2005 appalachian state football2005 appalachian state football saturday, november 5, 2005 • 8 p.m....

GAME 9NO. 7 APPALACHIAN (6-2, 4-1 SOCON)

ATNO. 6 (I-A) LSU (6-1, 4-1 SEC)

2005 APPALACHIAN STATE FOOTBALL

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2005 • 8 P.M. EST (7 P.M. CST) • TIGER STADIUM (92,300) • BATON ROUGE, LA.

2005 MOUNTAINEER SCOREBOARDDATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT SERIES RECORD (ASU-OPP.)/GAME NOTESSept. 3 at Eastern Kentucky W, 24-16 8-3/Mountaineers force four turnovers and commit none in first season-opening win since 2001

Sept. 10 at Kansas L, 8-36 0-1/Appalachian falls to 0-8 all-time when playing west of the Mississippi River

Sept. 17 Coastal Carolina W, 30-3 1-0/Apps outgain Chanticleers 582-225, including 353-98 advantage in rushing yardsSept. 24 at The Citadel* W, 45-13 23-11/Mountaineers score 24 points off four Bulldog turnovers in SoCon-opening victory

Oct. 8 at Furman* (CSS) L, 31-34 11-21-3/Williams becomes Appalachian’s all-time total offense leader with 396 yards in setback

Oct. 15 Georgia Southern* (FSNS) W, 24-7 10-10-1/Richardson racks up 285 all-purpose yards, including 208 on the ground

Oct. 22 at Wofford* (CSS) W, 49-17 13-9/Williams amasses 322 yards of total offense, Little makes six catches for 125 yards

Oct. 29 Chattanooga* (CSS) W, 35-25 19-10/Williams becomes ASU’s all-time leading passer with 256 yards through the airNov. 5 at LSU 8 p.m. (EST) 0-0/ASU faces first SEC foe since nearly pulling off upset at Auburn before falling 22-15 in ‘99

Nov. 12 Western Carolina* (CSS) 3:30 p.m. 50-18-1/Mountaineers have won 18 of last 20 battles for the Old Mountain JugNov. 19 at Elon* 6 p.m. 23-9-1/Apps have beaten Phoenix by average score of 41-10 in two SoCon meetings

* — Southern Conference game • FSNS — FSN South (also available nationally on Fox College Sports) • CSS — Comcast Sports South

ON THE AIRTV: No live telecastRADIO: Appalachian Sports Network David Jackson (play-by-play) Steve Brown (analyst) Adam Witten (sideline reporter) Tim Sparks (chief engineer) David Shumate (scoreboard host) Ben Blevins (studio engineer)

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MATCHUP AT A GLANCEAPPALACHIAN vs. LSUBoone, N.C. ................................................Location .........................................Baton Rouge, La.14,800 .....................................................Enrollment ..................................................... 31,2341899 ..........................................................Founded ..........................................................1860Mountaineers .............................................Nickname ...................................................... TigersSouthern ..................................................Conference ..................... Southeastern (West Division)Kidd Brewer (16,650) ...................................Stadium .............................................Tiger (92,300)Jerry Moore (Baylor, 1961) ........................ Head Coach ....................... Les Miles (Michigan, 1976)134-66 (17th season) .......................Coach’s Record at School ............................ 6-1 (First season)161-114-2 (23rd season) ................... Coach’s Overall Record ...................... 34-22 (Fourth season)6-2 ....................................................... Overall Record ....................................................... 6-14-1/1st ..................................... Conference Record (Standing) ....................... 4-1/T-2nd (West)No. 7 (TSN and ESPN/USA Today) ............National Ranking ...............No. 6 (I-A A.P. and USA Today)Multiple One-Back ...................................Basic Offense ................................................. Multiple30.8 ....................................................Points Per Game .....................................................32.9207.8 .............................................Rushing Yards Per Game .............................................158.6245.2 ............................................ Passing Yards Per Game .............................................246.7453.0 .............................................. Total Yards Per Game ...............................................405.34-3 ........................................................Basic Defense ........................................................ 4-318.9 ............................................. Points Allowed Per Game ..............................................15.9189.9 ...................................... Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game ........................................97.7145.6 ....................................... Passing Yards Allowed Per Game .......................................203.7335.5 .........................................Total Yards Allowed Per Game .........................................301.4

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS SoCon OverallTeam W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA Stk7) Appalachian 4 1 .800 184 96 6 2 .750 246 151 W31) Furman 3 1 .750 139 109 7 1 .875 313 239 W614) Ga. Southern 4 2 .667 215 83 6 3 .667 331 186 W2Wofford 3 2 .600 93 110 5 3 .625 172 192 W1Western Carolina 3 2 .600 124 129 4 3 .571 148 143 W2Chattanooga 2 3 .400 90 141 5 4 .556 179 262 L2The Citadel 1 4 .200 85 168 2 6 .250 130 271 L4Elon 0 5 .000 55 149 3 6 .333 159 208 L5

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ASU ACHIEVES HIGHEST RANKING SINCE ‘02 Appalachian’s No. 7 ranking in both The Sports Network and the ESPN/USA Today I-AA polls marks its highest national standing in three years. The Mountaineers were last ranked as high as No. 7 in 2002, when they climbed all the way to No. 3 in the national I-AA polls follow-ing the “Miracle on the Mountain” victory over No. 5 Furman. Appalachian has been in the national polls for seven-straight weeks this season, following a 30-3 rout over nationally ranked Coastal Carolina on Sept. 17.

TRACKING ASU IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Week TSN ESPN/USA Today Preseason NR NR Sept. 5 25 — Sept. 12 NR NR Sept. 19 22 22 Sept. 26 17 20 Oct. 3 16 16 Oct. 10 19 19 Oct. 17 16 17 Oct. 24 12 12 Oct. 31 7 7 Nov. 7 Nov. 14

WHEN APPALACHIAN IS RANKED Appalachian is 122-58-1 (.677) in games in which it is nationally ranked, dating back to the advent of the I-AA rankings in 1982. Under head coach Jerry Moore, ASU is 95-48 (.664) when it is ranked, with 10 of those losses coming against I-A foes. ASU is 10-3 all-time when ranked No. 7.

