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Radio: Live on WVPO 840 AM for the 50th season, and redzonemedia.com. Chuck Seese, the 2009 PSAC Heaslip Media Award recipient, is in his 24th season as the voice of the Warriors, with Bob Brittain in his 12th year providing the color commentary. Pre-game begins at 5:30 p.m.


THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University hosts Lock Haven in its 2012 season opener under the lights at Eiler-Martin Stadium. The Warriors, entering their 39th season under head coach Denny Douds, return 10 starters (8 on offense) and both kicking specialists from 2011. Lock Haven opened its season with a 55-0 loss at Division I FCS Fordham last Thursday. LHU's 43-game losing streak is the longest in college football.

SEASON OPENERS: ESU is 27-11 in its previous 38 season openers under Douds. The Warriors have won four straight and 11 of their last 13 season openers since 1999. ESU is 52-31-1 all-time in season openers entering its 85th year of varsity football.

UNDER THE LIGHTS: ESU is 5-3 in night games at Eiler-Martin Stadium since lights were installed in 2007. The Warriors' home opener will be played under the lights for the sixth straight season, going 3-2 in the previous five games. They are 2-0 in season-opening night games (2008 vs. Virginia Union, 2011 vs. Pace).

REMEMBERING DEREK: The family of Derek Brown will be recognized before Saturday's game. Brown, a starting linebacker as a sophomore on last year's team, died on July 6 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. The family of Sr. TB Eric Deery will also be recognized as his brother, Matt, who completed his freshman year at Lipscomb (Tenn.) last spring, died in a car accident on August 1.

MAKING HISTORY: Milestones continue to add up for Douds, who set the Division II record for games coached last year. This weekend, Douds can tie Arnett Mumford, who coached four schools from 1924-61, for 5th on the all-time victories list in Division II. Douds holds the PSAC record with 232 career wins, which he set in 2008. He ranks 2nd among active DII coaches and 7th among all active college football coaches in career wins.

THE HEAD COACHES: Denny Douds (Slippery Rock '63), in his 39th season, holds the PSAC record for career wins with a 232-162-3 record. He set the Division II record for games coached with his 394th game on Oct. 22, 2011. He enters the weekend with 397 career games and will coach his 400th game on Sept. 22 when the Warriors host Cheyney. He has coached 94 more games than the second-most in PSAC history. Including 68 games as an assistant coach under Charlie Reese from 1966-73, he has coached in 465 of the 765 games - 60.8 percent - in program history.

Douds has led the Warriors to 9 PSAC titles and 4 NCAA Playoff appearances since taking over as head coach in 1974, and won outright PSAC championships in 1975, 1978 and 1982 before the State Game was discontinued following the 1987 season. For more on Coach Douds, please see page 14 of the game notes.

John Allen (James Madison '96) is in his second year as head coach at Lock Haven and has an 0-11 record. Allen was previously an assistant coach at Lock Haven for eight years, from 1996-03, and was the offensive coordinator from 2000-03. He has also coached in NFL Europe, leading the Amsterdam Admirals to the championship in the 2005 World Bowl. Most recently, he was coordinator of player development at Penn State from 2008-10.

DOUDS' FOES: Allen is the 99th head coach that Douds will face on the opposing sideline since 1974. He will face Marty Schaetzle of Mercyhurst for the first time in the season finale unless either team advances to the State Game.

Douds will meet Bloomsburg's Danny Hale, formerly of West Chester, for the 26th time on Oct. 13. The only more frequent opponent was Millersville's Gene Carpenter, who he faced 27 times from 1974-2000.

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, will be inducted to the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame on October 6. The 1965 State Game, a 26-10 win over Indiana (Douds' hometown team), was the last Warriors game without Douds on the sidelines.

THE SERIES: ESU is 7-6 against Lock Haven in a series that dates back to 1926, the school's first season of varsity football. The Warriors' 99-0 win that year remains the school record for margin of victory. More recently, the two schools last met five years ago today - Sept. 8, 2007 - when ESU won 58-13 at Lock Haven. ESU has won three straight meetings - 2007, 2006 and 1999. LHU's last win was 17-7 in 1989.

PROGRAM WINS: ESU enters the 2012 season with 448 wins and can become the 4th PSAC program to reach the 450-win mark. The Warriors are 448-298-19 (.598) over the last 84 seasons. The top 3 are West Chester (540), IUP (502) and Slippery Rock (451). IUP and Slippery Rock both won their season openers last weekend.

