GAME 5 ESU (3-1) vs. Clarion (3-1)

Saturday, October 5, 2013 • 6:05 p.m. Eiler-Martin Stadium • (6,000) @ESUWarriors Series Facts - ESU leads, 8-4 2013 ESU Schedule 9/5 AMERICAN INTL...... W 21-14 First Meeting: 1978, W 49-4 (PSAC champ game, at Clarion) Most Points Scored (ESU): 56 (2005) 9/14 at Seton Hill ...... W 70-7 Last Meeting: 2012, L 31-27 (at Clarion) Margin of Victory (ESU): 56 (2005, 56-0) 9/21 *at Shippensburg ...... L 31-41 Current Streak: Clarion +1 Most Points Scored (Clarion): 37 (1986) 9/28 *at Cheyney ...... W 40-6 at ESU: ESU leads, 3-1 Margin of Victory (Clarion): 22 (1987, 25-3) 10/5 CLARION ...... 6:05 p.m. at Clarion: ESU leads, 5-2 Neutral: Clarion leads, 1-0 Denny Douds vs. Clarion: 8-4 10/12 *at West Chester ...... 2:00 p.m. 10/19 *BLOOMSBURG ...... 1:05 p.m. 10/26 *at Kutztown ...... 1:05 p.m. TV/Radio Coverage 11/2 *LOCK HAVEN ...... 3:05 p.m. TV: Live on Blue Ridge TV-13 and esuwarriors.com. The game will be televised by PA SPORTSfever and 11/9 *MILLERSVILLE ...... 1:05 p.m. rebroadcast through two national outlets next week - ROOT Sports (DIRECTV 659, DISH Network 428) on 11/16 MERCYHURST ...... 1:05 p.m. * PSAC East game Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m., and The Comcast Network on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Jon Schaefer (play-by-play), All Home Games televised on Blue Ridge TV-13 Phil Schoener (color commentary) and Shana Muscavage (sideline) have the call. Radio: Live on WVPO 840 AM for the 51st season, and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC 2013 Clarion Schedule Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 25th season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 13th year 9/7 KUTZTOWN ...... W 39-38 OT providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 5:30 p.m. 9/14 LOCK HAVEN ...... W 30-13 9/21 *MERCYHURST ...... W 20-13 9/28 *GANNON ...... L 25-45 10/5 at East Stroudsburg ...... 6:05 p.m. ESU vs. Clarion • 1st & 10 10/12 *at California ...... 3:30 p.m. 10/19 *at Slippery Rock ...... 2:00 p.m. 1 • ESU (3-1) returns home to host Clarion (3-1) in 6 • ESU ran for 812 yards in its fi rst 3 games 10/26 *SETON HILL ...... 1:00 p.m. a PSAC crossover game after a month away from (270.7 ypg), its most in 40 seasons under Douds. 11/2 *IUP ...... 1:00 p.m. Eiler-Martin Stadium. ESU is 7-4 in night games at The Warriors had 108 rushing yards last week at 11/9 *at Edinboro ...... 12:00 p.m. 11/16 at West Chester ...... 1:00 p.m. Eiler-Martin, including a 21-14 win over American Cheyney, but threw for 430. R-Fr. TB Robert Healy International in the season opener on Sept. 5. is the #2 freshman rusher in DII with 106.8 ypg, *PSAC West game and Soltes leads PSAC QB's with 55.0 ypg. 2012 ESU Results 2 • R-So. QB Matt Soltes made his 1st career start 9/8 LOCK HAVEN ...... W 31-0 in last year's 31-27 loss at Clarion, gaining 318 total 7 • ESU leads the PSAC and is tied for 2nd in DII 9/15 *SHIPPENSBURG ...... L 21-63 yards (256 passing, 62 rushing). In 14 career games in turnover margin (+2.3 - 11:2), and held a 3-1 9/22 *CHEYNEY ...... W 59-27 (11 starts), Soltes is averaging 316.2 yards of total advantage at Cheyney last week. Clarion is 2nd in 9/29 at Clarion ...... L 27-31 10/6 *WEST CHESTER ...... W 35-28 off ense, 4th in DII and 10th in all divisions. the PSAC and tied for 18th in DII (+1.3 - 9:4), and 10/13 *at Bloomsburg ...... L 27-48 had a 2-0 defi cit last week vs. Gannon. 10/20 *KUTZTOWN ...... L 33-59 3 • Soltes gained 419 total yards (387 passing, 32 10/27 *at LIU Post ...... W 45-37 rushing) last week at Cheyney, the 3rd-most in 8 • The Warriors are 2nd in the PSAC and 10th in 11/3 *at Millersville ...... W 62-14 11/10 at Mercyhurst ...... L 45-52 his career. In 11 career starts, he has gained 350+ DII in time of possession (34:01). ESU's 30:22 mark yards 7 times, and 300+ yards 8 times. He moved last year was its best since 2002, and just the 2nd 2013 ESU Statistical Leaders into 8th on ESU's career total off ense list last week. time over 30:00 since that year. The Warriors held Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD LG the ball for only 26:35 at Cheyney but still ran 9 Robert Healy 69 427 6.2 2 46 4 • The Warriors face a Clarion defense that had 9 more plays (69-60) than the Wolves. Matt Soltes 41 220 5.4 2 25 sacks in last year's game, for a loss of 48 yards, as Gerald Van De Cruz 17 100 5.9 1 41 Derrick Dyer 15 75 5.0 1 15 Soltes gained 110 rushing yards for a net of 62. 9 • ESU leads the PSAC and ranks 7th in DII in pass Raul Quinones 15 67 4.5 1 13 Clarion is 3rd in the PSAC with 3.25 sacks per game completion defense (46.8), and is 3rd in the PSAC this season. and 20th in DII in pass effi ciency defense (105.0). Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int. Last year, opponents hit on 63.0 percent and had a Matt Soltes 74 144 1049 11 1 Nate Daniels 4 11 52 0 0 5 • R-Jr. TE Steven Jones had 4 catches for 144 pass effi ciency rating of 163.4. yards and 3 TD (80, 53 and 3 yards) last week at Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD LG Robert Bleiler 25 384 15.4 3 43 Cheyney. He was the 1st ESU TE with 3 TD in a 10 • The Warriors are getting off the fi eld on 3rd Jon Schnaars 16 154 9.6 2 18 game in Douds' 40 seasons. In his last 7 games, down at an exceptional rate - 25.0 percent (13- Steven Jones 11 261 23.7 5 80 Jones has 21 catches, 396 yards and 10 TD. He for-52), ranking 1st in the PSAC and 10th in DII. Joe Welk 7 53 7.6 0 18 ranks 3rd in the PSAC overall, and tied for 2nd Included is a 5-for-37 clip on 3rd-and-long (5+). Gerard Wendowski 6 94 15.7 0 27 Thomas Tippett 4 29 7.2 0 17 among DII TE's, with 5 TD catches this year. Tim Wilson 3 45 15.0 1 30 Brandon Mercer 3 26 8.7 0 18 THE SERIES: ESU holds an 8-4 lead in the series and had won 7 straight until Clarion's 31-27 win last year, Robert Healy 2 46 23.0 0 37 as the Golden Eagles put together two 4th-quarter TD drives. The Warriors' previous 7 wins came between Defense Tckl TFL Sck Int. 2000-09, including 49-28 at Clarion in 2008 and 45-31 at Eiler-Martin Stadium in 2009. The Warriors have Cody Simcox 30 3.5 1.0 0 scored at least 27 points in the last 8 meetings, while Clarion has topped the 20-point mark 7 times. ESU Dean Vitale 27 0 0 2 Anthony Singlar 22 4.0 0 0 won the fi rst meeting, 49-4, in the 1978 State Game that is still a record for victory margin in the PSAC title Darius Jackson 22 3.0 1.0 1 game. Clarion won 27-14 in the 1983 State Game in Hershey and also had wins in 1986 and 1987. Teron Dobbs 6 1.0 1.0 3 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ESU At A Glance Denny Douds set the Division II record for games coached in 2011 DENNY DOUDS BY THE NUMBERS Location...... East Stroudsburg, Pa. and ranks 12th in college football history: 822 Letterwinners as head coach President...... Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. 411 Career games Twitter ...... @PresidentWelsh GAMES COACHED - Division II, All-Time Games Wins 240 Career wins (PSAC record) Member ...... Pennsylvania State System 1. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 411 240 183 1st team All-PSAC picks ...... of Higher Education 2. Jim Malosky Minn.-Duluth (1958-97) 393 255 48 (40) Seasons as coach (head coach) System Chancellor ...... Frank T. Brogan 23 AP Little All-Americans Founded...... 1893 GAMES COACHED - All Divisions, All-Time Division 9 PSAC East titles Enrollment ...... 6,830 1. John Gagliardi 2 schools (St. John's MN) (1949-12) 637 III 5 Harlon Hill fi nalists (includes 6,257 undergraduates) 10. Tubby Raymond Delaware (1966-2001) 422 I (FCS) 4 NCAA Playoff appearances Athletics 11. Hayden Fry 3 schools (1962-98) 420 I (FBS) 3-0-1 Record in PSAC title games Affiliation ...... NCAA Division II 12. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 411 II Conference ...... PSAC 13. Jess Neely 3 schools (1924-27, 31-66) 402 I 10,836 Points scored (26.3 per game) ...... Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 1,415 Touchdowns scored School Colors...... Red and Black GAMES COACHED - All Divisions, Active 89,621 Passing yards (50.92 miles) Team Nickname ...... Warriors 1. Bob Ford 2 schools (Albany) (1965-68, 73- ) 449 I (FCS) 56,487 Rushing yards (32.09 miles) Athletic Director 2. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 411 II Dr. Tom Gioglio ...... 570-422-3642 40+ YEARS OF COACHING Associate Athletic Director Dr. Carey Snyder...... 570-422-3034 Douds is 4th among active coaches in career wins: Most Seasons Coached Academic Coordinator 1. John Gagliardi 1949-12 64 WINS - All Divisions, Active Nancy Jo Greenawalt ...... 570-422-3795 2. Amos Alonzo Stagg 1890-46 57 1. Ken Sparks Carson-Newman 311 II ...... [email protected] 3. Eddie Robinson 41-42, 45-97 55 2. Bob Ford 2 schools (currently Albany) 265 I (FCS) Football Office ...... 570-422-3322 4. John E. Dorman (05, 09-42, 45-59) 50 3. Frank Beamer 2 schools (currently Va. Tech) 262 I (FBS) Sports Information 5. Pop Warner 1895-38 48 4. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg 240 II Greg Knowlden...... 570-422-3312 6. Joe Paterno 1966-11 46 5. Mack Brown 4 schools (currently Texas) 238 I (FBS) ...... [email protected] t-7. Bob Ford * 65-68, 73- 45 Fax ...... 570-422-3586 t-7. Roland Ortmayer 1946-90 45 Web Site...... www.esuwarriors.com Douds is 4th in career wins in Division II history, and 25th in 9. Bobby Bowden 59-62, 70-09 44 Twitter ...... @ESUWarriors college football history: 10. Peter Mazzaferro (59-63, 68-86, 88-04) 41 Key Campus Numbers t-11. Denny Douds 1974- 40 Admissions...... 570-422-3542 WINS - Division II, All-Time t-11. Jim Malosky 1958-97 40 Financial Aid ...... 570-422-2800 1. Ken Sparks Carson-Newman (1980- ) 311 t-11. Jess Neely 24-27, 31-66 40 2. Jim Malosky Minn.-Duluth (1958-97) 255 * Ford announced retirement at end of year 3. Mel Tjeerdsma Austin, NW Missouri State (1984-2010) 242 Sports Information 4. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 240 40+ YEARS AT ONE SCHOOL total Sports Information Director 1. John Gagliardi (St. John's MN) 60 64 2. Eddie Robinson (Grambling) 55 55 Greg Knowlden WINS - All Division, All-Time 3. John E. Dorman (Upper Iowa) 50 50 Office ...... (570) 422-3312 1. John Gagliardi 2 schools (St. John's MN) (1949-12) 489 4. Joe Paterno (Penn State) 46 46 Cell ...... (570) 772-3162 t-23. Jerry Moore 3 schools (Appalachian St) (1979-85, 89-12) 242 5. Roland Ortmayer (La Verne) 43 45 Fax...... (570) 422-3586 t-23. Mel Tjeerdsma 2 schools (NW Missouri St) (1984-2010) 242 t-6. Bob Ford (Albany) * 41 45 E-mail ...... [email protected] 25. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 240 t-6. Amos Alonzo Stagg (Chicago) 41 57 t-26. Mack Brown 4 schools (Texas) (1983, 85- ) 238 t-8. Denny Douds (ESU) 40 40 t-26. Woody Hayes 3 schools (Ohio State) (1946-78) 238 2013 PSAC East Standings t-8. Jim Malosky (Minn.-Duluth) 40 40 LEAGUE OVERALL W-L Pct. W-L Pct. TURN IT OVER: ESU's +2.3 turnover margin is tied for 2nd in DII, with the Warriors excelling on both sides. Bloomsburg 2-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 They have 11 takeaways (7 Int., 4 FR) after forcing just 19 turnovers last year (8 Int., 11 FR). On off ense, ESU West Chester 2-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 has just 2 giveaways - an interception vs. AIC in the season opener, and a fumble on its 2nd possession last Shippensburg 2-0 1.000 2-2 .500 ESU 1-1 .500 3-1 .750 week at Cheyney. In the Seton Hill and Shippensburg games, the Warriors went consecutive games without Lock Haven 1-1 .500 2-2 .500 a turnover for just the 2nd time under Douds (2009). R-So. QB Matt Soltes has thrown 139 passes since the Cheyney 0-2 .000 0-4 .000 interception vs. AIC, 2nd to Jimmy Terwilliger (170 - 2005-06) in school history. Kutztown 0-2 .000 0-4 .000 Millersville 0-2 .000 0-4 .000 THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63) has a career record of 240-168-3 (.588) in his INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 40th season. He has led the Warriors to 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances since taking over as Passing - Alec Werner (KUTZ), 344.5 Rushing - Franklyn Quiteh (BLOOM), 197.0 head coach in 1974. His teams won outright state titles in 1975, 1978 and 1982 before the State Game was Receiving - Trevor Harman (SHIP), 125.3 discontinued following the 1987 season. His teams have claimed PSAC East divisional titles in 1975, 1976, Tackles - Sam Dixon-Dougan (KUTZ), 10.5 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 2002 and 2003. NCAA Playoff appearances have come in 1991, 2004, 2005 - Sacks - Larry Webster (BLOOM), 6.0 when the Warriors won the Northeast Region title and advanced to the national semifi nals - and 2009.

2013 PSAC West Standings Douds holds the PSAC record for career wins (240), which he set in 2008 with a 44-41 (OT) win vs. LEAGUE OVERALL Shippensburg, and the NCAA DII record for games coached (411), which he set in 2011. He ranks 25th in W-L Pct. W-L Pct. college football history in career wins and 12th in career games coached. Among active coaches, he is 4th IUP 2-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Gannon 2-0 1.000 3-1 .750 in wins and 2nd in games coached. California 1-1 .500 3-1 .750 Slippery Rock 1-1 .500 3-1 .750 Jay Foster (Plymouth State '85) is in his 8th season as head coach at Clarion and has a record of 26-55. In Clarion 1-1 .500 3-1 .750 Edinboro 1-1 .500 2-2 .500 2009, Foster led Clarion to an 8-3 record (6-1 PSAC West) and was named PSAC West Coach of the Year. The Mercyhurst 0-2 .000 1-3 .250 Golden Eagles have been 4-7, 3-8 and 4-7 the last three seasons. Prior to taking over in 2006, Foster was an Seton Hill 0-2 .000 0-4 .000 assistant coach at Slippery Rock for 18 years, including 17 as defensive coordinator or co-coordinator. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing - Nigel Barksdale (SRU), 364.5 DOUDS' MILESTONES: Douds is the 13th man to reach 40 seasons as head coach in college football Rushing - Jansen Jones (GAN), 164.3 history, the 9th to coach 40 years at one school, and the 5th to spend all of his 40+ year career at the same Receiving - John Schademan (SRU), 142.3 Tackles - Carl Fleming (IUP), 12.0 institution. He joins Eddie Robinson (Grambling, 1941-42, 45-97), John E. Dorman (Upper Iowa, 1905-06, 09- Sacks - BJ Stevens (CAL), 5.0 42, 45-59), Joe Paterno (Penn State, 1966-2011) and Jim Malosky (Minn.-Duluth, 1958-97) on that list. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Statistics Comparison ESU Rankings Clarion Rankings THE LAST MEETING Sept. 29 • Clarion 31, ESU 27 ESU Clarion PSAC NCAA PSAC NCAA OFFENSE OFFENSE OFFENSE CLARION – Ben Fiscus led two 4th-quarter scoring 40.5 Scoring 28.5 Scoring 4 26 Scoring 9 74 drives to rally Clarion to a 31-27 win over ESU at Memorial Stadium. 230.0 Rushing 169.2 Rushing 3 25 Rushing 8 72 Fiscus guided the Golden Eagles 80 yards 275.2 Passing 198.0 Passing 6 49 Passing 10 107 (T) on 10 plays, and 82 yards on 14 plays, after ESU 505.2 Total 367.2 Total 4 18 Total 9 100 had taken a 27-17 lead on a 1-yard run by R-Jr. 20-26, 18 TD Red Zone 11-14, 8 TD Red Zone 11 84 Red Zone 9 67 FB Thomas Tippett with 10:48 left in the 4th 45.6 3rd Down 36.8 3rd Down 3 27 (T) 3rd Down 11 85 (T) quarter. Clarion converted three 3rd downs and a 4th +2.3 Turnover Margin +1.3 Turnover Margin 1 (T) 2 (T) Turnover Margin 2 18 (T) down on its go-ahead drive, capped by a 3-yard run by tailback Travis Day with 27 seconds left. R-Fr. QB Matt Soltes made his first career DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE start and was 17-for-32 for 256 yards, a TD and an 17.0 Scoring 27.2 Scoring 3 21 (T) Scoring 8 85 (T) Int. and ran 21 times for 62 yards for 318 yards of 105.2 Rushing 126.0 Rushing 6 27 Rushing 10 56 total offense. Jr. WR Dusty Reed had 6 catches 197.5 Passing 241.2 Passing 4 37 Passing 11 94 (T) for 113 yards and a TD and Sr. TB Kendrick 302.8 Total 367.2 Total 2 21 Total 8 68 Williams had 13 carries for 56 yards and a TD. 4-8, 4 TD Red Zone 14-15, 13 TD Red Zone 2 29 Red Zone 13 151 Fiscus went 19-for-30 for 245 yards and a TD 25.0 3rd Down 34.6 3rd Down 1 10 (T) 3rd Down 6 58 and ran 22 times for 167 yards to lead Clarion. He threw a 5-yard TD pass to Rob Irwin to get Clarion within 27-24 with 7:04 remaining. INDIVIDUAL DII LEADERS # ranked: PSAC 16, NCAA 163 Tale of the Tape The game was tied at halftime, 10-10, before Int (Dobbs) 8 (T) 0.75 ESU went ahead with a 23-yard TD pass from Off ensive Line HT WT FR (Trunzo) 12 (T) 0.50 INDIVIDUAL DII LEADERS Soltes to Reed after a Clarion fumble just 1:48 ESU 6-4 1/4 303 Total Off (Soltes) 23 317.3 Punting (Conway) 15 43.0 into the 2nd half. Clarion's Bobby Thomas (18-89, Clarion 6-3 3/4 288 Pass Def (Mims) 26 1.5 TFL (Howsare) 17 (T) 2.0 2 TD) tied it on a 2-yard run, and Jr. K Taylor Groff put the Warriors in front 20-17 with a 51- Defensive Line HT WT KR Avg (Mercer) 27 29.2 FG (Esposito) 19 (T) 1.25 yard field goal late in the 3rd. It was Groff's 12th ESU 6-1 266 Int (Vitale) 34 (T) 0.50 FF (Fragale) 20 (T) 0.50 Receiving (Bleiler) 38 96.0 FF (Howsare) 20 (T) 0.50 field goal of 40+ yards, tying the school record. Clarion 6-3 1/2 270 Soltes took the Warriors 64 yards in 10 plays, capped by Tippett's one-yard run, for a 27-17 SERIES HISTORY SERIES HIGHS lead just over 4 minutes into the 4th. Soltes, ESU leads 8-4 the first ESU freshman quarterback to make his first career start on the road under head coach ESU Individual Yards Denny Douds, broke Jimmy Terwilliger's mark of 2012 A 27 31 L 1983 N 14 27 L 56 2005 Points 251 passing yards by a freshman in his first start. 2009 H 45 31 W (at Hershey, State Game) 288 2004 Rush Derek Lucas 157 2005 Soltes was the 7th freshman to start under Douds 2008 A 49 28 W 1978 A 49 4 W 420 2008 Pass Tim Roken 420 2008 and the 31st QB overall in 39 seasons. 2005 A 56 0 W (State Game) 663 2005 John Kotarsky 167 2001 2004 H 38 24 W ESU 7 3 10 7 27 2003 A 31 21 W Clarion Clarion 7 3 7 14 31 2001 H 33 27 W 37 1986 Points CLAR - Thomas 25 run (Conway kick) 2000 A 37 33 W 269 2012 Rush Ben Fiscus 167 2013 ESU - Williams 3 run (Groff kick) 1987 A 3 25 L 307 2009 Pass Tyler Huether 307 2009 ESU - Groff 24 field goal 1986 H 34 37 L 514 2013 Ron Urbansky 158 1987 CLAR - Conway 19 field goal ESU - Reed 23 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) CLAR - Thomas 2 run (Conway kick) Clarion Leaders SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES ESU - Groff 51 field goal Clarion opened with a 3-0 record for the fi rst time ESU - Tippett 1 run (Groff kick) Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD LG since 1996 before falling to Gannon, 45-25, last CLAR - Irwin 5 pass from Fiscus Bobby Thomas 62 307 5.0 2 38 week. The Golden Eagles rallied for a 39-38 (OT) CLAR - Day 3 run Darelle Carson 55 156 2.8 1 19 win over Kutztown in their opener, then rolled off Travis Day 27 118 4.4 2 33 wins over Lock Haven and Mercyhurst. Sr. QB Ben ESU CLAR First Downs 22 26 Ben Fiscus 23 90 3.9 2 18 Fiscus, last year's All-PSAC West 1st team signal caller (2480 yards passing, 678 rushing), was Passing C-A-I 17-32-1 19-31-0 Passing Yds 256 245 Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int. injured late in the 1st half against Lock Haven. Rushing Yds (Att) 148 (39) 269 (45) Darelle Carson 28 54 454 3 3 R-Fr. QB Darelle Carson has played the last 10 Total Net Yds 404 514 Ben Fiscus 24 40 0 4 0 quarters and was 9-for-18 for 209 yards and a Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1 TD, and ran 22 times for 85 yards, in the win over Penalties/Yds 12/122 8/84 Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD LG Mercyhurst. Jr. TB Bobby Thomas ran for 89 yards Punts/Avg. 3/35.7 4/39.0 Mike Deitrick 15 149 9.9 2 16 against ESU last season, and 534 yards and 3 TD Rushing — ESU: Soltes 21-62, Williams 13-56, Mark Nicholas 12 231 19.2 2 42 for the year. R-Jr. TE Mike Deitrick leads Clarion Deery 3-18, Tippett 2-3, Laubach 0-11, Reed 0-(- Caleb Mancini 6 117 19.5 0 40 in receptions (15) and So. WR Mark Nicholas has 2); CLAR: Fiscus 22-167, Thomas 18-89, Day 5-13. a team-high 231 yards. Sr. OL Mike Felker was Passing — ESU: Soltes 17-32-1 for 256; CLAR: Defense Tckl TFL Sck Int. 2nd team All-PSAC West last year. Defensively, Jr. Fiscus 19-30-0 for 245, Team 0-1-0 for 0. Cory McNamara 37 0 0 1 DE Julian Howsare had 58 tackles and 14 sacks Receiving — ESU: Reed 6-113, Jones 3-56, Wilson 2-22, Deery 2-20, Tippett 2-13, Schnaars Julian Howsare 30 9 4 0 to earn All-PSAC West 1st team and All-America honors, and has opened with 4 sacks this year. So. 1-19, Bleiler 1-13; CLAR: Barlow 6-69, Reid 5-73, Kyle McWreath 19 4 0 0 Becoate 3-33, Deitrick 2-52, Day 2-13, Irwin 1-5. Matt Long 17 0 0 2 DB Cory McNamara is the top tackler with 37. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

