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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - 12:00 p.m.
ESU (1-1) at Edinboro (2-0)

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1 • ESU travels to Edinboro for its 3rd non-conference game, and 2nd vs. the PSAC West, prior to opening PSAC East action next week vs. Lock Haven.

2 • Last time out: Warriors rallied for 41-34 win vs. Seton Hill after trailing 27-13 entering 4th quarter (tied for 2nd-largest 4th-quarter comeback under Denny Douds [45 years])
• Edinboro held off Bloomsburg, 21-16, to improve to 2-0
 
3 • R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson had a record-setting night vs. Seton Hill, running for 239 yards (on 32 carries) and 6 TD - including 4 in the 4th quarter.
• 6 rush TD - ties PSAC record (5th player with 6)
   and sets ESU record
• 6 total TD - one from ESU and PSAC records
• 239 rushing yards - 4th in school history
   2nd-most rush yards in DII this season
• scored all 6 ESU TD
• 2nd career 200-yard game (in last 3 starts)
• 7th career 100-yard game (in 12 starts)

4 • Anderson leads DII in rush TD (6) and ranks 14th in rushing yards (239) despite missing season opener at #8 Ferris State due to injury.
• 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)
• 6 100-yard games, including first 3 games
• 151 yards at IUP were most in first 13 games vs. Crimson Hawks before national semifinal

5 • Douds leads active NCAA coaches in wins (264) and games coached (464).
• 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)

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

7 • 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)
• ESU lost 5 former All-PSAC East selections, including all 3 senior linebackers

8 • Fleming can become ESU's 11th 4-time All-PSAC East selection.
• 30 career starts - last 22 at LT, first 8 at RT
• 2015 - 1st ESU FR OL named All-PSAC East since 1975

9 • ESU was 5th in DII in takeaways (31) and 2nd in fumble recoveries (23) in 2017.
• Warriors had 2+ takeaways in 9 of 11 games

10 • ESU had the top 2 players in DII in forced fumbles per game:
   R-Sr. FS Billy Inge III - 0.67 (6 in 9 games)
   R-Jr. S Justin Johnson - 0.60 (6 in 10 games)

THE SERIES: ESU leads, 13-6
• have met 13 times since 2000, getting together every season from 2000-06, including twice in 2004 - 20-7 road win in regular season, and 36-32 win in NCAA 1st round for 1st-ever postseason win
• Edinboro won at ESU, 31-16 in 2009 NCAA Playoffs
• ESU is 11-6 under Denny Douds and won first 2 meetings in State Game, 24-20 at home in 1975 and 24-22 at Edinboro in 1982

THE HEAD COACHES

ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 264-197-3 (.572) 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

Edinboro - Wayne Bradford (Salisbury '90)
• 9-4 record in 2nd season at Edinboro
• 20th season on coaching staff overall (defensive coordinator for 10 years under Scott Browning; ILB coach under Justin Lustig in 2016; also DC in 1999)
• 7-4 in 2017, winning 4 of last 5 games
• 2005 team led DII in scoring defense (9.3 ppg), total defense (211.2 ypg) and rushing defense (53.7 ypg)
• 33 1st team All-PSAC West selections, including 3 straight Defensive AOW from 2004-06
• previously at Salisbury (Md.), his alma mater, from 1990 through 1998

ESU ALL-TIME RECORD: 480-333-19 (.588) in 91st year of varsity football

PSAC ALL-TIME WINS
1. 597 - West Chester
2. 562 - IUP
3. 502 - Slippery Rock
4. 480 - ESU
5. 463 - Bloomsburg
6. 460 - Shippensburg

DOUDS NOTES
• as head coach, responsible for 55.8 percent of ESU's games (464 of 832) 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:
   63.9 percent of ESU's games (532 of 832) 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 114 head coaches in his career at ESU (73-41 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 41-34 WIN vs. SETON HILL
1. Anderson had 14 carries for 128 yards and 2 TD in 1st half, and 18 carries for 111 yards and 4 TD in 2nd half.
• he had 12 carries for 59 yards and 4 TD in 4th quarter (ESU trailed 27-13)
2. Defense forced 3 punts and had interception and 56-yard return by R-Sr. FS Billy Inge III in 4th quarter.
3. R-So. QB Ben Moser was 16-for-29 for 226 yards, and ran 8 times for 36 yards, in 9th career start.
4. Sr. WR Jylil Reeder (3 rec, 76 yds) had his 2nd straight strong game after 7 catches, 84 yards at Ferris State.
5. R-So. TB Devante Robinson has 329 all-purpose yards in 2 games (71 rushing, 119 receiving, 139 kick returns).

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. EDINBORO
1. R-Jr. TB Walter Fletcher ranked 2nd in DII in rushing (158.9 ypg) and scored 21 total TD (18 rush, 3 rec) in 2017.
• 2nd team AP Little All-America, D2CCA All-America, Football Gazette All-America
• ranks 4th among active DII players in rushing (110.3 ypg) - has 2,538 rush yards, 27 TD in 23 games
2. Sr. WR James Clark ranks 9th among active DII players in receiving (76.7 ypg) - has 175 rec, 2,454 yds, 24 TD
• 3rd team Football Gazette All-America in 2017 (95 rec, 1,213 yds, 11 TD)
3. Sr. CB Zuril Hendrick ranks 1st among active DII players in career interceptions (15)
• 1st team Football Gazette All-America in 2017 (led DII with 9 interceptions)
4. Jr. WR/RS Ta'Nauz Gregory is 3rd among active DII players in all-purpose yards (138.4 ypg) and 2nd in kick returns (31.2 avg), including 4 combined kick/punt return TD.

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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