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THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University opens a three-game road trip to finish the 2012 season with a trip to LIU Post. The Warriors, finishing a four-game stretch against the top four teams in the PSAC East preseason poll, take on an LIU Post team that ended a four-game losing streak with a 20-15 win over Millersville last Saturday. ESU began October with a 35-28 upset of West Chester before falling to Bloomsburg and Kutztown the last two weeks.

ON THE ROAD: ESU, in its 85th season of varsity football, will finish the regular season with three straight road games for just the 5th time. Previous occasions came in 1926 (ESU's first season), 1929, 1945 and 2008. The Warriors were home for 5 of their first 7 games this year and were 3-2 in front of their home fans at Eiler-Martin Stadium. They are looking for their first road win after losses at Clarion and Bloomsburg.

LAST TIME OUT: The Warriors' offense produced seven scoring drives, but they were held to four field goals by Jr. K Taylor Groff as Kutztown pulled away for a 59-33 win in the home finale on Saturday. R-Fr. QB Matt Soltes was 28-for-40 for 363 yards and 3 TD, and Jr. WR Dusty Reed had 320 all-purpose yards, 2nd-most in school history. Reed set the school record with 247 kick return yards (on 9 returns) and had 6 catches for 64 yards and 2 TD, along with a 9-yard run. Kutztown QB Kevin Morton was 35-for-42 for 490 yards and 3 TD, and the Golden Bears had three 100-yard receivers to rebound from a 73-35 loss to Shippensburg.  (Complete Recap)

PSAC EXPANSION: The 2012 season marks the last of a five-year associate membership in PSAC football for LIU Post. The PSAC has accepted Seton Hill, which sponsors football, as a full member beginning in 2013-14. Pitt-Johnstown, also accepted as a full member, does not sponsor football. The PSAC will have 18 full-time members with 16 sponsoring football (Mansfield, which has sprint football, dropped its varsity program following the 2006 season). Lock Haven will join the PSAC East as part of the new alignment in 2013.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: ESU's last 5 games have featured at least 27 points on both sides of the scoreboard for the first time in school history. In the last 7 games of the ESU-LIU Post series, the winning team has scored 28+ points in every game and the average combined point total is 72.

THE SCOREBOARD WORKS: The Warriors have scored at least 21 points in all 7 games and have scored 30+ points in 4 games. This week, ESU ranks 8th in the PSAC overall in scoring (33.3 ppg) and 14th in scoring defense (36.6 ppg), while LIU Post is 10th in scoring (26.9) and 9th in scoring defense (28.7).

Division II programs this season are on pace to break records (all set last year) in scoring offense (27.9 ppg, from 27.5), total offense (377.1 ypg, from 369.4), passing offense (221.6 ypg, from 213.2), pass completions (18.2 per game, from 17.5) and pass attempts (32.1 per game, from 31.0) ... ESU's 31.4 pass attempts per game are down from 39.5 a year ago, and are currently the 2nd-fewest since 2001 ... ESU threw the ball on 60.2 percent of its offensive plays last year, the most in school history ... this year's team is passing on 48.0 percent of its plays.

MAKING HISTORY: ESU head coach Denny Douds became the first coach in NCAA Division II history, and 15th in college football history, to coach 400 games in ESU's 59-27 win over Cheyney on Sept. 22. Douds is one of five coaches to spend his entire career at one school, joining Eddie Robinson (Grambling), Joe Paterno (Penn State), Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky) and Tubby Raymond (Delaware).

PROGRAM WINS: ESU has a 451-302-19 (.597) record in its 85th year of varsity football. West Chester (545), IUP (508) and Slippery Rock (454) are the only other programs with at least 450 wins. IUP is 7-1, West Chester is 5-3 and Slippery Rock is 4-4 this year. On Oct. 6, ESU beat West Chester 35-28 and IUP beat Slippery Rock, 33-16.

Douds has a 235-166-3 record in 403 games as head coach at ESU. Including 68 games and 45 wins as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 472 of the 772 games (61.1 percent) and 280 of the 451 wins (62.1 percent) in program history. As head coach, he is responsible for 52.3 percent of the program's games and 52.1 percent of its wins.

Along with holding the PSAC record for career wins, he has also coached in 101 more games than the second-most in conference history (Millersville's Gene Carpenter, 303, who he faced 27 times).

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63), in his 39th season, has led the Warriors to 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances since taking over as head coach in 1974. His teams won outright state titles in 1975, 1978 and 1982 before the State Game was discontinued following the 1987 season. His teams have claimed PSAC East divisional titles in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 2002 and 2003. NCAA Playoff appearances have come in 1991, 2004, 2005 - when the Warriors won the Northeast Region title and advanced to the national semifinals - and 2009. Among active coaches, Douds ranks 2nd in Division II and 7th in all of college football with 235 career wins. He is tied for 4th on the all-time Division II list with John A. Merritt (Jackson State 1952-62, Tennessee State 1963-83).

Bryan Collins (St. John's '87) is in his 15th season at LIU Post and is also the school's Athletic Director. He has a career record of 110-51, and a record of 26-25 in five years since joining the PSAC as an associate member in 2008. The Pioneers are 20-13 against the PSAC East in that time as they play their final season in the conference. He has taken LIU Post to the NCAA Playoffs three times - 2002, 2004 and 2005.

DOUDS' FOES: This is the 8th meeting between Douds and Collins, with Douds holding a 4-3 advantage. Douds has faced 99 head coaches, including Collins, since taking over the Warriors' program in 1974. Lock Haven's John Allen became the 99th on Sept. 8. He will face #100, Marty Schaetzle of Mercyhurst, for the first time in the season finale unless either team advances to the State Game.

THE SERIES: ESU and LIU Post have met 12 times since 1978, with the Warriors holding a 7-5 advantage. ESU won seven of the first nine, but LIU Post has won the last three meetings. The played every season from 1978-82, then took a hiatus until 2004. They met twice in 2005, with ESU winning 66-49 at LIU Post (a game that featured a PSAC-record 9 TD passes from Jimmy Terwilliger) in the regular season and 55-28 at home in the Northeast Region championship game as the Warriors advanced to the national quarterfinals.