PROGRAM WINS: ESU has a 456-304-19 (.598) record in its 86th year of varsity football. West Chester (551), IUP (517) 2013 Warriors by Class and Slippery Rock (459) are the only other PSAC programs with at least 450 wins. # of players on roster (# of players who have played in 2013) As head coach, Douds is responsible for 52.8 percent of the program's games (411 of 779), and 52.6 percent of its wins (240 of 456). Including 68 games and 45 wins as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached Seniors 6 (6) in 479 of the 779 games (61.5 percent) and 285 of the 456 wins (62.5 percent) in program history. There have been at Juniors 16 (16) Sophomores 18 (18) least 4 head coaches at every other PSAC school since Douds was named ESU head coach in 1974. Along with holding Redshirt FR 13 (11) the PSAC record for career wins, Douds has also coached in 108 more games than the 2nd-most in conference history True FR 30 (8) (Millersville's Gene Carpenter, 303, who he faced 27 times).

• 59 players have seen action DOUDS' FOES: Douds has coached against 101 diff erent head coaches in his career at ESU, adding his 101st (Seton • 25 have seen fi rst career action Hill's Isaac Collins) on Sept. 14. Mercyhurst's Marty Schaetzle was the 100th in the 2012 season fi nale. He is 67-34 vs. • 12 have made fi rst career starts fi rst-time foes and will face 3 more this season - Bloomsburg's Paul Darragh, Kutztown's Drew Folmar and Millersville's 2012: Played 15 true freshmen Greg Breitbach - along with Collins. 2011: Played 7 true freshmen 2010: Played 7 true freshmen Douds faced Millersville's Gene Carpenter 27 times, and faced Danny Hale 26 times between his career at West 2009: Played 8 true freshmen Chester and Bloomsburg before Hale retired this spring. Among active coaches, his most frequent opponent is West 2008: Played 1 true freshman Chester's Bill Zwaan (11 games). 2007: Played 4 true freshmen 2013 Warriors by State 5 TAKEAWAYS FROM 40-6 WIN at CHEYNEY 1. ESU held a 3-1 advantage in turnovers. Its 11 takeaways this year are the most through 4 games since 2002 (14). PA 57 DE 1 2. ESU ran for 108 yards after averaging 270.7 in the fi rst 3 games. Cheyney's rush defense (91.3) is 3rd in the PSAC. NJ 22 VA 1 3. The Warriors held Cheyney to 88 yards on 39 carries. The Wolves had 28 yards on 17 carries on 1st down. NY 2 4. R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler (7-154) and R-Jr. TE Steven Jones (4-144, 3 TD) both had more than 100 yards receiving. 5. R-Sr. FB Thomas Tippett scored on a pair of 1-yard runs. He has 9 career rush TD, all from 1 yard. Start Chart 5 STATS TO LOOK FOR vs. CLARION The following list includes all 1. Sr. QB Ben Fiscus threw for 245 yards and ran for 167 against ESU last year, but has not played the last 2 games. members of the 2013 Warriors who 2. R-Fr. QB Darelle Carson has thrown for 424 yards and rushed for 118 in 2 starts for Clarion this season. have started at least one game 3. Carson is 28-for-54 (51.9%) passing this year. ESU's pass defense is 7th in DII in completion percentage (46.8%). during their careers. The numbers in parentheses indicate a current streak 4. ESU has gained 500+ yards in 3 straight games, averaging 544.3 ypg (295.3 passing, 249.0 rushing). Clarion yielded of consecutive starts: 332.3 ypg in its fi rst 3 games before Gannon had 472 yards (291 passing, 181 rushing) last week. 5. Gannon QB Liam Nadler was 22-for-26 (84.6%) last week. R-So. QB Matt Soltes has completed just 51.4% this year. OFFENSE C Greg Blue ...... 32 (21) PLAYING FAVORITES: ESU faced both the PSAC East preseason favorite (Shippensburg) and Northeast 10-Conference WR Robert Bleiler ...... 26 (16) FB Thomas Tippett ...... 18 (3) favorite (American International) in its fi rst 3 games. The Warriors opened the year with a 21-14 win over AIC, scoring LG Pete Wolmart ...... 16 (14) two 4th-quarter TD's while pitching a 2nd-half shutout. At Shippensburg, the Raiders outscored ESU 21-14 in the 4th LT Cody Laubach ...... 14 (14) quarter as the Warriors fell 41-31 in their PSAC East opener. QB Matt Soltes ...... 11 (11) WR Ray Dominguez ...... 8 1ST and 10: ESU is 2nd in the PSAC in 1st downs per game (25.8) and leads the PSAC in opponents 1st downs (14.3) ... WR Tim Wilson ...... 4 (4) ESU also holds advantages in time of possession (34:01 - 10th in DII) and turnover margin (+2.3, 11-2 - t-2nd in DII). RG Eric Burleson ...... 4 (4) RT Raymond Ocasio, Jr...... 4 (4) QB Nate Daniels...... 4 2013 Game-by-Game Starters - Off ense TE Steven Jones ...... 4 Opponent QB TB FB WR WR WR LT LG C RG RT TB Robert Healy ...... 3 (1) AIC Soltes Healy Jones (TE) Bleiler Wilson Schnaars Laubach Wolmart Blue Burleson Ocasio WR Jon Schnaars ...... 3 (1) Seton Hill Soltes Healy Tippett Bleiler Wilson Schnaars Laubach Wolmart Blue Burleson Ocasio TB Gerald Van De Cruz ...... 1 Shippensburg Soltes Van De Cruz Tippett Bleiler Wilson Jones (TE) Laubach Wolmart Blue Burleson Ocasio Cheyney Soltes Healy Tippett Bleiler Wilson Schnaars Laubach Wolmart Blue Burleson Ocasio DEFENSE Clarion DE Brandon Gattelli ...... 22 (17) West Chester FS Anthony Singlar ...... 19 (15) Bloomsburg OLB Darius Jackson* ...... 18 (8) Kutztown DL Bryan Thomson ...... 15 (14) Lock Haven LB Cody Simcox ...... 13 (13) Millersville CB Teron Dobbs ...... 12 (12) Mercyhurst DL Jon Noble ...... 4 (4) CB Konrad Mims ...... 4 (4) FS Dean Vitale ...... 4 (4) 2013 Game-by-Game Starters - Defense DE Sam Trunzo...... 3 (3) Opponent DE DT DT DE OLB MLB OLB CB CB S FS OLB Kaje Cowans ...... 3 AIC Gattelli Thomson Noble Haddad Jackson Simcox Cowans Dobbs Mims Singlar Vitale DE Tarik Haddad ...... 3 Seton Hill Gattelli Thomson Noble Trunzo Jackson Simcox Cowans Dobbs Mims Singlar Vitale OLB Corbyn Nyemah ...... 1 (1) Shippensburg Gattelli Thomson Noble Trunzo Jackson Simcox Cowans Dobbs Mims Singlar Vitale Cheyney Gattelli Thomson Noble Trunzo Jackson Simcox Nyemah Dobbs Mims Singlar Vitale *Jackson includes 5 starts at FB Clarion Bold indicates returning starter West Chester entering 2013 season. Bloomsburg Kutztown Lock Haven Millersville Mercyhurst EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS PASSING YARDS TACKLES ESU’s Record under Douds... Matt Soltes 535, '12 at LIU Post Cody Simcox 17, '12 at Bloomsburg RUSHING YARDS Nate Daniels 355, '12 vs. Lock Haven Anthony Singlar 14, '12 vs. Ship W L T Robert Healy 189, '13 at Ship Dean Vitale 10, '13 at Ship Leads at Half 190 28 2 Matt Soltes 131, '12 at LIU Post RECEPTIONS Brandon Gattelli 9, '12 at LIU Post Tied at Half 16 12 Robert Bleiler 9, '13 at Ship Gerald Van De Cruz 81, '13 at Seton Hill Bryan Thomson 9, twice Trails at Half 34 128 1 Ray Dominguez 7, '11 vs. Bloomsburg Derrick Dyer 58, '13 at Seton Hill Darius Jackson 8, twice Jon Schnaars 6, '13 at Cheyney Leads entering 4th 201 23 2 Raul Quinones 46, '13 at Seton Hill Kaje Cowans 8, '13 vs. AIC Steven Jones 5, '12 at LIU Post Tied entering 4th 9 5 Thomas Tippett 20, '12 vs. West Chester Trails entering 4th 30 140 1 RECEIVING YARDS LONGEST FIELD GOAL Taylor Groff 52, 2x ('12 at Bloom) TOTAL OFFENSE Robert Bleiler 172, '11 vs. Pace +10 entering 4th 147 3 Matt Soltes 666, '12 at LIU Post Steven Jones 144, '13 at Cheyney -10 entering 4th 4 91 Nate Daniels 355, '12 vs. Lock Haven Jon Schnaars 124, '12 at LIU Post LONGEST PUNT Jordan Bair 53, 2x ('12 at Bloom) Ray Dominguez 111, '11 vs. Bloomsburg Scores 30+ 132 23 Gerard Wendowski 71, '13 at Cheyney PASS COMPLETIONS Scores 20-29 64 40 Thomas Tippett 62, '12 at LIU Post Matt Soltes 30, '12 vs. West Chester Scores 19- 44 105 3 Tim Wilson 51, '12 at Bloomsburg Nate Daniels 17, '12 vs. Lock Haven Opp scores 30+ 17 86 Opp scores 20-29 53 52 THE OFFENSE Opp scores 19- 170 30 3

NCAA ACTIVE CAREER RANKINGS ESU throws for 300 64 30 • R-So. QB Matt Soltes is 4th in DII, and 10th in all of college football, with 316.2 yards of total off ense per game Opp throws for 300 23 19 • R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler is 4th in DII with 16.8 yards per catch • Sr. K Taylor Groff is 2nd in DII in points per game by a kicker (7.8), and 2nd in fi eld goals per game (1.33) ESU runs for 200 81 7 2 Opp runs for 200 32 86 NCAA SEASON RANKINGS ESU 500 total yds 51 12 • R-Jr. TE Steven Jones is tied for 2nd among DII tight ends with 5 receiving TD, and is 5th in receiving yards (65.2 ypg) Opp 500 total yds 4 34 • R-Fr. TB Robert Healy is 2nd among DII freshmen in rushing (106.8 ypg). He led DII FR with 130.3 ypg last week. Notes: JONES' BREAKOUT GAME: R-Jr. TE Steven Jones had 4 catches for 144 yards and 3 TD (80, 53 and 3 yards) last week ESU ended a streak of 48 straight at Cheyney. He scored on his fi rst 3 receptions of the game. Jones leads PSAC receiviers with 23.7 yards per catch, losses when trailing by 10+ points ranks 3rd with 5 TD, and 13th with 65.3 yards per game. At Cheyney, Jones: entering 4th in 2011 fi nale • was the fi rst tight end with 3 TD under Denny Douds (40 years) -- trailed Edinboro 23-13, won 27-26 • was the fi rst tight end with a 100-yard game since 1991 (Paul Bandholz, 102 vs. Mansfi eld) -- previous W - 1991, 21-20 at KU • ranks 3rd on ESU's single-game yardage list by a tight end in the last 40 years. Ernie Siegrist had 192 yards at ESU has won 4 of its last 9 games Millersville in 1982, and 170 yards vs. Edinboro in 1984. when trailing at halftime -- had lost 15 straight previously In the last 7 games, Jones has 21 catches for 396 yards and 10 TD: • 11 catches, 261 yards, 5 TD in 4 games in 2013 ESU has lost 4 of its last 12 when • 10 catches, 135 yards, 5 TD in fi nal 3 games in 2012 leading at halftime (since 2010) -- had won 13 straight previously

HEALY'S BREAKOUT GAME: R-Fr. TB Robert Healy had 20 carries for 189 yards, and a 37-yard reception, for 226 yards ESU has lost 5 of its last 13 games from scrimmage two weeks ago at Shippensburg - the most by an ESU freshman under Denny Douds. His 189 rushing when leading entering 4th yards are 3rd-most by an ESU freshman since 1968: (20-17 vs. Shippensburg, 2010) (22-19 vs. California, 2011) Rushing Yards per Game - NCAA DII Freshman (overall rank) (32-20 vs. Bloomsburg, 2011) t-33. 110.3 - Austin Ekeler, Western State (31-27 vs. Millersville, 2011) (31-27 at Clarion, 2012) t-41. 106.8 - Robert Healy, ESU -- had won 14 straight previously

Rushing Yards, Game - ESU Freshman (since 1968) ESU has won 62 of its last 63 games 1. 222 - Stewart Ford at Cheyney, 1997 when entering 4th with 10+ point 2. 192 - Elroy Denegal vs. SCSU, 1987 lead (L 20-17 vs. Ship, 2010) 3. 189 - Robert Healy at Shippensburg, 2013 ESU has won 26 straight when holding opponent under 20 points Yards from Scrimmage, Game - ESU Freshman (since 1974) (last L - 2006, 9-7 vs. Bentley) 1. 226 - Robert Healy at Shippensburg, 2013 2. 222 - Stewart Ford at Cheyney, 1997 ESU ended a streak of 33 straight wins when running for 200 yards in Inside the PSAC East 2013 at Shippensburg -- ran for 301 yards in 41-31 loss (Record) Last Week This Week Next Week -- previous L - 2000, 17-16 vs. KU Bloomsburg 4-0, 2-0 W 56-10 vs. Lock Haven at Gannon (12:00 p.m.) MILLERSVILLE (3:30 p.m.) West Chester 4-0, 2-0 W 22-21 vs. Kutztown CALIFORNIA (1:00 p.m.) EAST STROUDSBURG (2:00 p.m.) ESU has lost 4 of its last 10 games Shippensburg 2-2, 2-0 W 48-10 at Millersville SETON HILL (1:00 p.m.) at Lock Haven (3:00 p.m.) when gaining 500 total yards ESU 3-1, 1-1 W 40-6 at Cheyney CLARION (6:05 p.m.) at West Chester (2:00 p.m.) (49-32 at Kutztown, 2011) Lock Haven 2-2, 1-1 L 56-10 at Bloomsburg at Edinboro (2:00 p.m.) SHIPPENSBURG (3:00 p.m.) (34-30 vs. C.W. Post, 2011) Kutztown 0-4, 0-2 L 22-21 at West Chester SLIPPERY ROCK (1:05 p.m.) CHEYNEY (1:05 p.m.) (52-45 at Mercyhurst, 2012) Millersville 0-4, 0-2 L 48-10 vs. Shippensburg at IUP (2:00 p.m.) at Bloomsburg (3:30 p.m.) (41-31 at Shippensburg, 2013) Cheyney 0-4, 0-2 L 40-6 vs. East Stroudsburg at Mercyhurst (1:00 p.m.) at Kutztown (1:05 p.m.) -- had won 19 straight previously EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

Starters Returning/Lost Matt Soltes - Game-by-Game 2012 (R-Fr) C-A Yds TD Int Rush Yds TD Total Off Notes Off ense Lock Haven 0-2 0 0 0 1 -8 0 -8 1st career action (4th quarter) Shippensburg 8-20 114 0 0 5 40 0 154 Entered in 3rd quarter RETURNING (6) Cheyney 7-10 171 1 0 2 22 0 193 Entered in 2nd quarter QB Matt Soltes (R-So.) at Clarion 17-32 256 1 1 21 62 0 318 1st career start FB Thomas Tippett (R-Sr.) West Chester 30-37 366 3 1 5 7 0 373 ESU record completion % (81.1) at Bloomsburg 13-25 167 1 0 14 54 0 221 WR Robert Bleiler (R-Sr.) Kutztown 28-40 363 3 0 12 33 0 396 C Greg Blue (R-Sr.) at LIU Post 26-42 535 5 3 12 131 0 666 PSAC record, NCAA FR record for total off ense LG Pete Wolmart (Jr.) at Millersville 18-31 256 2 1 10 126 2 382 1,444 yds in last 3 games (ESU record) LT Cody Laubach (So.) at Mercyhurst 24-42 394 5 3 14 69 0 463 1,907 yds in last 4 games (ESU record) Season (10) 171-281 2622 21 9 96 536 2 3158 262.2 pass yds, 315.8 total per game LOST (5) As Starter (7) 156-249 2337 20 9 88 482 2 2819 333.9 pass yds, 402.7 total per game TB Kendrick Williams * Starts in italics (402.7 ypg as starter - would have led DII) WR Jordan Hallman WR Dusty Reed 2013 (R-So) C-A Yds TD Int Rush Yds TD Total Off Notes RG Seve Rivers AIC 20-39 215 1 1 10 48 0 263 RT Wrenton Wright II at Seton Hill 12-23 188 4 0 3 23 0 211 4 TD passes in 1st half (3 in 1st quarter) at Shippensburg 23-49 259 3 0 19 117 1 376 3rd 100-yd rushing game (all in last 6) Defense at Cheyney 19-33 387 3 0 9 32 1 419 350+ yds total off ense in 7 of 11 starts Season 74-144 1049 11 1 41 220 2 1269 RETURNING (6) CAREER DE Brandon Gattelli (R-Jr.) 2012 171-281 2622 21 9 96 536 2 3158 PSAC East Freshman of the Year DT Bryan Thomson (R-Jr.) 2013 74-144 1049 11 1 41 220 2 1269 OLB Darius Jackson (Sr.) 245-425 3671 32 10 137 756 4 4427 ILB Cody Simcox (Jr.) CB Teron Dobbs (So.) HEALY Carries Yards Avg. TD Rec. Yards TD Total Plays Yards TD S Anthony Singlar (R-Jr.) AIC 22 91 4.1 2 1 9 0 23 100 2 LOST (5) at Seton Hill 16 111 6.9 0 0 0 0 16 111 0 DE Waverly Harris at Shippensburg 20 189 9.4 0 1 37 0 21 226 0 DL Sam Hull at Cheyney 11 36 3.3 0 0 0 0 11 36 0 OLB Greg Jones 69 427 6.2 2 2 46 0 71 473 2 ILB Don Kinney, Jr. CB Andrew Coyle THORP AWARD WINNER: Healy was the recipient of the Thorp Award as the top player in Nassau County as a high school senior at East Meadow (N.Y.). Previous winners include D'Brickashaw Ferguson (2001), Amos Zereoue (1993- Special Teams 94), Matt Snell (1959), John Mackey (1958) and Jim Brown (1952). RETURNING (2) K Taylor Groff (Sr.) • ran for 1,800 yards and 38 TD to set Long Island record for points (236) in a single season P Jordan Bair (Jr.) • All-Long Island and 2nd team All-State • led team to Nassau County championship 2012 Honor Roll SOLTES THROUGH 11 STARTS: R-So. QB Matt Soltes, the 2012 PSAC East Freshman of the Year, made his 1st career Football Gazette All-America start at Clarion last fall - gaining 318 total yards (256 passing, 62 rushing). He was the 1st ESU freshman QB to make DL Bryan Thomson, 3rd team his 1st career start on the road under head coach Denny Douds.