WHEN OPPONENT IS RANKED The Mountaineers also sport an impressive 47-42-1 (.528) mark all-time versus nationally ranked I-AA opponents. Under Moore, Appalachian is 36-32 (.529) versus ranked foes, including a 2-1 mark this season (W, 30-3, over No. 15 Coastal Carolina; L, 34-31, at No. 6 Furman; W, 24-7, over No. 16 Georgia Southern). In addition to No. 1 Furman, No. 9/8 Coastal and No. 14/15 GSU, ASU’s next oppo-nent, LSU, is ranked No. 6 in this week’s I-A Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls.

THE GAME Carrying its highest national ranking in three years, No. 7 Appalachian State Univer-sity faces its stiffest challenge in 21 seasons when it travels to face the nation’s No. 6 I-A squad, LSU. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST) on Saturday at 92,300-seat Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. Sixth-ranked LSU is the highest-ranked I-A team that Appalachian has faced since it squared off with No. 4 Clemson on Sept. 1, 1984. However, the Mountaineers fared well in their only previous trip to Southeastern Con-ference territory, as they held a 15-7 second-half lead before allowing the game-winning touchdown with less than a minute to go in a 22-15 loss at Auburn on Sept. 4, 1999. (ASU has also compiled a 1-8 record versus cur-rent SEC member South Carolina, but all nine meetings came prior to USC joining the SEC in 1991.) Appalachian (6-2, 4-1 SoCon) arrives in the Bayou with sole possession of first place in the Southern Conference standings, a half-game ahead of I-AA’s top-ranked team, Fur-man. With victories over Western Carolina (Nov. 12) and Elon (Nov. 19) in their final two SoCon matchups of the season, the Apps would be assured of at least a share of their first conference championship since 1999. However, before the march for the SoCon title can continue, the Mountaineers have the task of trying to tame the Bayou Bengals, who have won five-straight contests since dropping a 30-27 overtime decision to conference-rival Tennessee on Sept. 26. LSU (6-1, 4-1 SEC) is led by 6-6, 252-pound sophomore quarterback JaMarcus Rus-sell and senior tailback Joseph Addai. Russell has completed 119-of-189 passes for 1,551 yards and nine touchdowns on the season. Addai came into last Saturday’s contest ver-sus North Texas as the SEC’s top rusher at 107 yards per game, but carried just three times for seven yards against the Mean Green. Appalachian will counter with the quar-terback-running back combo of senior Richie Williams and sophomore Kevin Richardson. Williams, a top candidate for the Walter Pay-ton Award, given to the top player in I-AA football, is Appalachian’s all-time leader in passing yards and total offense. He leads the SoCon with 221.9 passing yards and 300.4 yards of total offense per game this season. Richardson comes into the weekend as the SoCon’s third-leading rusher with 94.6 yards per game. He leads the conference with 137.2 all-purpose yards per contest and is the Mountaineers’ top scorer on the season with 10 touchdowns, all on the ground.

DIVISION I-AA POLLSTHE SPORTS NETWORK POLL (OCT. 31)Team (1st-place votes) Record Pts. Prev.1. Furman (61) 7-1 2,742 2

2. New Hampshire (25) 7-1 2,628 4

3. Hampton (23) 8-0 2,576 3

4. Montana (2) 6-2 2,491 5

5. Southern Illinois (1) 6-2 2,337 8

6. Western Kentucky 6-2 2,131 1

7. Appalachian State 6-2 2,088 128. Massachusetts 6-2 1,808 7

9. Coastal Carolina 7-1 1,765 13

10. Texas State 6-2 1,578 6

11. Eastern Washington 5-3 1,566 14

12. Montana State 5-3 1,446 15

13. Lehigh 6-2 1,335 16

14. Georgia Southern 6-3 1,146 19

15. Youngstown State 7-2 1,082 11

16. William & Mary 5-3 1,067 9

17. Northern Iowa 5-3 1,043 21

18. Cal Poly 5-3 957 10

19. Grambling State 6-1 904 22

20. South Carolina State 6-2 731 23

21. UC Davis 5-3 525 NR

22. Brown 6-1 393 NR

23. Richmond 5-3 339 NR

24. North Dakota State 5-3 300 NR

25. Eastern Illinois 6-2 283 NR

ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL (OCT. 31)Team (1st-place votes) Record Pts. Prev.1. Furman (23) 7-1 1,060 2

2. New Hampshire (7) 7-1 1,020 4

3. Hampton (12) 8-0 1,017 3

4. Montana (1) 6-2 975 7

5. Southern Illinois (1) 6-2 934 9

6. Western Kentucky 6-2 812 1

7. Appalachian State 6-2 795 128. Coastal Carolina 7-1 689 13

9. Massachusetts 6-2 675 6

10. Eastern Washington 5-3 626 15

11. Texas State 6-2 581 5

Montana State 5-3 581 14

13. Lehigh 6-2 513 16

14. Northern Iowa 5-3 450 22

15. Georgia Southern 6-3 419 20

16. Grambling State 6-1 387 23

17. Youngstown State 7-2 368 11

18. William & Mary 5-3 362 8

19. Cal Poly 5-3 343 10

20. South Carolina State 6-2 284 24

21. UC Davis 5-3 212 NR

22. Richmond 5-3 164 NR

23. Brown 6-1 155 NR

24. Eastern Illinois 6-2 140 NR

25. North Dakota State 5-3 120 NR

ASU Opponents in italics

TALE OF THE TAPEAverage heights and weights of players listed

on the two-deep for each team: Appalachian LSU 6-3, 267 .........Off. Line/Tight Ends ..........6-5, 302

6-0, 197 .......Off. Backs (QB and RB) ........6-0, 226

5-11, 179 .............. Receivers ..................6-1, 196

6-2, 251 .................Def. Line ..................6-3, 281

6-0, 215 ...............Linebackers ................6-2, 229

5-10, 184 ..............Def. Backs .................6-1, 193


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GIANT KILLERS Appalachian has collected six wins ver-sus I-A competition since the advent of the Division I-A/I-AA classifications in 1982, the most of any Southern Conference program. All six of ASU’s I-A wins have come over local-rival Wake Forest, with five of those victories coming under the tutelage of head coach Jerry Moore. Despite a record of 6-27-1 versus I-A op-ponents since the creation of the classifica-tion, the Mountaineers have put a scare into a number of big-name programs in close losses. Included in those close calls were a 22-15 loss at Auburn on Sept. 4, 1999, a 23-12 setback at Clemson on Sept. 6, 1997 and a 20-13 defeat at South Carolina on Sept. 7, 1985. In fact, Appalachian held a lead in nine-straight contests versus I-A opponents, begin-ning with a 12-10 setback at Wake Forest on Sept. 10, 1994 and ending with a loss at na-tionally ranked Marshall in 2002.