50 YEARS: This fall marks Douds' 50th season in the coaching profession, 47th at ESU and 39th as head coach. He was an assistant coach at McDowell HS (Erie, Pa.) in 1963-64 and a graduate assistant at West Virginia in 1965 before coming to the Poconos to coach for newly-appointed Charlie Reese in 1966. The 50th anniversary of Douds' final collegiate game at Slippery Rock, a 13-6 win over East Stroudsburg in the PSAC State Game, is on November 17. Also of note, the 1964-65 PSAC champion football teams, coached by Jack Gregory, were inducted to the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. The 1965 State Game, a 26-10 win over Indiana (Douds' hometown team), was the last Warriors game without Douds on the sidelines.

REMEMBERING DEREK: The ESU football family sustained two losses during the summer. Derek Brown, a starting linebacker as a sophomore on last year's team, died on July 5 from injuries sustained in a car accident on June 30. Brown's older brother, Matt, was a four-year letterwinner at tight end and graduated in 2011. Matt Deery, the younger brother of Sr. TB Eric Deery, died in a car accident on August 1. Both were remembered with a moment of silence before the opener on Sept. 8 and the Warriors will wear a #24 decal (Brown's number) on their helmets throughout the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS: Three championship teams, from 1964, 1965 and 1982, were on hand for the Warriors' 35-28 win over West Chester on Oct. 6. The 1964-65 teams were inducted to the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame earlier in the day, and the 1982 team celebrated the 30th anniversity of its PSAC championship.

GETTING THEIR FEET WET: ESU's young squad, which includes 67 freshmen or sophomores among its 85 players, continues to gain valuable experience. Of the 57 players who have contributed in the first 7 weeks, 28 have seen their first career action. 14 players have made their first career starts, and 12 are in their first season as full-time starters.

Five true freshmen have combined for 21 starts this year, both the most in at least 10 seasons - RT Cody Laubach (7), OLB Greg Jones (5), DB Teron Dobbs (5), OLB Mike Kinney (2) and ILB Brandon Pearce (2).

Three true freshmen started the season opener vs. Lock Haven - Laubach, Kinney and Pearce. Only two true freshmen had started in a season opener, total, in the last 10 years - OL Jeff Kocsis in 2004 and FS Kevin Antol last season. ESU has had just 6 players (true freshmen or redshirt freshmen) start every game of the season since 2003, all on offense - R-Sr. OL Wrenton Wright II in 2009, OL Dan Caffrey in 2008, OL Morgan Thomas in 2006, OL Jeff Kocsis in 2004 and QB Jimmy Terwilliger and WR Evan Prall in 2003.

NEW LOOK: Of the 85 players on the roster, only 30 had seen game action entering the season opener. That number is now 58 after the 7th game of the year. The roster is evenly split between returners (43, including redshirts) and newcomers (42). Of the 36 players who are listed as sophomores and above, 33 have seen game action.

BUILDING DEPTH: ESU graduated 10 senior starters off last season's team. The bulk of the Warriors' returners are in the sophomore class, where 9 players are listed as starters on this week's depth chart. Out of the 18 sophomores on the roster, 17 have seen game action, including 6 as true freshmen last year. Another returner, So. LB Don Kinney, Jr., lettered as a true freshman in 2010 and returned to the team this season.

STARTS BY CLASS
Seniors -- 43 - 27 on offense, 16 on defense
Juniors -- 37 - 30 on offense, 7 on defense
Sophomores -- 49 - 9 on offense, 40 on defense
Redshirt FR -- 4 - all on offense (all by QB Matt Soltes)
True FR -- 21 - 7 on offense, 14 on defense

WRIGHT MAKES 40th CAREER START
R-Sr. LT Wrenton Wright II made his 40th career start last week against Kutztown. He is the 6th Warrior - and 4th offensive lineman - to make 40 career starts since 2003:

QB Jimmy Terwilliger - 48 (2003-06), every game
WR Evan Prall - 48 (2003-06), every game
OL Mike Habel - 46 (2004-07), every game
OL Dan Caffrey - 45 (2008-11), every game
OL Morgan Thomas - 42 (2006-09)
OL Wrenton Wright II - 40 (2009-   )

R-Sr. RG Seve Rivers will make his 39th career start this week and can join Wright with 40 starts next week.

GROFF AMONG NATION'S BEST KICKERS
Jr. K Taylor Groff was 4-for-4 on field goals last week vs. Kutztown. He is one of 3 PSAC kickers to make 4 field goals in a game this year, and one of 4 in ESU history.

Groff has made field goals of 52 yards (at Bloomsburg) and 51 yards (at Clarion) in the last 4 weeks, and has set or is approaching several school records. Groff is:

• only kicker in PSAC history with 2+ 51-yard FG (has 3)
• 1 of 2 kickers in DII with 2+ 50-yard FG this year
• ESU record holder with 14 FG of 40+ yards
• ESU record holder for FG percentage (71.7, 38-53)
• 3rd at ESU in points by kicker (198 in 26 games)

Among active DII kickers, Groff:
• ranks 1st with 1.5 FG made and 2.0 FG attempts/game

Groff is as a member of the Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award for the nation's top small college kicker.

Career - 38-53 - 24-29 inside 40 - 14-24 over 40
• 15-for-18 (7-for-9 over 40) to tie game or give ESU lead
• 7-for-7 (2-for-2 over 40) in final 1:00 of 1st half
• 5 FG of 48+ yards, including 3-for-6 from 50+ yards
• has made 3 of the 4 longest FG in school history

2012 Season - 11-18 - 7-10 inside 40 - 4-8 over 40
• 4-for-4 vs. Kutztown (20, 28, 32 and 46)
• makes include 51 (at Clarion) and 52 (at Bloomsburg)
• misses include 49, 50 and 53-yard attempts

2011 Season - 11-14 - 5-7 inside 40 - 6-7 over 40
• 6 FG of 40+ yards - tied for the most in school history
• the rest of the PSAC's kickers were 9-for-31 from 40+
• made the 2 longest FG in the PSAC (52 and 48 yards)
• 52-yard FG at Kutztown is 2nd-longest in ESU history
• missed first 3 games due to injury

2010 Season - 16-21 - 12-12 inside 40 - 4-9 over 40
• ESU record with 16 field goals
• perfect inside 40 yards
• one of two kickers in DII to make a FG in every game
• 87 points were 2nd-most in school history

ESU Career Field Goal Percentage
1. 71.7 -- Taylor Groff (38-53)
2. 67.2 -- Mark Brubaker (39-58)

ESU Career Field Goals
1. 50 -- Ed Detwiler (1989-92)
2. 39 -- Mark Brubaker (2002-05)
3. 38 -- Taylor Groff (2010-pres.)

