GAME 6 ESU (4-1, 1-1) at No. 17 West Chester (5-0, 2-0) Saturday, October 12, 2013 • 2:00 p.m. @ESUWarriors Farrell Stadium • (7,000) Series Facts - West Chester leads, 55-22 2013 ESU Schedule 9/5 AMERICAN INTL. ..................W 21-14 First Meeting: 1926, L 6-0 (at West Chester) Most Points Scored (ESU): 40 (1996) 9/14 at Seton Hill ...................................W 70-7 Last Meeting: 2012, W 35-28 (at ESU) Margin of Victory (ESU): 24 (1977, 24-0) 9/21 *at Shippensburg ........................L 31-41 Current Streak: ESU +1 Most Points Scored (West Chester): 57 (1998) 9/28 *at Cheyney ...................................W 40-6 at ESU: West Chester leads, 29-11 Margin of Victory (West Chester): 49 (1958, 49-0) 10/5 CLARION ...............................W 48-28 at West Chester: West Chester leads, 26-11 Denny Douds vs. West Chester: 14-26 10/12 *at West Chester ..........................2:00 p.m. 10/19 *BLOOMSBURG ....................1:05 p.m. 10/26 *at Kutztown .................................1:05 p.m. Radio Coverage 11/2 *LOCK HAVEN .......................3:05 p.m. Radio: Live on WVPO 840 AM for the 51st season, and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC 11/9 *MILLERSVILLE .....................1:05 p.m. Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 25th season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 13th year 11/16 MERCYHURST .......................1:05 p.m. * PSAC East game providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 1:30 p.m. All Home Games televised on Blue Ridge TV-13 ESU vs. West Chester • 1st & 10 2013 West Chester Schedule 9/7 NEW HAVEN ..........................W 45-14 9/14 at Gannon ......................................W 56-41 1 • ESU (4-1, 1-1 PSAC East) travels to No. 17 West 6 • ESU and WCU own two of the top off enses - 9/21 *at Millersville ...............................W 48-3 Chester (5-0, 2-0) in an important divisional game and most balanced off enses - in the PSAC and DII. 9/28 *KUTZTOWN .........................W 22-21 in early October. The Warriors won last year's ESU is averaging 42.0 points (3rd/18th), 542.6 total 10/5 CALIFORNIA .........................W 38-31 meeting, 35-28, as Tim Wilson took a short pass yards (2nd/8th), 229.8 rushing yards (3rd/24th) 10/12 *EAST STROUDSBURG .........2:00 p.m. 10/19 *at Lock Haven .............................12:00 p.m. from Matt Soltes for a 33-yard TD with 5 seconds and 312.8 passing yards (4th/20th). West Chester 10/26 *at Shippensburg ........................1:00 p.m. left. ESU is 2-2 in the last 4 meetings, also winning averages 41.8 points (4th/20th), 520.2 total yards 11/2 *at Cheyney ...................................12:00 p.m. 21-20 at WCU in 2009. West Chester had won the (4th/15th), 250.6 rushing yards (2nd/18th) and 11/9 *BLOOMSBURG ....................1:00 p.m. previous 6 games. 269.6 passing yards (6th/48th). 11/16 CLARION ...............................1:00 p.m. *PSAC East game 2 • Soltes set a school record for completion 7 • ESU is one of two DII teams to rank in the top 2012 ESU Results percentage (81.1, 30-for-37, 366 yards, 3 TD) in last 25 in both passing and rushing yardage, along 9/8 LOCK HAVEN .........................W 31-0 year's win over West Chester. He broke that record with Findlay (Ohio). 9/15 *SHIPPENSBURG ..................L 21-63 on Saturday in a 48-28 win over Clarion (85.3, 29- 9/22 *CHEYNEY .............................W 59-27 for-34, 444 yards, 4 TD). 8 • Both defenses have similar numbers as 9/29 at Clarion ........................................L 27-31 10/6 *WEST CHESTER ...................W 35-28 well. ESU is in the top 5 in the PSAC in 6 major 10/13 *at Bloomsburg ............................L 27-48 3 • ESU is looking for its fi rst win over a ranked categories - scoring, rushing, passing, total, 3rd 10/20 *KUTZTOWN .........................L 33-59 team since 2008 (14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union), and down and red zone - and is 2nd in total defense at 10/27 *at LIU Post ....................................W 45-37 its fi rst on the road since 2005 (66-49 at #22 C.W. 317.6 yards per game. WCU is 3rd at 319.8 ypg. 11/3 *at Millersville ...............................W 62-14 11/10 at Mercyhurst ...............................L 45-52 Post). ESU is 10-17 against ranked teams, and 4-10 on the road, since 2000. 