BLOOMSBURG (0-0, 0-0 PSAC East) at STONEHILL (0-0, 0-0 NE-10)
Friday, September 2, 2016 (6:00 PM)
W.B. Mason Stadium

GAME NOTES
Bloomsburg Game Notes
Bloomsburg Depth Chart at Stonehill (subject to change)
Stonehill Depth Chart vs Bloomsburg (subject to change)

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Bloomsburg - Schedule | Roster | 2015 Statistics
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SERIES HISTORY
Bloomsburg leads the all-time series, 3-1
Streak: Stonehill 1W

Last Meeting: September 5, 2015 at Bloomsburg (Stonehill 27, Bloomsburg 10)
First Meeting: August 31, 2012 at Stonehill (Bloomsburg 44, Stonehill 28)
Largest Bloomsburg Win: September 7, 2013 at Bloomsburg (41-13)
Largest Stonehill Win: September 5, 2015 at Bloomsburg (27-10)

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
- Bloomsburg will be looking to avenge a 27-10 season-opening loss to Stonehill a year ago. It marked the Huskies' first loss in a season opener since 2010 (24-14 at Ashland) and first loss in a season opener at home since a 47-37 loss to New Haven in 1999.

- Redshirt junior Chris Palubinsky (Ringtown, Pa./Shenandoah Valley) will be making his first collegiate start at quarterback for the Huskies. He has completed 7-of-11 passes for 67 yards and one touchdown in his first three seasons on the roster (redshirted in 2013).

- Bloomsburg has rattled off 17 consecutive winning seasons and 17 consecutive seasons of seven or more victories. Only Division I's Florida State (31) and Virginia Tech (23), Division II's Northwest Missouri State (19), and Division III's Mount Union (27) have longer streaks in all of college football. Boise State and Oklahoma have streaks equal to that of Bloomsburg's.

- Lawrence Elliott Jr. (Utica, N.Y./Thomas R. Proctor) returns for his senior season after rushing for 1,447 yards and 10 touchdowns last year. The Huskies have now had a 1,000-yard rusher in six straight seasons and in 12 of the last 13 years.

- Stonehill head coach Eli Gardner will be making his collegiate head coaching debut. The Skyhawks, like the Huskies, went 7-4 in 2015.

FROM THE ARCHIVES (by BU Archivist, Bob Dunkelberger)
- The Huskies have won 10 of 13 season openers dating back to 2003, with an all-time record in 118 seasons from 1892 to 2015 of 55-59-4. Their record at home is 41-18-3 and on the road 14-41-1.  The first road win in school history in a season opener after nine consecutive losses was at Kutztown in 1928.  The most recent one was at Stonehill in 2014.
 
- The first game this season is on a Friday. Bloomsburg's all-time record on Friday's is an even 21-21-1, with a home record of 17-10-1 and 4-11 on the road.  The first Friday game in school history was played in 1905 and the most recent in 2012 at Stonehill.  The four all-time road wins on Fridays have come in 1952 at Lock Haven and in the last three Friday games overall: 1997 at Wayne State, 2004 at Slippery Rock, and the 2012 Stonehill contest.  The Huskies have not lost a Friday game since 1988 at West Chester, when Danny Hale was still head coach of the Golden Rams.
 
- Bloomsburg has scored in 151 consecutive games dating back to 2003 and 10 or more points in 72 straight contests since 2010, both school records. The previous records were, respectively, 55 games from 1993 to 1998 and 53 from 1998 to 2003.
 
- Head coach Paul Darragh has won 28 games in his first three seasons as head football coach - already the sixth highest total in school history.  The five coaches still ahead of him are Danny Hale (173), Albert Aldinger (50), Robert Redman (38), Pete Adrian (36), and John Weimer (32).
 
- The Huskies all-time record in 79 games versus out-of-state teams is 43-34-2, with a home record of 25-10-1 and an 18-24-1 mark on the road.  The first game ever with an out-of-state team was at home in 1932 with Oswego of New York, and the following year the first ever out-of-state road trip was to Oswego. Bloomsburg is 6-2 all-time against teams from the state of Massachusetts, with 3-1 records versus both Stonehill and American International.

BY THE NUMBERS
8 - Players listed as the starter on the depth chart that are scheduled to make their first starts in a BU uniform (Michael Allen (Oley, Pa./Oley Valley), Vaughn Jones (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township), Dexter Jordan (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser), Jake Klinger (Berwick, Pa./Central Columbia), Travis Krall (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area), Jesse Osborne (Medford, N.J./Shawnee), Chris Palubinsky (Ringtown, Pa./Shenandoah Valley), Eric Schwartz (York, Pa./Central York))
17 - Consecutive winning seasons
17 - Conseuctive seasons of seven wins or more (tied for fifth-most in all of college football)
19 - Players on the entire 2016 Bloomsburg roster that have started at least one game in their Huskies' career (ten offense, nine defense)
28 - Wins by head coach Paul Darragh through three seasons (second-most in first three seasons in program history; Danny Hale started 29-7)
.778 - Darragh's winning percentage through three seasons (third-best start in program history)
30 - Games under head coach Paul Darragh (36 total) that the Huskies' defense has recorded at least one sack
72 - Consecutive games of scoring at least 10 points
106 - Consecutive games of scoring at least one touchdown
149 - Bloomsburg victories since the start of the 2000 season - fifth-most in Division II during the stretch
151 - Consecutive games of scoring at least one point
169 - Bloomsburg victories with Paul Darragh on the staff (169-52, .765). Darragh joined the Huskies' staff in 1997 as the defensive coordinator.
1,000 - Bloomsburg has had at least one 1,000-yard rusher in six straight seasons and in 14 of the last 16 years

UP NEXT
The Huskies will entertain Clarion University at Redman Stadium on Saturday, September 10 in the program's 2016 home opener. It will be a #HuskyFirst event, will be televised on SPORTSfever Television Network, and will be covered live on NewsRadio WHLM. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.