2013 #BUHuskies Football Game Notes: Week 9 vs. Shippensburg

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Bloomsburg Huskies

Nine NCAA Playoff Appearances • 17 PSAC Championships 2013 Football Game Notes • #BUHuskies

at ##5 BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES 8-0, 5-0 PSAC east

Shippensburg (5-3, 4-1 PSAC East)

SEPTEMBER Sat. 7 STONEHILL............................W, 41-13 Sat. 14 at Edinboro..............................W, 47-35 Sat. 21 at Kutztown*............................W, 31-12 Sat. 28 LOCK HAVEN*......................W, 56-10

OCTOBER Sat. 5 at Gannon.................................W, 38-14 Sat. 12 MILLERSVILLE*......................W, 45-7 Sat. 19 at East Stroudsburg*...............W, 52-38 Sat. 26 CHEYNEY*................................W, 35-7 Thu. 31 SHIPPENSBURG*..................8:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER Sat. 9 at West Chester*.....................1:00 p.m. Sat. 16 SLIPPERY ROCK...................1:00 p.m. * PSAC East contest

COACHING Head Coach..... Paul Darragh (Temple ‘85, ‘89) Bloomsburg Record....................8-0 (1st year) Overall Record...........................................Same RANKINGS AFCA Poll........................................................... #5 D2Football.com Poll......................................... #6

#5 Bloomsburg (8-0, 5-0 PSAC East)

Date: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 Time: 8:00 p.m. Location: Bloomsburg, PA Stadium: Redman Stadium (4,775) TV: CBS Sports Network — Brent Stover (play-by-play) Corey Chavous (color) Lisa Byington (reporting) Radio: WHLM 930 AM — Jim Doyle (play-by-play) Andy Ulicny (color) Live Stats: BUHuskies.com

QUICK SIX

-Thursday’s game features the top two pass rushers in the PSAC - Shippensburg’s Jake Metz has 10 sacks while Bloomsburg’s Larry Webster has nine. -Bloomsburg ranks second in the PSAC in scoring (43.1 points/game) while Shippensburg stands third (39.3). -The Huskies lead the PSAC in team rushing by over 100 yards per game – Bloomsburg averages 339.8 yards on the ground while second place Mercyhurst records 235.3 per contest. -Bloomsburg ranks fourth in the nation with success in the red zone – the Huskies have scored in 32 out of 34 trips to the red zone with 25 touchdowns. The only two “failures” came when running out the clock vs. Stonehill and at Gannon. -Franklyn Quiteh leads Division II with 1,520 yards rushing this season. -Danny Fisher enters Thursday with 176 career PATs made, just three off the PSAC record of 179 set by Alex Walsh of West Chester between 2005-08.

TODAY’S MATCHUP

PSAC East rivals Bloomsburg and Shippensburg meet on Halloween Night on national television, renewing their rivalry dating back to 1917. For SEPTEMBER the Huskies, Thursday’s game has been circled on Sat. 7 at #25 Shepherd.................... L, 0-33 the calendar since the Raiders ended their season Sat. 14 at Slippery Rock..................L, 38-58 last November in the first round of the NCAA Sat. 21 E. STROUDSBURG*........ W, 41-31 Playoffs. Bloomsburg enters the game riding an Sat. 28 at Millersville*................... W, 48-10 eight-game winning streak to begin the year while Shippensburg looks to bounce back from a lastOCTOBER Sat. 5 SETON HILL..................... W, 73-27 second loss to West Chester at home last Saturday. Sat. 12 at Lock Haven*.................. W, 30-24 The Raiders opened the season ranked in the top Sat. 19 KUTZTOWN*.................. W, 55-30 10 of many national polls, but started slowly with Sat. 26 #13 WEST CHESTER*......L, 29-32 losses at Shepherd (W. Va.) and Slippery Rock. Ship Thu. 31 at #5 Bloomsburg*............ 8:00 p.m. responded with five straight wins before last week’s defeat. Thursday’s game pairs two electric offenses NOVEMBER with both teams averaging over 39 points per game, Sat. 9 at Cheyney*...................... 12:00 p.m. led by two of the most dynamic offensive talents Sat. 16 IUP....................................... 1:00 p.m. in the region. Defending Harlon Hill-winning * PSAC East contest quarterback Zach Zulli (2,423 yards passing, 24 touchdowns) leads Shippensburg against BU’s 2012 COACHING Harlon Hill finalist Franklyn Quiteh (1,520 yards Head Coach....Mark Maciejewski (Ship, ‘92/’96) rushing, 22 touchdowns). Shippensburg Record................23-9 (3rd year) Overall Record...........................................Same THE HEAD COACHES Record vs. Bloomsburg................................2-1 Paul Darragh takes over the role of interim

SHIPPENSBURG RAIDERS 5-3, 4-1 psac EAST

RANKINGS AFCA Poll ....................................................N/A D2Football.com Poll......................................N/A

head coach this season after serving 16 years on the Bloomsburg coaching staff as defensive

coordinator. Under Darragh’s leadership, the Huskies’ defense has ranked in the top half of the PSAC in total defense in seven of the past 11 seasons. Darragh has started his tenure as head coach with a 8-0 record, the best start to a tenure of any coach in Bloomsburg history. In his third season at the helm of his alma mater, Mark Maciejewski has guided Shippensburg to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 10 years. The 2012 AFCA Division II Region 1 and PSAC East Coach of the Year, Maciejewski led the Raiders to last year’s PSAC Championship Game and the second round of the NCAA Playoffs while his team broke or tied 73 school records. After beginning his career as a graduate assistant at Ship, he was a secondary/defensive ends/special teams coach at James Madison for two years and the defensive coordinator at St. Francis in 1999 before returning to Ship in 2000 as an assistant.

LAST YEAR’S MEETINGS

Bloomsburg and Shippensburg met twice last season at Ship, including a meeting in the first round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs. In the regular season matchup, Shippensburg raced out to a 35-7 lead at halftime, but the Huskies would roar back in the second half to tie the game at 42-42 with 2:39 to play. The Raiders answered by driving 83 yards in 14 plays to score the gamewinning touchdown, a 2-yard pass from Zach Zulli to Bryan Barley, with four seconds remaining. In the playoff rematch, Bloomsburg started strong, leading 14-13 at halftime. The second half belonged to Shippensburg, however, as the Raiders marched off 45 unanswered points behind 479 yards passing by Zulli. Franklyn Quiteh had 199 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Husky offense.

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