The Lock Haven University football team is set to hit the road for the third straight week as the Bald Eagles head to IUP to open PSAC West play.  This year is the first season since 2005 that LHU began the season with three road games.

Full Game Notes (PDF)

IUP's Game Notes

Week 3: Lock Haven at IUP – PSAC West opener
4 p.m. kickoff / George P. Miller Stadium (6,000, Artificial Turf) / Indiana, Pa.

Setting the stage:
Lock Haven enters week three 0-2 and the Bald Eagles are coming off a 31-0 loss at East Stroudsburg. The Warriors, who were playing in their 2012 season-opener set the tone by scoring on their first four possessions of the game.

No. 17 IUP is 2-0 heading into Saturday's PSAC West clash. Last week, IUP shutout Cheyney 56-0 and the Crimson Hawks beat Southern Connecticut 33-6 in Week 1.

The series:
In a series that dates back to 1925, IUP leads 55-17-3. Lock Haven's last win came in 1981 (41-14).

Last year (11/5/11), IUP won 56-6 in Lock Haven. Tailback Bradon Brader was a bright spot for LHU in last year's game with IUP. It marked the fourth of five 100-yard rushing games for Brader last season. He had 100 yards on 30 carries. Lock Haven prevented the shutout with 58 seconds left in the game. QB Jarrett Kratzer hit Jay Hartman for a TD. The TD capped off a 13-play, 81-yard drive. Skyler Wool led LHU with five tackles on the day.

Watch / Listen / Live stats:
Saturday's game will be broadcast live (joined in progress) by ESPN Williamsport (104.1 PM & 1050 AM). It will also be available online at www.espnwilliamsport.com (stream 6).

- Joe Putnam (play-by-play) and Ian Catherine (analyst)

Live stats –
http://www.sidearmstats.com/iup/football/scoreboard.aspx

Webcasting – The game will stream live at the following link.

http://www.pennatlantic.com/main.php?module=event-detail&eventId=25441

Television - The game will be broadcast on WIUP-TV channel, which can be picked up locally in the Indiana, Pa. area.

Bald Eagles at a glance:
- R-Sr. QB Jarrett Kratzer made his 15th career start under center at East Stroudsburg. He was 16-for-31 for 179 yards and he threw one pick.

- R-Jr. running back Brandon Brader came up just short in his bid for a sixth 100-yard rushing game. He ran for 84 yards on 23 carries and had five catches for 14 yards.

- Freshman Tashawn Bunch made is second straight start at linebacker. He had two stops vs. ESU after making seven (four solo) at Fordham in his debut.

- LB Matt Kirchner led LHU with five tackles in the loss at ESU. Kirchner leads LHU with 12 tackles on the year.

- James Goins (Sr., LB) and George Christas (So., S) both have 11 tackles on the year. Goins also has two TFL, two sacks and a forced fumble.

- Lock Haven has been shutout in both games this year (Week 1 at Fordham, 55-0 and Week 2 at ESU, 31-0).

- Lock Haven's season-opener at Division I (FCS) Fordham marked the sixth time LHU opened the season since 2002 vs. a DI opponent.

- The loss at ESU was Lock Haven's 44th straight loss.

Brader's carrying the load for Lock Haven:
R-Jr. Brandon Brader is carrying the offensive load for Lock Haven. The returning All-PSAC West Second Team selection ran for 942 yards last year and has 146 in two games this season. Brader now has 1,316 career rushing yards which is already 10th best in school history. Brader will push to catch pat Cahill (1984-87), who is ninth with 1,498.

Other Bald Eagles in the record books:
Several Bald Eagles already have a spot in the record books including QB Jarrett Kratzter, who is 10th all-time in pass attempts, completions and average yards per pass.

Kicker Noah Heimer is 10th all-time in PATs made with 26 and ninth in FGs made with nine.

Heimer is 0-for-1 this year after missing a 44-yard attempt at ESU.

Did you know?
Starting QB Jarrett Kratzer is also 10th all-time in total punting yards. He has 2,165 total punting yards after serving as the team's top-punter in each of the last two seasons.

Allen's second year:
2012 marks the second season for head coach John Allen. The 1996 James Madison graduate was no stranger to LHU when he took over the program in March 2011, as he was previously on the Bald Eagle coaching staff as an assistant from 1996-2003. While at LHU, he assisted in all phases of the game including wide receivers and special teams' coordinator (1996-99), defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator (1999), offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2000-03). Allen served as the head coach of NFL Europes Berlin Thunder in 2007 and prior to coming to LHU he was the coordinator for player development at Penn State.