ESU Career Field Goals of 40+ Yards
1. 14 -- Taylor Groff
2. 12 -- Ed Detwiler

(REDSHIRT) FRESHMAN UNDER CENTER
R-Fr. QB Matt Soltes has made 4 straight starts after playing as the backup the first 3 games this season.

Among freshmen QB in Division II, Soltes is ...
• 1st in completion percentage - 62.0
• 2nd in pass efficiency - 150.2   (24th overall in DII)
• 4th in passing yards per game - 205.3 ypg
• 5th in total offense per game - 235.3 ypg

Season Stats / PSAC Rankings
• 150.2 QB rating (103-166, 1,437 yds, 9 TD, 2 Int.)
• 60 rush, 210 yds (3.5 avg, long of 26)

Within the PSAC, Soltes is ...
• 5th in pass efficiency
• 5th in completion percentage
• 8th in passing yards per game
• 8th in total offense per game

In his 4 starts, Soltes is averaging ...
• 288.0 pass yds (88-134, 1,152 yds, 8 TD, 2 Int.)
• 327.0 yds total offense (52 rush, 156 yds)

• 2nd ESU FR QB with 1,000 passing yards
(Jimmy Terwilliger holds PSAC record - 2,987, 2003)

Cheyney (W 59-27)
• 7-10, 171 yds, 1 TD; 2 rush, 22 yds
• entered in 2nd quarter and played into 4th

1st career start (at Clarion, L 31-27)
• 1st FR QB to make 1st career start on road under Douds
• records for passing yards (256) and total offense (318) by a freshman in his first career start
• 17-32, 256 yds, 1 TD, 1 Int.; 21 rush, 62 yds
• 6th-most passing yards in a debut start

2nd career start (vs. West Chester, W 35-28)
• PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week
• school record for completion percentage (81.1)
• 30-37, 366 yds, 3 TD, 1 Int.; 5 rush, 7 yds (373 total)
• game-winning 33-yd TD pass to Fr. WR Tim Wilson with 5 seconds left
• 9-10 for 119 yds, 8 conversions on 3rd down
• also converted 3rd-and-14 with 15-yd run
• tied for 3rd-most passing yards by a freshman
• 4th-most total offense by a freshman

3rd career start (at Bloomsburg, L 48-27)
• 13-25, 167 yds, 1 TD, 0 Int.; 14 rush, 54 yds (221 total)
• 12-yd TD pass to R-Jr. WR Robert Bleiler made score 21-17 late in 3rd quarter

4th career start (Kutztown, W 59-33)
• 28-40, 363 yds, 3 TD, 0 Int.; 12 rush, 33 yds (396 total)
• 3rd-most total offense by a freshman
• 5th-most passing yards by a freshman

COMING FULL CIRCLE: Soltes' game-winning 33-yard TD pass to Wilson to beat West Chester was reminiscent of his father Andy, a freshman backup, throwing a 73-yard TD to Scott Benoit to put the Warriors ahead in the 4th quarter of a 17-9 win at West Chester in 1982. The TD pass was the only one of Andy Soltes' career, as he suffered an injury in the spring game the following year. Matt's TD pass was the 5th of his career.

FAMILY TRADITION: Soltes and his father, Andy, became the 3rd father-son tandem to throw a TD pass under Douds when R-Jr. FB Thomas Tippett scored on a 49-yard pass vs. Cheyney. Other QB tandems are Mike and Jimmy Terwilliger and Brian and Matt Marshall.

Mike Terwilliger, ESU's offensive coordinator, was QB for Douds' first four years (1974-77) and has been an assistant coach ever since. He led ESU to a 30-4-1 record in 35 starts and threw 33 TD passes. His son, Jimmy, was a four-year Harlon Hill candidate from 2003-06, the 2005 Harlon Hill Award winner, and tied the NCAA all-division record with 148 TD passes. Jimmy was 36-12, starting all 48 games, and took the Warriors to the NCAA Division II semifinals in 2005.

Brian Marshall was the Warriors' QB in 1981, under Terwilliger's tutelage, and threw 5 TD passes. His son, Matt, was a two-year starter, led ESU to the 2009 NCAA Playoffs and threw 61 TD passes (4th in school history) from 2007-10.

ADDING IT ALL UP: TD passes by family ... Terwilligers 181 (Mike 33, Jimmy 148) ... Marshalls 66 (Brian 5, Matt 61) ... Soltes 10 (Andy 1, Matt 9) ... TD passes by fathers -- 39 ... TD passes by sons -- 218 and counting.

DANIELS GETS NOD: R-Jr. Nate Daniels started the first 3 games and is 30-for-54 for 563 yards, 6 TD and 3 Int. He was 17-for-26 for 355 yards and 4 TD in the season opener vs. Lock Haven (4th-most yards in an opener in school history). He was 9-for-20 for 131 yards, 1 TD and 3 Int. in a 63-21 loss to Shippensburg, and 4-for-8 for 77 yards and a TD vs. Cheyney. He has not taken any snaps at QB the last 4 weeks but has remained the holder on PAT and FG. He has made 4 career starts, making his first start last year at Shippensburg.

300-YARD CLUB: Daniels (355 vs. Lock Haven) and Soltes (366 vs. West Chester) are the 2nd set of QB's in school history to record 300-yard passing games in the same season. In 2008, Tim Roken had 3 300-yard games and Matt Marshall had 2.

100-YARD CLUB: Against Shippensburg, Daniels (131 yards) and Soltes (114 yards) became the 5th pair of QB's to throw for 100 yards in the same game. Daniels (182) and Ray Wagner (172), a Harlon Hill candidate, did it last year vs. Millersville after Wagner left due to injury.

It also marked just the 2nd time in school history that two QB's attempted 20 passes in the same game.

ADDING UP THE PASSING OFFENSE: Soltes (150.2 QB rating, 1,437 yards, 9 TD) and Daniels (168.9 QB rating, 563 yards, 6 TD) have combined for a 154.8 QB rating and 2,000 passing yards (285.7 per game) through 7 games.

ESU ranks 4th in the PSAC and 20th nationally in QB rating, and 5th in the PSAC and 22nd nationally in passing yards per game.