ASU VERSUS NATIONALLY RANKED I-A TEAMS LSU, ranked No. 6 in this week’s national I-A polls, is the second-highest ranked I-A op-ponent that Appalachian has ever faced. Ironically, the only game ASU has played against a higher-ranked I-A opponent also came in a venue known as “Death Valley,” when the Mountaineers lost 40-7 at No. 4 Clemson on Sept. 1, 1984. Appalachian last faced a ranked I-A team on Aug. 31, 2002, when it suffered a 50-17 setback at No. 19 Marshall.

ASU VERSUS SEC LSU is Appalachian’s second all-time op-ponent from the prestigious Southeastern Conference. In their only other matchup against an SEC squad, the Mountaineers led conference-power Auburn 15-7 in the third quarter before falling to the Tigers, 22-15, on Sept. 4, 1999. Auburn scored the winning touchdown with just 38 seconds remaining to squelch ASU’s upset attempt. Appalachian also holds a 1-8 all-time re-cord versus current SEC-member South Caro-lina, but all nine meetings took place before USC joined the SEC in 1991.

RECORD CROWD EXPECTED TO WATCH APPS With a capacity crowd expected at 92,300-seat Tiger Stadium for this weekend’s contest, the Mountaineers will likely play before the largest crowd to ever witness an Appalachian football contest. The largest crowd to ever see an ASU game to date was 78,128 at Auburn on Sept. 4, 1999.

ASU HEAD COACH JERRY MOORE The all-time winningest coach in ASU and Southern Conference history, Jerry Moore is in his 17th season at the helm of the Mountaineers. In his 16-plus seasons at Appalachian, Moore has compiled a 134-66 record and a 161-114-2 record in his 23-plus seasons as a head coach, including stints at North Texas and Texas Tech. Appalachian has already secured its 12th-straight winning season and 16th in 17 years under Moore. For more on Jerry Moore, please see pages 22-25 of the 2005 ASU media guide.

ALL-TIME SOCON COACHING VICTORIES134 Jerry Moore, ASU (1989-Present)110 Wallace Wade, Duke (1931-41, 1946-50)77 D.C. Walker, Wake Forest (1937-50)69 Frank Howard, Clemson (1940-52)69 Dick Sheridan, Furman (1978-85)

ASU’S RECORD UNDER MOORE WHEN ...Overall .........................................134-66At home ........................................ 77-17On the road ................................... 57-49Southern Conference ...................... 95-33Postseason ...................................... 6-10ASU scores first .............................. 95-16Opponent scores first ...................... 39-50ASU leads after 1st quarter .............. 78-11Opponent leads after 1st quarter ...... 26-42Tied after first quarter .................... 30-13ASU leads at halftime ..................... 98-12Opponent leads at halftime ............. 23-50Tied at halftime ............................... 13-4ASU leads after 3rd quarter ............. 113-9Opponent leads after 3rd quarter ..... 12-53Tied after 3rd quarter .........................9-4In overtime .......................................3-2ASU scores 20 or more ...................118-22ASU scores less than 20 .................. 16-44Opponent scores 20 or more ............ 40-57Opponent scores less than 20 ............. 94-9Game is decided by less than six ...... 29-16Game is decided by six to 10 ............ 31-18Game is decided by more than 10 ..... 74-32

APPALACHIAN SPORTS INFORMATIONMike Flynn — Director/FB Contact Office Phone: (828) 262-2268 Mobile Phone: (828) 964-6406 Email: [email protected] York — Administrative AssistantTy Patton — Assistant DirectorJessica Schmick — Assistant Director FAX: (828) 262-6106 Website: www.GoASU.com

LONG JOURNEY For the third-straight season, Appala-chian’s schedule is dotted with some of the longest trips in program history. At 822 miles from Boone, this week’s visit to LSU marks the seventh-longest road trip in ASU’s football annals. The Mountaineers have already made their fifth-longest trip ever this season when they traveled 929 miles to face Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. on Sept. 10. However, Appalachian has made much longer jaunts in each of the last two seasons, with trips to Laramie, Wyo. in 2004 and Hono-lulu, Hawaii in ‘03. Below is a look at the longest road trips in Mountaineer history.

LONGEST TRIPS IN ASU FOOTBALL HISTORYMiles Site Opponent Date Outcome4,948 Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii 8/30/03 L, 17-402,360 Missoula, Mont. Montana 12/9/00 L, 16-19 (OT)2,349 Boise, Idaho Boise State 12/3/94 L, 14-171,580 Laramie, Wyo. Wyoming 9/4/04 L, 7-53929 Lawrence, Kan. Kansas 9/10/05 L, 8-36899 Natchitoches, La. N’Western St. 3 times ASU is 0-3822 Baton Rouge, La. LSU 11/5/05 —

CAROLINAS’ NO. 1 The Charlotte Observer recognized Appa-lachian as the most successful Division I foot-ball program in North and South Carolina over the past 20 years on Oct. 29. The Observer ranked Appalachian ahead of well-known football powers such as Clem-son, NC State, North Carolina, South Carolina and East Carolina, as well as Wake Forest and Duke of the ACC and Southern Conference-ri-vals Furman, Western Carolina and The Cita-del. The rankings were based on 11 catego-ries, including overall and conference winning percentage, coaching stability, postseason ap-pearances, national championships, first-team All-Americans, NFL draftees, average round of players drafted, winning seasons and average finish in conference standings. Appalachian placed first among the Carolinas’ 13 D-I pro-grams in five of the 11 categories and ranked lower than third in only one. Below is a complete look at The Observer’s rankings of the Carolinas’ most successful col-lege football programs over the past 20 years. 1. Appalachian State 121.5 points 2. Clemson 114 3. Furman 108 4. North Carolina A&T 91.5 5. North Carolina 89 6. North Carolina State 88.5 7. South Carolina State 85.5 8. East Carolina 69 9. South Carolina 66 10. Wake Forest 51.5 11. The Citadel 44 12. Western Carolina 37.5 13. Duke 35


