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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - 7:05 p.m.
ESU (1-3, 0-1) at Millersville (0-4, 0-1)

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1st and 10 (Complete Game Notes (PDF))

1 • ESU travels to Millersville for a Thursday night kickoff with both teams looking for their first PSAC East win of the season.  
• Millersville won 12-0 at ESU on a Thursday night last fall

2 • Last time out: ESU fell 44-41 vs. Lock Haven after leading 27-13 midway through the 3rd quarter (LHU scored 27 points in 5 minutes).
• Millersville fell 42-16 at West Chester
   (trailed 28-0 after 1st quarter)

3 • R-Sr. TB Jaymar Anderson leads the PSAC and ranks 3rd in DII in rushing (146.3 ypg) through 4 weeks.
• Anderson has played in 3 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
3a • 239 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
• 8 career 100-yard games (in 14 starts)

4 • Anderson had 15 carries for 80 yards in Millersville's 12-0 win 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)
• 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 (466).
• 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.
• 32 career starts - last 24 at LT, first 8 at RT
• 2015 - 1st ESU FR OL named All-PSAC East since 1975

9 • R-Fr. QB Jake Cirillo is listed as ESU's starter after making 1st career appearance in relief last week vs. LHU (8-for-12, 123 yds, 2 TD)
• would be ESU's 35th starting QB under Douds

10 • Sr. WR Jylil Reeder ranks 4th in PSAC and 1st in PSAC East in receiving (91.0 ypg).
• 6 rec, 176 yds, 2 TD in week 3 at Edinboro

THE SERIES: ESU leads, 42-26-1
• Millersville won 12-0 at ESU in 2017 to end ESU's 5-game winning streak in series
• ESU has won 14 of 17 since 2001 after Millersville held 14-2-1 advantage from 1984-2000
• other Ville wins since 2001 - 36-24 in 2007, 31-27 in 2011
• ESU had scored 34+ in 8 of 9 meetings from 2008-16 (won all 8 - lost in 2011 scoring 27 points)
• J.C. Morgan (1st year at Millersville) is 5th head coach since 2001 (31 years under Gene Carpenter)

THE HEAD COACHES

ESU - Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63)
• career record of 264-199-3 (.570) 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

Millersville - J.C. Morgan (Bucknell '04)
• 0-4 record in 1st season at Millersville
• previously assistant coach at Shippensburg for 13 seasons (offensive coordinator for last 3)
• part of 2 PSAC East titles, 1 PSAC championship and 3 NCAA DII Playoff appearances at Shippensburg
• RB coach at Moravian in 2004 following graduation from Bucknell
• fullback at Bucknell (led 2001 team in rushing TD and yards per carry)

ESU ALL-TIME RECORD: 480-335-19 (.587) in 91st year of varsity football

PSAC ALL-TIME WINS
1. 599 - West Chester
2. 564 - IUP
3. 504 - Slippery Rock
4. 480 - ESU
5. 464 - Bloomsburg
6. 460 - Shippensburg

DOUDS NOTES
• as head coach, responsible for 55.9 percent of ESU's games (466 of 834) 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 (534 of 834) 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 44-41 LOSS vs. LOCK HAVEN
1. ESU led 14-0, scoring on 2 of its first 3 possessions, and 27-13 before LHU scored 4 TD in a 5-minute stretch
2. LHU ran 88 plays for 519 yards, including 58 carries for 272 yards
• ESU had advantage in yards per play (6.2 to 5.9), but ran just 64 plays for 395 yards
3. R-Fr. QB Jake Cirillo (8-for-12, 123 yds, 2 TD) was 5-for-6 for 61 yards and TD on first career drive
• 2 TD passes to R-Jr. WR Anthony Guarino (3 rec, 52 yds - all with Cirillo at QB)
4. both teams had big punt returns - Fr. WR Rece Bender (61 yds) for ESU; Nysir Minney-Gratz (84-yd TD) for LHU
5. LHU's 27-point run including Minney-Gratz punt return TD, and short TD drive after ESU fumbled kick return

WHAT TO LOOK FOR at MILLERSVILLE
1. Marauders were 4-7 last year (finished 3-3, including 12-0 win at ESU) in last of 5 seasons under Greg Breitbach
• most wins since 5-6 season in 2006 [24-97 record, including 14-63 vs. PSAC East, from 2007-17]
2. R-Jr. QB Tony Staffieri is listed as starter this week (18-for-26, 163 yds, 2 TD; 37 rush yds at WCU last week)
• 408 yds total offense (246 passing, 3 TD, 162 rushing) in 38-23 loss vs. ESU in 2016 in 1st career start
3. Marauders are last (167th) in DII with 2.8 rush ypg, including 31 sacks (10 each of last 2 weeks vs. SRU, WCU)
4. Ville ranks 157th in DII in scoring offense (10.8 ppg) and 150th in scoring defense (40.8 ppg)
• last 3 opponents - #4 IUP, Slippery Rock and West Chester - are combined 11-1 this season
5. Both teams are among bottom 10 in DII in turnover margin (ESU 157th at -1.8, Millersville 163rd at -2.0)

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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