Complete Game Notes (PDF)

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1 • ESU hosts Shippensburg in the PSAC East opener for both schools on Family Weekend and Hall of Fame Weekend.
• ESU has won 15 PSAC East regular season titles, most recently in 2002 and 2003.
• Ship has won or shared PSAC East regular season titles 3 times (2009, 2012, 2013) in 9 seasons since moving to the PSAC East in 2008.

2 • Shippensburg has won 7 of the last 8 meetings, with ESU winning in 2014 (37-33)
• In the most recent meeting at Eiler-Martin Stadium, Ship won 69-67 (5OT) in the longest game in PSAC history in 2015. Multiple PSAC records included ESU QB Matt Soltes (9 TD passes) and WR Jon Schnaars (7 TD catches).

3 • ESU head coach Denny Douds leads active NCAA coaches in games coached (454) and ranks 2nd in wins (261).
• 8th in NCAA history in games coached
• 1st in DII history in games coached
• 4th in games coached at one school
• t-16th in NCAA history in wins
• 1st in PSAC history in wins (set in 2008)

4 • Douds is in his 44th season as head coach, ranking t-9th in NCAA history and ranking 5th in years coached at one school.
• 60 - John Gagliardi (St. John's Minn.)
• 55 - Eddie Robinson (Grambling)
• 50 - John E. Dorman (Upper Iowa)
• 46 - Joe Paterno (Penn State)
• 44 - Denny Douds (ESU)

5 • R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson (22 rush, 131 yds, TD last week vs. Mercyhurst) had his 3rd straight 100-yard rushing game to open the season.
• ranks 2nd in PSAC (12th DII) with 135.7 ypg
• ranks 1st in PSAC (5th DII) with 73 carries
• can become 2nd ESU player with 100 yards in 4 straight games to open season (Andre Castiglioni, 2000)

6 • Sr. WR Tim Wilson was 7th in the PSAC in receptions (5.8) and yards (91.0) per game in 2016 (58 rec, 910 yds, 8 TD).
•  12 catches, 212 yards, TD this fall

7 • Sr. LB Dakota Everett is this week's PSAC East Special Teams Athlete of the Week with 2 blocked extra points vs. Mercyhurst.
• leads DII with 3 blocked kicks this season

8 • The corps of R-Sr. LB Sekou Jones (28), Everett (24) and R-Sr. LB Mike Wiand (23) are ESU's top 3 tacklers this season.

9 • Warriors defense has forced 10 turnovers, including 7 fumble recoveries (2nd-most in DII).

10 • 3 of ESU's 10 Hall of Fame inductees starred on the 2005 Northeast Region title team.
• QB Jimmy Terwilliger (2005 Harlon Hill Trophy)
   18 DII records, 2 all-division records
   16,064 total yds, 14,350 pass yds, 148 TD
• WR Evan Prall - 236 rec, 4,093 yds, 50 TD
• FB Anthony Carfagno - 67 TD, 3,993 combined rush/rec yds

THE SERIES: Shippensburg leads, 32-18-2, entering the 53rd meeting
• one of just 5 PSAC programs with winning record vs. ESU, along with IUP (12-6), Slippery Rock (14-3), West Chester (59-22) and Mercyhurst (3-1)
• Douds is 4-14-1 vs. Ship, including 14-14 tie in 1976 State Game (ended ESU 19-game win streak)
• Ship holds 7-2 lead since moving to PSAC East in 2008
• 4 of ESU's 11 OT games have been played vs. Ship, including Ship's 69-67 (5OT) win in 2015 [longest in PSAC history], which featured 9 TD passes by Matt Soltes and 7 TD receptions by Jon Schnaars

TAKEAWAYS FROM 25-20 LOSS vs. MERCYHURST
1. ESU led 13-0 at halftime, marking just the 4th time an opponent has won after trailing by 13+ at the half since 1974.
• Mercyhurst gained 210 yards (115 rushing) while scoring 19 4th-quarter points (held ball for 11:10).
2. R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson (22 carries, 131 yards, TD) had 17 carries for 121 yards in the 1st half (left field briefly due to injury late in 2nd quarter).
3. Warriors forced 5 turnovers (4 in 1st half), their most in a game since 5 in a 35-28 win vs. West Chester in 2012.
4. Sr. WR Tim Wilson (6 rec, 98 yds) has led ESU in receiving yards in 10 of its last 12 games (played in 11).
5. R-Fr. QB Ben Moser (13-31, 196 yds, TD) was the 34th QB to start under Douds (8th freshman).

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. SHIPPENSBURG
1. Ship leads the PSAC in scoring defense (13.3 ppg), pass efficiency defense (91.3) and red zone defense (40%, 4-10).
• also 1st in PSAC and 3rd in DII in turnover margin (+2.67) thru 3 games
2. Ship Sr. QB Ryan Zapoticky leads the PSAC in total offense (336.7) and was 6th in 2015 (264.2)
• vs. ESU - 296 yds (279 + 17) in 2016 and 423 (320 + 103) in 2015
• played in just 6 games in 2016 due to injury (1,379 pass yds, 7 TD; 166 rush yds, TD)
3. ESU's Matt Soltes (9) and Zapoticky (6) combined for DII-record 15 TD passes in 2015 game (Ship 69-67, 5 OT)
4. R-Jr. TB Jaymar Anderson can become the 2nd ESU player with 100 rushing yards the first 4 games of a season:
• Andre Castiglioni (2000 - 4 straight) ... Pete Radocha (1976 - 3 straight), Robert Healy (2016 - 3 straight)
5. ESU's defense has forced 7 fumbles (recovering all 7) to open 2017 - 3 at Fairmont State, 2 at IUP, 2 vs. Mercyhurst

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