AIRING IT OUT: ESU has led the PSAC in passing in 7 of the last 10 years, and the Warriors' quarterback has been in the top 3 in the PSAC in total offense all 10 seasons. The Warriors were 5th in DII in passing (323.2 ypg) and Wagner was 6th in DII individually (293.3) last year, both figures that led the PSAC ... IN 2012: ESU is 5th in the PSAC and 22nd in DII with 285.7 yards per game.

BIG PLAY OFFENSE: ESU is averaging 6.5 yards per play, t-3rd in the PSAC. The Warriors are averaging 9.1 yards per pass attempt (2,000 on 220) and 4.1 yards per rushing attempt (986 on 238). ESU ranks 7th in the PSAC and 46th in DII with 426.6 yards per game.

WARRIORS STRETCH THE FIELD IN 2011 ...
Among Division II schools with at least 15 completions per game, ESU led the nation with 15.6 yards per catch during the 2011 season. The Warriors generated 35 plays of 30+ yards in 11 games, with 12 going for touchdowns.

... AND 2012: The Warriors are 4th in Division II averaging 15.0 yards per catch and have 14 plays of 30+ yards, including 6 TD.

SPREADING IT AROUND: Current ESU pass catchers have combined for 450+ catches (456) and 6,500+ yards (6,687) during their careers at ESU.

Jr. Dusty Reed (1,887 yards), R-Sr. Jordan Hallman (1,772) and R-Jr. Robert Bleiler (1,142) all have more than 1,000 yards after Bleiler went over the mark vs. West Chester.

WARRIORS WR RANK 1-2-3 AMONG PSAC RETURNERS
At wide receiver, ESU had the top 3 returners in the PSAC in yards per game in Jr. Dusty Reed (84.5 ypg, 4th overall in PSAC), R-Sr. Jordan Hallman (77.6, 5th) and R-Jr. Robert Bleiler (65.9, 8th).

The trio combined for 130 catches, 2,442 yards and 17 TD last year, averaging 18.8 yards per catch. They averaged 11.8 catches and 222.0 yards per game.
This year: 12.0 catches, 187.3 yards per game
• vs. LHU -- 13 catches, 288 yards, 4 TD
• vs. Ship -- 12 catches, 212 yards, 1 TD
• vs. Cheyney -- 7 catches, 170 yards, 1 TD
• at Clarion -- 7 catches, 126 yards, 1 TD
• vs. WCU -- 22 catches, 257 yards, 2 TD
• at Bloomsburg -- 5 catches, 52 yards, 1 TD
• vs. Kutztown -- 18 catches, 206 yards, 2 TD

REED ENTERS WARRIORS TOP 10: Jr. WR Dusty Reed moved into ESU's career top 10 for receptions against Kutztown, with 6 catches for 64 yards and 2 TD.

Reed ranks 7th with 134 career catches, is tied for 7th with 18 receiving TD and is 13th with 1,887 receiving yards. He can move into the top 10 in that category with 77 yards this week.

His 320 all-purpose yards vs. Kutztown were the second-most in school history (behind Evan Prall's 385 vs. Lock Haven in 2006). He set the school record for kick return yardage in a game with 247 (on 9 returns). He moved from 19th to 13th in career all-purpose yards (2,737) and is 116 yards from entering the top 10.

Reed has 3 100-yard games this season - 198 yards (11 catches) vs. Shippensburg, 113 yards (6 catches) at Clarion and 139 yards (career-high 13 catches) vs. West Chester. He has 6 100-yard games in his career.

He has a catch in 19 consecutive games, and 2+ catches in 24 of 28 games in his career after coming to ESU as an All-State tailback.

Reed ranks 4th in the PSAC East and 7th overall with 83.0 yards per game (41 catches, 581 yards, 2 TD).

He was voted ESU's MVP by his teammates in 2011, setting ESU sophomore records with 62 catches and 929 yards. He compiled 1,355 all-purpose yards, 9th in school history, adding 101 yards on 13 carries and 325 yards on kick returns. On the final play of the season vs. Edinboro, he caught a game-tying 21-yard TD pass from Wagner, with the extra point giving ESU a 27-26 victory.

Reed led the PSAC East in yards per game (84.5), was 1st team All-PSAC East and 3rd team Football Gazette All-Region. He was named to the BSN Preseason All-America 3rd team this summer.

MR. CONSISTENT: Reed displayed remarkable consistency during the 2011 season. Among his accomplishments:

• 86+ yards in 8 of 11 games
• 100+ yards in 4 games
• 4+ catches in 8 games
• first ESU WR with 7 catches in 5 straight games
• first ESU WR with 8 catches in 3 straight games
• 75+ all-purpose yards in all 11 games
• 100+ all-purpose yards in 8 games
• set ESU records for receptions (93) and yards (1,306) through a sophomore season

REED'S FAMILY TIES: Reed is the nephew of former ESU All-America center Pat Flaherty, the offensive line coach of the New York Giants. Flaherty has won two Super Bowl rings in the last five years, in 2007 and 2011. He was inducted to the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 and was the starting center for quarterback Mike Terwilliger, ESU's offensive coordinator who is in his 35th season as an assistant coach under Denny Douds.

GOING DEEP: R-Sr. WR Jordan Hallman is averaging 19.1 yards per catch in his career, t-4th in school history, and averaged 24.4 yards per catch in 2011 (35 for 854, 13 plays of 30+ yards).

He has 19 catches for 394 yards and 5 TD this year, averaging 20.7 yards per catch. He opened the season with 7 catches for 179 yards and 3 TD vs. Lock haven and had 2 catches for 91 yards and a TD vs. Cheyney. He has 6 career TD's of 50+ yards, including 4 from Nate Daniels. He caught TD passes of 79 and 61 yards vs. Lock Haven and 63 yards vs. Cheyney. He also had 5 catches for 46 yards and a TD vs. West Chester, and 4 catches for 67 yards vs. Kutztown.

Hallman was the only receiver in Division II with back-to-back 200-yard games last year, with 5 catches for 239 yards and 2 TD vs. C.W. Post, and 8 catches for 221 yards and 2 TD vs. Millersville. The 460 yards receiving in consecutive weeks are also the most in school history.

BIG PLAY BLEILER: R-Jr. WR Robert Bleiler is averaging 16.6 yards per catch in his career, with 1,142 yards on 69 catches. He had a career-high 8 catches for 75 yards vs. Kutztown and has 24 catches for 336 yards and 2 TD this season.

Bleiler has two 100-yard games in his career, both for more than 150 yards. He had 172 yards vs. Pace and 153 yards at Kutztown in 2011.