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WILLIAMS IN THE RECORD BOOKSTOTAL OFFENSEASU CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE1. 8,028 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.2. 7,129 Steve Brown 1977-803. 6,993 Joe Burchette 1999-20024. 6,487 D.J. Campbell 1989-925. 5,534 Scott Satterfield 1992-95

SOCON CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE1. 8,711 Todd Wells (ETSU) 1997-20002. 8,028 R. Williams (ASU) 2002-Pres.3. 7,703 Greg Ryan (ETSU) 1993-964. 7,530 Michael Payton (MAR) 1989-925. 7,247 Chris Sanders (UTC) 1999-200

ASU SINGLE-SEASON TOTAL OFFENSE1. 3,393 Richie Williams 20042. 2,617 Bake Baker 19973. 2,590 Steve Brown 19804. 2,557 Steve Brown 19895. 2,497 Joe Burchette 2001

SOCON SINGLE-SEASON TOTAL OFFENSE1. 3,756 Chris Sanders (UTC) 20002. 3,649 Tony Petersen (MAR) 19873. 3,941 Chris Sanders (UTC) 19994. 3,393 R. Williams (ASU) 20045. 3,084 Ingle Martin (FUR) 2004

ASU SINGLE-GAME TOTAL OFFENSE1. 517 Richie Williams (vs. UTC 10/30/04)2. 448 Richie Williams (vs. Elon 11/6/04)3. 440 Richie Williams (vs. FUR 10/9/04)4. 415 Steve Brown (vs. ETSU 9/27/80)5. 410 Joe Burchette (vs. WCU 11/11/00)6. 405 Richie Williams (vs. WOF 10/23/04)

SOCON SINGLE-GAME TOTAL OFFENSE1. 570 Cedric Stevens (UTC vs. ASU, 2004)2. 526 Chris Sanders (UTC vs. FUR, 1999)3. 517 Richie Williams (ASU vs. UTC, 2004)4. 503 Chris Sanders (UTC vs. WCU, 2000)5. 495 David Rivers (WCU vs. WOF, 2000)

PASSING YARDSASU CAREER PASSING YARDS1. 6,725 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.2. 6,609 Joe Burchette 1999-20023. 6,533 Steve Brown 1977-804. 5,650 D.J. Campbell 1989-925. 5,141 Pat Murphy 1965-68

SOCON CAREER PASSING YARDS1. 7,826 Greg Ryan (ETSU) 1993-962. 7,735 Todd Wells (ETSU) 1997-20003. 7,530 Michael Payton (MAR) 1989-924. 7,230 Chris Sanders (UTC) 1999-20005. 6,725 R. Williams (ASU) 2002-Pres.

ASU SINGLE-SEASON PASSING YARDS1. 3,109 Richie Williams 20042. 2,550 Bake Baker 19973. 2,537 Steve Brown 19804. 2,364 Joe Burchette 20005. 2,330 Pat Murphy 1968

SOCON SINGLE-SEASON PASSING YARDS1. 3,691 Chris Sanders (UTC) 20002. 3,359 Chris Sanders (UTC) 19993. 3,529 TOny Petersen (MAR) 19874. 3,109 R. Williams (ASU) 20045. 2,888 Carl Fodor (MAR) 1984

ASU SINGLE-GAME PASSING YARDS1. 413 Richie Williams (vs. FUR 10/9/04)2. 410 Richie Williams (vs. UTC 10/30/04)3. 408 Richie Williams (vs. Elon 11/6/04) 408 Steve Brown (vs. ETSU 9/27/80)5. 405 Richie Williams (vs. WOF 10/23/04)

COMPLETIONSASU CAREER COMPLETIONS1. 544 Joe Burchette 1999-20022. 517 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.3. 503 D.J. Campbell 1989-92

ASU SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETIONS1. 234 Richie Williams 20042. 207 Bake Baker 19973. 187 Joe Burchette 2000

ASU SINGLE-GAME COMPLETIONS1. 40 Richie Williams (vs. FUR 10/9/04)2. 37 Bake Baker (vs. Liberty 11/22/97)3. 31 Richie Williams (vs. WOF 10/23/04)

TOUCHDOWN PASSESASU CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSES1. 50 Joe Burchette 1999-20022. 49 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.3. 46 Pat Murphy 1965-68

ASU SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWN PASSES1. 24 Richie Williams 20042. 23 Pat Murphy 19683. 18 Bake Baker 1997

COMPLETION PERCENTAGEASU CAREER COMP. PCT. (min. 250 comp.)1. .633 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.2. .598 Bake Baker 1994-973. .586 David Reaves 1997-2000

SOCON CAREER COMP. PCT. (min. 300 att.)1. .655 Cedric Stevens (UTC) 20042. .649 Billy Napier (FUR) 1999-20023. .633 R. Williams (ASU) 2002-Pres.

ASU SINGLE-SEASON COMP. PCT. (min. 100 comp.)1. .669 Richie Williams 20042 .668 Richie Williams 20053. .597 Bake Baker 1997

SOCON SINGLE-SEASON COMP. PCT. (min. 300 att.)1. .669 R. Williams (ASU) 20042. .655 Cedric Stevens (UTC) 20043. .631 Vinnie Maroth (UTC) 2003* .668 Richie Williams 2005 (208 att.)

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WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Passing Rushing Year GP/GS Comp. Att. Int. Yds. TD Long No. Yds. TD Long Total Offense Points Responsible For 2002 7/3 24 55 3 220 1 25 39 180 3 58 400 24 2003 11/10 120 204 5 1,621 14 88 124 211 6 73 1,832 120 2004 10/10 234 350 10 3,109 24 89 137 284 8 47 3,393 196 2005 8/8 139 208 3 1,775 10 88 107 628 4 29 2,403 86 Totals 36/31 517 817 20 6,725 49 89 407 1,303 21 73 8,028 426