Daktronics All-Region Through 11 starts - a full college football season - Soltes is averaging 371.6 yards of total off ense, with 3,386 passing DL Bryan Thomson, 1st team yards and 702 rushing yards. He is 230-for-393 passing with 31 TD and 10 Int., and has carried 129 times and scored 4 K Taylor Groff , 1st team rushing TD. He has 350+ yards of total off ense in 7 games, and 300+ yards in 8 games. Football Gazette All-Region 2013 PSAC RANKINGS: Soltes is 3rd in the PSAC in total off ense (317.3 ypg), 6th in passing yards (262.3 ypg) and 6th DL Bryan Thomson, 1st team K Taylor Groff , 1st team in pass effi ciency (136.4). He leads PSAC QB's with 220 rushing yards and has an 11-to-1 TD-to-interception ratio. WR Dusty Reed, 3rd team FB Thomas Tippett, 3rd team EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE: ESU’s off ensive averages and PSAC rank since 2002 (PSAC leaders in bold) Mitchell Award Finalist • ESU has at least one TD pass in 110 of 116 games since 2003; Terwilliger set Division II record with 39 straight K Taylor Groff TEAM INDIVIDUAL PSAC East Defensive POY Year Scoring Total Passing Total Passing DL Bryan Thomson 2012 38.5 (3) 497.9 (2, 4th DII) 327.6 (3) Matt Soltes, 315.8 (3) Soltes, 262.2 (5) 2011 24.9 (11) 430.6 (3) 323.2 (1, 5th DII) Ray Wagner, 307.0 (1) Wagner, 293.3 (1) PSAC East Freshman of the Year QB Matt Soltes 2010 31.9 (5) 385.2 (5) 259.6 (2) Matt Marshall, 255.9 (3) Marshall, 228.5 (3) 2009 29.3 (5) 405.3 (2) 270.5 (3) Matt Marshall, 270.9 (2) Marshall, 244.8 (3) All-PSAC East 1st team 2008 35.2 (3) 417.1 (5) 298.9 (1) Tim Roken, 252.2 (3) Roken, 240.9 (4) WR Dusty Reed 2007 26.6 (8) 334.8 (9) 222.7 (6) Tim Roken, 269.0 (2) Roken, 252.1 (3) G Seve Rivers 2006 35.0 (1) 412.7 (2) 284.4 (1, 5th DII) Jimmy Terwilliger, 315.5 (1) Terwilliger, 269.6 (1) K Taylor Groff 2005 42.6 (1, 4th DII) 508.4 (1, 5th DII) 345.4 (1, 2nd DII) Jimmy Terwilliger, 354.3 (1) Terwilliger, 326.5 (1) DL Bryan Thomson 2004 37.2 (1) 498.1 (1, 4th DII) 334.7 (1) Jimmy Terwilliger, 357.7 (1) Terwilliger, 318.8 (1) 2003 35.8 (1) 439.5 (2) 274.5 (1) Jimmy Terwilliger, 303.8 (1) Terwilliger, 271.5 (1) 2002 29.6 (3) 388.3 (1) 242.1 (1) Jeremy Palm, 264.6 (1) Palm, 244.4 (1) EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

PROTECTING THE FOOTBALL: Soltes has FAMILY TRADITION: Soltes and his father, Andy, attempted 139 passes without an interception, are the 3rd father-son tandem to throw a TD pass SCORING DRIVES the 2nd-longest streak in school history. for the Warriors under Douds. Matt's fi rst career Opp. Scoring Play Summary (Qtr.) TD was a 49-yard pass to Thomas Tippett vs. AIC Schnaars 7 pass from Soltes 5-55 / 1:59 (1) Jimmy Terwilliger holds the school record with Cheyney on Sept. 22, 2012. AIC Healy 2 run 13-83 / 4:22 (4) 170 consecutive passes, spanning 7 games in AIC Healy 4 run 9-63 / 4:07 (4) 2005-06. The streak began in a 52-39 win over Andy's only career TD was a 73-yard pass to SH Jones 15 pass from Soltes 7-50 / 3:28 (1) Bloomsburg in the 2nd round of the 2005 NCAA Scott Benoit that put the Warriors ahead in the SH Safety (1) DII Playoff s, and ended vs. California in the 4th 4th quarter of a 17-9 win at West Chester in SH Schnaars 4 pass from Soltes 6-39 / 1:47 (1) game of the 2006 season. 1982. He suff ered an injury in the spring game SH Wilson 11 pass from Soltes 5-35 / 1:58 (1) SH Jackson 19 fumble return (1) the following year. Matt's 5th career TD was the SH Bleiler 31 pass from Soltes 7-72 / 2:44 (2) SOLTES IN PSAC / NCAA RANKINGS (2012) 33-yard pass to Tim Wilson to beat West Chester, SH Groff 33 fi eld goal 9-42 / 4:13 (2) PSAC DII DII FR 35-28, on Oct. 6, 2012. SH Safety (2) Total Off ense 315.8 3 12 1 SH Tippett 1 run 12-54 / 6:34 (3) Pass Effi ciency 157.5 4 12 1 Other tandems are Mike and Jimmy Terwilliger SH Van De Cruz 5 run 5-60 / 2:46 (3) Passing 262.2 5 26 4 and Brian and Matt Marshall. SH Dyer 1 run 2-16 / 0:33 (4) SH Quinones 2 run 14-65 / 7:14 (4) PSAC EAST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Soltes had Mike Terwilliger, ESU's off ensive coordinator, was SHIP Groff 25 fi eld goal 8-68 / 3:58 (1) SHIP Soltes 9 run 4-47 / 1:15 (2) one of the top freshman seasons in PSAC history QB for Douds' fi rst four years (1974-77) and has SHIP Bleiler 6 pass from Soltes 4-34 / 0:52 (2) last fall, gaining 3,158 yards of total off ense been an assistant coach ever since. He led ESU SHIP Bleiler 2 pass from Soltes 8-85 / 3:30 (4) (2,622 passing, 536 rushing). He was the 4th PSAC to a 30-4-1 record in 35 starts and threw 33 TD SHIP Jones 12 pass from Soltes 9-68 / 2:43 (4) quarterback, and fi rst non-senior, with 2,500 yards passes. His son, Jimmy, was a four-year Harlon CHEY Tippett 1 run 6-75 / 2:27 (1) passing and 500 yards rushing in a season. Hill candidate from 2003-06, the 2005 Harlon Hill CHEY Jones 80 pass from Soltes 1-80 / 0:15 (1) Award winner, and tied the NCAA all-division CHEY Jones 53 pass from Soltes 8-90 / 2:19 (2) • Soltes led DII freshmen in both total off ense record with 148 TD passes. Jimmy was 36-12, CHEY Tippett 1 run 7-25 / 1:09 (2) (315.8 ypg) and pass effi ciency (157.5) starting all 48 games, and took the Warriors to the CHEY Jones 3 pass from Soltes 5-34 / 2:15 (3) CHEY Soltes 6 run 11-80 / 4:00 (4) • 3,158 total yards are 2nd-most among PSAC NCAA DII semifi nals in 2005. freshmen behind ESU's Jimmy Terwilliger (3,342 yards, 2003) Brian Marshall was the Warriors' QB in 1981, under TD DRIVES: 106 of ESU’s 231 TD drives since 2008 • His 2,622 passing yards are 3rd-most among Terwilliger's tutelage, and threw 5 TD passes. His have spanned less than 2:00: PSAC freshmen son, Matt, was a two-year starter, led ESU to the 2009 NCAA Playoff s and threw 61 TD passes (4th 08 09 10 11 12 13 Soltes started the fi nal 7 games of the season and in school history) from 2007-10. Total drives 47 44 42 32 46 21 had 6 games with 300+ yards of total off ense. He less than 1:00 8 8 12 9 9 3 1:00-1:59 15 9 10 8 12 5 set an NCAA freshman record with 666 yards at ADDING IT ALL UP: TD passes by family ... 2:00-2:59 9 6 9 5 8 6 LIU Post, becoming the fi rst PSAC QB to throw for Terwilligers 181 (Mike 33, Jimmy 148) ... Marshalls 3:00-4:59 12 15 7 7 15 5 500 yards (535) and rush for 100 (131) in a single 66 (Brian 5, Matt 61) ... Soltes 33 (Andy 1, Matt 32) 5:00 or more 3 5 4 3 2 2 game. ... TD passes by fathers -- 39 ... TD passes by sons -- 241 and counting. 101 of ESU’s 231 TD drives since 2008 have been • He had 1,907 yards over the fi nal 4 games - the accomplished in 5 plays or less: most in school history DANIELS PROVIDES DEPTH: R-Sr. QB Nate • His 402.7 yards of total off ense per game as a Daniels has made 4 career starts, including the 5 plays or less 1 play 2008 26 (55%) 4 starter would have led NCAA Division II fi rst 3 games last season. He made his fi rst career 2009 16 (36%) 5 start as a redshirt sophomore at Shippensburg in 2010 21 (50%) 4 He was a 3-time PSAC East Off ensive Player of the the 10th game of the 2011 season. 2011 15 (47%) 3 Week in games against West Chester, LIU Post and 2012 21 (46%) 2 Millersville. Daniels went over 1,000-yard mark in career 2013 8 (38%) 1 passing yardage at Cheyney, going 3-for-7 for Against West Chester, he set ESU's single-game 43 yards. In his career, he is 55-for-103 for 1,012 80+ YARD SCORING DRIVES: completion % record (81.1, 30-for-37) in his 2nd yards, 9 TD and 5 Int. 2008 10 10 TDs 2009 13 12 TDs career start, throwing for 366 yards and 3 TD. 2010 4 3 TDs In last year's season opener, a 31-0 win over Lock 2011 9 7 TDs DOING IT ON THE GROUND: Soltes ranks 3rd Haven, Daniels was 17-for-26 for 355 yards and 2012 9 8 TDs at ESU in career rushing yards by a QB (756), 4 TD - the 4th-most passing yards in a season 2013 5 5 TDs including 117 yards at Shippensburg for his 3rd opener in ESU history. career 100-yard game. He was 35-for-60 for 631 yards, 7 TD and 3 Int. for Soltes ranked 2nd at ESU in rushing yards by a a pass effi ciency rating of 175.2 last year. QB in a season (536) in 2012, trailing only current Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin, who ran for 543 yards as a senior in 1994. Soltes had the 3rd- and 4th-most rushing yards in a game by an ESU QB since 1968 last year, with 131 at LIU Post and 126 at Millersville in back-to-back weeks. He was 1st ESU QB to run for 100+ yards in consecutive games since at least 1968. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES IN THE FRONT ROW: ESU's off ensive linemen have combined for 70 RT -- R-So. Raymond Ocasio, Jr. (6-7, 300) career starts entering this week's game. Two Warriors made their 1st career • 4 career starts starts in the season opener vs. AIC in So. RG Eric Burleson and R-So. RT • Played in 3 games in 2012 Raymond Ocasio, Jr. • Starter on District and AAA state championship team at Allentown Central Catholic The Warriors lost 84 career starts from guard Seve Rivers (41), a 2-time All- PSAC East selection, and tackle Wrenton Wright II (43) - but returned their REBUILDING THE GROUND GAME: The Warriors are 3rd in the PSAC and other 3 starters for 2013. Rivers and Wright were the 6th and 7th Warriors 25th in Division II in rushing off ense with 230.3 yards per game, despite - and 4th and 5th OL - to make 40 career starts since 2003. entering the year without a tailback who had carried the ball at ESU.

Last year, the Warriors started the same 5 off ensive linemen in all 10 games ESU ran for 170.3 yards per game in 2012 - its most since 2001 (173.6) - and and had just one position change, fl ipping Wright II to right tackle and had 3 players gain 500+ yards for just the 2nd time in school history - Eric current So. Cody Laubach to left tackle for weeks 8-10. Deery (551), Soltes (536) and Kendrick Williams (532). In 1994, Orlando Williams (628), Jason Killian (559) and QB James Franklin (543) all went LT -- So. Cody Laubach (6-5, 315) over 500 yards. • 14 career starts (every game) • 2012: 10 starts (fi rst 7 at RT, last 3 at LT) The Warriors are replacing both tailbacks in Williams and Deery. Williams • 1st true FR to start every game since 2004 ranks 5th at ESU in career rushing yards (2,177), 3rd in rushing TD (23), 2nd • fi rst true freshman OL to start opener since 2004 in carries (475) and 5th in all-purpose yards (3,580). Deery ran for 1,421 yards and 9 TD in 4 seasons. LG -- Jr. Pete Wolmart (6-3, 310) • 16 career starts (14 straight) HEALY SHOULDERS THE LOAD: R-Fr. Robert Healy has 31 of the 37 • Started all 10 games at LG in 2012 carries by ESU tailbacks the last 2 weeks, after sharing carries with junior • 2 starts as a freshman, both at LT transfers Gerald Van De Cruz and Derrick Dyer in the fi rst 2 games. Van De Cruz suff ered an injury in the 2nd quarter at Shippensburg, and was C -- R-Sr. Greg Blue (6-2, 285) held out of last week's game. Dyer has been unavailable the last 2 weeks. • 32 career starts (21 straight - both lead team) • 14 at center, 9 at LG, 9 at RG R-Fr. Raul Quinones ran for 46 yards on 12 carries at AIC, giving the • Started all 10 games at center in 2012 Warriors 4 players with 10+ carries for the fi rst time since 1979. Quinones • Started 9 games at LG as a R-SO in 2011 was moved to the defensive backfi eld for one week, before moving back • Started 9 games at RG as a R-FR in 2010 to tailback for last week's game at Cheyney.

RG -- So. Eric Burleson (6-4, 305) • 4 career starts • 2012: 7 games (short-yardage/special teams) • Replaces Seve Rivers (41 career starts)

2013 Game-By-Game Statistics East Stroudsburg PASSING RUSHING TOTAL OFFENSE Comp.-Att. Yds. TD-Int. Att. Yds. TD Plays Yds. TD 1st downs 3rd down % Time of Poss. AIC 20-39 215 1-1 43 173 2 82 388 3 26 6-15 (40%) 32:27 Seton Hill 13-27 197 4-0 60 338 4 87 535 8 29 10-17 (58.8%) 40:46 Shippensburg 23-49 259 3-0 43 301 1 92 560 4 27 6-20 (30%) 36:17 Cheyney 22-40 430 3-0 29 108 3 69 538 6 21 9-16 (56.3%) 26:35 Clarion West Chester Bloomsburg Kutztown Lock Haven Millersville Mercyhurst 2013 ESU Avg. 19.5-38.8 275.2 11-1 43.8 230.0 10 82.5 505.2 21 25.8 45.6% 34:01 2012 ESU Avg. 20.7-34.2 327.6 28-12 35.0 170.3 18 69.2 497.9 46 23.0 44.9% 30:22 Opponents PASSING RUSHING TOTAL OFFENSE Comp.-Att. Yds. TD-Int. Att. Yds. TD Plays Yds. TD 1st downs 3rd down % Time of Poss. AIC 15-37 193 1-2 36 209 1 73 402 2 18 4-14 (28.6%) 27:33 Seton Hill 11-28 148 1-0 24 -11 0 52 137 1 8 1-12 (8.3%) 19:14 Shippensburg 21-38 286 4-3 31 135 1 69 421 5 16 4-14 (28.6%) 23:43 Cheyney 11-21 163 0-2 39 88 1 60 251 1 15 4-12 (33.3%) 33:25 Clarion West Chester Bloomsburg Kutztown Lock Haven Millersville Mercyhurst 2013 Opp. Avg. 14.5-31.0 197.5 6-7 32.5 105.2 3 63.5 302.8 9 17.0 25.0% 25:59 2012 Opp. Avg. 20.9-33.2 310.0 27-8 36.2 142.8 20 69.4 452.8 47 23.0 40.9% 29:38 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Jr. Gerald Van De Cruz - Phillipsburg, N.J. ESU CAREER RECEIVERS • 2013: 100 yards, 17 carries (5.9 avg), TD • 3 yards, 3 carries at Ship (left due to injury) Yr. Games Rec Yds TD • 81 yards, 12 carries, TD at Seton Hill Robert Bleiler R-Sr. 30 107 1,799 11 • 16 yards, 2 carries in 4th quarter vs. AIC Steven Jones R-Jr. 25 42 675 13 • transfer from Lackawanna College Thomas Tippett R-Sr. 35 38 466 1 Jon Schnaars R-So. 14 32 466 3 • 4-year letterwinner at FB and NG at Phillipsburg Tim Wilson So. 11 14 212 3 • 2010 Warren County Player of the Year Ray Dominguez Jr. 20 16 211 0 • 1st team All-West Jersey and All-Area Gerard Wendowski So. 11 6 94 0 Brandon Mercer R-So. 10 6 49 0 Jr. Derrick Dyer - Pennsauken, N.J./Palmyra Robert Healy R-Fr. 4 2 46 0 • 2013: 75 yards, 15 carries (5.0 avg), TD Joe Welk So. 12 7 35 0 • 58 yards, 10 carries, TD at Seton Hill 270 3,953 31 • 17 yards, 5 carries in 4th quarter vs. AIC WARRIORS 100-YARD RECEIVERS • transfer from Seton Hill • led Griffi ns in rushing in 2012, with 66 carries for 274 yards and 3 TD Robert Bleiler (5) 172 vs. Pace 2011 • 2-time All-Freedom Division defensive back at Palmyra HS 153 at Kutztown 2011 • ran for 1,097 yards on 152 carries 137 at Mercyhurst 2012 115 at Shippensburg 2013 1 YARD AT A TIME: R-Sr. FB Thomas Tippett has 9 career rushing TD, all 154 at Cheyney 2013 from the 1-yard line. He has 10 total career TD, including a 49-yard TD catch Steven Jones 144 at Cheyney 2013 vs. Cheyney in 2012. Jon Schnaars 124 at LIU Post 2012 Ray Dominguez 111 vs. Bloomsburg 2011 Tippett was named to the Football Gazette All-Region 3rd team last year, with 19 catches, 288 yards and a TD, and 19 carries, 51 yards and 5 TD. BLEILER RANKS 4TH IN PSAC: R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler is 4th in the PSAC with 96.0 yards per game, and 6th with 6.3 receptions per game. 2013: 6 carries, 8 yards, 3 TD ... 4 catches, 29 yards Career: 38 catches, 466 yards, TD ... 35 games (18 starts) He has had consecutive 100-yard receiving games, with 16 catches for 269 yards and 2 TD the last two weeks. He had a career-high 9 catches for 115 AIRING IT OUT: ESU has led the PSAC in passing in 7 of the last 11 years, yards at Shippensburg, and 7 catches for 154 yards - the 2nd-most in his and the Warriors' quarterback has been in the top 3 in the PSAC in total career - at Cheyney. off ense all 11 seasons ... the Warriors were 2nd in the PSAC and 4th in DII in total off ense (497.9 ypg) and Soltes was 3rd in the PSAC and 12th in DII He is closing in on his 3rd straight season with 600+ yards: (315.8). • 2013 - 25 catches, 384 yards, 3 TD • 2012 - 37 catches, 609 yards, 4 TD BIG PLAY OFFENSE: ESU was 3rd in Division II with 7.20 yards per play and • 2011 - 33 catches, 659 yards, 4 TD 9.58 yards per pass attempt during the 2012 season ... ESU's 15.83 yards per • 2010 - 12 catches, 147 yards completion were also 3rd-most among DII schools (min. 15 completions/ game) ... the Warriors had 27 pass plays of 30+ yards, including 8 TD ... BLEILER'S CAREER: 107 catches, 1,799 yards, 11 TD ... he is the 22nd player ESU led DII with 15.59 yards per completion in 2011 ... in 2013: ESU has 9 in school history with 100 catches and 23rd with 1,500 receiving yards. completions of 30+ yards, including 3 TD ... the Warriors are averaging 6.12 yards per play, 5.26 yards per rush attempt, 7.10 yards per pass attempt, SPREADING IT AROUND: The Warriors had 5 returners who caught at least and 14.11 yards per completion. 10 passes last season:

