BLOOMSBURG (2-1, 0-0 PSAC East) at CHEYNEY (1-2, 0-0 PSAC East)
Saturday, September 24, 2016 (1:00 PM)
O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium - Cheyney, Pa.

GAME NOTES
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SERIES HISTORY
Bloomsburg leads the all-time series, 46-9-1
Streak: Bloomsburg 26W

Last Meeting: October 3, 2015 at Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg 63, Cheyney 0)
First Meeting: November 4, 1960 at Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg 39, Cheyney 0)
Largest Bloomsburg Win: October 16, 2004 at Bloomsburg (69-0)
Largest Cheyney Win: October 26, 1974 at Cheyney (29-0)

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
- The PSAC opens divisional play on Saturday with the Huskies and the Wolves coming off of losses against PSAC West teams last Saturday. Bloomsburg dropped a 30-27 overtime decision at Gannon while Cheyney suffered a 55-0 loss, at home, against IUP.

- Bloomsburg and Cheyney have met 56 times in the all-time series with the Huskies holding a 46-9-1 advantage. Bloomsburg has won 26 straight meetings between the two schools and has won 16 straight in Cheyney. The Huskies last lost to Cheyney in 1989 by a 31-28 score in Bloomsburg. The Huskies' last loss in Cheyney came in 1982 by the score of 24-20.

- 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.

- Senior running back Lawrence Elliott, Jr. is on milestone watch Saturday afternoon. He needs 49 rushing yards for to reach 2,000 rushing yards for his career. He has started the season with three straight 100-yard games and has already rushed for seven touchdowns (second in the PSAC). He is third in the PSAC with 352 rushing yards on the season.

- Cheyney snapped a 43-game losing streak with a 21-20 victory at Lincoln in the season-opener on September 1. Since then, however, the Wolves are 0-2 and have been outscored 134-3 against perennial powers from the PSAC West, California and IUP.

FROM THE ARCHIVES (by BU Archivist, Bob Dunkelberger)
- The overtime game on Saturday was Bloomsburg's seventh since the NCAA went to an OT system in 1996, but the fourth in the past three years, and third in the last eight games. The team's record in the OT contests is 5-2, (4-1 at home, 1-1 on the road). Both of the defeats have come against Gannon, the first by a score of 10-7 in the last game of 2009. The only previous overtime game on the road was a 31-24 win at East Stroudsburg in 2005.
 
- Even with the loss at Gannon, the Huskies have continued to play almost as well in road contests over the years as they have at home. They have 17 consecutive seasons of above-.500 records in road games and have had only one losing season in the past 23 years, after four straight sub-.500 seasons from 1989 to 1992. Their record in road contests since 1999 is 76-27 - a winning percentage of .738.
 
- Bloomsburg's 30-27 loss on Saturday was only the second time in 1,053 games in school history that a game ended with that score, and the first defeat. The only previous 30-27 game was a win at home over West Chester in 2006.
 
- In the PSAC East, the Huskies have finished no lower than third place in the division for a record 23 consecutive seasons and for 32 of the last 33 dating back to 1983. The one lower-division record during that time was a sixth-place finish in 1992. The only other teams to record 10 consecutive years of third place or higher in the PSAC East since its formation in 1960 was West Chester for 17 years from 1960 to 1976 and East Stroudsburg had 11-year runs twice: 1961 to 1971 and 1973 to 1983.
 
- Since 1993, Bloomsburg has won 123 games versus PSAC East opponents for a winning percentage of .852. As a comparison, the other four schools with at least 50 wins over that time period are West Chester with 106 victories and a .731 winning percentage, East Stroudsburg 81 and .559; Kutztown 73 and .503; and Millersville 65 and .452.
 
- Saturday's game with Cheyney is the 57th in the series between the two schools, dating back to the first meeting in 1960 - a 39-0 home win for the Huskies. Bloomsburg has a 46-9-1 record in the series (23-5 at home and 23-4-1 on the road) and has won 26 straight overall. The last Husky loss at Cheyney was by a score of 24-20 in 1982 (16 straight wins at Cheyney).  Both streaks represent school records against a single opponent. Although impressive, they represent the reality of the lack of success the Cheyney program has had in recent years. In 1989, the Wolves had a 3-3 record in the PSAC East, defeating Bloomsburg, Kutztown, and Mansfield. Over the past 26 seasons since 1990, they have played 162 games against PSAC East opponents, winning just four of those contests: versus Kutztown in 1993, Mansfield in 1998 and 2006, and Millersville in 2010.

BY THE NUMBERS
1 - The overtime loss at Gannon was the first time in six overtime games under head coach Paul Darragh that the Huskies came up on the losing end
12 - Players that have made their first start in a Bloomsburg uniform through the first three games of the year (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), Tony Le (Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West), Ryan Neher (Richboro, Pa./Archbishop Wood), Jesse Osborne (Medford, N.J./Shawnee), Chris Palubinsky (Ringtown, Pa./Shenandoah Valley), Travon Pugh (Tobyhanna, Pa./Pocono Mountain West), Eric Schwartz (York, Pa./Central York), Osman Toure (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy Park))
17 - Consecutive winning seasons
17 - Consecutive seasons of seven wins or more
30 - The Huskies are now 21-7 under head coach Paul Darragh when having more than 30 minutes of possession time. The Huskies had 33:39 of possession time in Saturday's overtime loss at Gannon
32 - Games under head coach Paul Darragh (39 total) that the Huskies' defense has recorded at least one sack
49 - Rushing yards needed by Lawrence Elliott Jr. (Utica, N.Y./Thomas R. Proctor) to reach 2,000 for his career
75 - Consecutive games of scoring at least 10 points in a game
109 - Consecutive games of scoring at least one touchdown
151 - Bloomsburg victories since the start of the 2000 season - fifth-most in Division II during the stretch
154 - Consecutive games of scoring at least one point
171 - Bloomsburg victories with Paul Darragh on the staff (171-53, .763). Darragh joined the Huskies' staff in 1997 as the defensive coordinator
200 - Quarterback Chris Palubinsky (Ringtown, Pa./Shenandoah Valley) has thrown for at least 200 yards in back-to-back games (244 vs Clarion, 224 at Gannon). It now marks only 12 times in 39 games under head coach Paul Darragh that a Bloomsburg quarterback has thrown for more than 200 yards in a game
401 - Rushing yards needed by Joe Parsnik (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) to reach 2,000 for his career
1,000 - Bloomsburg has had at least one 1,000-yard rusher in six straight seasons, 12 of the last 13, and in 14 of the last 16 years
1,683 - Team rushing yards needed by the Huskies to reach 50,000 since the start of the 1999 season (when the consecutive winning streak and consecutive streak of seven wins or more began)

UP NEXT
Bloomsburg returns to Redman Stadium next Saturday, October 1, when it hosts Millersville University. Kickoff is slated for 2:00 p.m. The Huskies have won 16 straight meetings between the two schools and lead the all-time series, 43-30-5. The contest will be covered live on NewsRadio WHLM.