He averaged 20.0 yards per catch last year, with 33 catches for 659 yards. He was 3rd in the PSAC East (behind Reed and Hallman) and 8th in the PSAC with 65.9 yards per game.

THE TIGHT END: R-So. Steven Jones has 8 catches for 125 yards after posting 13 catches for 154 yards and 3 TD in 2011. He already has 5 catches of 20+ yards in his career.  Jones was 2nd team All-State on La Salle College HS's AAAA state championship team in 2009.

FAST FRESHMAN: R-Fr. WR Brandon Mercer had a 94-yard kick return for a TD vs. Cheyney, ESU's first since 2002. He was 3rd in Division II averaging 34.1 yards on 9 returns last week, but has fallen out of the national rankings after missing the last 3 games. He had 6 for 163 yards (27.2 avg.) vs. Shippensburg and 3 for 144 yards (48.0 avg.), including the TD, vs. Cheyney.

Mercer was a track standout in 2012, setting ESU freshman records in the 60m (7.02) and 100m (10.74) and running on ESU's PSAC champion 4x100m relay.

MR. WILSON: Fr. WR Tim Wilson made his debut for ESU at Clarion on Sept. 29, with 2 catches for 22 yards. A week later vs. West Chester, he made his only 2 catches of the game on the final drive, and got the Warriors in the end zone with a 33-yard catch-and-run for the game-winning TD with 5 seconds left.

Wilson atoned for a fumbled punt 7 minutes earlier which helped West Chester recover from a 28-14 deficit to tie it with 1:10 to go, but had a 14-yard catch for a 1st down before taking a short pass to the house.

Wilson had 2 catches for 51 yards, including a 43-yarder, at Bloomsburg. Through 4 games, he has 8 catches for 140 yards and a TD.

SCHNAARS STEPS UP: R-Fr. WR Jon Schnaars scored his first career TD, a 46-yard pass from Soltes, on the first drive against Kutztown. He had a 31-yard catch earlier on the drive and finished with 3 catches for 90 yards after entering the game with 6 catches for 85 yards.

RUNNING THE CLOCK: ESU held the ball for 42:37 in its win over West Chester, its largest since holding it for 44:40 in a 34-7 win over Kutztown to clinch the PSAC East championship in 2002. The Warriors have had a TOP advantage in 2 of their last 6 games (Shippensburg, West Chester) after not having an advantage since midway through the 2010 season.

WILLIAMS HITS 2,000: Sr. TB Kendrick Williams is the 7th player to reach 2,000 career rushing yards in school history. He enters this week ranked 6th with 2,031 yards and is 16 yards from the top 5:

5. 2,047 -- Pete Radocha (1974-76)
6. 2,031 -- Kendrick Williams (2009-   )
7. 2,030 -- Harold Strunk (1974-77)

Williams is 3rd with 442 career rushing attempts. He ranks 6th with 21 rushing TD and is tied for 9th with 23 total TD. He is also 6th in all-purpose yards (3,315) and 11th in yards from scrimmage (2,501).

Williams had his 5th career 100-yard game in week 3 vs. Cheyney, running for 151 yards on 11 carries for an average of 13.7 yards per carry, 2nd-best at ESU.

WILLIAMS IN 2011: Last year, Williams ranked 4th in the PSAC and 35th in Division II with 140.5 all-purpose yards per game. His season total of 1,405 yards was 7th in school history and included 541 yards rushing, 140 yards receiving and 724 yards on kick returns.

He was named 2nd team All-PSAC East as a sophomore in 2010, running for 668 yards and 9 TD. He had 436 yards rushing and 245 yards receiving (681 total) in 7 games as a freshman in 2009, making his debut in the 6th game of the season at West Chester and helping the Warriors reach the NCAA Playoffs.

Notable career statistics
All-Purpose yards -- 3,315 (6th)
Rushing yards -- 2,031 (7th) - 16 away from 5th
Yards from scrimmage -- 2,501 (11th)
Rushing attempts -- 442 (3rd)
Rushing TD -- 21 (6th)
Total TD -- 23 (t-9th)
100-yard rush games -- 5

THERE GOES DEERY: Sr. TB Eric Deery went over 1,000 career rushing yards with his career-high 167 yards on 19 carries vs. Cheyney. He ran for 163 yards in the 2nd half, 4th-most in a half in Douds' 39 years.

Deery enters this week with 1,211 yards on 242 carries, an average of 5.0 yards per carry, and 8 TD. He was ESU's 2nd-leading rusher last year with 413 yards. He has 4 career 100-yard games, including 2 as a true freshmen in 2009.

BALANCING ACT: Williams (55.1 ypg, 4.8 avg) and Deery (48.7 ypg, 5.7 avg) are 17th and 21st in the PSAC in rushing yardage, respectively.  ESU is 10th in the PSAC with 140.9 rushing yards per game, and tied for 7th with 4.1 yards per carry.

PUNCHING IT IN: R-Jr. FB Thomas Tippett has scored 4 TD in the first 7 games, 3 rushing and 1 receiving. He scored a TD in 4 straight games, from Shippensburg (week 2) through West Chester (week 5). He scored on 1-yard TD runs against Shippensburg, Clarion and West Chester and took a short pass from Soltes for a 49-yard TD vs. Cheyney. He had 6 carries for 20 yards vs. West Chester and is ESU's 4th-leading receiver with 11 catches for 148 yards. He has 5 career TD (4 rushing) overall.

IN THE FRONT ROW: The Warriors lost 78 career starts from center Dan Caffrey (45) and LT Zach Sarginger (33), but count 119 career starts among this year's starters. ESU has started the same offensive line combination in all 7 games this season.

