach Denny Douds leads active NCAA coaches in games coached (459) and ranks 2nd in wins (262).
• moved into 7th in NCAA history in games coached two weeks ago

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. 459 - Denny Douds

5 • R-So. S Justin Johnson (9 tackles, 3 FF, 2 FR) was named PSAC East Defensive AOW for his effort vs. Bloomsburg last week.
• 1st in DII in forced fumbles (6)
• broke ESU single-season record from 1978
• DII single-season record is 9
   (Curtis Johnson, Clark Atlanta, 2006)
• t-4th in DII in fumble recoveries (4)

6 • ESU ranks t-1st in DII in takeaways (24), with 16 fumble recoveries (1st) and 8 interceptions.
• Warriors have 2 takeaways in 7 of 8 games
• ESU's 33 takeaways in 2009 NCAA Playoff season are program's most since 1993

7 • R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson is 3rd in the PSAC East and 6th in the PSAC in rushing (89.4 ypg).
• 100 yds in 4 of first 5 games
• replaced all-time leading rusher Robert Healy (3,993 career yds), who set single-season record with 1,163 yds in 2016

8 • Sr. WR Tim Wilson (42 rec, 683 yds, 3 TD) is 7th in PSAC in receiving (85.4 ypg)
• was also 7th in 2016 (91.0 ypg)
• 1,904 career rec yds
• ESU has 12 career 2,000-yd receivers
   (8 in last 12 years)

9 • 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 41st straight start last week

10 • ESU's senior linebackers - Dakota Everett (65), R-Sr. Sekou Jones (65) and R-Sr. Mike Wiand (57)  - are the top 3 tacklers.
• Jones (2015) and Wiand (2016) have both been All-PSAC East selections in their careers
• Everett leads DII with 4 blocked kicks (all PAT)


THE SERIES: West Chester leads, 59-22
• 82nd meeting (since 1926) will move back into tie with Bloomsburg as ESU's most frequent opponent
• have played every year since 1946 (71 straight years is ESU's longest continuous series)
• met twice in 2004 - WCU won 38-37 (OT) in regular season and 48-38 in NCAA DII Playoffs
• ESU's most recent win was 2012 (35-28 - Tim Wilson game-winning 33-yd TD pass from Matt Soltes with 5 seconds left)
• ESU's most recent win at WCU was 2009 (21-20), propelling ESU to its most recent NCAA appearance

THE HEAD COACHES
ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 262-194-3 (.574) 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

West Chester - Bill Zwaan (Delaware '79)
• record of 122-56 in his 15th season at West Chester (176-70 in 21st season overall)
• guided Widener to 54-11 record from 1997-02 prior to taking over at WCU
• 7 NCAA Playoff appearances and 4 PSAC East titles, reaching NCAA DII semifinals in 2013 (13-2)
• advanced to postseason every year from 2004-08, and then 2013-14

TAKEAWAYS FROM 38-28 LOSS vs. BLOOMSBURG
1. ESU led 28-10 early in 3rd quarter before Bloomsburg scored final 28 points
• 18-point margin is 3rd-largest 2nd-half deficit overcome by ESU opponent since 1974
• Warriors have led at half in 2 of their 6 losses this season (13-0 vs. Mercyhurst [L 25-20]; 21-10 vs. Bloomsburg)
2. R-Sr. QB Tim DiGiorgio had ESU's best half of the season (13-20, 202 yds, 3 TD) but suffered injury late in 2nd quarter
3. Warriors defense forced 4 turnovers in first 32 minutes, and had defensive TD for 2nd straight week
• Fr. LB Rich Melito 25-yd FR, after R-Jr. FS Billy Inge III had 35-yd FR at Kutztown previous week
4. R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson (10 carries, 34 yds) had 80 rushing yards in 6 of first 7 games (100 yards in 4 games).
5. Sr. WR Tim Wilson (8 rec, 144 yds, TD) had 7th career 100-yard game (2nd of season)
• R-Fr. TB Devante Robinson (6 rec, 103 yds, TD) had ESU's first 100-yd game besides Wilson since week 2 of 2016
• Robinson was 1st ESU FR with 100-yd game since 2012 (Jon Schnaars), first FR RB since 2009 (Kendrick Williams)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. WEST CHESTER
1. WCU enters tied for PSAC East lead at 4-1, and has inside track with wins vs. 2 of other 3 (Kutztown, Shippensburg)
• Golden Rams have played in State Game in 2 of 9 seasons since its return (L vs. Cal 2008, L vs. Slippery Rock 2015)
2. Jr. RB Jarel Elder (151 carries, 796 yds, 13 TD) is closing in on his 2nd straight 1,000-yd rushing season
• 202 carries, 1,013 yds, 11 TD as a sophomore (118 rush yds, 2 TD vs. ESU)
3. Sr. WR Tyler Karpinski (37 rec, 668 yds, 6 TD) also led WCU in receiving last season (45 rec, 798 yds, 8 TD)

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