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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - 2:05 p.m.
ESU (1-2) vs. Lock Haven (0-3)

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1 • ESU hosts Lock Haven in the PSAC East opener for both schools. The Warriors (1-2) have a comeback 41-34 win vs. Seton Hill sandwiched between road losses at No. 8 Ferris State (49-17) and Edinboro (49-24). Lock Haven (0-3) lost 45-0 at DI FCS Duquesne, 30-21 vs. Clarion and 59-17 last week vs. No. 3 IUP.  

2 • Last time out: ESU trailed 42-3 through 3 quarters before scoring 3 4th-quarter TD at Edinboro last Saturday.
• LHU trailed 42-3 at halftime in its loss to IUP.
 
3 • R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson leads the PSAC in rushing (153.5 ypg) through 3 weeks.
• Anderson has played in 2 games after missing season opener due to injury
• 32 carries, 239 yards, 6 TD vs. Seton Hill
• 21 carries, 68 yards at Edinboro
• 239 rush yds vs. Seton Hill - 4th-most at ESU
   (4th-most rush yds in DII this season)
• 6 rush TD - tied PSAC record, set ESU record
   (most rush TD in DII this season)
• 6 total TD - one from ESU and PSAC records
• 2nd career 200-yard game
• 7th career 100-yard game (in 13 starts)

4 • Anderson had 30 carries, 200 yards and 3 TD in last year's 37-27 win at Lock Haven.
• 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 • ESU's Denny Douds leads active NCAA coaches in wins (264) and games coached (465).
• 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.
• 31 career starts - last 23 at LT, first 8 at RT
• 2015 - 1st ESU FR OL named All-PSAC East since 1975

9 • Sr. WR Jylil Reeder ranks 2nd in PSAC and 1st in PSAC East in receiving (112.0 ypg).
• 6 rec, 176 yds, 2 TD last week at Edinboro

10 • ESU had the top 2 players in DII in forced fumbles per game in 2017.
   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, 12-7
• Warriors are 4-1 since LHU moved to PSAC East in 2013 (Seton Hill added to PSAC West)
• ESU has won 8 of last 9 overall, including 37-27 last year at LHU
• series dates to 1926, ESU's first season of varsity football (99-0 win remains program record)
• before its 66-41 win in 2016, LHU's most recent victory was 1989 (17-7)
• ESU won non-conference games in 1999, 2006, 2007 and 2012 prior to LHU moving to PSAC East

THE HEAD COACHES

ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 264-198-3 (.571) 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

Lock Haven - Dave Taynor (Urbana '99)
• 8-28 record in 4th season at LHU (45-68 in 11th season overall)
• 2-9 overall (2-5 PSAC East) in 2017, including 27-24 win at Bloomsburg (week before ESU's 37-27 win at LHU)
• 4-7 overall (4-3 PSAC East - t-3rd) in 2016 (LHU's most wins since 2002)
• 37-40 from 2008-14 at alma mater Urbana (consecutive Great Lakes Football Conference titles in 2010-11)
• 7-4 and finished 2nd in Mountain East in 2013 (led by Harlon Hill regional candidate QB D.J. Mendenhall)
• asst. Tiffin (2006-08), Wisc.-Stevens Point (2004-06), Culver-Stockton (2001-04), Louisville (1999-01), Urbana (1999)

ESU ALL-TIME RECORD: 480-334-19 (.588) in 91st year of varsity football

PSAC ALL-TIME WINS
1. 598 - West Chester
2. 563 - IUP
3. 503 - 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 (465 of 833) 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:
   64.0 percent of ESU's games (533 of 833) 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 115 head coaches in his career at ESU (73-42 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 49-24 LOSS at EDINBORO
1. Edinboro TB Walter Fletcher, 2nd in DII in rushing (158.9 ypg) in 2017, had 110 yards and 3 TD (all in 1st half).
• WR Ta'Nauz Gregory had 11 catches for 162 yards and 2 TD, and also threw a 25-yard TD
2. R-So. QB Ben Moser threw for career-high 311 yards and 3 TD, but also had 5 interceptions.
3. Moser threw 3 4th-quarter TD for the 2nd time in his career (also 31-26 loss at West Chester last year).
4. R-Sr. FS Billy Inge III had an interception in the 2nd straight game for a total of 120 return yards
5. Edinboro was the 3rd straight ESU opponent to rush for at least 200 yards, and throw for at least 250 yards.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR vs. LOCK HAVEN
ESU and Lock Haven have combined for huge offensive performances in the last 2 meetings:

2016 - LHU W 66-41 at ESU
• LHU - 724 total yards (424 rushing on 48 carries; 300 passing, 5 TD)
   John Ford 19 carries, 206 yds, 2 TD; Caleb Walton 17-25, 300 yds, 5 TD; Shawn Seif 9 rec, 210 yds, 4 TD
• ESU - 509 total yards (22 rushing on 41 carries; 468 passing, 5 TD)

2017 - ESU W 37-27 at LHU
• LHU - 571 total yards (307 rushing on 62 carries; 264 passing, 1 TD)
• ESU - 329 total yards (215 rushing on 40 carries; 114 passing, 1 TD)
   Jaymar Anderson 30 carries, 200 yds, 3 TD (200 of ESU's 329 total yards)
   Warriors 4-1 turnover advantage (recovered 4 fumbles, including 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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