PSAC EAST'S OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: The PSAC East had 3 of the top 8 Yr. Games Rec Yds TD Robert Bleiler R-Sr. 10 37 609 4 off enses in DII in 2012: Thomas Tippett R-Sr. 10 19 288 1 Steven Jones R-Jr. 10 18 260 5 1. Shippensburg - 529.9 ypg (46.9 ppg) Jon Schnaars R-So. 10 16 312 1 4. ESU - 497.9 ypg (38.5 ppg) Tim Wilson So. 7 11 167 2 8. Kutztown - 481.1 ypg (44.6 ppg) 16. Bloomsburg - 472.5 ypg (37.6 ppg) SOPHOMORE RECEIVERS: The Warriors have 5 sophomores who are 35. West Chester - 433.0 ypg (35.3 ppg) contributing at receiver this season:

The division also had the #2 passing off ense (Shippensburg - 387.7 ypg), R-So. Jon Schnaars the #5 rushing off ense (Bloomsburg - 315.8 ypg) and the #2 and #4 scoring • 2013: 16 catches, 154 yards, 2 TD (7 yds vs. AIC, 4 yds at Seton Hill) off enses (Shippensburg - 46.9 ppg, and Kutztown - 44.6 ppg). • 2012: 16 catches, 312 yards, 1 TD • 4th on team in receiving yards IN 2013: The PSAC East has 5 teams who are ranked in the top 26 in DII in • 5 catches, 124 yards at LIU Post either rushing or passing off ense: • 3 catches, 90 yards, TD (46 yards) vs. Kutztown

Rushing So. Tim Wilson 2. Bloomsburg - 372.0 ypg (533.3 ypg total - 10th) • 2013: 3 catches, 45 yards, TD (11 yds at Seton Hill) 17. West Chester - 255.3 ypg (546.3 ypg total - 9th) • 30-yard reception on 1st play of season vs. AIC 25. ESU - 230.0 ypg (505.3 ypg total - 19th) • 2012: 11 catches, 167 yards, 2 TD • Played in fi nal 7 games Passing • 33-yard TD with 5 seconds left to beat West Chester 9. Kutztown - 344.5 ypg (352.2 ypg total - 110th) • 2 catches, 47 yards on fi nal drive 26. Shippensburg - 306.0 ypg (408.0 ypg total - 71st) EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

R-So. Brandon Mercer 2011 - 11-14 - 5-7 inside 40 - 6-7 over 40 • 2013: 3 catches, 26 yards • 6 FG of 40+ yards - tied for ESU record • 2012: 3 catches, 23 yards • the rest of PSAC kickers were 9-for-30 from 40+ • 31.9 kick return average in 2012 - 2nd-best in ESU history • made 2 longest FG in the PSAC (52 and 48 yards) • 94-yard kick return TD vs. Cheyney (ESU's fi rst since 2002) • 52-yard FG at Kutztown • Career bests of 7.02 in 60m and 10.74 in 100m for ESU track team • missed fi rst 3 games due to injury • Member of PSAC champion 4x100m relay in 2012 2010 - 16-21 - 12-12 inside 40 - 4-9 over 40 So. Joe Welk • ESU record with 16 fi eld goals • 2013: 7 catches, 53 yards (dnp at Cheyney - injury) • perfect inside 40 yards • 2012: Played in 9 games, primarily on special teams • 1 of 2 kickers in DII to make a FG in every game • Ran for 1,335 yards as a senior at Solanco in 2011 • 87 points rank 3rd in school history • Member of ESU wrestling team as starter at 149 pounds ESU Career Field Goal Percentage So. Gerard Wendowski 1. 67.2 -- Mark Brubaker (39-58) • 2013: 6 catches, 94 yards (4 catches, 71 yards at Cheyney) 2. 66.7 -- Taylor Groff (44-66) • 2012: Played in 7 games, primarily on special teams • All-Suburban One 2nd team at North Penn (HS teammate of Mercer) ESU Career Field Goals 1. 50 -- Ed Detwiler (1989-92) [also PSAC record] THE SPECIAL TEAMS 2. 44 -- Taylor Groff (2010-pres.) 3. 39 -- Mark Brubaker (2002-05) GROFF AMONG NATION'S BEST KICKERS Sr. K Taylor Groff enters his senior season within reach of several ESU ESU Career Field Goals of 40+ Yards career records. 1. 16 -- Taylor Groff 2. 12 -- Ed Detwiler Groff was one of 10 fi nalists for the Fred Mitchell Award (top kicker in DII, DIII, NJCAA and NAIA) in 2012, and was on the preseason watch list this ESU Career Points by Kicker season. 1. 287 -- Mark Brubaker 2. 262 -- Ed Detwiler As a junior in 2012, he was named to the Daktronics and Football Gazette 3. 256 -- Taylor Groff All-Region 1st team, and the All-PSAC East 1st team. Scoring by Active DII Kickers • Led DII kickers with 9.3 points per game 1. 306 -- Dan Fisher, Bloomsburg (40 games - 7.7 ppg) • 1 of 2 kickers in DII with 3 fi eld goals of 50+ yards 2. 295 -- Sam Brockshus, Minn.-Mankato (41 games - 7.2 ppg) • 15-for-23 on fi eld goals - including 10-of-11 to fi nish season 3. 259 -- Stefan Terleckyi, Wayne State (Mich.) (41 games - 6.3 ppg) • Perfect 48-for-48 on extra points 4. 257 -- Shawn Leo, West Chester (36 games - 7.1 ppg) 5. 256 -- Taylor Groff , ESU (33 games - 7.8 ppg) Among active DII kickers, Groff ranks 2nd with 7.8 points per game, and 2nd with 1.3 FG made per game. BAIR ENTERS 3RD YEAR AS PUNTER Jr. Jordan Bair is one of the PSAC's most experienced punters, entering his He has made 4 fi eld goals of 51+ yards in his career - the only kicker in PSAC 3rd year as the Warriors' starter. history with more than 1 fi eld goal from that distance. In 2012, he was 10th in the PSAC in net average (33.8) after ranking 6th in Career - 44-66 - 28-37 inside 40 - 16-29 over 40 (4-10 over 50) net punting (32.9) as a freshman. • 15-for-21 (7-for-11 40+) to tie or give ESU lead • 7-for-8 (2-for-2 over 40) in fi nal 1:00 of 1st half • 2013 - 39.2 avg, 33.8 net, 20 punts (8 inside 20), long 55 • 6 FG of 48+ yards (4-for-7 from 50+ yards) • 2012 - 37.2 avg, 33.8 net, 30 punts (11 inside 20), long 53 • has made 4 of the 5 longest FG in school history • 2011 - 37.8 avg, 32.9 net, 44 punts (10 inside 20), long 53

2013 - 2-8 - 2-5 inside 40 - 0-3 over 40 (all from 50) ESU has been a regular among the Division II leaders in net punting, • 77 consecutive PAT streak snapped at Cheyney on Sept. 28 ranking in the top 5 in three of the last nine years. The Warriors led the • 1-for-3 at Shippensburg (made 25, missed twice from 50) nation in 2004 (40.6) and 2008 (39.7) and ranked 3rd in 2006 (36.0). • Made only FG at Seton Hill (33) and was 8-for-8 on PAT • 0-for-3 vs. AIC in the season opener (50, 29, 32) RULE CHANGE • He had his fi rst career miss in the fi nal 1:00 of the 1st half (29 yards), and The NCAA instituted two rule changes on kickoff s prior to the 2012 season. had been 7-for-7 in the last 1:00 of the half in his career The kickoff spot was moved up 5 yards (to the 35-yard line), and the touchback spot was moved up 5 yards (to the 25-yard line). 2012 - 15-23 - 9-13 inside 40 - 6-10 over 40 • Made FG of 52 at Bloomsburg and Millersville, and 51 at Clarion Sr. Taylor Groff has helped ESU rank 3rd in the PSAC in average opponents • t-3rd in DII with 1.5 fi eld goals/game drive start in 2012, and 1st in 2010. In his career, he has 41 touchbacks on • 1st in DII with 9.3 points/game 202 kickoff s (20.8 percent): • 93 points were 2nd-most in school history • 2013 - 4 touchbacks, 28 kickoff s (14.3%) • 2012 - 23 touchbacks, 72 kickoff s (31.9%) • 2011 - 3 touchbacks, 37 kickoff s (8.1%) • 2010 - 11 touchbacks, 65 kickoff s (16.9%) EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

THE RETURN GAME THE NEWCOMERS: ESU has broken in 6 new starters in 2013 - including 3 R-So. WR Brandon Mercer and So. WR Tim Wilson are handling the kick who saw their fi rst career action in the season opener: and punt returns early in the 2013 season. DE - R-Jr. Sam Trunzo (3 career starts - replaced Tarik Haddad after week 1) DL - R-Jr. Jon Noble (3 career starts) Mercer: OLB - R-So. Kaje Cowans (3 starts, dnp at Cheyney - transfer Bowie State) • averaged 31.9 yards on 14 KR as a redshirt freshman in 2012, the 2nd-best OLB - Fr. Corbyn Nyemah (1 start at Cheyney, replacing Cowans) average in school history CB - R-Jr. Konrad Mims (4 starts - on roster, dnp in 2011) • 94-yard KR return vs. Cheyney in 2012 (ESU's fi rst since 2002) FS - Fr. Dean Vitale (4 starts - joined team last spring) • 11 punt returns for 29 yards in 2012 2013 ... PASS DEFENSE TURNAROUND: ESU, 155th of 156 schools in pass defense • 29.2 average (6 KR, 175 yards - 36, 33 vs. AIC - 40, 35 at Seton Hill) (310.0 ypg) and 153rd in pass effi ciency defense (163.5) last year, has shown Track ... tremendous statistical improvement. • PR's of 10.74 in 100m, and 7.02 in 60m • Member of PSAC champion 4x100m relay as freshman in 2012 The Warriors rank 7th in DII in opponents completion percentage (46.8), • 5th in PSAC in 100m (10.83), and 6th in 60m (7.04), in 2012 limiting their fi rst 4 opponents to 58-for-124 passing. ESU opponents • 4th in PSAC in 60m (7.06) in 2013 completed 63.0 percent of their passes in 2012.

Wilson: INTERCEPTED: ESU has 7 interceptions in 4 games - one away from its total • averaged 16.3 yards on 7 KR in 2012, with a long of 29 of 8 in 10 games last season. The Warriors have allowed just 6 TD passes (1.5 • 5 punt returns for 10 yards per game) after giving up 27 (2.7 per game) in 2012. 2013 ... • 7.8 average on 6 punt returns (47 yards) DEPTH, EXPERIENCE ON THE LINE: Of the 8 players on the depth chart on • ESU has more PR yards this year than in 10 games in 2012 (34 yards) the defensive line, 7 are in at least their 3rd year in the Warriors' program • 22.8 average on 4 kick returns (91 yards) and have combined for 119 games and 44 starts.

THE DEFENSE Along with Thomson and Gattelli, the other 2 starters have plenty of experience in R-Jr. DL Jon Noble and R-Jr. DE Sam Trunzo. WARRIORS MUCH IMPROVED THROUGH 4 WEEKS ESU's defense, which ranked in the bottom 25 in Division II in several Listed as backups are R-So. DE Antoine Ray, R-Fr. DE Ahmad McFarland, categories last year, has much better numbers through the fi rst 4 games in R-Jr. DL Josh Przywara and R-So. DL Steven Wright. 2013: RUSHING THE PASSER: The Warriors led the PSAC and were tied for 9th in 2013 (DII rank/stat) 2012 Diff erence DII with 3.0 sacks per game in 2012, after posting just 6 sacks in their fi rst Scoring T-21 - 17.0 133 - 35.9 112 spots - 18.9 ppg 6 games. In the fi nal 4 games, they got to the quarterback 24 times - 4 vs. Total Yds 21 - 302.8 142 - 452.8 121 spots - 150.0 ypg Kutztown, 6 at LIU Post, 6 at Millersville and 8 at Mercyhurst. Rush Yds 27 - 105.2 59 - 142.0 32 spots - 36.8 ypg Pass Yds 37 - 197.5 155 - 310.0 118 spots - 112.5 ypg The Warriors returned players who had 16.5 of their 30 sacks last year, Pass Eff 20 - 105.0 153 - 163.5 133 spots - 58.5 including Thomson (team-high 5.0), Gattelli (4.5), Przywara (3.0) and Noble (1.5) on the defensive line ... 2013: ESU has 10 sacks through 4 games - 1 at 6 RETURNING STARTERS - BUT STILL YOUNG Cheyney, 3 at Shippensburg, 5 at Seton Hill, and 1 vs. AIC (Teron Dobbs) After returning just 2 starters entering the 2012 season, the Warriors returned 6 starters for 2013 - including the PSAC East Defensive Player of RETURNING ALL-AMERICA: R-Jr. DL Bryan Thomson was the PSAC East the Year in R-Jr. DL Bryan Thomson. Defensive Player of the Year and a member of the Football Gazette All- America 3rd team in his 1st season as a starter in 2012. Even with a large number of returners, the Warriors have just 1 senior on the defense in OLB Darius Jackson. Thomson has 17 tackles and 1.5 sacks this season. He opened the year with 9 tackles and a pass breakup in ESU's 21-14 win vs. AIC. Of the 24 players on the depth chart, there are: SR -- 1 starter In 2012, he had 50 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries and JR -- 7 starters, 1 backups blocked 6 kicks to tie ESU's single-season school record. He had all 5.0 SO -- 2 starters, 2 backups sacks over the fi nal 4 weeks of the year - including 9 tackles, 2.0 TFL, a sack, R-FR -- 0 starters, 4 backups fumble recovery and blocked PAT in the season fi nale at Mercyhurst. He FR -- 1 starters, 4 backups also had 2.0 sacks at LIU Post and sacks against Kutztown and Millersville.

THE RETURNERS: ESU's 6 returning defensive starters ... Thomson was the fi rst sophomore to be named PSAC East Defensive Player DE -- R-Jr. Brandon Gattelli (22 starts - all 10 in 2012) of the Year since ESU linebacker Kevin Nagle in 1998. DL -- R-Jr. Bryan Thomson (15 starts - all 10 in 2012) MLB -- Jr. Cody Simcox (13 starts - last 9 in 2012) THOMSON SETS BLOCKED KICKS RECORD: Thomson holds ESU's career OLB -- Sr. Darius Jackson (18 starts - 9 in 2012, 5 at fullback in 2011-12) record with 10 blocked kicks, after blocking PAT's in each of the last 2 CB -- So. Teron Dobbs (12 starts - 8 in 2012 after moving to CB from WR) weeks. He broke the record of 8 held by defensive tackle Matt Delancey S - R-Jr. Anthony Singlar (19 starts - all 10 in 2012) (1993-96), currently a strength coach at Florida.

Thomson has blocked 7 PAT and 3 FG in his career. He tied the single- season record in 2012 with 6 blocks (3 PAT, 3 FG) which he shares with linebacker Joe Menton (1995).

ESU opponents were just 3-for-8 on FG in 2012, with Thomson accounting for 3 blocks. Warriors opponents are 0-for-1 on FG this year. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT: ESU has shifted from a 4-4 defense to a 4-3 YOUNG ON THE OUTSIDE: Sr. Darius Jackson, the only senior on the ESU this season, but opponents are still seeing plenty of the 8-man front that defense, was the only outside linebacker with on-fi eld experience for the Warriors fans are accustomed to. Warriors entering the season.

The 4th linebacker is replaced by a 2nd safety who will primarily play close Jackson has started all 4 games and has 22 tackles, 3.0 TFL, a sack, an to the line of scrimmage - similar to the "chief" outside linebacker position interception and a fumble recovery, which he returned for a 19-yard TD at in the previous incarnation of the Warriors' defense. Seton Hill. He started 9 games and played in all 10 in 2012, his fi rst season on defense after playing fullback the fi rst 2 years. He was named PSAC East The new safety position is fi lled by one of ESU's most experienced players, Defensive Player of the Week following ESU's 35-28 win over West Chester, R-Jr. Anthony Singlar, who led the Warriors with 86 tackles and ranked 6th when he had 5 tackles and an interception. He also had a big game against in the PSAC with 8.6 tackles per game as free safety in 2012. Cheyney in 2012 - 5 tackles, 2.5 TFL, forced fumble, interception return for 54-yard TD, and defensive 2-point conversion. Singlar has made 19 career starts - 10 in 2012, and 5 in 2011. In those 5 starts as a redshirt freshman, he had 42 tackles. R-So. Kaje Cowans started the fi rst 3 games (18 tackles, 2.5 TFL, sack, 2 PBU) before missing the Cheyney game due to injury. He is a transfer from Fr. Dean Vitale, who joined the Warriors for spring practice, is the starter at Bowie State, where he played in 8 games in 2012. free safety. Fr. Corbyn Nyemah started at Cheyney and has played in 3 games after NCAA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS: So. CB Teron Dobbs is tied for 2nd in the making his ESU debut at Seton Hill. PSAC and 8th in DII with 3 interceptions ... Dobbs (3 Int., 2 PBU), R-Jr. CB Konrad Mims (1 Int., 6 PBU) and Fr. FS Dean Vitale (2 Int.) have combined JACKSON HITS PAYDIRT: Jackson, a converted fullback, has scored 5 career for 6 interceptions and 8 pass breakups through 4 games. TD in 4 diff erent ways - along with his defensive 2-point coversion in 2012.

AT THE CORNERS: So. Teron Dobbs was the PSAC East Defensive Player Fumble return TD: 2013 at Seton Hill (19 yards) of the Week in the season opener, with 2 Int., 2 PBU, 3 tackles and a sack in Interception return TD: 2012 vs. Cheyney (54 yards) ESU's 21-14 win vs. AIC. Receiving TD (2): 2010 at Millersville (7 yards), 2010 vs. Cheyney (6 yards) Rushing TD: 2011 vs. California Dobbs started 8 games as a true freshman in 2012. He made the roster as a wide reciever but moved to corner after week 1, played in week 2 vs. SAFETY FIRST: ESU had 2 safeties at Seton Hill in week 2 (W 70-7) for the Shippensburg and made his fi rst career start in week 3 vs. Cheyney. He led fi rst time in 409 games under head coach Denny Douds. SHU QB Nick the Warriors with 3 interceptions, had 32 tackles and 4 pass breakups. Halfhill's knee went down in the end zone after a bad snap in the 1st quarter, and Jr. LB Cody Simcox stopped Halfhill in the end zone in the 2nd Dobbs has 6 career interceptions in 12 starts at cornerback. quarter.

