BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Game 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 6 Bloomsburg Sports Information Office Director / Football Contact: David Leisering • e-mail: [email protected] • office: 570-389-4413 Week 6 • Saturday, October 6, 2018 • 2:06 PM • Danny Hale Field at Redman Stadium BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES 2018 Schedule Sep 1 MERRIMACK W 30-16 Sep 8 EDINBORO L 16-21 Sep 15 at Mercyhurst L 10-14 Sep 22 SHIPPENSBURG* W 28-24 Sep 29 at Kutztown* L 10-44 Oct 6 WEST CHESTER* 2:00 PM Oct 13 EAST STROUDSBURG* 2:00 PM Oct 20 at Lock Haven* 12:00 PM Oct 27 MILLERSVILLE* 2:00 PM BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES #13 WEST CHESTER GOLDEN RAMS Nov 3 at West Liberty 1:00 PM (2-3, 1-1 PSAC East) (5-0, 2-0 PSAC EAST) Nov 10 at Slippery Rock 12:00 PM Head Coach: Paul Darragh (Temple ‘85) Head Coach: Bill Zwaan (Delaware ‘79) Career Record: 43-20 (6th Season) Career Record: 130-58 (16th Season) * PSAC East contest Darragh vs West Chester: 3-3 Zwaan vs Bloomsburg: 8-10 WEST CHESTER GOLDEN RAMS Series History FIVE THINGS TO WATCH 2018 Schedule West Chester leads the all-time series, 49-27 - Saturday’s contest versus West Chester is the 77th in Streak: Bloomsburg 1W the series, with Bloomsburg’s record in the first 76 games Aug 30 at Bentley W 44-6 standing at 27-49: 19-20 at home and 8-29 on the road, Sep 8 GANNON W 31-7 Last Meeting: October 14, 2017 at West Chester since the first game in 1925. Bloomsburg’s record against Sep 15 at Seton Hill W 59-14 (Bloomsburg 20, West Chester 19) the Golden Rams in the first 46 games through 1990 was Sep 22 MILLERSVILLE* W 42-16 First Meeting: October 10, 1925 at West Chester a dismal 8-38, but in the past 30 meetings, the Huskies are 19-11. Bloomsburg has faced the Rams 14 times at Sep 29 SHIPPENSBURG* W 28-21 (West Chester 13, Bloomsburg 0) Homecoming with a record of 5-9 but has won five of the Oct 6 at Bloomsburg* 2:00 PM Largest Bloomsburg Win: last seven. Oct 20 at East Stroudsburg* 4:05 PM October 25, 2014 at Bloomsburg (41-10) Oct 27 at Kutztown* 12:05 PM Largest West Chester Win: - The Huskies closed out the 2017 campaign with a 7-4 record - Bloomsburg’s 19th consecutive winning season Nov 3 LOCK HAVEN* 2:00 PM November 7, 1958 at West Chester (56-0) dating back to 1999. It is the third-longest streak in PSAC Nov 10 at California 1:00 PM history, behind West Chester’s 31 (1940-42, 1945-72) and Clarion’s 22 (1964-85). The 19 straight seasons with BLOOMSBURG-WEST CHESTER (LAST 5 MEETINGS) at least six victories, however, continues a PSAC record. * PSAC East contest 2017 at West Chester W 20-19 Bloomsburg has now posted a winning record in 23 of the 2016 at Bloomsburg L 7-27 last 24 years. 2015 at West Chester L 22-33 2014 at Bloomsburg W 41-10 - The Huskies are 2-3 through five games for the first time 2013 at Bloomsburg (NCAAs) L 38-40 since the 2007 season. However, that season, the Hus- kies went on to win the final five games of the year to finish 7-3. Bloomsburg has not started a season with four FOLLOW THE HUSKIES Where to catch the Huskies: losses in its first six games since 1998 - the last year that Radio the Huskies finished below .500. /BUHuskies BIGFOOT COUNTRY 106.5 FM - Bloomsburg has scored at least one point in 178 con- www.thisisbigfootcountry.com secutive games dating back to a 21-0 home loss against Shippensburg on September 13, 2003. The Huskies have Play-By-Play: Jim Doyle / Color: Andy Ulicny rattled off 89 consecutive home games with at least a @GoBUHuskies point dating back to that loss to the Red Raiders in 2003. - West Chester comes into the game with the PSAC’s top defense as it allows only 12.8 points per game and 250.6 yards of total offense to its opponents. It ranks first in the /BUHuskies country in rushing yards allowed (38.2) and is tops in the Video nation in sacks (4.8 per game). Bloomsburg, on the flip side, is at (or near) the bottom in scoring (18.8), pass- http://www.espn.com/watch ing offense (133.8), and total offense (303.4). One thing LIVE STATS to note: the combined record of West Chester’s first five www.BUHuskies.com opponents is 4-21 while the combined record of Blooms- http://buhuskies.com/sidearmstats/football/summary2018 Bloomsburg Football Notes (GAME 6 vs west chester)burg’s first five opponents is 12-12. 