GETTING UNDERWAY: This year's opener on Sept. 8 marks the latest starting date since 1998, when the Warriors kicked off on Sept. 12 against Shepherd. Since then, they opened in August seven times.

NEW LOOK: Of the 85 players on the roster, only 30 have seen game action for the Warriors. The roster is evenly split between returners (43, including redshirts) and newcomers (42). While ESU returns just 10 starters - 8 on offense and 2 on defense - 16 of the 23 players listed as starters on this week's depth chart have made at least one career start.

WHO'S BACK (OFFENSE): An experienced unit, which returns nearly all of its top skill position players and three offensive linemen, will be led by a first-year starter at quarterback in R-Jr. Nate Daniels or R-Fr. Matt Soltes. The top returners include two veteran tailbacks in seniors Kendrick Williams and Eric Deery and the PSAC's top three returning wide receivers in Jr. Dusty Reed (1st team All-PSAC East, 84.5 ypg), R-Sr. Jordan Hallman (77.6 ypg) and R-Jr. Robert Bleiler (65.9 ypg). Up front, R-Sr. Seve Rivers (2nd team All-PSAC East, 31 starts), R-Sr. Wrenton Wright II (33) and R-Jr. Greg Blue (18) will lead the way.

TAKING THE SNAPS: Daniels and Soltes are the top two quarterbacks on the Warriors' depth chart. The No. 3 QB, R-Sr. Steven Adams, was the starting QB for Shippensburg in 2010. Daniels made one start last season, in week 10 at Shippensburg, before leaving the game due to injury in the first quarter. He was the 30th QB to start a game for the Warriors under Douds, and is expected to be the 18th to start a season opener. The Warriors are replacing Ray Wagner, who was a Harlon Hill candidate in his only season as a starter and threw for 375 yards and 6 TD in the first half of last year's season opener vs. Pace.

WHO'S BACK (DEFENSE): R-So. DE Brandon Gattelli and R-So. FS Anthony Singlar are the only returning starters off last year's group, which lost 7 senior starters along with Derek Brown's death in early July. Sr. DE Waverly Harris and R-So. DT Bryan Thomson also have starting experience, as does Jr. OLB Darius Jackson - on the other side of the ball. Jackson was a fullback for the Warriors the last two seasons.

WHO'S BACK (SPECIAL TEAMS): Jr. K Taylor Groff and So. Jordan Bair are both back for the Warriors in the kicking game. Groff, a member of the Mitchell Award Watch List for the top kicker in Division I FCS, DII, DIII, NAIA and NJCAA, is 27-for-35 on field goals in his first two years and approaching several milestones in ESU's record book. Bair was 5th in the PSAC in punting average last season (37.8), his first at ESU.

WHO'S GONE (OFFENSE): Ray Wagner was 6th in Division II in passing yards per game (293.3) and total offense (307.0) last year, throwing for 3,226 yards and 20 TD to land a spot on the list of candidates for the Harlon Hill Award. Center Dan Caffrey was named to the Daktronics All-Region 1st team and All-PSAC East 1st team after starting all 45 career games, and LT Zach Sarginger made 33 career starts on the offensive line.

WHO'S GONE (DEFENSE): Three of the four defensive linemen and all four linebackers have departed from last year's team. Mike Bergey, the PSAC's leading tackler (110, 10.0 per game) and a Daktronics All-Region 1st team member, and Taylor Cave were both three-year starters at inside linebacker. Bryan Billger and Derek Brown were first-year starters at outside linebacker. On the line, Cody Berry and Rudy Cerami were multiple-year starters at tackle and Jon Weber started for one season at defensive end. Cornerback Curtis Culbreath is also gone after completing his eligibility.

LEADING THE NEWCOMERS: Two of ESU's 42 newcomers, OL Cody Laubach and OLB Mike Kinney, are listed as starters on this week's depth chart. They can become just the 3rd and 4th true freshmen to start a season opener for the Warriors in the last 10 seasons. Other starters as true freshmen were OL Jeff Kocsis in 2004 at Lenoir-Rhyne and FS Kevin Antol last season vs. Pace.

ESU has had just 6 players (true freshmen or redshirt freshmen) start every game of the season since 2003, all on offense. They are 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.

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 the season-opening depth chart. Out of the 19 sophomores on the roster, 14 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 returns to the team this season.

THE QUARTERBACKS: 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 last year.

R-Jr. Nate Daniels is listed as the starter and played in 4 games last year, including one start. He was 17-for-36 for 329 yards, 2 TD and 2 Int. in relief of Ray Wagner.