At the other corner, R-Jr. Konrad Mims has started the fi rst 4 games - the NO SOUP FOR YOU: ESU held Seton Hill to -11 yards rushing and 147 fi rst 3 contests of his collegiate career - and had his fi rst career interception yards overall - including just 49 yards on 44 plays through 3 quarters. The at Cheyney. He was a member of the roster in 2011 but did not see any Warriors limited an opponent to negative rushing yardage for the 5th time game action. Freshmen Derek Ramseur-Benson and Christopher Sutton in 409 games under head coach Denny Douds. have both seen playing time this season. PITCHING THE SHUTOUT: In ESU's 21-14 win vs. AIC in the season opener, DOBBS RECOGNIZED BY PSAC its 2nd-half shutout in a victory after trailing at halftime was just its 3rd in So. CB Teron Dobbs made nearly every big play for the ESU defense in a the last 20 years - overcoming a 14-7 halftime defi cit. The Warriors won 10-6 21-14 win over AIC in the season opener to earn the PSAC East Defensive at Cheyney in 2011 (trailed 6-2 at half), and beat Mansfi eld 57-20 in 2005 Player of the Week award. His selection gives ESU at least one award (trailed 20-17 at half). recipient in 10 straight seasons (since 2004). * 1st quarter - interception with AIC near midfi eld 5 STRAIGHT 0'S: After blanking AIC in the 2nd half of the season opener, * 3rd quarter - saved TD, tackling Terrell Williams (61-yard run) on 3-yard the Warriors shut out Seton Hill through 3 quarters the following week. line, with ESU trailing 14-7 3rd-and-goal from 1 - assisted tackle at goal line In the opener against AIC, the Warriors opened the 2nd half with a goal-line 4th-and-goal from 1 - sack and 10-yard loss stand, holding AIC out of the end zone on 4 plays from the 3-yard line and * 3rd quarter (4:30 left) - 3rd-down pass breakup in end zone (ESU tied in after So. CB Teron Dobbs had a TD-saving tackle on a 61-yard run by game on ensuing possession) Terrell Williams. * 4th quarter (13:30 left) - 3rd-down pass breakup (ESU took lead on ensuing possession) The Warriors held AIC to 144 yards on 31 plays after halftime after allowing * 4th quarter (8:00 left) - interception with AIC driving near midfi eld 14 points on 42 plays (258 yards) in the 1st half.

MANNING THE MIDDLE: Jr. Cody Simcox leads ESU with 30 tackles. The Warriors' 3rd-leading tackler last year (71) and 2nd-leading returner in 2013, he mans the middle linebacker spot in ESU's 4-3 alignment.

Simcox started the fi nal 9 games of 2012, his fi rst at ESU after transferring from Maine, where he was a tight end. He was an All-State AAAA 2nd team linebacker as a senior at Wilson-West Lawn in 2010. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES TWO-DEEP NOTES PSAC PRESEASON POLL • ESU was picked to fi nish 5th in the 2013 PSAC East Coaches Poll This Week's Depth Chart (includes kicker & punter) 1. Shippensburg (6 1st-place votes) Starters Backups Total 2. Bloomsburg (1) Seniors 5 1 6 3. West Chester (1) Juniors 10 3 13 4. Kutztown Sophomores 8 6 14 5. ESU Redshirt FR 1 6 7 6. Lock Haven True FR 1 6 7 7. Millersville 25 22 47 8. Cheyney

STARTS BY CLASS WARRIORS FROM 2000-09 Seniors 98 - 80 off ense, 18 defense • The Warriors wrapped up their winningest decade in school history in the Juniors 112 - 29 on off ense, 83 on defense 2000’s, going 77-34 for a .694 winning percentage Sophomores 55 - 40 on off ense, 15 on defense • They had 9 winning seasons in 10 years, made 3 NCAA Playoff R-Freshman 3 - 3 on off ense appearances (2004, 2005, 2009), won PSAC East titles in 2002 and 2003, and Freshman 5 - 5 on defense had a school-record 11 wins in 2005 • ESU has an all-time record of 456-304-19 (.598) WARRIORS HISTORY GREGORY-DOUDS FIELD AT EILER-MARTIN STADIUM 2012 HIGHLIGHTS: ESU's 2012 season saw the Warriors (5-5, 4-3 - t-3rd) • Field renamed to honor coaches Jack Gregory and Denny Douds after return to the top half of the PSAC East standings for the fi rst time since ESU’s 58-14 win vs. Cheyney on Oct. 30, 2010 2008 (9-2, 5-2 - 3rd). The key victory was a 35-28 win over West Chester in • Gregory had 49-11-2 (.806) record from 1959-65 and won 1964 and 1965 the 2nd career start for current R-So. QB Matt Soltes, who hit current So. PSAC championships WR Tim Wilson for the game-winning 33-yard TD with 5 seconds left. • Douds has been ESU’s head coach since 1974 • Eiler-Martin Stadium has been the home of the Warriors since 1938 The Warriors' off ense, led by Soltes, ranked 4th in Division II in total off ense • John R. Eiler was an outstanding athlete at the school in the early 1930s (497.9 ypg), 9th in passing (327.6 ypg) and 18th in scoring (38.5 ppg). They and later athletic director and a championship soccer coach set a PSAC record and had a Division II season-high of 828 yards of total • Gene Martin was the Warriors’ head football coach from 1942-57 and the off ense (552 passing, 276 rushing) in a 45-37 win at LIU Post on Oct. 27. school’s long-time Dean of Men Soltes set a PSAC record and NCAA all-division freshman record with 666 • The Warriors have a 124-74 home record (.626) under Douds yards of total off ense (535 passing, 131 rushing). Renovations include: FAMILY AFFAIR • New home bleachers were added in 1960 1 Warrior has a father who played for Coach Douds: • The current press box was installed in 1988 • R-So. QB Matt Soltes - father Andy lettered at QB in 1982, threw game- • The track was resurfaced and expanded to 8 lanes in 2005 winning TD at West Chester • Lights were added prior to the 2007 season • FieldTurf was installed prior to the 2008 season At least 7 other father-son combinations have earned letters since Douds arrived in 1966: UNDER THE LIGHTS ESU is 7-4 in night games since lights were installed in 2007: • Falcone - Michael, LB ‘73; Bryan, LB ‘00-02 9-15-07 L 23-38 vs. IUP • Hull - Chris, DE '84-87; Sam, DL '09-12 8-28-08 W 14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union • Jackson - Steven, C ‘69-71; Greg, TE ‘98-99 9-6-08 W 23-10 vs. Gannon • Marshall - Brian, QB ‘81; Matt, QB ‘08-10 (3rd in career total off ense) 9-27-08 W 52-12 vs. Cheyney • McNamee - Doug, DB/WR ‘64-66, Todd, K/P ‘85-88 9-12-09 W 45-31 vs. Clarion • Stem - Willard, FS ‘72-75; Drew, WR ‘05-08 9-11-10 L 17-23 vs. IUP • Terwilliger - Mike, QB ‘74-77 (Douds’ fi rst 4 seasons, 36th year as asst. 9-1-11 W 56-14 vs. Pace coach); Jimmy, QB ‘03-06 (Harlon Hill Award in 2005) 9-17-11 L 19-22 vs. #21 California 9-8-12 W 31-0 vs. Lock Haven PSAC CHANGES 9-15-12 L 21-63 vs. Shippensburg • The PSAC admitted Seton Hill and Pitt-Johnstown for full membership 9-5-13 W 21-14 vs. American International beginning July 1 • With the entrance of Seton Hill, associate member LIU Post has left the conference and joined the Northeast-10 • Lock Haven, which ended a 52-game losing streak with a 15-7 win over Cheyney in the 2012 season fi nale, moves to the PSAC East. • The PSAC's 18 members (16 football) form the largest NCAA conference regardless of division or state borders. • The conference sponsors 23 championships, the most at the NCAA Division II level. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES AND WE GO TO...OVERTIME WARRIORS IN THE PROS/DIVISION I • ESU is 4-6 all-time in overtime contests and has won its last two games in James Franklin is one of 9 former ESU players or graduate assistant coaches OT, 27-20 at Kutztown in 2009 and 44-41 vs. Shippensburg in 2008 in the NFL or Division I college football: • The win vs. Shippensburg gave head coach Denny Douds the PSAC record • Pat Flaherty '78: NY Giants, off ensive line coach, 2x Super Bowl champion with his 213th career victory • Vic Fangio '80: SF 49ers, defensive coordinator • Joe Marciano (GA): Houston Texans, special teams coordinator OVERTIME GAMES • Joe Baker (GA): Dallas Cowboys, assistant secondary coach 1991 - L 34-33 vs. Shippensburg (NCAA Playoff s) • John Glenn '05: Seattle Seahawks, assistant special teams coach 1996 - W 27-20 vs. Kutztown • James Franklin '95: Vanderbilt, head coach (Packers, Chiefs in NFL) 1999 - L 33-27 at Shepherd (2OT) • Brent Pry (GA): Vanderbilt, co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach 2000 - W 35-28 vs. Shepherd • Harry Hiestand '83: Notre Dame, off ensive line - also Tennessee, Bears (NFL) 2000 - L 33-26 vs. Millersville • Marshall Roberts M'03: Liberty, special teams coordinator/cornerbacks 2000 - L 17-14 vs. Shippensburg 2004 - L 38-37 vs. West Chester ACADEMIC ACCOLADES 2005 - L 31-24 vs. Bloomsburg • ESU has produced 66 Capital One Academic All-District selections over the 2008 - W 44-41 vs. Shippensburg last 6 years, 2nd-most in the PSAC 2009 - W 27-20 at Kutztown • ESU led the PSAC with 15 selections in 2010-11 and 10 selections in 2007-08 and 2008-09 ESU IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS • ESU has 21 PSAC "Top 10" award winners over the last 5 years, also 2nd- • ESU has played in the NCAA Division II Playoff s four times, most recently in most in the PSAC 2009 when they fell to Edinboro, 31-16, in the fi rst round • The Warriors have also played in the postseason in 1991, 2004 and 2005, The football program has had 5 Academic All-Americans: when they advanced to the national semifi nals 2010, 2009 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team • ESU has a 4-4 record in four postseason trips 2004 - Matt Crispell, DB, 1st team 1992 - Ed Detwiler, P, 2nd team PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1984 - Ernie Siegrist, TE, 1st team • ESU has won a share of nine PSAC titles under head coach Denny Douds, 1979 - Warren Brown, LB, 2nd team and 12 in school history • The most recent championships came in 1991, 2002 and 2003, when the Warriors won the PSAC East championship • Overall PSAC titles came in: 1942, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1982 • ESU has a 204-112-1 (.645) record in PSAC games for the 3rd-best winning percentage since the fi rst on-the-fi eld title was awarded in 1960

WARRIORS ON RADIO • WVPO 840 AM is in its 51st season broadcasting ESU football and will once again carry all 11 games in 2013 • Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award winner, is in his 25th season as the voice of the Warriors • He is joined in the booth by Bob Brittain, who is in his 13th year providing the color commentary

WARRIORS ON TV • Blue Ridge TV-13 will broadcast ESU football for the 27th year this season, with all 6 home games airing live across the region • Play-by-play man Chris Doty (24th year) is joined by color commentator Jim Riley (6th year) and sideline reporter Ellen Currie (1st year)

ESU WARRIORS ALL ACCESS • All 6 broadcasts this year will be available online through ESU Warriors “All Access” at www.esuwarriors.com • The single-season package ($24.95) gives access for all football content, live and archived, through August 31, 2014 • The single-day package ($6.95) gives access for a 24-hour period

JAMES FRANKLIN UPDATE • James Franklin '95, a two-year starter at QB and a Harlon Hill candidate in 1994, is in his 3rd season as head coach at Vanderbilt • Franklin led the Commodores to a 9-4 record - their fi rst 9-win season since 1915 - and a Music City Bowl win over NC State in 2012 • Vandy is 3-2 this year, falling to Ole Miss and South Carolina, and beating Austin Peay, UMass and UAB • next up: Oct. 5 vs. Missouri, 7:30 PM ET EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Career Statistics (returning players)

PASSING RUSHING TOTAL DEFENSIVE STARTERS C A Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Tackles TFL Sacks FF FR Int.

MATT SOLTES ANTHONY SINGLAR 2012 171 281 2622 21 9 96 536 2 3,158 2011 51 0 0 0 0 0 2013 74 144 1049 11 1 41 220 2 1,269 2012 86 1.0 0 1 1 1 Career 245 425 3,671 32 10 137 756 4 4,427 2013 22 4.0 0 1 0 0 Career 159 5.0 0 2 1 1 NATE DANIELS 2011 17 36 329 2 2 11 -38 0 291 BRANDON GATTELLI 2012 35 60 631 7 3 16 7 0 638 2011 38 6.5 3.5 2 1 0 2013 4 11 52 0 0 4 19 0 71 2012 35 9.0 4.5 2 3 0 Career 56 107 1,012 9 5 31 -12 0 1,000 2013 7 1.0 1.0 1 0 0 Career 80 16.5 9.0 5 4 0 RECEIVING RUSHING KR PR ALL-PURPOSE Rec Yds TD Att Yds TD Yds Yds Yds BRYAN THOMSON THOMAS TIPPETT 2011 29 2.5 2.5 2 0 0 2011 15 149 0 8 12 1 11 172 2012 50 9.0 5.0 0 2 0 2012 19 288 1 19 51 5 10 349 2013 17 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 2013 4 29 0 6 8 3 6 43 Career 96 13.0 9.0 2 2 0 Career 38 466 1 33 71 9 27 564 CODY SIMCOX 2012 71 3.5 1.5 0 1 0 ROBERT BLEILER 2013 30 3.5 1.0 0 0 0 2010 12 147 0 1 -4 0 143 Career 101 7.0 2.5 0 1 0 2011 33 659 4 659 2012 37 609 4 609 DARIUS JACKSON 2013 25 384 3 384 2010 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career 107 1,799 11 1 -4 0 1,795 2011 1 0 0 0 0 0 2012 46 4.0 0 1 0 2 RAY DOMINGUEZ 2013 22 3.0 1.0 0 1 1 2011 14 198 0 198 Career 70 7.0 1.0 1 1 3 2012 1 4 0 4 2013 1 9 0 9 TERON DOBBS Career 16 211 0 211 2012 32 0 0 0 0 3 2013 6 1.0 1.0 0 0 3 STEVEN JONES Career 38 1.0 1.0 0 0 6 2011 13 154 3 154 2012 18 260 5 1 -6 254 SAM TRUNZO 2013 11 261 5 261 2011 9 1.0 1.0 1 0 0 Career 42 675 13 1 -6 669 2012 9 0.5 0 0 0 0 2013 12 2.5 0.5 0 2 0 BRANDON MERCER Career 30 4.0 1.5 1 2 0 2012 3 23 0 446 29 498 2013 3 26 0 2 6 175 207 JOSH PRZYWARA Career 6 49 0 2 6 621 29 705 2011 1 0 0 0 0 0 2012 13 3.5 3.0 0 0 0 JON SCHNAARS 2013 4 0 0 0 0 0 2012 16 312 1 312 Career 18 3.5 3.0 0 0 0 2013 16 154 2 154 Career 32 466 3 466 JON NOBLE 2012 11 3.0 1.5 0 0 0 TIM WILSON 2013 13 4.0 1.0 0 0 0 2012 11 167 2 114 10 291 Career 24 7.0 2.5 0 0 0 2013 3 45 1 91 47 183 Career 14 212 3 205 57 474 TARIK HADDAD 2011 15 0 0 0 0 0 2012 19 2.0 0.5 1 1 0 2013 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career 35 2.0 0.5 1 1 0 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Record Book Updates