LT -- R-Sr. Wrenton Wright II (6-3, 295)
• 40 career starts - 28 at right tackle, 12 at left tackle
• 6th Warrior (4th OL) with 40 career starts since 2003
• started all 11 games at right tackle as a junior
• started 5 games at LT, 5 at RT in 2010
• started all 12 games at right tackle in 2009

LG -- So. Pete Wolmart (6-3, 310)
• 9 career starts, 7 at left guard this season
• 2 starts as a freshman, both at left tackle
• missed rest of season due to injury
• 2nd team All-State Group 4 at Randolph HS (NJ)

C -- R-Jr. Greg Blue (6-2, 290)
• 25 career starts - 7 at center, 9 at LG, 9 at RG
• started 9 games at left guard as a sophomore
• started 9 games at right guard as a freshman
• first ESU center besides Dan Caffrey since 2007

RG -- R-Sr. Seve Rivers (6-3, 300)
• 2nd team All-PSAC East last season
• 38 career starts - 18 at LG, 20 at RG
• 29 consecutive starts (most on team)
• started all 11 games at right guard in 2011

RT -- Fr. Cody Laubach (6-5, 305)
• first true freshman OL to start opener since 2004
• 1st team All-Lehigh Valley Conference at Emmaus HS
• Morning Call All-Area 2nd team
• McDonald's Lehigh Valley All-Star Game

NET PUNTING
So. Jordan Bair is 10th in the PSAC in punting average (37.4) after ranking 5th (37.8) as a freshman. He was 6th in the PSAC in net punting (32.9), but ranks 12th (32.5) so far this year.

ESU has been a regular among the Division II leaders in net punting, ranking in the top 5 in three of the last eight years. The Warriors led the nation in 2004 (40.6) and 2008 (39.7) and ranked 3rd in 2006 (36.0).

RULE CHANGE
The NCAA has instituted two rule changes on kickoffs for the 2012 season. The kickoff spot has been moved up 5 yards (to the 35-yard line), and the touchback spot has been moved up 5 yards (to the 25-yard line).

Jr. Taylor Groff has 14 touchbacks on 45 kickoffs this year, including 12 of 35 in the last five weeks. The Warriors' average opponents drive start is at the 26-yard line, 7 yards better than last year's average of the 33-yard line.

In 2010, ESU led the PSAC in kickoff coverage, with an average drive start of the 26-yard line. Groff had 11 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs, and his rate of 17% was more than triple the 5% rate of the rest of the PSAC. In 2011, Groff had 3 touchbacks on 37 kickoffs (8%).

In his career, Groff has 28 touchbacks on 147 kickoffs (19%).

INSIDE THE WARRIORS DEFENSE
A very young ESU defense has just 2 returning starters and has seen 12 players make their first career starts over the first seven weeks.

Of the 22 players on the depth chart, there are:
SR -- 2 starters
JR -- 1 starter
SO -- 6 starters, 6 backups
R-FR -- 0 starters, 1 backup
FR -- 2 starter, 4 backups

THE RETURNERS: ESU's 2 returning defensive starters ...
DE -- R-So. Brandon Gattelli (15 starts, 9 games last year)
FS -- R-So. Anthony Singlar (12 starts, 6 games last year)

FIRST-YEAR STARTERS: ESU's first-year starters on defense ...
DE -- So. Tarik Haddad (vs. Cheyney)
DT -- R-So. Bryan Thomson (8 starts, all 7 games this year)
DT -- R-Sr. Sam Hull (all 7 games)
OLB -- Jr. Darius Jackson (all 7 games, 5 starts at FB in last 2 years)
OLB -- Fr. Greg Jones (last 5 games)
OLB -- Fr. Mike Kinney (1st 2 games)
ILB -- So. Cody Simcox (last 6 games)
ILB -- So. Don Kinney, Jr. (5 games - vs. Ship, at Clarion, vs. WCU, at Bloom)
ILB -- Fr. Brandon Pearce (vs. Lock Haven, Cheyney)
ILB -- So. James Lancellotti (vs. Lock Haven)
CB -- R-So. Andrew Coyle (6 games - not Cheyney)
CB -- Fr. Teron Dobbs (last 5 games - WR in preseason camp)
CB -- Sr. Brandon Phillips (1st 3 games - suffered injury)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jr. OLB Darius Jackson was named the PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week with 5 tackles (4 solo), 1.0 TFL and an interception in ESU's 35-28 win over West Chester. Jackson is the first Warrior to receive the award since linebacker Mike Bergey was recognized following the final game of 2011.

TAKE IT AWAY: The ESU defense forced 5 turnovers against West Chester (3 interceptions, 2 fumbles), including 4 in the first half. It is the 6th time that ESU has forced at least 5 turnovers in the last 6 years, improving to 4-2 in such games.

The performance was part of an overall effort that limited WCU to 313 yards on 45 offensive plays, 2nd-fewest by an ESU opponent in Denny Douds' 402nd game as head coach.

DEPTH AT END: Entering the season, most of the returning experience was on the line, especially at defensive end. Returning starter R-So. Brandon Gattelli is joined by Sr. Waverly Harris, R-So. Sam Trunzo and So. Tarik Haddad to form the rotation for the second straight year.

Gattelli started 8 games last year, leading the defensive ends in tackles (38) and TFL (6.5) and leading the defensive line in sacks (3.5). Harris started 3 games and had 29 tackles, 4.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks. Trunzo and Haddad also played in all 11 games.

UP THE MIDDLE: Two first-year starters, R-So. Bryan Thomson and R-Sr. Sam Hull, anchor the interior of the front 4. Thomson had 29 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles in 2011. Hull, a 3-year letterwinner, has played in 26 career games and made his first 7 starts. The backups are R-So. Josh Przywara and R-So. Jon Noble (a transfer from Shippensburg in 2009). The Warriors' defensive tackles have 6.5 of their 10 sacks this season from Thomson (1.0), Hull (1.0), Przywara (3.0) and Noble (1.5)

BLOCK THAT KICK: Thomson has 2 blocked kicks this season and 4 in his career. He blocked the extra point that Jr. OLB Darius Jackson returned for a defensive 2-point conversion vs. Cheyney, then followed by blocking a 21-yard field goal at Clarion. He also had 2 blocked PAT's in 2011, including one returned for a defensive 2-point conversion. He is halfway to the school record for blocked kicks (8), set by defensive tackle Matt Delancey (1993-96), currently a strength coach at the University of Florida.

BRAND NEW LB'S: Among ESU's 7 starters at linebacker so far this season, only 2 had played a snap for the Warriors entering the year - So. Don Kinney, Jr. (in 2010) and So. James Lancellotti.

INSIDE: Kinney, Jr. and So. Cody Simcox, a transfer from Maine, are the starters. Simcox has started the last 6 games after coming off the bench in the opener due to injury. He was a tight end on Maine's Division I FCS quarterfinal team last year, and was a 2nd team All-State linebacker at Wilson West Lawn HS in 2010. He has 43 tackles this season, including 17 at Bloomsburg.

