GAME NOTES ESU at a Glance Denny Douds Is 18Th in Career Wins in College Football History: DENNY DOUDS by the NUMBERS Location
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GAME 1 ESU at Brevard Thursday, Sept. 1 • 5:45 p.m. Brevard Memorial Stadium • (7,000) @ESUWarriors Series Facts - First Meeting 2016 ESU Schedule 9/1 at Brevard ................................5:45 p.m. First Meeting: Most Points Scored (ESU): 9/10 IUP ...................................6:05 p.m. Last Meeting: Margin of Victory (ESU): 9/17 at Mercyhurst ........................12:00 p.m. Current Streak: Most Points Scored (Brevard): 9/24 *at Shippensburg .................1:00 p.m. at ESU: Margin of Victory (Brevard): 10/1 *CHEYNEY .......................6:05 p.m. 10/8 *at Millersville ........................4:00 p.m. at Brevard: Denny Douds vs. Brevard: 10/15 *KUTZTOWN ...................7:05 p.m. 10/22 *at Bloomsburg .....................2:00 p.m. 10/29 *WEST CHESTER ............. 12:05 p.m. Radio Coverage 11/5 *LOCK HAVEN ................. 1:05 p.m. Radio: Live on WVPO (ESPN Poconos) 840 AM and esuwarriors.com. 11/12 at California ............................1:00 p.m. * PSAC East game All Home Games televised on Blue Ridge TV-13 ESU vs. Brevard • 1st & 10 2016 Brevard Schedule 1 • ESU travels to Brevard for a 5:45 p.m. kickoff in 7 • ESU has 4 returning starters who were named 9/1 EAST STROUDSBURG ..... 5:45 p.m. 9/10 at Emory & Henry .................3:00 p.m. the fi rst game of the 2016 NCAA Division II football All-PSAC East last season in R-Sr. TB Robert Healy (1st 9/17 *WINGATE .......................1:00 p.m. season. This marks the fi rst meeting between the two team), So. OL Michael Fleming (2nd team), R-Sr. DE 9/24 APPRENTICE SCHOOL .... 4:00 p.m. schools, and the 3rd North Carolina-based program Ahmad McFarland (2nd team) and R-Jr. LB Sekou 10/1 *at Tusculum ..........................1:30 p.m. 10/8 *CARSON-NEWMAN....... 1:00 p.m. the Warriors have played - going 3-0 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne Jones (2nd team). 10/15 at Limestone ..........................1:00 p.m. (1991 - W 34-17, away; 2003 - W 58-0, home; 2004 - W 7a • 4 of ESU's 8 departing starters were named 10/22 *NEWBERRY ....................1:00 p.m. 26-21, away) and 0-1 vs. Elon (1997 - L 41-34, away). All-PSAC East last season in QB Matt Soltes (1st 10/29 *at Catawba ............................1:30 p.m. 1a • Brevard is the 60th diff erent opponent the team - Off ensive AOY), WR Jon Schnaars (1st team), 11/5 *LENOIR-RHYNE .............1:00 p.m. 11/12 *at Mars Hill ............................1:00 p.m. Warriors have faced, and the 40th under 43rd-year WR Gerard Wendowski (2nd team) and CB/RS Teron head coach Denny Douds. Dobbs (2nd team) 2015 ESU Schedule (6-5) 2 • ESU is 30-12 in season openers under Douds, and 8 • R-Sr. TB Robert Healy is a 3-time All-PSAC East 9/3 LIU POST .........................L 40-41 55-32-1 (.631) all-time in season openers entering its selection (2015 1st team) and is ESU's career leader 9/12 at Slippery Rock ....................L 9-34 9/19 EDINBORO ......................W 56-12 89th season of varsity football. in rushing yards (2,830) and yards from scrimmage 9/26 *at Lock Haven ......................W 37-34 (4,352) entering his senior season. 10/3 *SHIPPENSBURG ............L 67-69 (5OT) 3 • Last Time Out: ESU fi nished the 2015 season with 8a • In 2015, Healy was the only NCAA player with 10/10 *at Cheyney ............................W 69-7 a 49-37 win vs. Gannon, securing a 6-5 record and its 750+ yards rushing (884) and receiving (757). He had 10/17 *MILLERSVILLE ...............W 34-2 10/24 *at Kutztown ..........................L 17-63 13th winning season (.500 or better) in 16 years. The 1,641 yards from scrimmage (ESU record for back) 10/31 *BLOOMSBURG ..............W 35-34 Warriors have posted a .500 or better mark in 30 of and posted 149.2 yards from scrimmage per game, 11/7 *at West Chester ...................L 27-41 their 42 seasons under Douds. ranking 1st in the PSAC and 9th in DII. 11/14 GANNON .........................W 49-37 8b • Healy has gained 100+ yards from scrimmage in 4 • Head coach Denny Douds holds the PSAC record 27 of the 33 games in his career (10 of 11 in 2015). 2015 ESU Statistical Leaders for career wins (256), ranking 2nd among active Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD LG NCAA coaches and 18th in NCAA (all-division) history. 