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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 - 4:05 p.m.
ESU (1-6, 0-4) vs. #12 West Chester (6-0, 3-0)

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1 • ESU hosts #12 West Chester (6-0), its 3rd meeting vs. a nationally-ranked team this season. WCU has won 5 straight in the series, which will continue for the 73rd consecutive year - ESU's longest continuous series.
• ESU has played 13 opponents with at least a 5-0 record in 44 seasons under head coach Denny Douds, going 3-10
• last win vs. team 5-0 or better:
2005 - ESU (9-2) d. Bloomsburg (11-0), 52-39
  (NCAA DII Playoffs 2nd round)
• 2nd meeting vs 5-0 or better WCU team:
2013 - WCU (5-0) d. ESU (4-1), 34-20 (at WCU)

2 • ESU is 10-26 vs. ranked opponents since 2000 and has lost 16 straight.
• Last win vs. ranked team was 14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union in the 2008 season opener.
• ESU plays a ranked WCU team for the 5th time.

3 • ESU has lost its last 4 games by 10 points or less for the first time in program history.

4 • R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson is 2nd in the PSAC and ranks 7th in DII in rushing (135.3 ypg).
• Anderson has played in 6 games after missing season opener due to injury
• 32 carries, 239 yards, 6 TD vs. Seton Hill
• 21 carries, 68 yards at Edinboro
• 28 carries, 132 yards, 2 TD vs. Lock Haven
• 22 carries, 81 yards at Millersville
• 19 carries, 117 yards vs. Kutztown
• 17 carries, 175 yards, TD at Bloomsburg
4a • 239 yds vs. Seton Hill - 4th-most at ESU
• 6 rush TD - tied PSAC record, set ESU record

5 • Anderson had 13 carries for 119 yards, and a catch for 30 yards, in ESU's 31-26 loss at West Chester last year.
• Andre Castiglioni (128 in 2000; 187 in 2001) is only ESU player with 2 100-yd games vs. WCU
• Anderson: 10 100-yard games (in 17 starts)
• 2 200-yard games (t-1st in school history)

6 • ESU's Denny Douds leads active NCAA coaches in wins (264) and games coached (469).
• 7th in NCAA history in games coached
• 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)

7 • Douds is in his 45th season as head coach, ranking t-7th in NCAA history and ranking 5th in years coached at one school.

8 • ESU returned 15 starters (7 offense, 8 defense) for 2018, including 3 who have been named All-PSAC East in their careers:
   R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson (2017 1st team)
   Sr. OL Michael Fleming (3x 2nd team)
   R-Sr. DL Marc Ranaudo (2016 1st team)

9 • Fleming can become ESU's 11th 4-time All-PSAC East selection.
• 35 career starts - last 27 at LT, first 8 at RT

10 • Sr. WR Jylil Reeder ranks 5th in PSAC and 2nd in PSAC East in receiving (79.7 ypg).
• season-high 176 yds, 2 TD at Edinboro


THE SERIES: West Chester leads, 60-22
• 83rd meeting (since 1926) will move back into tie with Bloomsburg as ESU's most frequent opponent
• have played every year since 1946 (72 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)

THE HEAD COACHES

ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 264-202-3 (.566) in his 45th season
• 53rd 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 131-58 in his 16th season at West Chester (185-72 in 22nd season overall)
• guided Widener to 54-14 record from 1997-02 prior to taking over at WCU
• 8 NCAA Playoff appearances and 5 PSAC East titles, reaching NCAA DII semifinals in 2013 (13-2)
• advanced to postseason every year from 2004-08, and then 2013-14 and 2017

DOUDS NOTES
• as head coach, responsible for 56.0 percent of ESU's games (469 of 837) and 55.0 percent of its wins (264 of 480)
• including 68 games and 45 wins as an asst coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73:
   64.2 percent of ESU's games (537 of 837) and 64.4 percent of its wins (309 of 480)
• at least 5 head coaches at every other PSAC school since 1974

DOUDS' FOES
• Douds has faced 116 head coaches in his career at ESU (73-43 vs. first-time foes)
• Douds faced Millersville's Gene Carpenter 27 times (1974-2000), and faced Danny Hale 26 times between his career at West Chester and Bloomsburg (1984-88, 1993-2012)
• among active coaches, his most frequent opponent is West Chester's Bill Zwaan (16)

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH JIMMY TERWILLIGER - named last February entering 4th year on staff (previously DB coach)
• 2005 Harlon Hill Award winner as junior QB at ESU and 2017 inductee to ESU Athletic Hall of Fame
• 4x Harlon Hill candidate and 3x finalist; 4x 1st team All-PSAC East and 3x PSAC East Offensive Player of the Year
• set 18 NCAA DII records and 2 NCAA all-division records
• DII career marks included total offense (16,064 yds), passing yards (14,350), pass efficiency (170.7) and pass TD (148)
• led ESU to 2005 Northeast Region title (national semifinals) and 2004 NCAA Playoffs

TAKEAWAYS FROM 26-18 LOSS at BLOOMSBURG
1. ESU led 10-0 at halftime, but Bloomsburg scored 4 2nd-half TD (on its first 5 drives)
• 2nd time in 3 weeks ESU has led 10-0 and lost (10-0 at Millersville in 1st quarter in 11-10 loss)
2. R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson (17 carries, 175 yards, TD) had his 4th 100-yard game in 6 games this season
• 16 carries, 100 yards before 75-yard TD late in 4th quarter (pulled Warriors within 26-18)
3. ESU regained possession at midfield with 1:42 left, but had incompletion, two sacks and penalty
4. Bloomsburg had 3 100-yard rushers (5th time by ESU opponent in last 45 seasons)
5. Jr. K Jordan Walters made 45-yard FG in 2nd quarter (2nd-longest of career after 50-yarder at WCU last year)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. WEST CHESTER
1. WCU leads the PSAC in 5 significant defensive categories, and leads DII in rushing defense and 3rd-down defense
• 13.0 ppg, 40.0 rushing ypg, 236.3 total ypg, 97.5 pass efficiency defense, 22.9 3rd-down defense
2. Most rushing yards allowed this season - 84 by Gannon (Marcus Jones, 2017 DII rushing leader - 20 rush, 62 yds)
• held Bloomsburg to 54 yards (24 carries) in 17-14 win on Oct 6 (Bloomsburg had 355 yards on 60 carries vs ESU)
3. Most total yards allowed this season - 366 in 28-21 win vs Shippensburg (4 of 6 opponents with less than 260 yards)
4. 28 sacks in 6 games (4.67 per game - 4th in DII), including 10 vs Millersville and 7 vs Bentley
5. QB A.J. Long is 3rd in PSAC in total offense (305.7 ypg), 1st in pass efficiency (177.3) and t-3rd in TD passes (15)

RETURNING ALL-PSAC EAST: ESU has 3 players who have earned All-PSAC East status in their careers:
OL - Sr. Michael Fleming (2015, 2016, 2017 2nd team - can become ESU's 11th 4-time All-PSAC East honoree)
TB - R-Sr. Jaymar Anderson (2017 1st team)
NG - R-Sr. Marc Ranaudo (2016 1st team - missed 2017 due to injury)

DEPARTED ALL-PSAC EAST: ESU lost 6 former All-PSAC East selections from last year's team:
WR - Tim Wilson (2016, 2017 2nd team)
OL - Norman Rogers III (2016 2nd team)
LB - Sekou Jones (2015, 2017 2nd team)
LB - Dakota Everett (2017 2nd team)
LB - Mike Wiand (2016 2nd team)
RS - Marquis Fells (2017 1st team)


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