Kinney, Jr. has made 5 starts, vs. Shippensburg in week 2 and against Clarion, West Chester, Bloomsburg and Kutztown the last 4 weeks. He missed the Cheyney game due to injury. He played in all 11 games as a freshman in 2010 before spending last year away from football. He has 39 tackles (5.0 TFL) in 6 games, including 13 at Clarion.

Fr. Brandon Pearce made 2 starts, in the season opener vs. Lock Haven and week 3 vs. Cheyney, making 9 tackles with 4.5 TFL, a sack and 2 forced fumbles. Lancellotti started the opener after playing in 4 games on special teams in 2011.

OUTSIDE: Jr. Darius Jackson (7 starts), Fr. Greg Jones (5 starts) and Fr. Mike Kinney (2 starts) have rotated at outside linebacker this season

Jackson, the PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week for his effort vs. West Chester (5 tackles, interception), moved to defense in the spring after playing in 21 games, including 5 starts, at fullback over two years. He scored 3 TD, 2 receiving and 1 rushing.

Jackson added his 1st career defensive TD vs. Cheyney, a 54-yard interception return, and also had a defensive 2-point return. He has 38 tackles, 4.0 TFL and a forced fumble and 2 interceptions.

Jones has started the last 5 weeks and has 43 tackles and a sack, including 8 tackles and his first career sack at Clarion. He had 10 tackles and a fumble recovery at Bloomsburg.

Jones had an active preseason camp, moving from tailback to safety before landing at outside linebacker. He also returned the opening kickoff 20 yards vs. LHU and has played on the punt return team. During his high school career at Colonia (N.J.), Jones was named 3rd team All-State, running for 2,080 yards and 33 TD as a senior.

Kinney has 39 tackles (3.5 TFL) in 6 games, missing the Cheyney game due to injury and leaving the West Chester game after the opening kickoff. He had 13 tackles at Clarion and 12 vs. Lock Haven in his first career start.

SWITCHING IT UP: The Warriors have started R-So. Andrew Coyle and Fr. Teron Dobbs at cornerback the last 4 weeks and have started 3 combinations at corner so far this season. Sr. Brandon Phillips started the first 2 games but has missed the last 3 weeks due to injury.

Coyle has made the first 6 starts of his career and had his first career interception on West Chester's first possession. He has 30 tackles, 2 pass breakups and a blocked kick this year.

Dobbs has started the last 5 games and has 2 interceptions, vs. Cheyney and West Chester (on the final play of the first half). He has 21 tackles and 3 additional pass breakups.

Dobbs and So. Ray Dominguez are both converted wide receivers, with Dobbs moving over before week 2 (Shippensburg) and making his first career start in week 3 vs. Cheyney. Dominguez, an All-Lackawanna Conference DB at West Scranton, had 14 catches for 198 yards in 9 games (6 starts) at WR as a freshman. He has played at corner over the last 4 weeks and had a forced fumble in the 3rd quarter of the Warriors' win over West Chester.

At safety, R-So. Anthony Singlar is 3rd in the PSAC with 9.9 tackles per game (69 in 7 games) and has an interception (vs. Lock Haven), 4 pass breakup, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He made 5 starts at safety last year, one of three players to hold the role, and was ESU's top returning tackler with 51.

BROTHER ACT
So. LB Don Kinney, Jr. and Fr. OLB Mike Kinney have started 7 games between them and both started against Shippensburg. They both made 13 tackles at Clarion, Don as a starter and Mike entering as a backup.

They are separated by two years, as Don lettered for the Warriors as a true freshman in 2010 before spending last year away from football. Both were high school standouts at Loyalsock, teaming up on the Lancers' 2008 Eastern Conference championship team (when Don was a junior and Mike was a freshman) and 2009 District championship team, when Mike was the Williamsport Sun-Gazette Area Player of the Year as a sophomore. Don was a three-time All-District first team selection and Mike was named to the first team all four years. Mike was also a two-time All-State selection, named to the 2nd team as a sophomore and 1st team as a junior.

GREGORY-DOUDS FIELD AT EILER-MARTIN STADIUM
• Field renamed to honor coaches Jack Gregory and Denny Douds after ESU's 58-14 win vs. Cheyney on Oct. 30, 2010
• Gregory had 49-11-2 (.806) record from 1959-65 and won 1964 and 1965 PSAC championships
• Douds has been ESU's head coach since 1974
• Eiler-Martin Stadium has been the home of the Warriors since 1938
• John R. Eiler was an outstanding athlete at the school in the early 1930s and later athletic director and a championship soccer coach
• Gene Martin was the Warriors' head football coach from 1942-57 and the school's long-time Dean of Men
• The Warriors have a 123-72 home record (.631) under Douds and a 43-29 home record (.597) since 2000

Renovations include:
• New home bleachers were added in 1960
• The current press box was installed in 1988
• The track was resurfaced and expanded to 8 lanes in 2005
• Lights were added prior to the 2007 season
• FieldTurf was installed prior to the 2008 season

UNDER THE LIGHTS
ESU is 6-4 in night games since lights were installed in 2007:
9-15-07 -- L 23-38 vs. IUP
8-28-08 -- W 14-11 vs. #25 Virginia Union
9-6-08 -- W 23-10 vs. Gannon
9-27-08 -- W 52-12 vs. Cheyney
9-12-09 -- W 45-31 vs. Clarion
9-11-10 -- L 17-23 vs. IUP
9-1-11 -- W 56-14 vs. Pace
9-17-11 -- L 19-22 vs. #21 California
9-8-12 -- W 31-0 vs. Lock Haven
9-15-12 -- L 21-63 vs. Shippensburg

PSAC PRESEASON POLL
• ESU was picked to finish 6th in the 2012 PSAC East Coaches Poll
• The Warriors were selected behind Kutztown, Bloomsburg, LIU Post, West Chester and Shippensburg and ahead of Millersville and Cheyney

WARRIORS FROM 2000-09
• The Warriors wrapped up their winningest decade in school history in the 2000's, going 77-34 for a .694 winning percentage
• They had nine winning seasons in 10 years, made three NCAA Playoff appearances, won PSAC East titles in 2002 and 2003, and had a school-record 11 wins in 2005
• ESU has an all-time record of 451-302-19 (.597)

ESU IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS
• ESU has played in the NCAA Division II Playoffs four times, most recently in 2009 when they fell to Edinboro, 31-16, in the first round
• The Warriors have also played in the postseason in 1991, 2004 and 2005, when they advanced to the national semifinals
• ESU has a 4-4 record in four postseason trips