Robert Bleiler - Career Matt Soltes Taylor Groff - Season Robert Healy

Receptions Total Off ense - Game Field Goals Rushing Yards - Freshman 1. Evan Prall (2003-06) ...... 236 1. Matt Soltes (2012 at LIU Post) ...666 1. Taylor Groff (2010) ...... 16 1. Stewart Ford (1997) ...... 1,109 2. Tim Strenfel (2002-05) ...... 193 2. D. Poalucci (1996 at Mansfi eld) ...... 597 2. Taylor Groff (2012) ...... 15 2. Henry Mowery (1961) ...... 624 3. Anthony Carfagno (2002-05) ...... 172 Matt Seagreaves (1994) ...... 15 3. Elroy Denegal (1987) ...... 580 4. Brett Witmer (1994-97)...... 167 Total Off ense per Game - Season Ed Detwiler (1991)...... 15 4. Matt Soltes (2012) ...... 536 5. Mike Mancuso (1994-97) ...... 153 1. Damian Poalucci (1996) ...... 388.3 5. Bill Race (1960) ...... 513 Field Goal Percentage 6. Scott Benoit (1980-83) ...... 149 2. Jimmy Terwilliger (2004) ...... 357.6 6. Bob Rinaldi (1974)...... 483 1. Ed Detwiler (1989 - 13-16) ...... 81.3 7. Dusty Reed (2010- ) ...... 143 3. Jimmy Terwilliger (2005) ...... 354.3 7. Kendrick Williams (2009) ...... 436 2. Taylor Groff (2011 - 11-14) ...... 78.6 8. Sam Shuman (2006-09) ...... 131 4. Matt Soltes (2012) ...... 315.8 Bob Lester (1969) ...... 436 3. Taylor Groff (2010 - 16-21) ...... 76.2 9. John Jeff ries (2000-03) ...... 130 5. Jimmy Terwilliger (2006) ...... 315.5 9. Robert Healy (2013) ...... 427 4. Joey Pingitore (1983 - 12-16) ...... 75.0 Dennis McWhite (1992-95) ...... 130 10. Rick Sterner (1988) ...... 423 11. John Kotarsky (1988-01) ...... 129 Total Off ense - Career 5. Mark Brubaker (2005 - 14-19) ...... 73.7 12. Tim Bishop (1983-86) ...... 127 1. Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) ...... 16,064 40+ Yard Field Goals Rushing Yards, Game - 13. Ed Kiser (2008-10) ...... 124 2. Damian Poalucci (1994-97)...... 8,569 1. Taylor Groff (2012) ...... 6 14. Ernie Siegrist (1980-82, 84) ...... 122 3. Matt Marshall (2007-10) ...... 7,057 Freshman Taylor Groff (2011) ...... 6 15. Jeff Giglio (2007-10)...... 117 4. Jeremy Palm (1998-02) ...... 6,854 1. Stewart Ford (1997 at Cheyney) ....222 Joey Pingitore (1983) ...... 6 Doug Ogden (2005-08) ...... 117 5. Bret Comp (1989-92) ...... 6,774 2. Elroy Denegal (1987 vs. SCSU) ...... 192 3. Greg Knauss (2007) ...... 5 17. Paul Bandholz (1989-92) ...... 113 6. James Franklin (1991-94) ...... 5,764 3. Robert Healy (2013 at Ship) ...... 189 Ed Detwiler (1992)...... 5 18. Robert Bleiler (2010- ) ...... 107 7. Bill Dukett (1967-69) ...... 5,302 4. Stewart Ford (1997 vs. Mans) ...... 151 Mike Augustin (1985) ...... 5 Jake Hlavac (1990-93) ...... 107 8. Andy Baranek (1982-84) ...... 5,228 5. Rick Sterner (1988 at Mans) ...... 150 20. Jordan Hallman (2009-12) ...... 105 9. Matt Soltes (2012- ) ...... 4,427 Points by Kicker 21. Doug Leonzi (1989-92) ...... 104 10. Mike Terwilliger (1974-77) ...... 4,268 Yards from Scrimmage, Game - 1. Mark Brubaker (2005) ...... 116 22. Joe Rovnan (1983-85) ...... 101 --. Tim Roken (2007-08) ...... 4,153 2. Taylor Groff (2012) ...... 93 Freshman 1. Robert Healy (2013 at Ship) ...... 226 Receiving Yards Passing Yards - Career 3. Taylor Groff (2010) ...... 87 4. Greg Knauss (2007) ...... 85 2. Stewart Ford (1997 at Cheyney) ....222 1. Evan Prall (2003-06) ...... 4,093 1. Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) ...... 14,350 5. Mark Brubaker (2004) ...... 82 2. Tim Strenfel (2002-05) ...... 3,696 2. Damian Poalucci (1994-97)...... 8,654 3. Mike Mancuso (1994-97) ...... 2,710 3. Bret Comp (1989-92) ...... 6,661 Brandon Mercer 4. Brett Witmer (1994-97)...... 2,556 4. Matt Marshall (2007-10) ...... 6,403 Taylor Groff - Career 5. Anthony Carfagno (2002-05) ...... 2,425 5. Jeremy Palm (1998-02) ...... 6,391 Kick Return Yards - Career Field Goals 6. John Kotarsky (1998-01) ...... 2.224 6. Andy Baranek (1982-84) ...... 5,533 1. Chris Gerhard (1983-86) ...... 2,008 1. Ed Detwiler (1989-92) ...... 50 7. Tim Bishop (1982-85) ...... 2,146 7. Bill Dukett (1967-69) ...... 5,197 2. Mike Mancuso (1994-97) ...... 1,873 2. Taylor Groff (2010- ) ...... 44 8. Ed Kiser (2008-10) ...... 2,109 8. James Franklin (1991-94) ...... 4,687 3. Matt Kacanda (1998-99) ...... 1,438 3. Mark Brubaker (2002-05) ...... 39 9. Dusty Reed (2010- ) ...... 2,093 9. Tim Roken (2007-08) ...... 3,933 4. Joe McLaughlin (1985-88) ...... 1,406 10. Sam Shuman (2006-09) ...... 2,043 5. Drew Stem (2005-08) ...... 1,280 10. Mike Terwilliger (1974-77) ...... 3,799 Field Goal Percentage 11. Jordan Hallman (2009-12) ...... 1,986 6. Dennis McWhite (1992-95) ...... 1,132 --. Matt Soltes (2012- ) ...... 3,671 1. Mark Brubaker (2002-05, 39-58) ...67.2 12. Dennis McWhite (1992-95) ...... 1,964 7. Evan Prall (2003-06) ...... 1,034 2. Taylor Groff (2010- 44-66) ...66.7 13. Jeff Giglio (2007-10)...... 1,901 Passing TD - Career 8. Kendrick Williams (2009-12) ...... 845 14. Scott Benoit (1980-83) ...... 1,894 9. Michael Glover (1992-02) ...... 823 1. Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) ...... 148 40+ Yard Field Goals 15. John Jeff ries (2000-03)...... 1,829 10. Joe Pawloski (1995-96) ...... 793 2. Damian Poalucci (1994-97)...... 69 1. Taylor Groff (2010- ) ...... 16 16. Doug Ogden (2005-08) ...... 1,808 --. Brandon Mercer (2012- )...... 621 3. Jeremy Palm (1998-02) ...... 62 2. Ed Detwiler (1989-92) ...... 12 17. Robert Bleiler (2010- ) ...... 1,799 4. Matt Marshall (2007-10) ...... 61 18. Ernie Siegrist (1980-82, 84) ...... 1,730 5. Bret Comp (1989-92) ...... 50 Longest Field Goals Kick Return Avg. - Season 19. Jason Killian (1993-96) ...... 1,722 6. Bill Dukett (1967-69) ...... 45 1. Greg Knauss (2007 vs. IUP) ...... 53 1. Dennis Mailhot (1989) ...... 32.6 Dennis Mailhot (1987-90) ...... 1,722 7. Andy Baranek (1982-84) ...... 41 2. Taylor Groff (2011 at Kutz) ...... 52 2. Brandon Mercer (2012) ...... 31.9 21. Paul Bandholz (1989-92) ...... 1,603 8. James Franklin (1991-94) ...... 36 Taylor Groff (2012 at Bloom) ...... 52 3. Drew Stem (2007) ...... 30.9 22. Doug Leonzi (1989-92) ...... 1,535 9. Mike Terwilliger (1974-77) ...... 33 Taylor Groff (2012 at Mill) ...... 52 4. Drew Stem (2006) ...... 28.7 23. Jake Hlavac (1990-93) ...... 1,512 10. Matt Soltes (2012- ) ...... 32 4. Taylor Groff (2012 at Clarion) ...... 51 5. Mike Mancuso (1994) ...... 28.5 Tim Roken (2007-08) ...... 32 5. Todd McNamee (1988 vs. SCSU) ...... 50 Yards per Catch (50 rec or 1,000 yds) 6. Joey Pingitore (1983 vs. Montclair) ..49 1. Larry Harrison (1998-01) ...... 23.6 Pass Effi ciency - Season 7. Taylor Groff (2011 at W. Chester) 48 2. Tom Palubinski (1975-77) ...... 20.5 1. Jimmy Terwilliger (2005) ...... 186.1 Taylor Groff (2010 vs. Kutz) ...... 48 3. Dennis Mailhot (1987-90) ...... 19.6 2. Jimmy Terwilliger (2004) ...... 174.1 Mark Brubaker (2005 vs. CWP) ...... 48 4. Tim Strenfel (2002-05) ...... 19.1 3. Jimmy Terwilliger (2006) ...... 165.5 Ed Detwiler (1992 vs. Cal) ...... 48 5. Jordan Hallman (2009- ) ...... 18.9 4. Damian Poalucci (1996) ...... 163.3 Mike Augustin (1986 vs. Mill) ...... 48 6. Jason Killian (1993-96) ...... 17.9 5. Matt Soltes (2012) ...... 157.5 Joey Pingitore (1983 at Lehigh)...... 48 7. Mike Mancuso (1994-97) ...... 17.7 8. Evan Prall (2003-06) ...... 17.3 Rushing Yards, QB - Season Points by Kicker 9. John Kotarsky (1998-01) ...... 17.2 1. James Franklin (1994) ...... 543 1. Mark Brubaker (2002-05) ...... 287 10. Ed Kiser (2008-10) ...... 17.0 2. Matt Soltes (2012) ...... 536 2. Ed Detwiler (1989-92) ...... 262 --. Robert Bleiler (2010- ) ...... 16.8 3. Jimmy Terwilliger (2006) ...... 504 3. Taylor Groff (2010- ) ...... 256 Rushing Yards, QB - Career Points, overall 1. Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) ...... 1,714 1. Anthony Carfagno (2002-05) ...... 402 2. James Franklin (1991-94) ...... 1,077 2. Evan Prall (2003-06) ...... 320 3. Matt Soltes (2012- ) ...... 756 3. Mark Brubaker (2002-05) ...... 287 4. Matt Marshall (2007-10) ...... 654 4. Ed Detwiler (1989-92) ...... 262 5. Glen Ray (1964-65)# ...... 606 5. Taylor Groff (2010- ) ...... 256 # Ray's 1963 season not available 6. Toby Barkman (1960-63) ...... 252 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ESU FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART as of Oct. 1, 2013 — OFFENSE — QB 10 Matt Soltes (6-3, 210, R-So.) 371.6 total yards per game in 11 career starts ... 317.3 ypg this year (3rd in PSAC) ... 11 TD, 1 Int, 2 rush TD in 2013 11 Nate Daniels (6-2, 200, R-Sr.) Started 1st 3 games of 2012 (4 career starts) ... 175.2 QB rating (34-60, 621 yds, 7 TD, 3 Int.) ... 355 yds vs. LHU TB 29 Robert Healy (5-9, 175, R-Fr.) #2 among DII FR in rushing (106.8 ypg) ... 20 car, 189 yds at Ship (ESU FR record 226 yds from scrimmage) 36 Gerald Van De Cruz (5-11, 215, Jr.) 17 car, 100 yds, TD ... dnp at Cheyney ... transfer from Lackawanna; FB/NG at Phillipsburg (NJ) FB 45 Thomas Tippett (6-0, 230, R-Sr.) 9 career rush TD (all from 1-yd line) ... 6 car, 8 yds, 3 TD this year ... Career: 38 rec, 466 yds, 10 total TD 40 Sam Benson (6-2, 245, R-So.) 4 games this year ... played in all 10 games in 2012 ... 1 career catch WR 82 Robert Bleiler (6-1, 200, R-Sr.) 96.0 ypg (4th in PSAC) ... 16-269, 2 TD last 2 weeks (7-154 at Chey, 9-115, 2 TD at Ship) ... Career: 107-1799-11 33 Ray Dominguez (6-1, 195, Jr.) 1 rec, 9 yds at Seton Hill ... 20 career games (DB for most of 2012) ... 14 rec, 198 yds in 6 starts as FR in 2011 WR 5 Jon Schnaars (6-2, 200, R-So.) 16 rec, 154 yds, 2 TD ... career-high 6 rec (56 yds) at Cheyney ... 2012: 16-312, TD ... 5 rec, 124 yds at LIUP 17 Gerard Wendowski (6-3, 210, So.) 4 rec, 71 yds at Chey (2-23 at Ship) ... 7 games (special teams) 2012 ... HS with Brandon Mercer (North Penn) WR 85 Tim Wilson (5-9, 170, So.) AND 3 rec, 45 yds, TD ... 11-yd TD at SHU; 2-34 vs AIC ... 2012: 11-167, 2 TD (7 games) ... GW 33-yd TD w/ 0:05 left vs WCU 9 Brandon Mercer (5-7, 165, R-So.) 3 rec, 26 yds ... averaging 29.2 yards on 6 KR ... 2012: 3 rec, 23 yds ... 31.9 KR avg, 94-yd TD vs. Cheyney TE 88 Steven Jones (6-6, 250, R-Jr.) 4-144, 3 TD at Chey ... last 7 games: 21-396, 10 TD ... 11-261, 5 TD (t-2nd among DII TE) ... Career: 42-675-13

LT 77 Cody Laubach (6-5, 305, So.) 14 career starts (every game), 7 at LT ... 2012: 7 at RT, last 3 at LT ... 1st ESU true FR to start every game since 2004 75 Fran McMenamin (6-4, 280, Fr.) 2 games ... member of U.S. Armed Forces before attending ESU ... 2007 grad of Father Judge HS (Phila.) LG 66 Pete Wolmart (6-3, 310, Jr.) 16 career starts (14 straight at LG) ... 2012: all 10 at LG ... 2011: 2 starts at LT 68 Jordan Jones (6-0, 315, R-Fr.) 4 games (1st career action) ... All-City at Northeast HS (Philadelphia) on Public League championship team C 73 Greg Blue (6-2, 285, R-Sr.) 32 career starts, 21 straight (both most on team) ... 14 straight at C (all 10 in 2012) ... 9 at LG 2011, 9 at RG 2010 57 Nicholas Spause (6-1, 275, R-So.) 2 games (1st career action) ... 2-time All-Continental Conference at Souderton RG 69 Eric Burleson (6-4, 305, So.) Started all 4 games at RG ... played in 7 games, mostly in short-yardage off ense/special teams, in 2012 78 William Birosik III (6-2, 280, R-Fr.) 4 games (1st career action) ... redshirted 2012 as defensive end ... moved to OL in spring RT 51 Raymond Ocasio, Jr. (6-7, 300, R-So.) Started all 4 games at RT ... 3 games in 2012 ... starter on AAAA state champ team at Allentown CC in 2010 71 Brandon Natalie (6-5, 290, Fr.) Has not appeared ... All-Ches-Mont honorable mention OL at Great Valley HS

— DEFENSE — DE 98 Brandon Gattelli (6-2, 245, R-Jr.) 22 career starts, 17 straight (both most on defense) ... 2012: 35 tkl, 9 TFL, 4.5 sacks ... Career: 9 sacks, 5 FF, 4 FR 62 Antoine Ray (6-0, 250, R-So.) 2 games (SHU, Chey) ... 6 games in 2012 ... 4 tackles, 0.5 sacks ... 2 tackles, 0.5 sacks at Millersville DT 79 Bryan Thomson (6-1, 290, R-Jr.) 17 tkl, 1.5 sacks ... 2012: 50 tkl, 9 TFL, 5 sk (PSAC East Def POY, Football Gazette A-A 3rd team) ... Blk: 10 career (3fg, 7pat) 52 Steven Wright (6-1, 270, R-So.) 2 games (3 tkl, TFL, 0.5 sack at Seton Hill) ... played in 2 games in 2012 (FR vs Cheyney) DT 95 Jon Noble (6-0, 290, R-Jr.) Started all 4 games (1st career starts) ... 13 tkl, 4 TFL, sack ... all 10 games in 2012 (11 tkl, 3.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks) 92 Josh Przywara (6-0, 260, R-Jr.) Played in all 4 games ... 20 career games (all 10 in 2012 - 13 tkl, 3.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks, FR) ... 2 sacks vs. Kutz DE 72 Sam Trunzo (6-1, 240, R-Jr.) Started last 3 games (1st career starts) ... 20 career games (5 in 2012 - missed last 5, injury) 93 Ahmad McFarland (6-3, 245, R-Fr.) 2 games (SHU, Chey) ... All-Area 1st team by Morning Call, Express-Times at Liberty HS OLB 2 Darius Jackson (6-0, 225, Sr.) 22 tkl, 3 TFL, sack, Int, FR (19-yd TD at SHU) ... 13 career starts (9 in 2012 - 46 tkl, 4 TFL, 2 Int., FF) ... converted FB 54 Zach Miller (6-1, 210, R-Fr.) Special teams last 2 weeks ... All-State LB, TE at Pen Argyl ... 1st team All-Area by Morning Call, Express-Times MLB 34 Cody Simcox (6-2, 230, Jr.) Team-high 30 tkl ... 13 career starts (9 in 2012 - 71 tkl, 3.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks, FR, 17 tkl at Bloom) ... transfer from Maine 41 Eric Pabst (5-11, 215, R-Fr.) 4 tkl, 2.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks at Seton Hill ... HM All-State at Scranton HS ... member of AAAA District 2 champ OLB 32 Kaje Cowans (5-9, 210, R-So.) 3 starts (dnp at Chey) ... 18 tkl, 2.5 TFL, sack, 2 PBU ... 8 tkl vs. AIC ... transfer from Bowie State (8 games) 55 Corbyn Nyemah (6-2, 225, Fr.) 1st career start at Chey ... 3 games ... 4 tkl, 1.5 TFL at SHU ... All-Del Val 2nd team at Chichester HS ... OLB/TE CB 4 Teron Dobbs (5-9, 170, So.) PSAC East DPOW (2 Int, 2 PBU, sack) vs AIC ... 12 career starts (2012: 8 starts, converted WR) ... 6 career Int 18 Christopher Sutton (6-0, 165, Fr.) 3 games (Seton Hill, Ship, Cheyney) ... 3-year starter at DB and WR at Valley Forge Military Academy CB 28 Konrad Mims (5-11, 180, R-Jr.) 4 starts - 11 tkl, 5 PBU, FF, Int ... 1st career action (member of 2011 ESU roster) ... transfer from Sacred Heart 43 Derek Ramseur-Benson (6-0, 155, Fr.) Played in all 4 games ... 3-year starter at Delcastle Tech (Del.) ... played QB, WR, DB, KR, PR S 23 Anthony Singlar (5-11, 190, R-Jr.) 22 tkl, 4 TFL, 3 PBU, FF ... 19 starts (15 straight) ... 2012: 86 tkl (led ESU), 8.6 avg (6th PSAC) ... Career: 1 Int., 2 FF, 1 FR 21 Hakeem Ellis (6-0, 195, Fr.) 3 games (Seton Hill, Ship, Chey) ... 2-time All-Public League at Central HS (Philadelphia) ... played LB/Safety FS 49 Dean Vitale (5-9, 175, Fr.) 27 tkl, 2 Int (both at Ship) ... started all 4 games ... joined ESU in spring practice ... NJ All-Group 2 3rd team 46 Tyler Scott (5-11, 185, R-Fr.) Played in all 4 games (mostly special teams) ... 4 tkl ... All-Conference DB at Immaculata (NJ)

— SPECIAL TEAMS — PK 38 Taylor Groff (6-0, 215, Sr.) 2-8 FG (made 25, missed 50 twice at Ship, made 33 at SHU, missed 50, 29, 32 vs AIC, missed 27 at Cheyney) ... Streak of 77 consecutive PAT ended at Cheyney (5-for-7 - made fi nal PAT) only PSAC K with 2+ career FG of 51+ yds (4) ... 3 from 50+ in 2012 (52, 52, 51) ... career long is 52 (3x) Daktronics, Football Gazette All-Region 1st team ... All-PSAC East 1st team ... Mitchell Award Watch List Career: 44-66 (66.7 pct) ... under 40: 28-37 (75.7 pct) ... 40+: 16-29 (55.2) - incl 50+: 4-9 (44.4) 2012: 15-23 fg, 48-48 pat (led DII K with 9.3 ppg) ... 2nd active DII K with 7.9 points/game and 1.3 FG/game P 86 Jordan Bair (6-4, 200, Jr.) 39.2 avg (20 punts), long 55, 6 FC, 8 I20, 33.8 net ... 2012: 37.2 avg, 33.8 net ... 2011: 37.8 avg, 32.9 net LS 66 Pete Wolmart (6-3, 310, Jr.) Snapper on PAT/FG fi rst 4 games ... took over as LS at Seton Hill with injury to Tarik Haddad in opener H 11 Nate Daniels (6-2, 200, R-Sr.) Backup QB ... holder in all 10 games of 2012, and fi nal 6 games of 2011 KR 9 Brandon Mercer (5-7, 165, R-So.) 29.2 avg (4th in PSAC) - 6 KR, 175 yds - 40, 35 at SHU; 36, 33 vs AIC ... 2012: 31.9 avg (14 KR), 94-yd TD vs Chey Sprint standout ... 4th in PSAC in indoor 60m ... PR's of 7.02 in 60, 10.74 in 100 ... 4x100 relay PSAC champ in 2012 85 Tim Wilson (5-9, 170, So.) 22.8 avg (4 KR) ... 7.8 avg (6 PR) ... 3 rec, 45 yds, TD ... 16.3 avg (7 KR, 114 yds) with long of 29 in 2012 PR 85 Tim Wilson (5-9, 170, So.) 7.8 avg (6 PR), 47 yds ... ESU had 34 yds on 18 PR in 2012 (Wilson 10 yds on 5 PR) 9 Brandon Mercer (5-7, 165, R-So.) 11 PR, 29 yds, long of 16 at Clarion in 2012 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ESU Head Coach Denny Douds • 40th Year • Career Record: 240-168-3 Nine PSAC titles Four NCAA Playoff appearances 2005 Northeast Regional title

