Overall analysis
Edinboro finishes the regular season with a 38-13 win against an overmatched Millersville team Saturday at Sox Harrison Stadium. The No. 20-ranked Scots (9-2) set a school record for total offense in a game with 651 yards. They lead 38-0 in the fourth quarter before the Marauders (1-10) finally scored.
The Scots must now wait to see if they’re going to get a bid in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Edinboro has won at least one more game in each of the last three seasons under Scott Browning. This is now the fifth time in school history that Edinboro won nine games in the regular season.

Key plays
1. Trevor Harris hit Josh Brown for a 46-yard pass on Edinboro’s opening drive to put the Scots in scoring position at the Millersville 17. The Scots scored a touchdown on the drive to take a 7-0 lead.
2. Up 17-0, Harris hit Gary Nolen for a 15-yard pass play on third-and-5 from the Millersville 17. Ulysee Davis scored on the next play from 2 yards out as the Scots took a 24-0 lead in the second quarter
3. Up 31-0, Davis capped Edinboro’s impressive win with a career long 84-yard touchdown run in the third quarter run to put the game away.

Key stats
1. Edinboro set a school record for total offense with 651 yards. The Scots had their way with the Marauders all day.
2. The two teams combined for just three penalties for 19 yards
3. On third down conversions, Edinboro was 8-of-14 while Millersville was 5-for-13.

Top players
1. Ulysee “Spud” Davis (Edinboro) – The senior tailback rushed for a career-high 154 yards and two touchdowns. His 84-yard touchdown run was a career long.
2. Ryan Skelton (Edinboro) – The freshman strong safety made eight total tackles with one of them for a loss and forced a fumble.
3. John Banzhof (Millersville) – The junior punter had four of his seven punts inside the 20-yard line. His first punt landed at the Edinboro 5. He also had a 53-yard punt.

Flop players
1. The Millersville defensive front – The Marauders allowed Edinboro to have two players – Davis and Michael Battles – to each rush for at least 100 yards.

They said it
“That’s all it takes in Division II football. Especially when you’re in the conference like the PSAC. When you’ve got contenders like IUP, Bloomsburg, West Chester and Cal. Year in and year out, they’re good teams. Ranked in the Top 25. So even one loss can do it. Two losses. That’s all it takes sometimes in the PSAC. If we were in any other conference in the nation, we’d be in it, but it’s just the circumstances of being in the PSAC.” – Edinboro senior linebacker Y’hoshua Murray on how playing in the PSAC has affected the Scots’ NCAA Division II playoff hopes. IUP, Bloomsburg, West Chester, Cal and Edinboro are all ranked in the AFCA Top 25 poll.

“Honestly I didn’t even know we did that. Cool. Didn’t even know. That’s a tribute to our offense and to the offensive line, really. That’s good for them. I’m glad guys like (Josh) Bzorek and (Eric) Costello could have went out with something like that. That says a lot about those guys.” – senior receiver Rich Cerro on Edinboro setting a school record for total offense in a game with 651.

“You have no idea, man. You have no idea. We just felt like if we were healthy, I think we would have won. We could have pulled it out, but Trevor (Harris) wasn’t feeling too well. I wasn’t feeling too well. A couple of other guys, but I guess that’s all in the cards. If it’s there for us, it’s there for us. If not, we’ve got to move on.” – Cerro on how the Mercyhurst loss affected Edinboro’s playoff hopes.

“If the voter does his homework, it was 38-0 and we started pulling people. If they really, truly do their homework, then they’re going to know we called the dogs off.” – Edinboro coach Scott Browning on the Scots choosing not to run up the score to impressive the playoff selection committee.

“A lot of people say you’re playing your best at the end of your career. I’d believe those guys ended their best career blocking. They really wanted to go out with a bang. I just hoped on a long with them. Those guys made the holes. They make the reads. I just follow them, man.” – Ulysee “Spud” Davis on rushing for a career-high 154 yards in Saturday’s win.

“I saw Richie Cerro running down the sidelines and I didn’t know whether he was coming down to congratulate me or block. I want to thank Richie Cerro personally for getting last guy for me. Definitely didn’t know I was about to get hulked, but I kind of felt myself running out of gas.” – Davis on his 84-yard touchdown run, which was his longest run of his career.

“It feels like this entire week has been the longest week in my life. I have a couple of gray hairs and I’m 22 years old. It’s stressful. I didn’t sleep real well this week. I keep thinking if they lose, they lose, we can get in, what about this scenario or that scenario, but the fact of the matter is we took care of what we can control. That’s all we can control and now it’s in the hands of God. Whatever happens, happens.” – quarterback Trevor Harris on Edinboro’s playoff chances.

Next: With its regular season ending Saturday, Edinboro will wait to see if it makes the NCAA Division II playoffs.