FAMILY AFFAIR
Two Warriors have fathers who played for Coach Douds:
• R-Sr. DL Sam Hull - father Chris, four-year letterwinner at DE from 1984-87
• R-Fr. QB Matt Soltes - father Andy lettered at QB in 1982, threw game-winning TD at West Chester

In addition, two Warriors have relatives who played for ESU under Douds:
• Jr. WR Dusty Reed - uncle Pat Flaherty was All-America center in 1976 and is currently the offensive line coach of the NY Giants
• R-So. CB Andrew Coyle - father is cousin of Tim Bishop, an All-East WR in 1984 and All-PSAC pitcher, 2B and OF in baseball

At least six other father-son combinations have earned letters since Douds arrived in 1966:

• Falcone - Michael, LB '73; Bryan, LB '00-02
• Jackson - Steven, C '69-71; Greg, TE '98-99
• McNamee - Doug, DB/WR '64-66, Todd, K/P '85-88
• Stem - Willard, FS '72-75; Drew, WR '05-08
• Terwilliger - Mike, QB '74-77 (Douds' first 4 seasons, entering 35th year as asst. coach); Jimmy, QB '03-06 (Harlon Hill Award in 2005)
• Marshall - Brian, QB '81; Matt, QB '08-10 (3rd in career total offense)

WARRIORS ON RADIO
• WVPO 840 AM is in its 50th season broadcasting ESU football and will once again carry all 10 games in 2012
• Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award winner,  is in his 24th season as the voice of the Warriors
• He is joined in the booth by Bob Brittain, who is in his 12th year providing the color commentary

AND WE GO TO...OVERTIME
• ESU is 4-6 all-time in overtime contests and has won its last two games in OT, 27-20 at Kutztown in 2009 and 44-41 vs. Shippensburg in 2008
• The win vs. Shippensburg gave head coach Denny Douds the PSAC record with his 213th career victory

OVERTIME GAMES
1991 - L 34-33 vs. Shippensburg (NCAA Playoffs)
1996 - W 27-20 vs. Kutztown
1999 - L 33-27 at Shepherd (2OT)
2000 - W 35-28 vs. Shepherd
2000 - L 33-26 vs. Millersville
2000 - L 17-14 vs. Shippensburg
2004 - L 38-37 vs. West Chester
2005 - L 31-24 vs. Bloomsburg
2008 - W 44-41 vs. Shippensburg
2009 - W 27-20 at Kutztown

WARRIORS ON TV
• Blue Ridge TV-13 will broadcast ESU football for the 26th year this season, with all five home games airing live across the region
• Play-by-play man Chris Doty (23rd year) is joined by color commentator Jim Riley (5th year) and sideline reporter Mike Remish (3rd year)

WARRIORS ON SPORTSFEVER TV
• ESU will play 3 games on state-wide and national television this season through a partnership with SPORTSfever TV
• The Warriors' games at Clarion (Sept. 29), vs. West Chester (Oct. 6) and at LIU Post (Oct. 27) will be broadcast, tape-delay, on Blue Ridge cable, the Comcast Network and ROOT Sports (formerly Fox Sports Pittsburgh)
• Broadcast times are available on esuwarriors.com
• At the end of the 2012 season, SPORTSfever will have broadcast 16 games over the last six seasons.

ESU WARRIORS ALL ACCESS
• All five broadcasts on Blue Ridge TV-13 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, 2013
• The single-day package ($6.95) gives access for a 24-hour period

ESU vs. UNDEFEATED TEAMS (at least 5-0) since 1974
1979 - Millersville (6-0) at ESU (4-3) - W 12-7
1995 - Millersville (6-0-1) vs. ESU (4-3) - L 19-14
1996 - IUP (5-0) at ESU (3-2) - W 23-12
2005 - Bloomsburg (5-0) at ESU (4-0) - L 31-24 (OT)
2005 - Bloomsburg (11-0) vs. ESU (9-2) - W 52-39
2005 - Grand Valley (11-0) vs. ESU (11-2) - L 55-20
2008 - Bloomsburg (6-0) vs. ESU (5-1) - L 42-23
2009 - Bloomsburg (6-0) at ESU (5-1) - L 27-13
2010 - Kutztown (5-0) at ESU (1-4) - L 38-31
2012 - Bloomsburg (6-0) vs. ESU (3-2) - L 48-27

PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
• ESU has won a share of nine PSAC titles under head coach Denny Douds, 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 201-111-1 (.644) record in PSAC games for the 3rd-best winning percentage since the first on-the-field title was awarded in 1960

JAMES FRANKLIN UPDATE (Bio  l  Twitter)
• James Franklin '95, a two-year starter at QB and a Harlon Hill candidate in 1994, is in his 2nd season as head coach at Vanderbilt
• Franklin led the Commodores to a 6-6 regular season record in 2011 and their 2nd straight bowl game, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl
• Vandy is 3-4 this year and beat Auburn 17-13 last Saturday
• Next up, the 'Dores host UMass on Saturday

WARRIORS IN THE PROS/DIVISION I
James Franklin is one of 9 former ESU players or graduate assistant coaches in the NFL or Division I college football:
• Pat Flaherty '78: NY Giants, offensive line coach, 2x Super Bowl champion
• Vic Fangio '80: SF 49ers, defensive coordinator
• Joe Marciano (GA): Houston Texans, special teams coordinator
• Joe Baker (GA): Dallas Cowboys, assistant secondary coach
• John Glenn '05: Seattle Seahawks, assistant special teams coach
• James Franklin '95: Vanderbilt, head coach (Packers, Chiefs in NFL)
• Brent Pry (GA): Vanderbilt, co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach
• Harry Hiestand '83: Notre Dame, offensive line - also Tennessee, Bears (NFL)
• Marshall Roberts M'03: Liberty, special teams coordinator/cornerbacks

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES
• ESU has produced 55 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selections over the last 5 years, 2nd-most in the PSAC
• ESU led the PSAC with 15 selections in 2010-11 and 10 selections in
2007-08 and 2008-09
• ESU has 19 PSAC "Top 10" award winners over the last 5 years, also 2nd-most in the PSAC

The football program has had 5 Academic All-Americans:
2010 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team
2009 - Matt Freed, LB, 1st team
2004 - Matt Crispell, DB, 1st team
1992 - Ed Detwiler, P, 2nd team
1984 - Ernie Siegrist, TE, 1st team
1979 - Warren Brown, LB, 2nd team