Denny Douds, the all-time winningest coach in the history of the PSAC, is in his 40th season as head Coach Douds’ Career Record coach of the ESU football program in 2013. He is the at a Glance 13th man to reach 40 seasons as head coach in NCAA W L T Pct. football history - the 9th to coach 40 years at one Overall Record 240 168 3 .588 school - and the 5th to spend all of his 40+ year career Home Record 124 74 0 .626 Away Record 113 93 3 .548 at the same institution. Neutral Record 3 1 0 .750 Douds has reached numerous milestones for vs. PSAC East 143 90 1 .613 coaching success and longevity, and spent his 50th PSAC East Home 70 45 0 .609 fall in the coaching profession in 2012. PSAC East Away 70 45 1 .608 He fi nished 2012 with 407 games coached, PSAC East Neutral 3 0 0 1.000 second-most among all active coaches, and is one vs. PSAC West 32 37 0 .464 of 15 men to coach more than 400 games in college PSAC Title Games 3 1 1 .700 football history. He set the NCAA Division II record NCAA Playoff Games 4 4 0 .500 vs. Non-PSAC Teams 58 36 1 .616 for most games coached on Oct. 22, 2011 against Opening Games 29 11 0 .725 Millersville, surpassing the previous mark of 393 held Closing Games 18 20 1 .468 by Jim Malosky of Minnesota-Duluth. Family Day Games 22 17 0 .564 Douds ranks 2nd among active DII coaches and Homecoming Games 24 15 0 .615 4th among all active coaches with 237 career victories through 2012, compiling a mark of 237-167-3 (.586) ESU Coaching Staff since 1974. He set the PSAC record for career victories in 2008. There have been 86 head football coaches at the other 15 PSAC institutions, and at least four Offensive Coordinator at every school, since Douds took over as ESU’s 8th head football coach in 1974. Since then, he has Mike Terwilliger (ESU ’78), 36th year coached 23 AP Little All-Americans, 5 AFCA All-Americans and 5 fi nalists for the Harlon Hill Award, • QB/coach for all 40 years of Douds’ career including quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger, who won the award in 2005. • 30-4-1 record as QB from 1974-77 In his 39 years as head coach, Douds has mentored 183 fi rst team All-PSAC selections and 822 • son Jimmy won Harlon Hill Award in 2005 letterwinners. An additional 151 players earned letters in his eight years as an assistant coach from 1966-73. Including the numerous Warriors who were members of the team but didn’t earn a letter, Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator more than 1,000 players have contributed to the ESU football program during Douds’ 47 years in the Mike Santella (ESU ’94), 16th year Poconos. • has coached 18 All-PSAC selections on OL The Warriors have made four trips to the NCAA Playoff s under Douds, most recently in 2009. The • coach on 3 NCAA teams at ESU (04-05, 09) 2000's featured a 77-34 record, nine winning seasons, three NCAA Playoff trips and two PSAC East championships. ESU's seven straight winning seasons from 2000-06 was the longest such streak of his Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers career. Bob Forgrave (Muskingum '77), 2nd year ESU made its second and third appearances in the NCAA Division II Playoff s in 2004 and 2005, • 30th season in coaching joining the 1991 squad which also advanced to the postseason. In 2005, the Warriors won three • Def. coord. at St. Norbert (Wisc.) in 2011 straight playoff games to claim the Northeast Region championship before bowing out in the national semifi nals. ESU’s 11-3 record set a school record for wins in a single season. Defensive Line A native of Indiana, Pa., Douds was a high school coach in Erie, Pa. for two years and an assistant Charles Alexander (Ohio State '02), 2nd year coach at West Virginia University for one year before accepting an assistant coach position at ESU. • 9th season of collegiate experience He started as the Warriors’ tight ends and linebackers coach under head coach Charlie Reese, and • Def. backs coach at Lehigh in 2011 then became the team’s defensive coordinator in 1968. After eight seasons assisting Reese, Douds took over as the school’s eighth head football coach in 1974. Defensive Ends Under Douds’ direction, the Warriors have captured nine PSAC Eastern Division titles with solo Zac Baltz (ESU '06), 1st year fi rst-place fi nishes in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1991 and ties for the top spot in 1980, 2002 • grad. student coach in 2012 and 2003. Before the PSAC championship game was eliminated in 1987, the Warriors won overall conference crowns in 1975, 1978 and 1982 and tied for the title with Shippensburg in 1976. Wide Receivers Frank Lupin (ESU ’62), 32nd year THROUGH THE DECADES: • 10 different All-PSAC WR since 2000 1970s 47-11-1 .805 1990s 54-47-2 .534 2010s 14-22 .389 1980s 48-54-0 .471 2000s 77-34-0 .694 Defensive Backs Joey Smith (Louisville ’91), 13th year • DB/KR in college, 4 years in NFL with NYG

Strength & Conditioning Rob Mikulski (Penn State ’86), 27th year • won DII coach of the year award in 2005

COACHING STAFF NOTES: • Head coach Denny Douds is in his 51st year of coaching, and 48th at ESU. He was inducted into the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998 • Assistant coaches Mike Terwilliger (1994) and Frank Lupin (2002), both ESU graduates, are also members of the Hall of Fame • Terwilliger is in his 36th season as a football coach, all at ESU, while Lupin is in his 53rd year in coaching and 32nd at ESU EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School 2 *Darius Jackson OLB 6-0 225 Sr. Lumberton, N.J./Rancocas Valley 3 *Jordan Bair P 6-4 220 Jr. Harrisburg/Central Dauphin 4 *Teron Dobbs (tuh-RON) DB 5-9 170 So. Bridgeport/Archbishop Carroll 5 *Jon Schnaars WR 6-2 200 R-So. Harrisburg/Central Dauphin 6 *Cody Simcox LB 6-2 230 Jr. Sinking Spring/Wilson West Lawn/Maine 7 Bruce Campbell QB 6-2 180 R-Fr. Yardley/Pennsbury 8 Jamyl Aminu (uh-MEAN-oo) OLB 5-9 195 R-So. Bethlehem/Liberty/California (Pa.) 9 *Brandon Mercer WR 5-7 165 R-So. Hatfi eld/North Penn 10 *Matt Soltes (SOLE-tez) QB 6-3 210 R-So. Vernon, N.J./Vernon 11 *Nate Daniels QB 6-2 200 R-Sr. Laureldale/Muhlenberg 12 Brandon LaVia (luh-VEE-uh) QB 6-0 205 Fr. Harrisburg/Central Dauphin 14 Anthony Washington OLB 5-8 175 R-Fr. Coatesville/Coatesville/Delaware State 15 Shane MacNamara TE 6-3 230 R-So. Montgomery, N.Y./Montgomery 17 *Gerard Wendowski WR 6-3 210 So. Lansdale/North Penn 18 Christopher Sutton DB 6-0 165 Fr. Darby/Valley Forge Military Academy 19 Jibril Hines DB 5-8 165 Fr. Sicklerville, N.J./Winslow Township 21 Hakeem Ellis S 6-0 195 Fr. Philadelphia/Central 23 *Anthony Singlar S 5-11 190 R-Jr. Bensalem/Conwell-Egan 25 Raul Quinones TB 5-11 180 R-Fr. Philadelphia/Father Judge 26 Wesley Pierce DB 5-8 160 Fr. West Milford, N.J./West Milford 27 *Joe Welk WR 5-9 175 So. Kirkwood/Solanco 28 Konrad Mims DB 5-11 180 R-Jr. Trenton, N.J./Notre Dame/Sacred Heart 29 Robert Healy TB 5-9 175 R-Fr. East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow 30 Alex Cooley TB 5-8 195 Fr. Wrightsville/Eastern York 31 Kevin Osback DB 6-1 195 Fr. Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn 32 Kaje Cowans (KAH-zhay) OLB 5-9 210 R-So. Hamburg, N.J./Wallkill Valley/Bowie State 33 *Ray Dominguez WR 6-1 195 Jr. Scranton/West Scranton 34 Derrick Dyer TB 5-8 190 Jr. Pennsauken, N.J./Palmyra/Seton Hill 35 Jimmy Verzicco (ver-ZICK-oh) FS 6-0 180 Fr. Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West 36 Gerald Van De Cruz TB 5-11 215 Jr. Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg/Lackawanna 37 Doug Barndt S 6-3 200 Fr. Quakertown/Quakertown 38 *Taylor Groff K 6-0 210 Sr. Manheim/Manheim Central 39 *Jon Neiman (NIGH-men) S 5-11 185 So. Gilbertsville/Boyertown 40 *Sam Benson FB 6-2 245 R-So. Lincoln University/Avon Grove 41 Eric Pabst LB 5-11 215 R-Fr. Scranton/Scranton 42 Renz Compton FS 5-11 170 Fr. Philadelphia/Frankford 43 Derek Ramseur-Benson (RAM-sir BEN-son) DB 6-0 155 Fr. New Castle, Del./Delcastle Technical 44 Anthony Lettieri (luh-TEER-ee) FB 6-0 245 R-Fr. Fanwood, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood 45 *Thomas Tippett FB 6-0 240 R-Sr. Fairfi eld/Delone Catholic 46 Tyler Scott FS 5-11 185 R-Fr. Raritan, N.J./Immaculata 47 Jay Bennett OLB 6-2 200 Fr. Marysville/Susquenita 49 Dean Vitale (vie-TAL-ee) FS 5-9 175 Fr. Spotswood, N.J./Spotswood 50 Nick Mallardi OLB 6-0 200 Fr. Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West 51 Raymond Ocasio, Jr. (oh-COSS-ee-oh) OL 6-7 300 R-So. Allentown/Central Catholic 52 Steven Wright DL 6-1 270 R-So. Bridgewater, N.J./Immaculata 53 Austin Noel (NOLL) OLB 6-1 215 Fr. Hanover/Delone Catholic 54 Zach Miller OLB 6-1 210 R-Fr. Pen Argyl/Pen Argyl 55 Corbyn Nyemah (KNEE-muh) OLB 6-2 225 Fr. Linwood/Chichester 56 *Tarik Haddad (TEAR-ik huh-DOD) DE 6-2 245 Jr. Orefi eld/Parkland 57 Nicholas Spause (like "pause") OL 6-1 275 R-So. Harleysville/Souderton 58 Doug Strickland DL 5-11 235 R-Fr. Teaneck, N.J./Paramus Catholic 59 Samuel Falcone (FOWL-cone) LB 5-10 170 Fr. Pittston/Pittston 60 Sekou Jones (SAY-coo) OLB 6-2 200 Fr. Eff ort/Pleasant Valley 61 Keith Froggatt, Jr. (FRO-get) DL 6-3 265 R-Fr. Southampton/William Tennent 62 *Antoine Ray DE 6-0 250 R-So. Telford/Souderton 66 *Pete Wolmart OL 6-3 310 Jr. Randolph, N.J./Randolph 67 Norman Rogers III OL 6-3 305 Fr. Glenside/Cheltenham 68 Jordan Jones OL 6-0 315 R-Fr. Philadelphia/Northeast 69 *Eric Burleson OL 6-4 305 So. Allentown/Parkland 70 Mike Benner OL 6-2 290 Fr. Kunkletown/Pleasant Valley 71 Brandon Natalie (nuh-TAL-ee) OL 6-5 290 Fr. Malvern/Great Valley 72 *Sam Trunzo DE 6-1 240 R-Jr. Bethlehem/Bethlehem Catholic 73 *Greg Blue OL 6-2 285 R-Sr. West Chester/Unionville 74 Devon Ackerman OL 6-1 285 Fr. Hanover/South Western 75 Fran McMenamin OL 6-4 280 Fr. Philadelphia/Father Judge 77 *Cody Laubach (LAW-bock) OL 6-5 315 So. Emmaus/Emmaus 78 William Birosik III (brr-OSS-ik) OL 6-2 280 R-Fr. Schuylkill Haven/Nativity BVM 79 *Bryan Thomson DL 6-1 290 R-Jr. Keyport, N.J./Keyport 80 Ira Hayes WR 5-11 180 Fr. Jackson, N.J./Jackson Liberty/Milford Academy 81 Zach Bogoly (BOG-lee) WR 6-2 195 Fr. Easton/Wilson 82 *Robert Bleiler WR 6-1 205 R-Sr. Dillsburg/Northern 83 Tommy House WR 6-2 185 Fr. Vienna, Va./James Madison 84 *Rich Irving WR 6-0 190 Jr. Kresgeville/Pleasant Valley 85 *Tim Wilson WR 5-9 170 So. Wayne/Radnor 87 Vlenale Byrd (vluh-NAIL) WR 6-4 175 Fr. Linwood/Chichester 88 *Steven Jones TE 6-6 250 R-Jr. Harleysville/La Salle College HS 89 Isaiah Williams WR 5-9 165 Fr. Piscataway, N.J./Bound Brook 90 Darryl Loveland LB 6-2 215 Fr. Galloway, N.J./Absegami 92 *Josh Przywara (priz-WAHR-uh) DL 6-0 260 R-Jr. Thornhurst/North Pocono 93 Ahmad McFarland DE 6-3 245 R-Fr. Bethlehem/Liberty 95 *Jon Noble DL 6-0 290 R-Jr. Bushkill/E. Stroudsburg North/Shippensburg 98 *Brandon Gattelli (guh-TELL-ee) DE 6-2 245 R-Jr. Bensalem/Bensalem 99 John Appice (uh-PEACH-ee) DL 6-3 270 Fr. Englishtown, N.J./Manalapan EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES The Last Time It Happened ... 200-Yard Rushing Game 200-Yard Receiving Game Fumble Return for TD ESU - Joe Partridge (284), Cheyney, 2007 ESU - Jordan Hallman (221), Millersville, 2011 ESU (Off ensive) - Michael Parshley (recovered Opp. - Franklyn Quiteh (282), Bloomsburg, 2012 Opp. - Devyn Woods (215), Mercyhurst, 2012 in end zone), Lock Haven, 2007 ESU (Defensive) - Darius Jackson (19 yards), Two 100-Yard Rushers Two 100-Yard Receivers Seton Hill, 2013 ESU - Robert Healy (189) and Matt Soltes (117), ESU - Robert Bleiler (154), Steven Jones (144), Opp. - Alex Dinolfi (38 yards), Kutztown, 2010 at Shippensburg, 2013 Cheyney, 2013 Opp. - Zach Zulli (126) and Mike Frenette (115), Opp. - Devyn Woods (215), Paris Bruner (144), Blocked Punt Return for TD Shippensburg, 2011 Mercyhurst, 2012 ESU - Tyree Townes (7 yards), Bloomsburg, NCAA Playoff s, 2005 30 Rushing Attempts Run of 75 Yards Opp. - Thomas Stewart (38 yards), Cheyney, 2012 ESU - Joe Partridge (34), Cheyney, 2007 ESU - Anthony Carfagno (83), Clarion, 2003 Opp. - Franklyn Quiteh (43), Bloomsburg, 2012 Opp. - Toby Murray (93), Glenville State, 2002 Blocked Field Goal Return for TD ESU - Tyree Townes (84 yards), Millersville, 2003 300-Yard Passing Game Pass of 75 Yards Opp. - Branden Williams (61 yards), ESU - Matt Soltes (387), Cheyney, 2013 ESU - Steven Jones from Matt Soltes (80), Edinboro, 2009 Opp. - Anthony Vendemia (379), Mercyhurst, 2012 Cheyney, 2013 Opp. - Trevor Harman from Zach Zulli (81), Recorded a Safety 400-Yard Passing Game at Shippensburg, 2013 ESU - Team (QB down in end zone); Cody Simcox ESU - Matt Soltes (535), LIU Post, 2012 (tackled QB in end zone), Seton Hill, 2013 Opp. - Kevin Morton (490), Kutztown, 2012 Punt Return for TD Opp. - Team (holding in end zone), ESU - Evan Prall (75 yards), West Chester, 2006 Virginia Union, 2008 30 Pass Completions Opp. - Chris Bone (85 yards), C.W. Post, 2005 ESU - Matt Soltes (30), West Chester, 2012 40 Yard Field Goal Opp. - Kevin Morton (35), Kutztown, 2012 Kickoff Return for TD ESU - Taylor Groff (44 yards), Millersville, 2012 ESU - Brandon Mercer (94 yards), Cheyney, 2012 Opp. - Dan Fisher (41 yards), Bloomsburg, 2010 50 Pass Attempts Opp. - Shannon Maura (96 yards), ESU - Ray Wagner (50), Kutztown, 2011 at Shippensburg, 2013 50 Yard Field Goal Opp. - Jeremy Copeland (53), Kutztown, 2003 ESU - Taylor Groff (52 yards), Bloomsburg, 2012 Interception Return for TD and Millersville, 2012 ESU - Darius Jackson (54 yards), Cheyney, 2012 Opp. - Sean McNicholas (53 yards), Opp. - Corey Hunt (29 yards), Shippensburg, 2012 Edinboro, 2000

60 Yard Punt ESU - Greg Knauss (62 yards), Edinboro, 2010 Opp. - Steven Wakefi eld (70 yards), Mercyhurst, 2012

Single Game School Records

Rushing Yards 284 Joe Partridge 2007 at Cheyney Rushing Attempts 36 Harold Strunk 1976 at Millersville Rushing TDs 4 5 times (Kendrick Williams) 2010 at Millersville

Passing Yards 616 Damian Poalucci 1996 at Mansfi eld Completions 38 Steve Mummaw 1970 at Lafayette Attempts 59 Tim Roken 2008 vs. Shippensburg Passing TDs 9 Jimmy Terwilliger 2005 vs. C.W. Post

Total Off ense Yards 666 Matt Soltes 2012 at LIU Post Off ensive Plays 72 James Franklin 1994 vs. Millersville

Receiving Yards 254 Evan Prall 2006 vs. Lock Haven Receptions 14 3 times (Evan Prall) 2006 vs. California Receiving TDs 5 Evan Prall 2006 vs. Kutztown

Yards from Scrimmage 284 Joe Partridge 2007 at Cheyney All-Purpose Yards 385 Evan Prall 2006 vs. Lock Haven Total TDs 5 3 times (Evan Prall) 2006 vs. Kutztown