WILLIAMS’ 2005 STATISTICS Passing RushingDate Opponent Comp. Att. Int. Yds. TD Long No. Yds. TD Long Total Offense Points Responsible For Sept. 3 at Eastern Kentucky 16 31 0 234 1 88 15 66 1 15 300 12Sept. 10 at Kansas 18 25 0 159 1 44 10 34 0 13 193 8Sept. 17 Coastal Carolina 13 25 0 185 0 33 9 85 0 29 270 0Sept. 24 at The Citadel 20 27 0 259 3 42 16 94 0 25 353 18Oct. 8 at Furman 23 31 0 272 2 39 18 124 0 17 396 12Oct. 15 Georgia Southern 13 20 1 161 0 30 18 82 0 20 243 0Oct. 22 at Wofford 19 26 1 249 1 62 8 73 1 23 322 12Oct. 29 Chattanooga 17 23 1 256 2 48 13 70 2 21 326 24Nov. 5 at LSUNov. 12 Western CarolinaNov. 19 at ElonTotals 139 208 3 1,775 10 88 107 628 4 29 2,403 86


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WILLIAMS REMAINS ON OFFICIAL PAYTON WATCH LIST Appalachian quarterback Richie Williams remained one of just 16 players on The Sports Network’s official Walter Payton Award watch list when the list was revised for the first time this season on Oct. 12. In its 19th year, the Payton Award is given annually to the top player in I-AA football and will be presented on Thursday, Dec. 15 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Williams, a senior from Camden, S.C., tops the SoCon and ranks eighth nationally with 2,403 yards of total offense on the season (300.4 ypg). Williams completed 234 passes for 3,109 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2004, all Appa-lachian records. He burst on to the national scene with a 40-for-45, 413-yard performance in a 30-29 come-from-behind victory over No. 2 Furman on Oct. 9, 2004. His .889 comple-tion percentage and 28-straight completions in the win over Furman both set NCAA all-divisions records. For his efforts as a junior, Williams was a finalist for the 2004 Payton Award, finishing 15th in the voting. ASU was the only school in the nation with two Payton Award finalists in ‘04, as former Mountaineer wide receiver DaVon Fowlkes placed third in voting for the award.

OFFICIAL 2005 WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST

Richie Williams (QB, Sr., Appalachian State) 139-208, 1,775 pass yds., 10 TD, 3 INT, 66.8 pct., 628 rush yds., 2,403 total offenseJermaine Austin (RB, Sr., Georgia Southern) 173 att., 1,139 yds., 9 TDDavid Ball (WR, Jr., New Hampshire) 50 rec., 949 yds., 13 TDOmar Cuff (RB, So., Delaware) 180 att., 884 yds., 12 TD, 32 rec., 339 yds., 4 TDClifton Dawson (RB, Jr., Harvard) 196 att., 846 yds., 9 TDBruce Eugene (QB, Sr., Grambling) 154-267, 2,632 pass yds., 31 TD, 2 INTNick Hartigan (RB, Sr., Brown) 215 att., 1,113 yds., 12 TDLex Hilliard (RB, Jr., Montana) 165 att., 917 yds., 9 TD, 1 rec. TDTravis Lulay (QB, Sr., Montana State) 165-273, 2,034 yds., 15 TD, 7 INT, 3 rush TDIngle Martin (QB, Sr., Furman) 126-223, 1,661 yds., 14 TD, 9 INT, 3 rush TDErik Meyer (QB, Sr., Eastern Washington) 194-288, 2,848 yds., 19 TD, 4 INT, 1 rush TDBarrick Nealy (QB, Sr., Texas State) 108-197, 1,573 yds., 11 TD, 5 INT, 461 rush yds.Joe Rubin (RB, Sr., Portland State) 275 att., 1,374 yds., 12 TDJoel Sambursky (QB, Sr., Southern Illinois) 119-188, 1,673 yds., 15 TD, 7 INT, 1 rush TDRicky Santos (QB, So., New Hampshire) 195-268, 2,408 yds., 25 TD, 7 INT, 4 rush TDSteve Silva (RB, Sr., Holy Cross) 133 att., 609 yds. 7 TD, 52 rec., 334 yds., 1 TD

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT WILLIAMS• “Williams is a playmaker. Even when plays look like they will be bad for them, he creates good stuff.” — Wofford head coach Mike Ayers• “Richie Williams is probably the Michael Vick of I-AA football. You’re not going to stop him. You have to try to slow him down a little bit and score a lot of points to stay in the ballgame (against ASU). He’s a very outstanding quarterback.” — Coastal Carolina head coach David Bennett• “He is a great athlete. He can run, pass, do anything. He is very similar to (Heisman Trophy candidate at Missouri) Brad Smith. He is a great player.” — Kansas senior linebacker Kevin Kane• “He brings a lot of leadership to the team. Richie does a good job of being a leader and making plays when he has to.” — Furman head coach Bobby Lamb• “I would want nothing less than to split (the SoCon title) with (ASU). I think that team deserves to go to the playoffs. Richie, if anyone, deserves to go because of what a great player he is.” — Furman senior quarterback Ingle Martin

RUSHING INTO THE RECORD BOOKS TOO In addition to being the top passer in Appalachian history, Williams’ name is also among ASU’s rushing annals. Williams is seventh overall and third among quarterbacks in school history with 21 rushing touchdowns. He is also closing in on the Appalachian records for rushing yards by a quarterback, held by current ASU quarterbacks coach Scott Satterfield. With 628 rushing yards this season and 1,303 rushing yards for his career, Williams is just 21 and 313 yards short of Satterfield’s ASU QB records of 649 rushing yards in 1995 and 1,621 yards on the ground from 1992-95. Below is a look at Williams’ place in ASU rushing history.

CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS (QBs in italics)44 John Settle 1983-8641 Damon Scott 1993-9626 Scott Satterfield 1992-9525 Ritchie Melchor 1986-8924 Alvin Parker 1980-8323 D.J. Campbell 1989-8221 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.20 Tim Sanders 1985-88

CAREER RUSHING YARDS BY A QB1,621 Scott Satterfield 1992-951,303 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.

SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING YARDS BY A QB649 Scott Satterfield 1992-95628 Richie Williams 2002-Pres.

WILLIAMS IN THE NCAA, SOCON RANKINGSCategory I-AA SoConTotal Offense (300.4 ypg) 8th 1stPass Efficiency (151.5) 13th 1stPassing Yards (221.9 ypg) N/A 1st Pass Completions (17.38 pg) 29th 1stPoints Responsible For (11.0 ppg) T-51st 3rdRushing (78.5 ypg) T-55th 7th

TOPS IN OUR BOOK This season, Williams has vaulted to the top of the Appalachian record book in nearly every career category for quarterback, includ-ing total offense (8,028 yards), passing yards (6,725) and completion percentage (.633). He is also on pace to become ASU’s all-time leader in touchdown passes (just one short of record of 50) and completions (just 27 shy of record of 544). Williams is also closing in on Southern Conference records for total offense and pass-ing yards. He needs just 648 yards to become the league’s all-time leader in total offense and is just 1,101 yards short of the confer-ence’s career passing record.