Daniels made his debut in the opener vs. Pace, going 5-for-7 for 81 yards and a TD. He saw his next action vs. Millersville, stepping in for an injured Wagner to go 7-for-10 for 182 yards and a TD. He also replaced Wagner the following week against Cheyney and was 5-for-16 for 66 yards in a 10-6 win.

Daniels made his first career start in week 10 at Shippensburg and was 0-for-3 before leaving due to injury.

In high school, Daniels was 1st team All-Berks County, the county's Offensive Back of the Year and a 2nd team All-State (AAAA) specialist at Muhlenberg HS. He was the only QB in Berks County history with two 2,000-yard seasons and threw for 4,724 career yards and 43 TD.

R-Fr. Matt Soltes, listed as the backup this week, was 1st team All-West Jersey and 2nd team All-State Group 3 as a senior at Vernon HS (NJ). He ran the scout team during his redshirt season. Soltes' father, Andy, lettered at quarterback in 1982 and led the Warriors to a 17-9 comeback win at West Chester.

R-Sr. Steven Adams, a transfer from Shippensburg, was the Raiders' starting QB in 2010. He threw for 2,205 yards and 17 TD in 10 starts and was 23-for-37 for 343 yards and 2 TD in a comeback 20-17 win at ESU.

IN THE FRONT ROW: The Warriors lost 78 career starts from center Dan Caffrey (45) and LT Zach Sarginger (33), but return 82 from its other three starters entering 2012.

The projected starters, from left to right:

LT -- R-Sr. Wrenton Wright II (6-3, 295)
• 33 career starts - 28 at right tackle, 5 at left tackle
• started all 11 games at right tackle as a junior
• started 5 games at left tackle, 5 at right tackle in 2010
• started all 12 games at right tackle in 2009

LG -- So. Pete Wolmart (6-3, 310)
• 2 starts as a freshman, both at left tackle
• started games 3 and 4 (IUP, California)
• 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)
• 18 career starts - 9 at left guard, 9 at right guard
• 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
• 31 career starts - 18 at left guard, 13 at right guard
• 22 consecutive starts (most on team)
• started all 11 games at right guard in 2011

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

THE GROUND GAME: ESU has two proven, veteran tailbacks in seniors Kendrick Williams and Eric Deery. The duo has combined for more than 2,500 rushing yards, 500 receiving yards and 23 TD in their first three seasons.

R-Jr. FB Thomas Tippett is also a returning starter and played in all 11 games, making 7 starts, last year. He scored his first career TD on a 1-yard run vs. C.W. Post and had 15 catches for 149 yards.

WILLIAMS CONTINUES ADVANCE: Williams is climbing ESU's career rushing, all-purpose yardage and scoring charts entering the 2012 season.

He comes into the year with 1,645 career rushing yards and can move into ESU's career top 10 with 69 yards vs. Lock Haven. He is 134 yards from moving into 9th:

9. 1,779 -- Jim Snyder, 1977-80
10. 1,714 -- Jimmy Terwilliger, 2003-06
11. 1,685 -- Dell Walker, 1981-83
12. 1,680 -- Orlando Williams, 1993-96
13. 1,658 -- Joe Partridge, 2005-08
14. 1,645 -- Kendrick Williams, 2009-pres.

Later this season, Williams can become the 7th player in school history with 2,000 career rushing yards. He comes into the year just under 1,000 yards away from the school record.

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 -- 2,916 (9th)
Rushing yards -- 1,645 (14th)
Yards from scrimmage -- 2,108 (17th)
Rushing attempts -- 362 (10 away from 10th)
Rushing TD -- 16 (1 away from a tie for 7th)
Total TD -- 18 (3 away from a tie for 10th)
100-yard rushing games -- 4

DEERY IN 2011: Last year, Deery was ESU's 2nd-leading rusher with 76 carries for 413 yards and 3 TD. He finished the year with 187 yards and 2 TD over the last two games - 81 yards on 7 carries at Shippensburg, and 106 yards on 11 carries vs. Edinboro.

Deery recorded his 3rd career 100-yard rushing game against the Fighting Scots. He also had two 100-yard games as a freshman in 2009 - 121 yards at Cheyney in his first career game, and 102 yards vs. Millersville. He was ESU's first true freshman with a 100-yard game since 1997.

In his career, Deery has just over 1,000 all-purpose yards. He has run for 870 yards, 3 TD and an average of 4.8 yards per carry, has 123 yards receiving and 50 yards on kick returns.

