GAME NOTES ESU at a Glance Denny Douds Is 3Rd in Career Wins in Division II History, and 20Th in DENNY DOUDS by the NUMBERS Location
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GAME 1 ESU vs. LIU Post Thursday, September 3 • 7:05 p.m. Eiler-Martin Stadium • (6,000) @ESUWarriors Series Facts - ESU leads, 9-5 2015 ESU Schedule 9/6 LIU POST ............................... 7:05 p.m. First Meeting: 1978, L 21-13 (at ESU) Most Points Scored (ESU): 66 (2005) 9/12 at Slippery Rock ...........................7:00 p.m. Last Meeting: 2014, W 43-35 (at LIU Post) Margin of Victory (ESU): 38 (1982, 41-3) 9/19 EDINBORO ............................1:05 p.m. Current Streak: ESU +2 Most Points Scored (LIU Post): 49 (2005) 9/26 *at Lock Haven .............................12:00 p.m. at ESU: ESU leads, 4-3 Margin of Victory (LIU Post): 20 (1981, 29-9) 10/3 *SHIPPENSBURG ..................6:05 p.m. 10/10 *at Cheyney ...................................1:00 p.m. at LIU Post: ESU leads, 5-2 Denny Douds vs. LIU Post: 9-5 10/17 *MILLERSVILLE .....................2:05 p.m. 10/24 *at Kutztown .................................1:05 p.m. 10/31 *BLOOMSBURG ....................1:05 p.m. TV/Radio Coverage 11/7 *at West Chester ..........................1:00 p.m. Television: Live on Blue Ridge TV-13 and esuwarriors.com. Play-by-play man Chris Doty, in his 26th 11/14 GANNON ...............................12:05 p.m. season, is joined in the booth by Jim Riley (8th season). * PSAC game Radio: Live on WVPO (ESPN Poconos) 840 AM and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC All Home Games televised on Blue Ridge TV-13 Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 27th season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 2015 LIU Post Schedule 15th year providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 6:30 p.m. 9/3 at East Stroudsburg ....................7:05 p.m. 9/12 *ASSUMPTION ......................12:00 p.m. 9/19 *at Saint Anselm ..........................12:00 p.m. 9/26 *STONEHILL ..........................1:00 p.m. ESU vs. LIU Post • 1st & 10 10/3 *at American International ......1:00 p.m. 10/10 *MERRIMACK ........................1:00 p.m. 1 • ESU opens its 42nd season under head coach 5 • Soltes is a 2-time Harlon Hill candidate, joining 10/17 *at Pace ...........................................12:00 p.m. Denny Douds, who has coached in the most 2014 winner Jason Vander Laan (QB, Ferris St) as 10/24 *at New Haven .............................1:00 p.m. 10/31 *SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 1:00 p.m. games (429) among active NCAA football coaches the only active 2-time candidates. Soltes leads 11/7 *at Bentley .....................................1:00 p.m. and 9th in NCAA history. Douds holds the PSAC active DII QB's in career total off ense/game (342.3 11/14 NE-10 Championship Weekend record, ranks 3rd in DII history, 20th in NCAA ypg - 4th in DII history) and pass effi ciency (163.7). *Northeast-10 Conference game history and 3rd among active NCAA coaches in career wins (250). 6 • Healy leads active PSAC players in career yards 2014 ESU Results (6-5) 1a • Douds enters his 50th year at ESU, including 8 from scrimmage per game (123.2 ypg) entering his 9/6 at LIU Post ......................................W 43-35 9/13 *SLIPPERY ROCK ..................L 24-56 seasons as an assistant coach from 1966-73. 3rd year at ESU. He was one of 2 DII players with 9/20 *at Edinboro ..................................W 47-34 500+ yards rushing (817) and receiving (561) in 9/27 *LOCK HAVEN .......................W 48-21 2 • ESU is 30-11 in season openers under Douds, 2014 and has 21 career TD in 22 games. 10/4 *at Shippensburg ........................W 37-33 10/11 *CHEYNEY .............................W 49-21 and has won 7 straight (the 2nd-longest active 10/18 *at Millersville ...............................W 35-13 streak in the PSAC) and 14 of 16 since 1999. ESU is 7 • Schnaars (58 rec, 807 yds, 14 TD) has a TD catch 10/25 *KUTZTOWN .........................L 16-31 16-5 in home openers under Douds. The Warriors in 7 straight games, the longest active streak in DII. 11/1 *at Bloomsburg ............................L 13-34 11/8 *WEST CHESTER ...................L 24-35 are 55-31-1 all-time in season openers entering He had a TD in 10 of 11 games last year. 11/15 at Gannon ......................................L 41-66 their 88th year of varsity football. 