Bald Eagles host Cheyney for Homecoming

LOCK HAVEN — It’s Homecoming at Lock Haven University and the Bald Eagle football team is set host Cheyney University on Saturday and both teams come to Jack Stadium looking for their first win on the 2015 campaign.

Gameday Central:
Cheyney (0-6, 0-3 PSAC East) at Lock Haven (0-6, 0-3 PSAC East)
Saturday, October 17 | 2:07 p.m. | Homecoming 2015

Quick Hits:

• LHU QB Caleb Walton threw for over 300 yards for the first time in his career, establishing a new career-high with 370 passing yards last week at Shippensburg.
• Walton’s four passing TDs last week vs. Ship matched a career-high.
• Walton moved into second all-time with 37 career passing TDs.
• It was Walton’s 11^th game of 200 or more passing yards.
• Walton now has at least one TD pass in every game this season and seven straight dating back to the final game of last season.
• It was LHU’s first 300-yard passing game since 2004.
• LHU WR Dan Krupko had a breakout game vs. Ship (11 catches) for career-high 214 yards (3 TDs).
• It was LHU’s first 200-yard receiver since 1995.
• Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks made a career-high/game-high 18 tackles last week vs. Ship.
• The 18 tackles are the fourth-most ever recorded by a Bald Eagle in a single game.

The Series with Cheyney:

• Saturday marks the 19^th meeting between Lock Haven and Cheyney.
• Lock Haven leads the all-time series 17-1
• First Meeting: 1953, Lock Haven won, 13-0.
• Last Meeting: 2014 (last season), Lock Haven won, 28-0.
• Streak: Lock Haven has won three straight vs. Cheyney dating back to the Wolves only win in 2007, 30-19

Series notes: Last season’s (Week 7, at Cheyney) 28-0 shutout over Cheyney marks Lock Haven’s first shutout victory since 2002 … LHU snapped a 52-game losing skid vs. Cheyney in the 2012 season-finale … The 2012 finale marked LHU & Cheyney’s first meeting since 2007.

TV Information: 
Saturday (October 17) marks Lock Haven University’s 2015 Homecoming football game and the Bald Eagles play host to Cheyney in a game that will be televised live. The game, which kicks off at 2:07 p.m. will be produced by FOX56 Sports Productions and aired live on MYTV WQMY – Your TV for Local Sports.

Haven Streaks:

• QB Caleb Walton (R-Jr.) made his 22^nd career/consecutive start under center for Lock Haven last week vs. Shippensburg.
• LHU center Luke Erdman started his 36th career/consecutive game; he started every game since Week 4 of his freshman year in 2012.

PSAC Defensive Player of the Week:
On Sunday (October 11), junior defensive back Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks was named the East Defensive Player of the Week.

Miles-Eubanks had a historic outing for Lock Haven last Saturday at Shippensburg as he continued to put up monster numbers on the defensive side of the ball for the Bald Eagles. He finished with a game and career-high 18 tackles at Shippensburg. Of his 18 stops, 14 were solo tackles and he recorded one tackle for a loss. The 18 tackles are the fourth-most ever recorded by a Lock Haven player in a single game. On the season, Miles-Eubanks has a team-high 64 tackles. His 64 total tackles and 10.7 stops per game are the third-most in the PSAC this year. Miles-Eubanks’ 41 solo stops are the second-most in the league.

Where LHU ranks in the PSAC:

• Daniel Strawbridge (DB) leads the PSAC in solo tackles with 42.
• Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks (DB) is second in the PSAC in solo tackles with 41.
• Tony Ballon (LB) is sixth in the PSAC in solo tackles with 34.
• Miles-Eubanks & Ballon are third & fourth in total tackles with 64 & 61, respectively.
• Caleb Walton’s 13 passing TDs are eighth in the PSAC.
• Walton’s 225.2 yards/game are 11^th in the PSAC.

Where LHU ranks in the NCAA:

• Miles-Eubanks is ranked 28^th in total tackles (64).
• Strawbridge and Miles-Eubanks are ranked fifth and seventh in solo tackles.

Last time out:
Week 6 at Shippensburg (Saturday, October 10)

The LHU football team rallied late, scoring 13 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to top Shippensburg in a PSAC East thriller, as the Red Raiders hung on for a 44-34 victory. – FULL RECAP

Week 6 Leaders:
QB Caleb Walton: 26-43, career-high 370 yards, 4 TDs
RB Beau Swales: 9 CAR., 49 YDS.
WR: Dan Krupko: 11 REC., career-high 214 yards, 3 TDs
TE: Del’Vaughn Dennis: 5 REC., 71 YDS.
DB Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks: 14 SOLO, 4 AST. (18 total, career-high)
LB Tony Ballon: 7 SOLO, 7 AST. (14 total)

A closer look at the Week 6 numbers:

• Caleb Walton’s 370 passing yards were a new career high and marked the first time in his career he threw for over 300.
• It was Lock Haven’s first 300-yard plus passing game since 2004 (Tim Storino vs. Mansfield, 318 yards).
• Dan Krupko had his breakout game (11 catches, 214 yards & 3 TDs).
• It marked the first 200-yard plus receiver for LHU since 1995 (Bryan McGinty had 247 receiving yards – school record).
• Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks 18 tackles were the fourth-most ever recorded in a single game.

34 is the magic number:
When Lock Haven scored 34 points last week vs. Shippensburg it marked the second time this season the Bald Eagles have posted 34 points in a game. In Week 4 vs. East Stroudsburg when LHU scored 34, it marked the most points scored in a game for the Bald Eagles since the 2004 opener when Lock Haven beat Cheyney, 35-19.

The last time LHU had two 30-point plus games in a season was 2004.

• 2004 Week 1 vs. Cheyney, Won, 35-19
• 2004 Week 6 vs. Mansfield, Won 33-30 OT

Walton moving up in the record books:
Redshirt-junior QB Caleb Walton’s success under center is no longer a secret after he led Lock Haven’s offense for the second straight season last year. Last season he threw for 2,164 yards and 15 TDs. He became the first Bald Eagle quarterback since 1995 to throw for over 2,000 yards in a season. It’s just the seventh time in school history where a Lock Haven quarterback has surpassed the 2,000-yard passing mark in a single season.

LHU Career Passing Yards:
1. 10,640 – Bob McLaughlin 1992-95
2. 4,959 – Ed Galiczynski 1997-00
3. 4,671 – Caleb Walton 2013-present (288 yards away from No. 2)

LHU Career Passing TDs:
1. 60 – Bob McLaughlin 1992-95
2. 37 – Caleb Walton 2013-present

New Era: 
The loss to Clarion in the 2015 opener spoiled Dave Taynor’s Bald Eagle debut.

Taynor was hired as the 24th head football coach in school history in April (2015). Taynor comes to LHU after seven seasons at his alma mater – Urbana. Under his guidance, the Blue Knights enjoyed the five most successful seasons in school history from 2009-2013 and he’s the winningest coach in the school’s history. Known for his offensive mind and high-flying attack, Taynor’s Urbana teams broke over 50 offensive school records from 2008-2014.

Taynor at LHU (0-6)
Taynor all-time (37-46)