WARRIORS WR RANK 1-2-3 AMONG PSAC RETURNERS
At wide receivier, ESU has 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 also had 9 of the Warriors' 11 100-yard receiving games.

WARRIORS STRETCH THE FIELD
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.

LISTED AS A SOPHOMORE, PLAYS LIKE A SENIOR
Dusty Reed had the best sophomore season by a wide receiver in ESU history last year, setting records for catches (62) and yards (929) by a second-year player.

He 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.

Reed was voted ESU's MVP by his teammates and compiled 1,355 all-purpose yards, 9th in school history. He added 101 yards on 13 carries and 325 kick return yards. 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'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.

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

Reed's 62 catches were tied for 6th in school history, and his 929 yards receiving were just outside the top 10.

He holds records for most receptions (93) and yards (1,306) through a sophomore season. He can become the 20th ESU receiver with 100 career catches with 7 receptions this weekend.

HALLMAN ENTERS SENIOR YEAR
Jordan Hallman, the #2 returning receiver in the PSAC with 77.6 yards per game, averaged 24.4 yards per catch last season, 4th in school history. He had 35 catches for 854 yards, including 13 plays of 30+ yards. He has 74 catches for 1,378 yards and 12 TD in his first three years.

Hallman had 2 of the top 10 receiving games in Division II last year, and 2 of the top 5 in school history, in back-to-back weeks. He had 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. He was also the second ESU WR to post consecutive 200-yard games.

BIG PLAY BLEILER
Robert Bleiler, the #3 returning receiver in the PSAC with 65.9 yards per game, had 33 catches for 659 yards as a sophomore and averaged 20.0 yards per catch.

He had 2 games of 150+ yards and had the 2nd-longest pass play in school history, a 97-yard TD from Ray Wagner in the season opener vs. Pace.

Bleiler finished that game with 3 catches for 172 yards and 2 TD, all in the 2nd quarter. He also had 7 catches for 153 yards at Kutztown and another game with 4 catches for 91 yards and a TD vs. C.W. Post.

WHO'S NEXT
The Warriors have a host of players available to catch passes after their top three returners of Reed, Hallman and Bleiler. Among the top candidates at the next level:

So. Ray Dominguez
• 14 catches, 198 yards in 9 games (6 starts)
• 7 catches, 111 yards vs. Bloomsburg

R-Jr. David Radziak
• 6 catches, 110 yards in 6 games

So. Rich Irving
• played in 2 games as a freshman
• 1st team MVC wide receiver at Pleasant Valley

R-So. Justin Burke
• All-State at Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ)
• transfer from Dean JC before 2011 season

R-Fr. Jon Schnaars
• 58 catches, 1,006 yards, 12 TD at Central Dauphin

R-Fr. Brandon Mercer
• ESU freshman records in 60m (7.02), 100m (10.74) in track & field
• Member of PSAC champion 4x100 relay

Fr. Tim Wilson
• 2,000 rushing/receiving yards at Radnor

THE TIGHT END
R-So. Steven Jones is the only tight end on the Warriors' roster. He had 13 catches for 154 yards and 3 TD last season, hauling in TD passes against Pace (31 yards), Kutztown (2 yards) and Shippensburg (2 yards). Jones was named 2nd team All-State on La Salle College HS's AAAA state championship team in 2009.

INSIDE THE WARRIORS DEFENSE: ESU returns just two starters from a defense that ranked 16th in the PSAC and 138th in Division II in total defense last season, yielding 451.3 yards per game. Part of that was a product of being on the field for 76.1 plays per game, as ESU held the ball for just 24:43 per game and didn't have a time-of-possession advantage all season.

With a more efficient offense (ESU's 41 turnovers were the most in DII and the Warriors were in the bottom third of DII in red zone efficiency), the Warriors' defense should benefit.

Most of the returning experience is on the line, especially at defensive end, with returning starter R-So. Brandon Gattelli and Sr. Waverly Harris, R-So. Sam Trunzo and So. Tarik Haddad forming 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.

At tackle, R-So. Bryan Thomson and R-Sr. Sam Hull move into the starting spots, replacing Cody Berry and Rudy Cerami. Thomson made 1 start last year and was productive as a backup, with 29 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles, along with 2 blocked extra points. Hull lettered for the third year and had 12 tackles, 3.5 TFL and a sack. R-So. Josh Przywara and R-So. Jon Noble (a transfer from Shippensburg in 2009) are also on the depth chart.

