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1 • ESU hosts California (Pa.) in its 2017 season finale at Eiler-Martin Stadium. Cal (8-2) is No. 9 in last week's NCAA DII Super Region 1 rankings (top 7 selected for NCAA DII Playoffs) and was the regional runner-up last fall.  

2 • ESU head coach Denny Douds leads active NCAA coaches in games coached (461) and ranks 2nd in wins (263).
• moved into 7th in NCAA history in games coached four 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. 461 - Denny Douds

5 • ESU ranks 3rd in DII in takeaways (29), with 21 fumble recoveries (1st) and 8 interceptions.
• Warriors have 2+ takeaways in 8 of 10 games
30 - Winona State, Minn.-Duluth
29 - ESU
27 - Bowie State, Findlay
5a • ESU has the top 2 players in DII in forced fumbles per game:
   R-Jr. FS Billy Inge III - 0.63 (5 in 8 games)
   R-So. S Justin Johnson - 0.60 (6 in 10 games)

6 • R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson is 1st in the PSAC East and 3rd in the PSAC in rushing (103.4 ypg).
• 200 yds, 3 TD last week at Lock Haven
   (12th 200-yd game in ESU history)
   (9th 1,000-yd season in ESU history)
• 129 yds from ESU single-season record
   (1,163 - Robert Healy, 2016 [8.5 games])

7 • Sr. WR Tim Wilson (50 rec, 802 yds, 4 TD) is 7th in PSAC in receiving (80.2 ypg)
• was also 7th in 2016 (91.0 ypg)
• 2,023 career rec yds (13th with 2,000 at ESU)

8 • 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)
• will start all 44 career games
8a • 5th ESU player to start every career game since 2003
• 48 - Jimmy Terwilliger, Evan Prall (2003-06)
• 46 - Mike Habel (2004-07)
• 45 - Dan Caffrey (2008-11)

9 • ESU's senior linebackers - Dakota Everett (89), R-Sr. Mike Wiand (79) and R-Sr. Sekou Jones (75)  - are the top 3 tacklers.
• Jones (2015) and Wiand (2016) have both been All-PSAC East selections in their careers

10 • ESU had all 3 PSAC East Athletes of the Week for last week's 37-27 win at LHU.
Jaymar Anderson - 30 rush, 200 yds, 3 TD
Sekou Jones - 10 tackles (2 FF, FR TD)
R-Jr. TB Marquis Fells - 2 KR, 89 yds


THE SERIES: Tied, 3-3-1
• First meeting was 28-28 tie in 1968 State Game played at Cal (ESU finished 8-0-1)
• ESU won next 3 (1992, 1993, 2006) before Cal has won most recent 3 (2007, 2010, 2011)
• ESU's least-played opponent among 14 PASSHE schools (next fewest games is Clarion - 13)

THE HEAD COACHES
ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 263-195-3 (.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

California - Gary Dunn (California '95)
• 19-3 record in 2nd season at Cal
• 11-1 in first season in 2016 (started 11-0 - L 41-30 at Shepherd in Super Region 1 championship)
• led DII with 49.6 ppg (WR Garry Brown named PSAC West Offensive AOY)
• 6 seasons as OC at Duquesne (2010-15), 13 seasons at Morehead State (11 as OC)
• 4-year starter at center at Cal and 1st team All-PSAC West in 1994 (0-2 vs ESU in 1992, 1993)

TAKEAWAYS FROM 37-27 WIN at LOCK HAVEN
1. ESU jumped out to a 21-0 lead just over 10 minutes into the game:
• R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson 43-yd rush TD on 1st play from scrimmage (6th time ESU scored on 1st play under Douds)
• R-Fr. QB Ben Moser threw 35-yd TD pass to R-So. WR Anthony Guarino
• R-Sr. LB Sekou Jones recovered fumble in end zone
• LHU lost 4 fumbles (3 in first 10 minutes)
2. Warriors scoring runs in last 3 weeks:
    28-10 to open game vs Bloomsburg (lost 38-28)
    20-0 to finish game at West Chester (lost 31-26)   (Moser 12-16, 180 yds, 3 TD in 4th quarter)
    21-0 to open game at Lock Haven (won 37-27)
3. Anderson had career-highs in carries (30), yards (200) and TD (3)
• 12th 200-yd game in school history
• 9th 1,000-yd season (moved within 129 yds of ESU single-season record)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. CALIFORNIA
1. Cal had 19 All-PSAC West selections in 2016 (10-0 regular season) with 595-200 scoring differential
2. Sr. QB Michael Keir threw for 3,222 yds, 41 TD in 12 games (2,682 yds, 17 TD in 10 games this season)
3. 5 of Cal's 10 games decided by 3 points or less (4-1 - lost 44-41 [OT] at Slippery Rock)

RETURNING ALL-PSAC EAST: ESU has 5 players who have earned All-PSAC East status in their careers:
WR - Sr. Tim Wilson (2016 2nd team)
OL - Jr. Michael Fleming (2015, 2016 2nd team)
OL - R-Sr. Norman Rogers III (2016 2nd team)
LB - R-Sr. Mike Wiand (2016 2nd team)
LB - R-Sr. Sekou Jones (2015 2nd team - missed last 5 games of 2016 due to injury)

DEPARTED ALL-PSAC EAST: ESU lost 3 All-PSAC East selections from last year's team:
TB - Robert Healy (4-time All-PSAC East - 1st team 2015, 2016; 2013 Freshman of the year)
DE - Ahmad McFarland (2015, 2016 2nd team)
NG - Marc Ranaudo (2016 1st team - did not return for 2017 due to injury)

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