6000 X 1000 — THE TOTAL PACKAGE Williams also became the first player in SoCon history to pass for at least 6,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards in a career on Oct. 8 at Furman. Williams has registered 6,725 passing yards and 1,303 rushing yards in his prolific career. The closest that a SoCon player has ever come to the feat previously was East Tennessee State’s Todd Wells, who passed for 7,735 yards and rushed for 976 from 1997-00 for a SoCon career record of 8,711 yards of total offense.

RARELY PICKED OFF Williams continues to be one of the hard-est quarterbacks in the nation to intercept, as he has thrown just three interceptions in eight games this season. Prior to three weeks ago, Williams hadn’t had a pass picked off since the first quarter of last season’s finale at Western Carolina, a span that reached 186-consecutive attempts. The 186-straight pass attempts without an INT fell just 29 attempts shy of the SoCon record of 215, set by Furman’s Braniff Bonaventure in 1995-96. For his career, Williams has 49 touchdowns passes and just 20 interceptions, good for a nearly 2.5:1 ratio.


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BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD CANDIDATE MARQUES MURRELLDEFENSIVE END • 6-2 • 230 • JUNIOR • FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. • JACK BRITT H.S.

MURRELL’S 2005 STATISTICS TacklesDate Opponent Solo Assists Total TFL-Yds. Sack-Yds. FF FR QBH PBU INT Pts.Sept. 3 at Eastern Kentucky 4 4 8 3.5-19 2.5-18 2 0 2 0 0 0Sept. 10 at Kansas 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sept. 17 Coastal Carolina 2 5 7 2.5-14 1.0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0Sept. 24 at The Citadel 3 0 3 3.0-18 2.0-16 1 1 0 0 0 6Oct. 8 at Furman 4 4 8 2.0-8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct. 15 Georgia Southern 3 3 6 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct. 22 at Wofford 3 2 5 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct. 29 Chattanooga 3 5 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0Nov. 5 at LSUNov. 12 Western CarolinaNov. 19 at ElonTotals 22 23 45 13.0-67 6.5-49 4 1 4 0 0 6

MURRELL’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Year GP/GS Solo Assists Total TFL-Yds. Sack-Yds. FF FR QBH PBU INT Pts. 2003 11/0 6 6 12 4.0-21 3.0-21 2 0 0 0 0 0 2004 11/11 37 23 60 12.5-52 7.0-33 3 0 5 0 0 0 2005 8/8 22 23 45 13.0-67 6.5-49 4 1 4 0 0 6 Totals 30/19 65 52 117 29.5-140 16.5-103 9 1 9 0 0 6

OFFICIAL 2005 BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCH LIST (updated on Oct. 12)

Marques Murrell (DE, Jr., Appalachian State) 45 tackles, 13 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 4 FF, 1 TDMaurice Bennett (LB, Sr., Lafayette) 92 tackles, 10 TFL, 5.5 sacks, 1 FF, 4 PBUJeff Charleston (DE, Sr., Idaho State) 44 tackles, 17 TFL, 11 sacks, 4 PBU, 2 FFZach DeOssie (LB, Jr.., Brown) 78 tackles, 12 TFL, 5 sacks, 3 FF, 1 INTReed Doughty (S, Sr., Northern Colorado) 100 tackles, 5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, 2 INT, 3 FF, 3 FRJustin Durant (LB, Jr., Hampton) 78 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 4 sacks, 2 PBU, 1 QBHBrady Fosmark (DE, Sr., Weber State) 52 tackles, 12 TFL, 8 sacks, 2 FF, 1 FR, 3 QBHWilliam Freeman (LB, Sr., Furman) 70 tackles, 11 TFL, 1 INT, 6 PBUChris Gocong (DE, Sr., Cal Poly) 56 tackles, 14 TFL, 11.5 sacks, 1 FF, 2 FRBrent Hawkins (DE, Sr., Illinois State) 57 tackles, 22 TFL, 5 FF, 15 sacks, 2 PBUBrian Hulea (LB, Sr., Villanova) 96 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 INT, 1 PBU, 2 FRShannon James (S, Sr., Massachusetts) 39 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 3 INT, 1 PBU, 1 FRTony LeZotte (S, So., James Madison) 74 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 PBU, 3 FF, 2 FRChad Nkang (LB, Jr., Elon) 124 tackles, 15.5 TFL, 5 sacks, 4 QBH, 2 FFDavid Pittman (CB, Sr., Northwestern State) 34 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 INT, 7 PBU, 1 FFAntonio Thomas (CB, Sr., Western Kentucky) 60 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1 INT, 2 PBU, 2 FR, 2 FF

MURRELL AMONG NATION’S LEADERS Buck Buchanan Award candidate Marques Murrell ranks among the top 15 nationally in three different defensive categories: forced fumbles, tackles for loss and sacks. The junior from Fayetteville, N.C. leads the SoCon in forced fumbles (4), ranks second in the league with 13 tackles for loss and third with 6.5 sacks. Murrell is already closing in on match-ing the impressive numbers he compiled as a sophomore a season ago, when he led the So-Con with seven sacks and ranked third in the league with 12.5 tackles for loss. Murrell comes from a gridiron pedigree, as his brother, Adrian, spent 10 seasons in the NFL as a running back with the New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys.

MURRELL IN THE NCAA, SOCON RANKINGSCategory (No./No. per game) I-AA SoConForced Fumbles (4/0.5) T-3rd 1stTackles for Loss (13.0/1.62) 16th 3rdSacks (6.5/0.81) T-18th 2nd

ASU’S ALL-TIME BUCHANAN AWARD FINALISTS• LB Dexter Coakley (1995) — WINNER• LB Dexter Coakley (1996) — WINNER• DB Corey Hall (1999)• LB Joe Best (2000)• DE Josh Jeffries (2001)• DE Josh Jeffries (2002)• DE K.T. Stovall (2003)

FORCING THE ISSUE Although he is still just a junior and has only made 19 career starts, Murrell already ranks among the hardest hitters in school his-tory. With four forced fumbles already in 2005, Murrell has dislodged nine balls from runners in his Appalachian career, good for sixth on ASU’s career list.