Longest Rush 90 3 times (Ramon Leak) 1993 vs. AIC Longest Pass 99 Bret Comp (Ken Kopetchny) 1990 at Mansfi eld Longest Kick Return 98 2 times (Matt Kacanda) 1998 at Bloomsburg Longest Punt Return 98 Dick Merring 1956 at West Chester Longest Interception Return 100 Jim Oplinger 1956 vs. Cheyney Longest Field Goal 53 Greg Knauss 2007 vs. IUP Longest Punt 78 Todd McNamee 1988 vs. SCSU EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 Sept. 5 • ESU 21, American Intl 14 Sept. 14 • ESU 70, Seton Hill 7 Sept. 21 • Shippensburg 41, ESU 31 EAST STROUDSBURG – So. CB Teron Dobbs and a GREENSBURG – ESU jumped out to a 30-0 lead after SHIPPENSBURG – Shippensburg outscored ESU 4th-quarter rushing attack helped ESU open the 40th the 1st quarter, running away with a 70-7 win over 21-14 in a wild 4th quarter as the defending PSAC year for Denny Douds with a 21-14 victory over AIC. Seton Hill to improve to 2-0. East champions came away with a 41-31 win in both Dobbs had 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, a R-So. QB Matt Soltes threw 4 1st-half TD passes schools' divisional opener at Seth Grove Stadium. touchdown-saving tackle and sack on 4th-and-goal and R-Fr. TB Robert Healy ran for 111 yards as ESU Ship led 20-17 at halftime after a long TD drive in from the 1-yard line in a key 3rd quarter sequence as rolled up 535 yards – including 338 yards rushing on the last minute of the period, then stayed in front by the Warriors won their 6th straight season opener, 60 carries (213 yards, 35 carries in the 2nd half). answering two ESU TD drives. 13th of the last 15 and 29th of 40 under Douds. Seton Hill managed just 137 yards on 52 plays – R-Fr. TB Robert Healy ran for 189 yards on 20 Douds tied Ohio State's Woody Hayes for 25th on just 49 yards on 44 plays through 3 quarters – and carries and had a 37-yard catch for 226 yards from the college football victory list with 238. 8 first downs. The defense also scored 10 points, on scrimmage, the most by an ESU freshman in 40 years AIC, the Northeast-10 preseason favorite, led 14-7 a 19-yard fumble return by Sr. OLB Darius Jackson under head coach Denny Douds. at halftime, but R-Fr. TB Robert Healy (22 carries, 91 and 2 safeties, recording 2 for the first time in 40 R-So. QB Matt Soltes had 376 yards of total yards) ran for a pair of 4th-quarter touchdowns to years (409 games) under head coach Denny Douds. offense, going 23-for-49 for 259 yards and 3 TD and put ESU ahead. He scored from 2 yards out on the SHU had -11 yards rushing and threw for 148 yards, running for 117 yards and another score. ESU had first play of the period to tie it at 14-all, and plunged after gaining 399 yards (353 passing) in a 37-29 loss advantages in 560-421 in yards and 4-0 in turnovers. in from 4 yards out just under 6 minutes later. at Fairmont State. Ship's Shannon Maura had two key kick returns, R-So. QB Matt Soltes was 20-for-39 for 215 yards, ESU's 398-yard advantage in total offense is its setting up a 1st-quarter TD with an 83-yard return, a touchdown and an interception. Soltes also ran for 3rd-highest under Douds, and the Warriors put the then going 96 yards for a TD after ESU pulled with 48 yards for 263 yards of total offense after averaging game away early with their 2nd-highest scoring 27-24 with 9:41 left in the 4th quarter. 315.8 yards in 10 games last year. opening quarter in his tenure. Ship QB Zach Zulli (20-for-36, 273 yards, 4 TD, 3 Soltes started 4-for-4 for 52 yards after ESU ESU scored on its first 5 possessions, with Soltes Int.), the returning Harlon Hill Award winner, threw received the opening kickoff, beginning with a 30- throwing TD's to R-Jr. TE Steven Jones (15 yards), 3 TD passes to All-America WR Trevor Harman (6 yard pass to So. WR Tim Wilson and finishing with a R-So. WR Jon Schnaars (4), So. WR Tim Wilson (11) catches, 151 yards), the last an 81-yarder that put the 7-yard TD to R-So. WR Jon Schnaars. and R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler (31). Jackson scooped a Red Raiders ahead, 27-17, with 13:13 left. AIC's Terrell Williams (18 carries, 120 yards) lateral and scored his 2nd career defensive TD, and ESU cut it to 27-24 on Soltes' 2-yard, 4th-down scored on an 8-yard run midway through the 1st the safeties came when QB Nick Halfhill's knee went TD to R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler (career-high 9 catches, quarter, and Kevin Arduino threw a 23-yard TD to Cal down after a fumble in the end zone, and Jr. LB Cody 115 yards, 2 TD), but Maura ran the kick back for a TD. Brownridge with 1:56 left in the half. ESU blanked Simcox pulled down Halfhill in the end zone. Soltes capped a 68-yard drive with a 12-yard TD to AIC in the 2nd half, holding them to 144 yards (31 Four Warriors scored rushing TD's in the 2nd R-Jr. TE Steven Jones with 4:05 left to make it 34-31. plays) after yielding 258 yards (42 plays) in the 1st. half – R-Sr. FB Thomas Tippett (1 yard), Jr. TB Gerald Ship responded as backup QB Chris Lawshe went Dobbs ran down Williams at the 3-yard line after Van De Cruz (5), Jr. TB Derrick Dyer (1) and R-Fr. TB 67 yards for a TD on 3rd-and-3 to stretch it back to a 61-yard run early in the 3rd, then sacked Arduino Raul Quinones (2). ESU's TD drives covered 54, 60, 41-31. In the 1st half, Shippensburg jumped out to on 4th-and-goal from the 1. He broke up a sure TD 16 and 65 yards, with two erasing more than 6:30 off a 13-3 lead in the first 8 minutes, then ESU rallied pass late in the 3rd - just before ESU scored the tying the clock. to take its only lead late in the 2nd quarter. Soltes TD - and had a drive-killing interception after ESU had a 9-yard TD run at the 2:45 mark, and hit Bleiler went ahead in the middle of the 4th quarter. ESU 30 12 14 14 70 for a 6-yard TD with 56 seconds left before Zulli Soltes drove ESU 83 yards in 13 plays late in the Seton Hill 0 0 0 7 7 connected with Harman for a 20-yard TD. 3rd, and 63 yards on 9 plays in the 4th - gaining 55 ESU - Jones 15 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) of ESU's 88 4th-quarter rushing yards. A missed field ESU 3 14 0 14 31 ESU - Safety goal by Sr. K Taylor Groff following Dobbs' 2nd pick Shippensburg 13 7 0 21 41 ESU - Schnaars 4 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) kept AIC in it, but the defense forced a turnover on ESU - Wilson 11 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) SHIP - Mayer 12 pass from Zulli (Newcomer kick blkd) downs just inside midfield. ESU - Jackson 19 fumble return (Groff kick) ESU - Groff 25 field goal ESU - Bleiler 31 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) SHIP - Harman 5 pass from Zulli (Newcomer kick) American Intl 7 7 0 0 14 ESU - Groff 33 field goal ESU - Soltes 9 run (Groff kick) ESU 7 0 0 14 21 ESU - Safety (Simcox tackle in end zone) ESU - Bleiler 6 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) ESU - Schnaars 7 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) ESU - Tippett 1 run (Groff kick) SHIP - Harman 20 pass from Zulli (Newcomer kick) AIC - Williams 8 run (Hulsey kick) ESU - Van De Cruz 5 run (Groff kick) SHIP - Harman 81 pass from Zulli (Newcomer kick) AIC - Brownridge 23 pass from Arduino (Hulsey kick) ESU - Dyer 1 run (Groff kick) ESU - Bleiler 2 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) ESU - Healy 2 run (Groff kick) SHU - Darden 71 pass from Halfhill (Boulnemour kick) SHIP - Maura 96 kick return (Newcomer kick) ESU - Healy 4 run (Groff kick) ESU - Quinones 2 run (Groff kick) ESU - Jones 12 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) SHIP - Lawshe 67 run (Newcomer kick) ESU AIC ESU SHU First Downs 26 18 First Downs 29 8 ESU SHIP Passing C-A-I 20-39-1 15-37-2 Passing C-A-I 13-27-0 11-28-0 First Downs 27 16 Passing Yds 215 193 Passing Yds 197 148 Passing C-A-I 23-49-0 21-38-3 Rushing Yds (Att) 173 (43) 209 (36) Rushing Yds (Att) 338 (60) -11 (24) Passing Yds 259 286 Total Net Yds 388 402 Total Net Yds 535 137 Rushing Yds (Att) 301 (43) 135 (31) Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 5/2 Total Net Yds 560 421 Penalties/Yds 9/49 9/80 Penalties/Yds 5/40 5/45 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1 Punts/Avg. 5/39.2 5/34.8 Punts/Avg. 4/32.8 8/37.5 Penalties/Yds 9/60 6/58 Punts/Avg. 7/39.9 6/38.5 Rushing — ESU: Healy 22-91, Soltes 10-48, Dyer Rushing — ESU: Healy 16-111, Van De Cruz 12-81, 5-17, Van De Cruz 2-16, Tippett 2-5, Team 2-(-4); AIC: Dyer 10-58, Quinones 12-46, Soltes 3-23, Daniels Rushing — ESU: Healy 20-189, Soltes 19-117, Van De Williams 18-120, Brownridge 2-47, Arduino 11-36, 1-16, Benson 1-4, Tippett 2-1, Campbell 2-0, Team Cruz 3-3, Daniels 1-(-8); SHIP: Lawshe 8-97, Brooks 13- Barthelmy 3-8, Rivas 1-0, Team 1-(-2). 1-(-2); SHU: McClam 1-13, Cook 3-2, Jackson 4-(-4), 57, Wheeler 1-2, Team 2-(-2), Pyle 2-(-5), Zulli 5-(-14). Passing — ESU: Soltes 20-39-1 for 215; AIC: Arduino Halfhill 16-(-22). Passing — ESU: Soltes 23-49-0 for 259; SHIP: Zulli 20- 15-37-2 for 193. Passing — ESU: Soltes 12-23-0 for 188, Daniels 1-4-0 36-3 for 273, Lawshe 1-1-0 for 13. Receiving — ESU: Schnaars 5-50, Bleiler 5-49, Wilson for 9; SHU: Halfhill 11-28-0 for 148. Receiving — ESU: Bleiler 9-115, Jones 3-29, Welk 2-34, Jones 2-32, Welk 2-12, Tippett 2-11, Mercer Receiving — ESU: Bleiler 4-66, Schnaars 3-32, Jones 3-18, Wendowski 2-23, Tippett 2-18, Schnaars 2-16, 1-18, Healy 1-9; AIC: Brownridge 3-46, Graham 2-57, 2-56, Welk 2-23, Wilson 1-11, Dominguez 1-9; SHU: Healy 1-37, Mercer 1-3; SHIP: Harman 6-151, Pyle Davis 2-37, Farley 2-21, Brown 2-12, Easterling 2-8, Darden 4-94, Garcarz 2-37, Kerns 1-9, Cook 1-8, 3-36, Kuljian 3-29, Mayer 3-21, Kent 2-22, Brooks 2-5, Williams 1-6, Barthelmy 1-6. Collins 1-5, Fisher 1-1, Jackson 1-(-6). Wheeler 1-11, Abdullah 1-11. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

GAME 4 Sept. 28 • ESU 40, Cheyney 6 CHEYNEY – R-So. QB Matt Soltes accounted for 419 total yards and four touchdowns, throwing 3 TD passes to R-Jr. TE Steven Jones, as ESU improved to 3-1 (1-1 PSAC East) with a 40-6 win over Cheyney. Soltes was 19-33 for 387 yards and 3 TD, and added 9 carries for 32 yards and a 4th-quarter TD. Jones had 4 catches for 144 yards and 3 TD, scoring on his first 3 receptions, to become the first ESU TE with 3 TD under 40th-year head coach Denny Douds. His 144 yards are 3rd-most by a tight end since 1974. Jones scored on an 80-yard catch-and-run to put ESU ahead 14-0 midway through the 1st quarter, had a 53-yard TD midway through the 2nd quarter, and caught a 3-yard TD from Soltes in the 3rd quarter. R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler had 7 catches for 154 yards for his 2nd straight 100-yard game and the 5th of his career. R-So. WR Jon Schnaars had a 6 catches for 56 yards, and So. WR Gerard Wendowski had 4 catches for 71 yards, both career-highs. ESU outgained Cheyney, 538-251, compiling 430 yards through the air (R-Sr. QB Nate Daniels was 3-for-7 for 43 yards). R-Fr. TB Robert Healy, DII's top freshman rusher (130.3), had 11 carries for 36 yards. R-Sr. FB Thomas Tippett scored on a pair of 1-yard runs on his only carries of the day. The defense had 3 takeaways, on interceptions by R-Jr. CB Konrad Mims and Sr. OLB Darius Jackson, and a fumble recovery by R-Jr. DE Sam Trunzo. Cheyney gained 88 yards on 39 carries and was 11-for-21 for 163 yards and 2 interception. ESU had 10 tackles for a loss and 1 sack. ESU scored TD's on 4 of its 7 1st-half possessions to lead 27-6 at the break. Soltes' 419 total yards are the 3rd-most of his career, behind a PSAC and NCAA freshman record 666 yards (535 passing, 131 rushing) at LIU Post last October, and 463 yards (394 passing, 69 rushing) at Mercyhurst in the season finale last year. ESU extended its winning streak against Cheyney to 34 games, an NCAA all-division record for consecutive wins in an uninterrupted series.

ESU 14 13 6 7 40 Cheyney 0 6 0 0 6 ESU - Tippett 1 run (Groff kick) ESU - Jones 80 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) ESU - Jones 53 pass from Soltes (Groff kick) CHEY - Purdie 9 run (Jones kick blocked) ESU - Tippett 1 run (Groff kick blocked) ESU - Jones 3 pass from Soltes (Groff kick failed) ESU - Soltes 6 run (Groff kick)

ESU CHEY First Downs 21 15 Passing C-A-I 22-40-0 11-21-2 Passing Yds 430 163 Rushing Yds (Att) 108 (29) 88 (39) Total Net Yds 538 251 Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1 Penalties/Yds 10/97 7/46 Punts/Avg. 4/44.2 7/32.3 Rushing — ESU: Healy 11-36, Soltes 9-32, Quinones 3-21, Daniels 2-11, Mercer 2-6, Tippett 2-2; CHEY: Jones 11-49, Purdie 15-40, Joyrnigan 2-4, Ransom 2-(-1); Cosby 9-(-4). Passing — ESU: Soltes 19-33-0 for 387, Daniels 3-7-0 for 43; CHEY: Cosby 11-21-2 for 163. Receiving — ESU: Bleiler 7-154, Schnaars 6-56, Jones 4-144, Wendowski 4-71, Mercer 1-5; CHEY: Garcia Palmer 5-102, Purdie 2-28, Watkins 27, Moten 1-17, Jones 1-9. ESU Warrior Football East Stroudsburg Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 28, 2013) All games

Team Statistics ESU OPP SCORING 162 68 Points Per Game 40.5 17.0 FIRST DOWNS 103 57 R u s h in g 48 23 P a s s in g4729 P e n a lt y 8 5 RUSHING YARDAGE 920 421 Yards gained rushing 997 577 Yards lost rushing 77 156 Rushing Attempts 175 130 Average Per Rush 5.3 3.2 Average Per Game 230.0 105.2 TDs Rushing 10 3 PASSING YARDAGE 1101 790 C o m p - A t t - I n t 78-155-1 58-124-7 Average Per Pass 7.1 6.4 Average Per Catch 14.1 13.6 Average Per Game 275.2 197.5 TDs Passing 11 6 TOTAL OFFENSE 2021 1211 Total Plays 330 254 Average Per Play 6.1 4.8 Average Per Game 505.2 302.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 12-284 23-612 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-47 8-87 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-78 1-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.7 26.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.8 10.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE 11.1 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 9-4 PENALTIES-Yards 33-246 27-229 Average Per Game 61.5 57.2 PUNTS-Yards 20-783 26-931 Average Per Punt 39.2 35.8 Net punt average 33.8 34.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 4 : 0 1 2 5 : 5 9 3RD-DOWN Conversions 31/68 13/52 3rd-Down Pct 46% 25% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/8 1/8 4th-Down Pct 62% 12% SACKS BY-Yards 10-83 11-56 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 22 10 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 2-8 0-1 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES 20-26 77% 4-8 50% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 18-26 69% 4-8 50% PAT-ATTEMPTS 20-22 91% 8-10 80% ATTENDANCE 3900 7322 Games/Avg Per Game 1/3900 3/2441 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total East Stroudsburg 54 39 20 49 0 162 Opponents 20 20 0 28 0 68 ESU Warrior Football East Stroudsburg Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 28, 2013) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Robert Healy 4 69 433 6 427 6.2 2 46 106.8 Tim Wilson 6 47 7.8 0 15 Matt Soltes 4 41 269 49 220 5.4 2 25 55.0 Total 6 47 7.8 0 15 G. Van De Cruz 3 17 100 0 100 5.9 1 41 33.3 Opponents 8 87 10.9 0 31 Derrick Dyer 2 15 75 0 75 5.0 1 15 37.5 Raul Quinones 4 15 67 0 67 4.5 1 13 16.8 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Nate Daniels 4 4 31 12 19 4.8 0 16 4.8 Teron Dobbs 3 24 8.0 0 24 Thomas Tippett 4 6 8 0 8 1.3 3 3 2.0 Dean Vitale 2 54 27.0 0 30 Brandon Mercer 4 2 8 2 6 3.0 0 8 1.5 Konrad Mims 1 0 0.0 0 0 Sam Benson 4 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 Darius Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bruce Campbell 1 2 2 2 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 Total 7 78 11.1 0 30 TEAM 2 3 0 6 -6 -2.0 0 0 -3.0 Opponents 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 4 175 997 77 920 5.3 10 46 230.0 Opponents 4 130 577 156 421 3.2 3 67 105.2 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Brandon Mercer 6 175 29.2 0 40 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Tim Wilson 4 91 22.8 0 28 Matt Soltes 4 136.40 74-144-1 51.4 1049 11 80 262.2 Sam Benson 1 12 12.0 0 12 Nate Daniels 4 76.07 4-11-0 36.4 52 0 19 13.0 Thomas Tippett 1 6 6.0 0 6 Total 4 132.12 78-155-1 50.3 1101 11 80 275.2 Total 12 284 23.7 0 40 Opponents 4 104.97 58-124-7 46.8 790 6 81 197.5 Opponents 23 612 26.6 1 96

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Robert Bleiler 4 25 384 15.4 3 43 96.0 Darius Jackson 1 19 19.0 1 19 Jon Schnaars 4 16 154 9.6 2 18 38.5 Total 1 19 19.0 1 19 Steven Jones 4 11 261 23.7 5 80 65.2 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Joe Welk 3 7 53 7.6 0 18 17.7 G. Wendowski 4 6 94 15.7 0 27 23.5 Thomas Tippett 4 4 29 7.2 0 17 7.2 Tim Wilson 4 3 45 15.0 1 30 11.2 Brandon Mercer 4 3 26 8.7 0 18 6.5 Robert Healy 4 2 46 23.0 0 37 11.5 Ray Dominguez 4 1 9 9.0 0 9 2.2 Total 4 78 1101 14.1 11 80 275.2 Opponents 4 58 790 13.6 6 81 197.5 ESU Warrior Football East Stroudsburg Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 28, 2013) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Steven Jones 5 ------30 Matt Soltes 4 185 220 1049 1269 317.2 Taylor Groff - 2-8 20-22 - - - - - 26 Robert Healy 4 69 427 0 427 106.8 Robert Bleiler 3 ------18 G. Van De Cruz 3 17 100 0 100 33.3 Thomas Tippett 3 ------18 Derrick Dyer 2 15 75 0 75 37.5 Robert Healy 2 ------12 Nate Daniels 4 15 19 52 71 17.8 Jon Schnaars 2 ------12 Raul Quinones 4 15 67 0 67 16.8 Matt Soltes 2 ------12 Thomas Tippett 4 6 8 0 8 2.0 Derrick Dyer 1 ------6 Brandon Mercer 4 2 6 0 6 1.5 Raul Quinones 1 ------6 Sam Benson 4 1 4 0 4 1.0 G. Van De Cruz 1 ------6 TEAM 2 3 -6 0 -6 -3.0 Tim Wilson 1 ------6 Total 4 330 920 1101 2021 505.2 Darius Jackson 1 ------6 Opponents 4 254 421 790 1211 302.8 TEAM ------2 4 Konrad Mims ------0 Total 22 2-8 20-22 - - - - 2 162 Opponents 10 0-1 8-10 - - - - - 68

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Taylor Groff 2-8 25.0 0-0 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-3 33 0 Jordan Bair 20 783 39.2 55 1 6 8 2 0 Total 20 783 39.2 55 1 6 8 2 0 FG Sequence East Stroudsburg Opponents Opponents 26 931 35.8 59 0 4 8 4 0 American Intl 50,29,32 - Seton Hill (33) - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Shippensburg (25),50,50 49 Taylor Groff 28 1726 61.6 4 0 Cheyney 27 - Total 28 1726 61.6 4 0 26.6 36.9 28 Opponents 16 886 55.4 4 0 23.7 32.6 32 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. ESU Warrior Football East Stroudsburg Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 28, 2013) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Robert Healy 4 427 46 0 0 0 473 118.2 Robert Bleiler 4 0 384 0 0 0 384 96.0 Steven Jones 4 0 261 0 0 0 261 65.2 Matt Soltes 4 220 0 0 0 0 220 55.0 Brandon Mercer 4 6 26 0 175 0 207 51.8 Tim Wilson 4 0 45 47 91 0 183 45.8 Jon Schnaars 4 0 154 0 0 0 154 38.5 G. Van De Cruz 3 100 0 0 0 0 100 33.3 G. Wendowski 4 0 94 0 0 0 94 23.5 Derrick Dyer 2 75 0 0 0 0 75 37.5 Raul Quinones 4 67 0 0 0 0 67 16.8 Dean Vitale 4 0 0 0 0 54 54 13.5 Joe Welk 3 0 53 0 0 0 53 17.7 Thomas Tippett 4 8 29 0 6 0 43 10.8 Teron Dobbs 4 0 0 0 0 24 24 6.0 Nate Daniels 4 19 0 0 0 0 19 4.8 Sam Benson 4 4 0 0 12 0 16 4.0 Ray Dominguez 4 0 9 0 0 0 9 2.2 TEAM 2 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -3.0 Total 4 920 1101 47 284 78 2430 607.5 Opponents 4 421 790 87 612 0 1910 477.5 ESU Warrior Football East Stroudsburg Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 28, 2013) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 6 Cody Simcox 4 16 14 30 3.5-13 1.0-9 . . 1 . . . . 49 Dean Vitale 4 19 8 27 . . 2-54 ...... 23 Anthony Singlar 4 16 6 22 4.0-18 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 Darius Jackson 4 13 9 22 3.0-9 1.0-6 1-0 . . 1-19 . . . 32 Kaje Cowans 4 12 6 18 2.5-15 1.0-12 . 2 2 . . . . 79 Bryan Thomson 4 8 9 17 1.5-6 1.5-6 . 1 2 . . 1 . 28 Konrad Mims 4 11 2 13 . . 1-0 5 . . 1 . . 95 Jon Noble 4 8 5 13 4.0-18 1.0-10 . . 2 . . . . 72 Sam Trunzo 4 5 7 12 2.5-13 0.5-3 . . 1 2-0 . . . 41 Eric Pabst 4 5 3 8 3.5-18 1.5-16 ...... 98 B. Gattelli 4 2 5 7 1.0-8 1.0-8 . . 2 . 1 . . 4 Teron Dobbs 4 4 2 6 1.0-10 1.0-10 3-24 2 . . . . . 55 Corbyn Nyemah 3 4 1 5 1.5-3 . . 1 . . . . . 92 Josh Przywara 4 2 2 4 ...... 46 Tyler Scott 4 3 1 4 ...... 31 Kevin Osback 1 2 1 3 ...... 39 Jon Neiman 4 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 25 Raul Quinones 4 2 1 3 ...... 52 Steven Wright 2 . 3 3 1.0-5 0.5-3 ...... 33 Ray Dominguez 4 2 1 3 ...... 34 Derrick Dyer 2 . 2 2 ...... 40 Sam Benson 4 1 1 2 ...... 8 Jamyl Aminu 4 2 . 2 ...... 93 Ahmad McFarland 2 1 1 2 0.5-1 ...... 62 Antoine Ray 3 . 2 2 0.5-0 ...... 38 Taylor Groff 4 1 . 1 ...... 27 Joe Welk 3 1 . 1 ...... 56 Tarik Haddad 1 . 1 1 ...... TM TEAM 2 ...... 2 Total 4 142 94 236 30-137 10-83 7-78 14 10 4-19 3 1 2 Opponents 4 189 106 295 18-71 11-56 1-0 16 7 1-0 3 . .