9 • Both teams have an impressive trio of off ensive 2013 ESU Statistical Leaders leaders, and an All-American on defense. ESU has Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD LG 4 • This is the 3rd time ESU has faced a ranked R-So. QB Matt Soltes (350.0 total yards per game), Robert Healy 83 559 6.7 4 46 West Chester team. WCU won 30-15 in 2007 (#14), R-Fr. TB Robert Healy (111.8 ypg, 2nd among DII Matt Soltes 51 257 5.0 2 25 and 48-38 in 2004 (#11) in the 2nd round of the freshmen) and R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler (102.8 ypg, Gerald Van De Cruz 32 146 4.6 2 41 Derrick Dyer 15 75 5.0 1 15 NCAA Division II playoff s. 3rd in PSAC), along with R-Jr. DL Bryan Thomson, Raul Quinones 16 68 4.2 1 13 the 2012 PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year. 5 • ESU's Denny Douds (40th year) and WCU's Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int. Bill Zwaan (11th year) meet for the 12th time, the 10 • WCU has Jr. QB Sean McCartney (266.0 Matt Soltes 103 178 1493 15 1 Nate Daniels 6 17 71 0 1 most games for Douds against an active coach. passing ypg), Sr. TB Rondell White (238.8 all- Douds is 3-8 vs. Zwaan. He has 241 career wins, 1 purpose ypg, 3rd in DII), Jr. WR Erick Brundidge Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD LG away from a tie for 3rd on the DII all-time wins list. (61.0 ypg) and Jr. LB Ronell Williams. Robert Bleiler 33 514 15.6 5 43 Jon Schnaars 25 278 11.1 1 20 Steven Jones 15 338 22.5 6 80 THE SERIES: ESU and West Chester have met 77 times, tied with Bloomsburg as the Warriors' most frequent Thomas Tippett 9 107 11.9 1 30 opponent. They have met every year since 1946, with the 66 games in that span making it ESU's longest Gerard Wendowski 8 113 14.1 0 27 Joe Welk 7 53 7.6 0 18 continuous series. They played twice in one season - 2004 - with West Chester winning 38-37 (OT) in the Tim Wilson 4 61 15.2 1 30 regular season and 48-38 in the NCAA Playoff s. Robert Healy 2 46 23.0 0 37 Defense Tckl TFL Sck Int. SOLTES HONORED: R-So. QB Matt Soltes was named PSAC East Co-Off ensive Player of the Week after Cody Simcox 36 4.0 1.0 0 going 29-for-34 (school record 85.3%) for 444 yards and 4 TD, and adding 37 yards for 481 yards of total Dean Vitale 30 0 0 3 off ense in ESU's 48-28 win over Clarion. Soltes was recognized for the 4th time in his 12 career starts. Only Darius Jackson 27 3.0 1.0 1 Anthony Singlar 24 4.0 0 0 Jimmy Terwilliger (9 times), Damian Poalucci (6) and Matt Marshall (5) have been honored more often Bryan Thomson 21 1.5 1.5 0 among ESU off ensive players. Teron Dobbs 8 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. 412 Career games (DII record) Twitter . @PresidentWelsh GAMES COACHED - Division II, All-Time Games Wins 241 Career wins (PSAC record) Member . .Pennsylvania State System 1. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 412 241 183 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- ) 412 II Conference . PSAC 13. Jess Neely 3 schools (1924-27, 31-66) 402 I 10,884 Points scored (26.4 per game) . Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 1,422 Touchdowns scored School Colors. Red and Black GAMES COACHED - All Divisions, Active 90,084 Passing yards (51.18 miles) Team Nickname . Warriors 1. Bob Ford 2 schools (Albany) (1965-68, 73- ) 450 I (FCS) 56,716 Rushing yards (32.23 miles) Athletic Director 2. Denny Douds East Stroudsburg (1974- ) 412 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.