APPALACHIAN CAREER FORCED FUMBLES LEADERS 17 Dexter Coakley (1993-96) 13 Dino Hackett (1982-85) 12 Dwayne Pelham (1987-90) 11 K.T. Stovall (2000-03) 10 Josh Jeffries (1999-2002) 9 Marques Murrell (2003-Pres.) 8 Chuck Phifer (1987-90) 7 Mickey Ray (1984-87) 7 Brent David (1989-93) 7 Wes Hunter (1998-2001)

TOUCHDOWN MAKER From his defensive end position, Murrell has been directly responsible for four Appala-chian touchdowns this season. In the season opener at Eastern Kentucky, Murrell forced a pair of fumbles, one that was returned five yards for a touchdown by fellow defensive end Jason Hunter and another that was returned 72 yards by ASU linebacker Brad West, leading to a Mountaineer touchdown on the first play of the offensive series. Murrell was also responsible for a pair of scores at The Citadel, with another forced fumble that resulted in an ASU touchdown one play later and an 89-yard fumble return for a touchdown, which marked the second-longest fumble return in SoCon history.


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COME TAKEAWAY WITH ME — PART TWO Appalachian’s undisputed king of the takeaway is sophomore safety Corey Lynch, whose conference-leading five interceptions on the season give him 17 takeaways in just 21 career games. Lynch, a preseason all-America and all-SoCon selection despite missing all but two games a season ago with a severe elbow injury, has 12 interceptions and five fumble recov-eries in his 21-game career. His 12 INTs are already good for a tie for seventh on ASU’s all-time career list. In addition to the 12 career INTs, Lynch is just one fumble recovery shy of moving into ASU’s career top 10. The hard hitter from Cape Coral, Fla. has also forced four fumbles in his young career, just two shy of Appalachian’s career top 10.

APPALACHIAN CAREER INTERCEPTIONS25 Larry Harbin 1961-64 21 Matt Stevens 1992-95 20 Wayne Byrd 1963-66 14 Dave Richardson 1965-68 13 Mark Mayo 1988-91 13 Corey Hall 1997-200012 Corey Lynch 2003-Pres.12 David Neeld 1967-7012 Struggy Smith 1982-859 Jamie Coleman 1993-959 Jeff Vincent 1977-80

APPALACHIAN CAREER FUMBLE RECOVERIES10 Johnny Jennings 1987-909 Phil Keener 1969-729 Anthony Downs 1984-878 Justin Seaverns 1998-20017 Josh Jeffries 1999-20026 David Neeld 1967-706 Mike Greene 1967-706 R. Richardson 1968-716 Chris Patton 1981-846 Avery Hall 1989-926 K.T. Stovall 2000-035 Corey Lynch 2003-Pres.

SCOOP AND SCORE Appalachian has already scored more de-fensive touchdowns (three) this season than it did in all of 2004 (two). Senior defensive end Jason Hunter has found the end zone twice with a five-yard fumble return in the season opener at East-ern Kentucky and an unconventional 25-yard return of a fumbled interception by teammate Corey Lynch versus Coastal Carolina. Hunter’s fellow end, Marques Murrell, posted his first-career touchdown with an 89-yard fumble return, the second-longest in So-Con history, at The Citadel. The Mountaineers could very easily have two more defensive touchdowns this season, as linebacker Brad West’s 72-yard fumble return versus EKU came up just three yards short of the end zone and Hunter’s 32-yard in-terception return at The Citadel was four yards shy of pay dirt.

ENDS OF THE LINE Marques Murrell isn’t the only Moun-taineer defensive end worthy of Buck Buchan-an Award consideration, as he has combined this season with Jason Hunter to form one of the most formidable tandems in the nation. Hunter is the only player in the SoCon with more sacks than Murrell, as he collected his league-leading eighth sack of the season last Saturday versus Chattanooga, a mark which is also good for a tie for sixth nation-ally. Both ends are making their way up Appa-lachian’s all-time sack charts as well. Despite having never started a collegiate game prior to this season, Hunter’s 19 career sacks are good for seventh in ASU history. Murrell is right on his teammates heels with 16.5 career sacks with a season-and-a-half still to play in the Black and Gold. In addition to sacks, Hunter is tied for second in the SoCon with two fumble recover-ies and has scored two defensive touchdowns in 2005.

APPALACHIAN CAREER QUARTERBACK SACKS33.5 Josh Jeffries 1999-200230.5 K.T. Stovall 2000-0325 Rocky Hunt 1996-9824.5 Avery Hall 1989-9222.5 Sean Swoope 1989-9222 Darren Wilson 1979-8219 Jason Hunter 2001-Pres.18.5 William Peebles 1991-9418.5 Jackie Avery 1991-9418 Chuck Gordon 1978-81 NO END TO THE TRADITION Marques Murrell and Jason Hunter are carrying on the great tradition of dominant defensive ends at Appalachian. An ASU defensive end has garnered all-America honors in five of the past six seasons (K.T. Stovall-2003, Josh Jeffries-2001-02, Jimmy Freeman-2000 and Rocky Hunt-1999). While Murrell didn’t receive all-America recognition a season ago, he did lead the Southern Conference with seven sacks. Should either Murrell and/or Hunter record 10 sacks in ‘05, it would mark the seventh time in nine seasons that at least one Mountaineer has posted double-digit sacks.

SACK ‘N SAVE Appalachian has used sacks, and a lack thereof, to its advantage this season. The Mountaineers not only lead the Southern Conference in sacks with 21 (com-pared to just 15 by the next-closest teams, The Citadel and Georgia Southern), but also lead the league lead in sacks allowed, with just five in eight games.

DO NOT “PASS” GO ... Thanks in large part to the pass rush led by Murrell and Hunter, Appalachian has held three-straight opponents to less than 100 passing yards (Georgia Southern-24, Wofford-29, Chattanooga-89), marking the first time ASU has achieved the feat since holding the same three teams to zero, 78 and 56 passing yards, respectively, in 2001. The Mountaineers’ efforts versus Georgia Southern and Wofford also marked the first time that ASU has allowed less than 50 yards through the air in back-to-back games since surrendering 44 passing yards versus East Car-olina and 41 yards to VMI on Nov. 4 and 11, 1978.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Appalachian’s defense has risen back to its traditional perch among the top units in the Southern Conference and the nation in 2005. Below is a look at Appalachian’s defensive numbers versus I-AA opponents this season as compared to 2004.