8 • Dobbs leads active PSAC players and is t-2nd 2014 ESU Statistical Leaders 3 • ESU is 9-5 all-time against LIU Post and has won among active DII players in career interceptions Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD LG the last 2 meetings, 43-35 in last year's season (13). He has made 30 consecutive starts, the most Robert Healy 155 817 5.3 8 59 opener and 45-37 in 2012. The Pioneers were a among current PSAC defenders. Matt Soltes 76 276 3.6 2 34 Derrick Dyer 41 210 5.1 3 17 member of the PSAC East from 2008-12 (going 3-2 Gerald Van De Cruz 21 70 3.3 1 11 vs. ESU). Douds is 6-3 in 9 games vs. LIU Post head 9 • Returning starters: ESU returns 14 starters (9 coach Bryan Collins, who enters his 18th year. on off ense, 5 on defense) ... LIU Post returns 15 Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int. starters (8 on off ense, 7 on defense). Matt Soltes 180 300 2778 30 8 Bruce Campbell 59 124 813 6 8 4 • ESU has 4 returning All-PSAC East 2nd team selections in R-Sr. QB Matt Soltes, R-Jr. TB Robert 10 • ESU's fi rst 2 games in 2015 are against Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD LG Healy, R-Sr. WR Jon Schnaars and Sr. CB Teron defending conference champions. LIU Post won Jon Schnaars 58 807 13.9 14 49 Robert Healy 46 561 12.2 6 62 Dobbs. Soltes and Healy were both honored for the Northeast-10 title and Slippery Rock won the Dusty Reed 40 727 18.2 6 51 the 2nd straight year. PSAC title last fall. Steven Jones 31 548 17.7 5 44 Joe Welk 20 423 21.1 1 69 THE SERIES: ESU is 9-5 in 14 meetings between the two schools, all under head coach Denny Douds. LIU Gerard Wendowski 14 182 13.0 0 26 Post's Bryan Collins, entering his 18th year, has been present for the 9 meetings since 2004. Douds is 6-3 Defense Tckl TFL Sck Int. against Collins, including two wins in 2005 - 66-49 at LIU Post in the regular season, and 55-28 at Eiler- Cody Simcox 87 6.0 4.0 0 Martin Stadium in the NCAA DII Northeast Region championship game. Anthony Singlar 86 6.0 1.5 2 Bryan Thomson 77 11.0 6.5 0 BIG #'s: ESU quarterbacks have thrown for 500+ yards 7 times in school history - including 3 times against Kaje Cowans 76 5.0 3.0 0 Dean Vitale 69 1.0 0 2 LIU Post. Jimmy Terwilliger was 20-for-32 for 546 yards and 9 TD in ESU's 66-49 win in 2005 ... Ray Wagner Jamyl Aminu 63 4.5 0 0 was 24-for-40 for 503 yards and 3 TD in a 34-30 home loss in 2011 ... and Matt Soltes was 26-for-42 for 535 Marc Gaudet 56 4.0 0 1 yards and 5 TD in ESU's 45-37 road win in 2012 ... 2 of ESU's top 10 team total off ense performances have Brandon Gattelli 49 10.5 9.5 0 also come against LIU Post - 828 yards (PSAC record) in 2012, and 672 yards in the 2005 regular season. Teron Dobbs 41 0.5 0 5 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ESU At A Glance Denny Douds is 3rd in career wins in Division II history, and 20th in DENNY DOUDS BY THE NUMBERS Location. East Stroudsburg, Pa. college football history: 872 Letterwinners as head coach 429 Career games (DII record) President. Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. 250 Career wins (PSAC record) Twitter . @PresidentWelsh WINS - Division II, All-Time 1. Ken Sparks Carson-Newman (1980- ) 325 189 1st team All-PSAC picks Member . .Pennsylvania State System 2. Jim Malosky Minn.-Duluth (1958-97) 255 50 (42) Seasons as coach (head coach) . of Higher Education 3. DENNY DOUDS East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 250 23 AP Little All-Americans System Chancellor . .Frank T. Brogan 9 PSAC East titles Founded. 1893 WINS - All Divisions, All-Time 5 Harlon Hill fi nalists Enrollment (Fall 2014). .6,820 1. John Gagliardi 2 schools (St. John's MN) (1949-12) 489 4 NCAA Playoff appearances (includes 6,204 undergraduates) t-16. Frank Girardi Lycoming (1972-07) 257 3-0-1 Record in PSAC title games Athletics t-16. LaVell Edwards BYU (1972-00) 257 11,500 Points scored (26.8 per game) Affiliation . NCAA Division II t-18. Tom Osborne Nebraska (1973-97) 255 1,506 Touchdowns scored Conference . PSAC t-18. Jim Malosky Minn.-Duluth (1958-97) 255 95,645 Passing yards (54.34 miles) 20. DENNY DOUDS East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 250 . Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 58,983 Rushing yards (33.51 miles) School Colors. Red and Black Douds is 3rd among active coaches in career wins: 40+ YEARS OF COACHING Team Nickname . Warriors 1. John Gagliardi 1949-12 64 Athletic Director WINS - All Divisions, Active 2. Amos Alonzo Stagg 1890-46 57 Dr. Tom Gioglio . 570-422-3642 1. Ken Sparks Carson-Newman 325 II 3. Eddie Robinson 41-42, 45-97 55 Associate Athletic Director 2. Frank Beamer 2 schools (currently Va.