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 .