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The Lock Haven University football team (0-5, 0-2 PSAC East) is headed to Cheyney University (1-4, 0-2 PSAC East) for a Week 6 (Saturday, October 8) Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East showdown. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium.
 
The Bald Eagles are coming off a loss to Shippensburg, while Cheyney is coming off a loss to East Stroudsburg.
 
Despite the Week 5 home-loss to Shippensburg where LHU led at halftime, there were plenty of bright spots for head coach Dave Taynor's offense. Record-setting QB Caleb Walton threw for a career-high 457 yards and two TDs. The 457 yards are the fourth-most in a single-game for a LHU QB. Walton's two touchdown passes moved his career passing-TD total to 56, just five away from breaking the school's all-time mark. Shawn Seif, the top wide receiver in Division II had another big game. He racked up 178 yards on nine catches including one that went for a 73-yard TD. Seif has at least one touchdown-reception in all five games this season and he now has five TD-catches of 25-yards or more on the season.
 
Lock Haven (0-5, 0-2 PSAC East) at Cheyney (1-4, 0-2 PSAC East)
Bald Eagles vs. Wolves
1 p.m. | O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium | Cheyney University | Cheyney, Pa.  
*PSAC Eastern Division action
 
Game Day Links:
LHU Depth Chart (PDF) | Cheyney Football | Live Coverage (stats, audio & video) | Ticket Information | PSAC Football | NCAA DII Football

LHU Week 6 storylines:

• The Bald Eagles hit the road for just the third time this season.
• LHU is ranked No. 7 in NCAA DII Football in passing yards/game with 348.6 (2^nd in the PSAC).
• WR Shawn Seif continues to lead the nation (DII) in total receiving yards & receiving yards/game.
• DB Isaiah Flamer leads the PSAC in solo tackles with 31.
• LB Kevin Chapple is fifth in the PSAC in tackles/game with 8.8.

 
Lock Haven vs. Cheyney:
Saturday marks the 20^th all-time meeting with Cheyney. The Bald Eagles are 18-1 all-time in a series where the two teams first met in 1953, a LHU victory, 13-0. Lock Haven has won four straight games over the Wolves as the two teams have met every season since 2012. Prior to 2012, the two teams last played in 2007, which marked Cheyney's only victory in the series. Last season, LHU won 56-20 in what was Lock Haven's 2015 Homecoming game.  
 
Listen Live:
Bald Eagle football fans can listen to Saturday's game along with every 2016 LHU Football game - both home and away - live and locally on Bear Country Radio – WQBR 99.9FM. All games will be streamed online as well at www.Bear999.com.
 
Coach Taynor's Week 5 takeaways:
 
- O-LINE – Impressed with the offensive line, which didn't allow a sack in 53 pass attempts. The O-Line was without three starters from Week 4 at West Chester.  
 
- D-FENCE – The defensive unit held Shippensburg to 8 for 20 passing and recorded one interception.  
 
- WALTON – QB Caleb Walton threw for 457 yards and graded out to a 92 percent efficiency rating on the LHU grading system.
 
Coach Taynor is in his second season as the head coach at Lock Haven (2-14 at LHU, 39-54 career; updated Monday, October 3, 2016).
 
Walton by the Numbers:
Redshirt-senior QB Caleb Walton continues to rewrite the LHU record books.
 
2016
Passing TDs: 9
Passing Yards: 1,700 (5^th NCAA DII, 2^nd PSAC)
Passing Yards/Game: 340 (5^th NCAA DII, 2^nd PSAC)
Rushing TDs: 1
Season-High Passing/Career-High Passing: 457 yards (Week 5 vs. Shippensburg)
Week 1 at Clarion (292 yards, 3 TDs)
Week 2 vs. Edinboro (423 yards, 2 TDs)
Week 3 vs. Slippery Rock (268 yards, 1 TD)
Week 4 at West Chester (160 yards, 1 TD)
Week 5 vs. Shippensburg (457 yards, 2 TDs)
 
Career
Career Passing TDs: 56 (#2 all-time, school record is 60)
Career Passing Yards: 7,556 (#2 all-time, school record is 10,640)
*just the 2^nd QB in school history to surpass 7,000 career passing yards
Career Rushing TDs: 6
Career TDs responsible for: 63 (#2 all-time, school record is 71)
200-yard + passing games: 19
300-yard + passing games: 7
400-yard + passing games: 2  
 
Single Season Records
Passing TDs, 23 (2015)
Total TDs responsible for, 26 (2015)
 
Chapple leads the defense:
After three years at Urbana, R-Sr. LB Kevin Chapple has made himself feel at home at Lock Haven. He opened his Bald Eagle career with a monster outing at Clarion in Week 1, finishing with 14 tackles.
 
- Team-high 44 tackles
- 28 solo tackles, ranks 2nd in PSAC
- 7.5 TFLs
- 8.8 tackles/game, ranks 5th in PSAC
- 3rd among all active DII players with 1.46 TFLs/game (career)
- 3rd among all active DII players with 45 solo TFLs (career)
 
Seif a big-time playmaker:
R-Sr. WR Shawn Seif has established himself as one of the premier players in the nation and leads all Division II players with 622 total receiving yards and 155.5 receiving yards per game. He has caught at least one TD pass in every game and has five TD receptions of 25 yards or more, including an 87-yard TD reception vs. Edinboro in Week 2 (longest receiving TD by a Bald Eagle since 1995 (96 yards) and the third longest in school history (1993; 99-yard TD reception).
 
- Week 1 at Clarion: 170 yards (9 receptions), 1 TD
- Week 2 vs. Edinboro: 197 yards (5 receptions), 2 TDs
- Week 3 vs. Slippery Rock: 183 yards (11 receptions), 1 TD
- Week 4 at West Chester: 72 yards (6 receptions), 1 TD
- Week 5 vs. Shippensburg: 178 yards (9 receptions), 1 TD
 
- Receiving Yards: 800 (1^st NCAA DII, 1^st PSAC)
- Receiving Yards/Game: 160 (1^st NCAA DII, 1^st PSAC0
- Receptions: 40
- Receptions/Game: 8 (T 6^th NCAA DII, 1^st PSAC)
- TD Receptions: 6 (T 2^nd PSAC)
 
2016 Preseason Notes:
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Up next:
The Bald Eagles return home to host Millersville University on Saturday, October 15 at 2 p.m. The Week 7 PSAC East matchup also marks LHU's 2016 Homecoming Game. The game will be broadcast by live by FOX56 Sports Productions. TV INFO.