The linebackers are completely new with the graduation of inside linebackers Mike Bergey and Taylor Cave, outside linebacker Bryan Billger, and the death of Derek Brown this summer.

There is some collegiate experience at inside linebacker with So. Don Kinney, Jr. and So. Cody Simcox earning starting spots. Kinney lettered as a true freshman in 2010 and had 9 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble before spending last year away from football. Simcox is a transfer from Division I FCS Maine, where he played tight end last season. He was a 2nd team All-State linebacker at Wilson West Lawn in 2010. Backups are slated to be So. James Lancellotti, who played in 4 games on special teams last year, and Fr. Brandon Pearce, who was named to the All-State Group 4 2nd team at Manalapan (NJ).

At outside linebacker, Jr. Darius Jackson moved from fullback to defense in spring practice and will be the starter on one side. At the other slot, Fr. Mike Kinney, who followed his brother Don to ESU from Loyalsock, should get the starting nod as a true freshman. Kinney was a four-time All-District and two-time All-State selection for the Lancers.

Two freshmen are also listed as the backups. Greg Jones had an active preseason camp, moving from tailback to safety before landing at outside linebacker. He could also step in as the nickel back. Jones was named 3rd team All-State in New Jersey, running for 2,080 yards and 33 TD as a senior. Zack Miller, a 1st team All-Area selection from Pen Argyl, was an All-State pick on both sides of the ball.

In the secondary, R-So. FS Anthony Singlar is the only returning starter. He made 5 starts at safety, one of three players to hold the role, and is the top returning tackler with 51. The cornerback spots feature R-So. Andrew Coyle, who saw some time at nickel back last year, and Sr. Brandon Phillips, who will see his first collegiate action. The backups are all freshmen - Emmanuel Jimenez and Keith Young-Smith at the corners, and Jon Neiman at safety.

GROFF AMONG NATION'S BEST KICKERS
Jr. K Taylor Groff is one of the top kickers in the nation as a member of the Watch List for the Fred Mitchell Award. Among his career highlights:

2011 Season - 11-14 - 5-7 inside 40 - 6-7 over 40
• 6 FG of 40+ yards - tied for the most in school history with Joey Pingitore (1983)
• the rest of the PSAC's kickers were 9-for-31 from 40+ yards
• made the 2 longest FG in the PSAC (52 and 48 yards)
• 52-yard FG at Kutztown is 2nd-longest in ESU history
• made two 43-yard FG vs. Millersville, becoming the first ESU kicker with two 40+ FG in a game since Ed Detwiler made 3 vs. California in 1992
• 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

Career - 27-35 - 17-19 inside 40 - 10-16 over 40
• 10-for-11 (5-for-6 over 40) on FG to tie game or give ESU lead
• 6-for-6 (2-for-2 over 40) on FG in final 1:00 of 1st half

ESU Career Field Goal Percentage
1. 77.1 -- Taylor Groff (27-35)
2. 67.2 -- Mark Brubaker (39-58)

ESU Career Field Goals
1. 50 -- Ed Detwiler (1989-92)
2. 39 -- Mark Brubaker (2002-05)
3. 30 -- Matt Seagreaves (1994-96)
4. 29 -- Joey Pingitore (1982-84)
5. 28 -- J.D. Stern (1996-99)
6. 27 -- Taylor Groff (2010-pres.)

ESU Career Field Goals of 40+ Yards
1. 12 -- Ed Detwiler
2. 10 -- Taylor Groff
3. 8 -- Joey Pingitore

NET PUNTING
So. Jordan Bair was 5th in the PSAC in punting average (37.8) and 6th in net punting (32.9) as a freshman. He had his two longest punts of the season, 51 at Shippensburg and 53 vs. Edinboro, in the last two weeks.

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).

The Warriors ranked 10th in the PSAC with an opponents' average drive start at the 33-yard line last season.

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%).

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 120-70 home record (.632) under Douds and a 40-27 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

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)

UNDER THE LIGHTS
ESU is 5-3 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

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 448-298-19 (.598)

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

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 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

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 will be announced

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

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

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 199-108-1 (.648) record in PSAC games entering 2012 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 0-1 this year, falling to #9 South Carolina, 17-13, on Aug. 30
• Next up is a trip to Northwestern on Sept. 8

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
• 5 student-athletes were Academic All-America selections in 2011-12 — Rose Mascoli and Corinne Fitzgerald (women's cross country/track & field), Dan Johnson and Ian Melhorn (men's cross country/track & field) and Nemanja Nikolic (men's soccer)

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