1 NATIONAL POLLS THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP AFCA Division II Poll Tale of the Tape as of October 1, 2018 Statistical Comparisons School (first-place votes) Record Pts Last (PSAC/NCAA rank) 1. Minnesota State (28) 5-0 818 1 2. Grand Valley State (1) 5-0 778 3 18.8 (12/126) Points Per Game 40.8 (3/15) 3. Ferris State (4) 5-0 760 4 23.8 (6/65) Points Allowed Per Game 12.8 (1/7) 4. Midwestern State 5-0 731 5 303.4 (12/128) Yards Per Game 444.0 (4/32) 5. West Georgia 5-0 686 6 6. Ouachita Baptist 5-0 631 7 338.2 (5/52) Yards Allowed Per Game 250.6 (1/9) 7. Minnesota-Duluth 5-0 571 8 169.6 (4/60) Rushing Offense Per Game 192.6 (2/37) 8. Pittsburg State 5-0 544 10 118.0 (6/39) Rushing Defense Per Game 38.2 (1/1) 9. Texas A&M-Commerce 4-1 529 9 10. Valdosta State 5-0 465 13 133.8 (15/150) Passing Offense Per Game 251.4 (6/50) 11. West Florida 4-1 463 11 220.2 (5/90) Passing Defense Per Game 212.4 (3/74) 12. Colorado School of Mines 5-0 459 14t +3 (4/37) Turnover Margin +7 (2/9) 13. West Chester 5-0 421 12 14. Indiana (Pa.) 4-1 410 2 1 (2/3) Fumbles Lost 5 (12/116) 15. Colorado State-Pueblo 4-1 382 16 5 (5/86) Had Intercepted 4 (3/51) 16. Northwest Missouri State 4-1 341 17 79.4 (7/119) Penalty Yards Per Game 78.2 (6/116) 17. Southern Arkansas 5-0 293 19 18. Fort Hays State 4-1 278 18 98 (9/72) First Downs 105 (4/47) 19. Harding 4-1 217 20 21.8 (7/56) Kickoff Return Average 19.1 (13/104) 20. Notre Dame (Ohio) 5-0 190 23 8.6 (10/84) Punt Return Average 7.1 (12/107) 21. Tarleton State 4-0 177 25 22. Indianapolis 3-1 160 22 27.7 (14/155) Net Punting Average 42.2 (1/2) 23. Kutztown 4-0 61 NR 1.20 (11/134) Sacks Per Game 4.80 (1/1) 24. Azusa Pacific 4-1 55 NR 2.00 (8/73) Sacks Against Per Game 2.40 (12/109) 25. Central Washington 3-2 54 14t 30-78 (38.5%) (7/68) Third Down Percentage 33-70 (47.1%) (2/14) Also Receiving Votes: Sioux Falls 52; Tiffin 45; Ohio Dominican 39; 18-66 (27.3%) (3/22) Opponent Third Down Percentage 17-70 (24.3%) (1/8) Saginaw Valley State 33; LIU-Post 16; Lenoir Rhyne 10; Chadron 5-9 (55.6%) (7/60) Fourth Down Percentage 4-7 (57.1%) (5/52) State 9; West Texas A&M 9; Bowie State 7; Central Missouri 7; Daven- port 7; Florida Tech 4; Hillsdale 4; West Alabama 4; Colorado Mesa 2; 11-15 (73.3%) (13/153) Opponent Fourth Down Percentage 8-12 (66.7%) (10/132) Charleston 1; Morehouse 1; Virginia Union 1 32:39 (2/25) Time Of Possession 32:28 (4/31) 13-18 (72.2%) (13/109) Red Zone Offense 18-23 (78.3%) (6/74) 17-19 (89.5%) (11/140) Red Zone Defense 8-11 (72.7%) (5/61) 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Bloomsburg Rushing Passing Offense Sacks Att Yds TD Cmp-Att Yds TD Int Plays Yds 1st D 3rd D TOP TOs Scks Opp Scks MERRIMACK 41 258 3 9-20 145 1 2 61 403 25 5-of-10 30:04 2 2 0 EDINBORO 50 154 2 18-36 173 0 3 86 327 23 6-of-17 34:44 4 2 2 at Mercyhurst 40 164 1 12-24 119 0 0 64 283 14 6-of-18 33:11 0 1 2 SHIPPENSBURG 51 196 1 10-21 109 3 0 72 305 20 8-of-17 36:33 0 1 1 at Kutztown 35 73 1 14-31 123 0 0 66 196 16 5-of-16 28:41 0 0 5 WEST CHESTER EAST STROUDSBURG at Lock Haven MILLERSVILLE at West Liberty at Slippery Rock Opponents Rushing Passing Offense Sacks Att Yds TD Cmp-Att Yds TD Int Plays Yds 1st D 3rd D TOP TOs Scks Opp Scks MERRIMACK 33 112 0 21-37 237 1 0 70 349 18 5-of-16 29:56 1 0 2 EDINBORO 41 140 1 7-23 118 1 3 64 258 15 3-of-14 25:16 3 2 2 at Mercyhurst 27 99 1 17-28 146 1 1 55 245 13 2-of-12 26:49 1 2 1 SHIPPENSBURG 20 39 0 26-47 312 4 1 67 351 21 4-of-14 23:27 3 1 1 at Kutztown 43 200 4 24-30 288 2 1 73 488 26 4-of-10 31:19 1 5 0 WEST CHESTER EAST STROUDSBURG at Lock Haven MILLERSVILLE at West Liberty at Slippery Rock 2 2018 Bloomsburg Football Notes (GAME 6 vs west chester) BY THE NUMBERS HUSKY TRENDS 0 - In 63 games under Paul Darragh, Bloomsburg has never thrown for at least 300 yards BU’s Record in ..