Lock Haven vs. Division I opponents:
Lock Haven's 2012 season-opener marked the 10th time since 2002 where Lock Haven has taken on a Division I team and sixth time it had come in a season-opener. Fordham is a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team. The FCS was formerly known as DI-AA from 1978-2005.  Lock Haven's only wins against Division I opponents came in 1970 and '71 when The Haven beat Delaware State in back-to-back seasons.

2010 vs. VMI (season-opener) L, 48-6
2007 vs. VMI (season-opener) L, 20-0
2007 vs. Youngstown State (week 4) L, 35-3
2006 vs. #17 Southern Illinois (season-opener) L, 49-0
2005 vs. JMU (week 2) L, 56-0
2005 vs. Towson (week 3) L, 70-0
2004 vs. JMU (week 2) L, 62-7
2003 vs. Towson (season-opener) L, 50-19
2002 vs. Northeastern (season-opener) L, 48-0

*all games were played on the road
*Northeastern cut the program in 2009

Krazter starting under center:
Senior Jarrett Krazter entered preseason camp with the starting job to lose and has looked solid in running the offense throughout camp. The six-foot-five-inch, 220 pound athletic QB made four starts for Lock Haven last year, which included the last three games of the season. He was 58-for-134 passing with four TDs and eight interceptions. Krazter rushed for Lock Haven's only TD on the ground last year.

Trio of All-PSAC selections:
Redshirt-junior Brandon Brader returns to carry the load for Lock Haven's running game. Last year he rushed for 942 yards on 253 carries. His 94.2 yards/game were the fifth-best in the PSAC and his 942 total yards were the most of any Bald Eagle since the 1999 season. Brader was a second-team All-PSAC selection last year.  His 253 carries was the most by an individual back in the PSAC.

Along with Brader, two other All-Conference selections from a year ago return including junior guard Anthony Herko and senior defensive tackle Skyler Wool.

Herko was the leader on the offensive line last year for LHU as he started all 10 games.

Wool, who was nominated for the Gene Upshaw Division II Linemen of the Year award last year returns after a breakout 2011 season. Wool got the starting nod in week two and never looked back last year; making 31 tackles (22 solo), 5.5 TFL, one sack and he added a fumble recovery.

Experienced O-Line:
A huge key for LHU up front is the experience on the offensive line. Lock Haven's five returning linemen combined for 40 starts. This year the offensive line averages 6-2, 274 pounds.

• After making 10 starts at tackle last year, Jonathan Engroff (senior) will move to guard this year.

• Center Kurt Ledebur (senior) made all 10 starts last year

D-FENCE:
Lock Haven returns 10 starters on defense in 2012.
• LHU returns nine of its 10 tackle leaders from a year ago including starting safety Mark Olivo (junior), who made 47 stops last year (30 solo).
• Lock Haven's three starting linebackers (Matt Kirchner, James Goins & Ryan Good) combined for 99 tackles last year.
• Ryan Good, a returning captain and starter at linebacker made 43 tackles last season. He started the first eight games of the year before an injury forced him out the last two contests. Good was credited with three tackles-for-a-loss, two forced fumbles and one sack in those eight games.

Captains:
Jarrett Krazter / Ben Snyder / Ryan Good / Brandon Brader / Skyler Wool

Heimer on Fred Mitchell Award watch list:
A huge key on special teams for Lock Haven will be the leg of placekicker Noah Heimer. Heimer has been placed on the 2012 Fred Mitch Award watch list after a strong 2011 season. The Fred Mitchell Award honors collegiate place kickers in Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Division II, III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) that were nominated by their colleges for excellence on the football field and in the community.

• Heimer led the team in scoring in 2011 with 32 points.  He connected on 8-of-14 field goals and 8-of-11 PATs.

• Heimer was a perfect 4-for-4 on field goals of 20-29 yards and was 4-for-7 on field goals from 30-39 yards.  His field goal percentage was eighth best in the PSAC in 2011 at 57.1%.

All streaks come to an end:
It's no secret that the Bald Eagles are looking snap a losing streak in 2012. The Bald Eagles are winless in each of the last four seasons and riding a 44-game losing skid, which is the longest active losing streak in the nation. LHU is looking for its first winning season since 1981 (6-5/5-5 in 1982). Lock Haven's last win came during the 2007 season finale at Clarion (17-14 OT).

The road ahead:
After opening the season with three straight road games, Lock Haven finally returns home on Saturday, September 22 to host Edinboro at 3 p.m.