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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 - 6:05 p.m.
ESU (1-4, 0-2) vs. #23 Kutztown (4-0, 1-0)

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1 • ESU hosts #23 Kutztown on Homecoming at Eiler-Martin Stadium. The Warriors return to their home field after a Thursday night loss at Millersville, while the Golden Bears won 44-10 vs. Bloomsburg.

2 • ESU is 26-18 on Homecoming under 45th-year head coach Denny Douds.
• The Warriors have dropped their last two, 38-28 vs. Bloomsburg last season and 49-30 vs. Kutztown in 2016, following a 34-2 win vs. Millersville in 2015.

3 • ESU plays its 2nd ranked opponent of the season after Kutztown moved into the AFCA poll at #23 this week. The Warriors fell 49-17 at #8 Ferris State (Mich.) in their season opener.
• ESU is 10-25 vs. ranked opponents since 2000 and has lost 15 straight.
• Last win vs. ranked team was 14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union in the 2008 season opener.
• ESU plays a ranked Kutztown team for the 2nd time, falling 49-32 at #23 KU in 2011.

4 • R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson leads the PSAC and ranks 5th in DII in rushing (130.0 ypg).
• Anderson has played in 4 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
4a • 239 yds vs. Seton Hill - 4th-most at ESU
   (5th-most rush yds in DII this season)
• 6 rush TD - tied PSAC record, set ESU record
   (most rush TD in DII this season)

5 • Anderson had 21 carries for 81 yards in ESU's 41-9 loss at Kutztown last year.
• ran for 1,046 yards (6th at ESU) in his first season as a starter last fall.
• 3rd in PSAC and 1st in PSAC East (95.1 ypg)
• 8 career 100-yard games (in 15 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 (467).
• 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.
• 33 career starts - last 25 at LT, first 8 at RT
• 2015 - 1st ESU FR OL named All-PSAC East since 1975

10 • Sr. WR Jylil Reeder ranks 3rd in PSAC and 1st in PSAC East in receiving (96.2 ypg).
• season-high 176 yds, 2 TD at Edinboro


THE SERIES: ESU leads, 44-21-1
• Kutztown has won 7 of the last 8 since 2010 (ESU won 43-26 at KU in 2013)
• Warriors won 9 straight from 2001-09
• ESU has scored 30+ points in 4 of its last 7 losses
• Kutztown has scored 40+ points in 5 of the last 7 meetings, including 3 straight

THE HEAD COACHES

ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 264-200-3 (.569) 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

Kutztown - Jim Clements (Widener '96)
• record of 32-16 in his 5th season at KU (career record of 98-40 in his 13th season)
• 8-3 (5-2 PSAC East) in 2017
• 7-4 (7-0 PSAC East) in 2016, falling 49-7 at Cal in the State Game
• has 19-4 divisional record since start of 2015 season
• had 66-24 record in 8 years at Delaware Valley (2006-13) with 3 NCAA 2nd round appearances (2009-11)

DOUDS NOTES
• as head coach, responsible for 55.9 percent of ESU's games (467 of 835) 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:
   64.1 percent of ESU's games (535 of 835) 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 11-10 LOSS at MILLERSVILLE
1. R-Fr. QB Jake Cirillo made his 1st career start, becoming the 35th player (and 9th freshman) to start at QB for Warriors under Denny Douds
• 16-for-33, 209 yds, TD, 3 Int (36 rushing yds) after going 8-for-12, 123 yds, 2 TD in 4th quarter vs. Lock Haven
2. ESU scored on its first 2 possessions, a FG by Jr. K Jordan Walters and 60-yd TD from Cirillo to Sr. WR Jylil Reeder
3. Reeder had 7 catches for 117 yards and TD (20 rec, 377 yds, 4 TD in 3 road games; 5 rec, 104 yds in 2 home games)
4. Millersville trailed 10-2 at halftime, but held the ball for 18 minutes in the 2nd half and got a TD and FG in the 3rd
5. ESU's defense forced 3 4th-quarter punts after Millersville had 19 plays for 160 yards on two 3rd-quarter drives

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. KUTZTOWN
1. R-Sr. RB Craig Reynolds is 6th among active DII players in career all-purpose yards (4,427)
• Reynolds has 2,211 rushing yards and 1,311 receiving yards for 3,522 yards from scrimmage
• he has scored 38 career TD (29 rushing, 8 receiving, 1 PR), including 11 this year (9 rushing, 2 receiving)
2. R-Jr. QB Collin DiGalbo led Kutztown to the PSAC East regular season title as a freshman in 2016
• he has 5,201 career yards total offense in 24 games (4,368 passing, 31 TD, 14 Int; 833 rushing, 17 TD)
3. R-So. QB Eric Nickel started at Gannon and was 28-for-40 for 394 yds and 5 TD, and rushed for 44 yds and a TD
4. R-Sr. LB Tajier Jefferson (3x All-PSAC East), Sr. FS Jake Perry (2016 PSAC East 1st team) and Jr. CB Ahkee Cox-Cowan (2017 PSAC East 1st team) lead an experienced defense

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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