9 • Soltes fi nished t-4th in the Harlon Hill Trophy Robert Healy 156 884 5.7 1 75 Gerald Van De Cruz 105 364 3.5 14 34 4a • Douds holds the DII record for career games voting in 2015. He set 5 NCAA DII records, including Matt Soltes 78 210 2.7 1 24 (440), leading active NCAA coaches and ranking 9th career TD passes per game, and set PSAC records for James Bell 6 21 3.5 1 13 in NCAA history. Douds is 5th in NCAA history in career passing yards per game and total off ense per games coached at one school. game. He led the PSAC in total off ense (373.6 ypg), Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int. passing (354.5 ypg) and pass TD (41) in 2015. Matt Soltes 277 486 3900 41 11 Bruce Campbell 1 7 11 0 1 5 • Douds opens his 43rd season as head coach 9a • Schnaars was a consensus 1st team All-America, at 51st at ESU overall. His 43 seasons as a head leading DII in receptions (114), yards (1,610) and TD Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD LG collegiate coach are 10th in NCAA history, and his 43 (22) in 2015. Wendowski (49 rec, 781 yds, 9 TD) and Jon Schnaars 114 1610 14.1 22 60 seasons at ESU are t-5th at one school. Joe Welk (30 rec, 490 yds, 5 TD) are also gone, leaving Robert Healy 52 757 14.6 3 74 5a • Brevard's Paul Hamilton will be the 109th Healy and a host of youngsters as the top receiving Gerard Wendowski 49 781 15.9 9 56 Joe Welk 30 490 16.3 5 66 diff erent head coach Douds has faced in his career. options this fall. Tommy House 10 119 11.9 2 38 Douds is 71-37 in his fi rst meeting vs. a head coach. Sean Roth 10 93 9.3 1 26 10 • ESU ranked 10th in DII in total off ense and 2nd James Bell 8 51 6.4 0 16 6 • ESU returns 14 starters - 6 off ense, 8 defense - plus in passing off ense last fall - ranking in the top 5 in DII Anthony Castillo 3 45 15.0 0 25 both kicking specialists for the 2016 season. The in passing off ense for the 8th time (1969, 1984, 1996, Defense Tckl TFL Sck Int. Warriors have 30 returning letterwinners overall. 1997, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2015). Sekou Jones 73 8.0 1.5 0 Jimmy Verzicco 62 0.5 0.5 3 THE SERIES: ESU travels to Brevard for the fi rst meeting between the two schools. Brevard is in its fi nal Kaje Cowans 53 4.0 1.5 1 season as a full NCAA Division II member and will begin the reclassifi cation process to DIII membership Jerry Peralte 53 6.5 3.0 0 during the 2017-18 academic year. This marks Brevard's 9th season as a full DII member after transitioning Eric Pabst 47 4.5 1.0 0 Marc Gaudet 47 0 0 1 from the NAIA ranks. Maurice Jackson 40 2.0 1.5 1 Teron Dobbs 38 2.0 0 0 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ESU At A Glance Denny Douds is 18th in career wins in college football history: DENNY DOUDS BY THE NUMBERS Location. East Stroudsburg, Pa. 896 Letterwinners as head coach 440 Career games (DII record) President. Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. WINS - All Divisions, All-Time 1. John Gagliardi 2 schools (St. John's MN) (1949-12) 489 256 Career wins (PSAC record) Twitter . @PresidentWelsh 14. Bob Ford 2 schools (Albany) (1965-68, 73-2013) 265 192 1st team All-PSAC picks . .Pennsylvania State System Member 15. Rodger Harring Wisc.-La Crosse (1969-99) 261 51 (43) Seasons as coach (head coach) . of Higher Education t-16. Frank Girardi Lycoming (1972-07) 257 24 AP Little All-Americans System Chancellor . .Frank T. Brogan t-16. LaVell Edwards BYU (1972-00) 257 9 PSAC East titles Founded. 1893 18. DENNY DOUDS East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 256 6 Harlon Hill fi nalists 4 NCAA Playoff appearances Enrollment (Fall 2015). .6,828 t-19. Tom Osborne Nebraska (1973-97) 255 3-0-1 Record in PSAC title games (includes 6,166 undergraduates) t-19. Jim Malosky Minn.-Duluth (1958-97) 255 Athletics 11,946 Points scored (27.2 per game) Affiliation . NCAA Division II Douds is 2nd among active coaches in career wins: 1,566 Touchdowns scored Conference . PSAC 99,622 Passing yards (56.60 miles) . Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference WINS - All Divisions, Active 60,374 Rushing yards (34.30 miles) School Colors. Red and Black 1. Ken Sparks Carson-Newman 334 II 40+ YEARS OF COACHING Team Nickname . Warriors 2. DENNY DOUDS East Stroudsburg 256 II 3. Monte Cater 2 schools (currently Shepherd) 251 II 1. John Gagliardi 1949-12 64 Athletic Director 4. Andy Talley 2 schools (currently Villanova) 249 I (FCS) 2. Amos Alonzo Stagg 1890-46 57 Josh Looney. 570-422-3642 5. Al Bagnoli 3 schools (currently Columbia) 241 I (FBS) 3.