ASU Defense vs. I-AA opp. 2005 2004 Points Allowed .............................. 16.4 .........30.5Passing Yards Allowed ................... 133.9 .......199.4Total Yards Allowed ...................... 321.3 .......387.1Defensive Points Scored .................. 2.3 .......... 1.1All categories per game

DON’T GIVE IT AWAY NOW Appalachian’s eight turnovers this sea-son are its fewest through eight games since 1985, when the John Settle-led Mountaineers turned the ball over just seven times in their first eight games of the campaign.

COME TAKEAWAY WITH ME Thanks in large part to giving the ball up only eight times through eight games this season, Appalachian leads the SoCon with a +7 turnover margin. The Mountaineers enjoyed a +4 turnover margin in their season-opening victory over Eastern Kentucky, their best since also post-ing a +4 margin in a 28-21 victory over No. 10 Georgia Southern on Oct. 18, 2003. They also posted a +3 margin in a 45-13 triumph at The Citadel on Sept. 24.


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ALL-PURPOSE ALL-STAR Walter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams isn’t Appalachian’s only versatile player, as sophomore running back Kevin Richardson has become one of the Southern Conference’s top threats as both a runner and a receiver. The Elizabethtown, N.C. native ranks among the top 10 in the Southern Confer-ence in rushing yardage (fourth — 94.6 ypg), receptions (third — 4.25 rpg) and receiving yardage (fifth — 42.6 ypg). As a result, the former walk-on leads the league with 137.2 all-purpose yards per game. Should Richardson wind up winning the SoCon’s all-purpose yardage title, it would mark the second-straight season that a Moun-taineer has led the league in that category. A year ago, former ASU wide receiver DaVon Fowlkes led the nation with a school-record 2,313 all-purpose yards (210.3 ypg).

BALANCE IN THE RECEIVING CORPS With the graduation of 2004 Walter Pay-ton Award finalist DaVon Fowlkes, Appala-chian’s entire receiving corps has stepped up to help collectively fill the shoes of the most prolific pass-catcher in school history. After Fowlkes’ 103 receptions accounted for 39 percent of ASU’s completions a season ago, six different Mountaineers (Jermane Lit-tle, 37; Kevin Richardson, 34; Daniel Bettis, 20; Dexter Jackson, 19; Zach Johnson, 11; Hans Batichon, 11) have double-digit recep-tions this year, with all six racking up at least 100 receiving yards so far this season.

GIVING MORE THAN A “LITTLE” BIT Amid the balanced receiving corps, senior Jermane Little has become the closest that ASU has to a “go-to” receiver this season. After sitting out much of the past two seasons, Little leads the Southern Conference with 69.2 receiving yards per game and ranks second in the league with 4.62 receptions per contest. In addition, the Miami, Fla. native is one of the SoCon’s top threats as a kick returner, averaging 28.6 yards per return, good for sec-ond in the conference. Altogether, Little ranks sixth in the So-Con with 103 all-purpose yards per game. His 1,549 career kickoff return yards and 61 career returns are both good third all-time at ASU. He needs just 321 kickoff return yards to break the school record of 1,869 set by Clayton Deskins from 1968-71. He also ranks 10th in school history with 88 career receptions.

TOUCHDOWN TIGHT END Junior tight end Daniel Bettis contin-ues to be a virtual touchdown machine, as he hauled in his third touchdown catch in two weeks and the 10th scoring reception of his career in last Saturday’s triumph over Chat-tanooga. For his career, exactly one quarter of Bet-tis’ 40 receptions have been for touchdowns. Bettis is also having a career year be-tween the goal lines, as his 20 receptions are good for third on the team and shatter his previous career high of 14, set as a sophomore last season.

O-LINE KEY TO SUCCESS Perhaps the key to Appalachian’s success-ful, balanced offense has been the play of its offensive line. Led by its five starters — left tackle Grant Oliver, left guard Kerry Brown, cen-ter Scott Suttle, right guard Jeremy Robert-son and right tackle Matt Isenhour — the Appalachian offensive front has allowed just five sacks all season, while combining for 245 knockdowns and 20 pins. Protecting Walter Payton Award candi-date Richie Williams’ blind side, Brown and Oliver have yet to be charged with a sack this season while leading the team with 45 and 43 knockdowns, respectively.

WIGGINS AMONG SOCON’S TACKLE LEADERS Appalachian junior defensive back Jer-emy Wiggins ranks second in the Southern Conference tackle standings with 77 stops (9.6 per game) on the season. In addition to ranking second in the con-ference, Wiggins’ 9.6 tackles per game are tied for 38th in the nation. With 237 tackles in his career, Wiggins is on pace to rack up 373 in four years, a mark which would rank sixth in Appalachian his-tory. By leading the Apps with 90 stops in 2003, Wiggins became the first ASU freshman since Dexter Coakley in 1993 to lead the team in tackles.

NOT AS FRESH A year after 10 true freshman saw play-ing time for the Mountaineers, only four rook-ies (WR/RB T.J. Courman, P Matt Dodge, RB Trey Hennessee and DB Leonard Love) have stepped on the field for Appalachian in ‘05.

SIX SOCON OFFENSIVE P.O.W. IN A ROW FOR ASU In what is becoming a weekly ritual, the Southern Conference honored Appalachian quarterback Richie Williams as its Co-Offen-sive Player of the Week on Monday. The award for Williams, which marks the sixth-straight game that a Mountaineer has earned the rec-ognition, comes on the heels of the senior from Camden, S.C. breaking Appalachian’s career passing record with 256 yards through the air in last Saturday’s 35-25 win over Chat-tanooga. Williams’ 256 yards on the afternoon gave him 6,725 for his career, surpassing the previous record of 6,609 set by Joe Burchette from 1999-2002. In addition to throwing for 256 yards, the Walter Payton Award candidate added 70 yards on 13 rushes to give him 326 yards of total offense. He accounted for four of Appa-lachian’s five touchdowns (two throwing, two running). The 326-yard effort marked the fifth time in eight games this season and 12th time of his career that Williams topped 300 yards of total offense. He also stretched his school-re-cord total offense yardage to 8,028, making him just the second player in SoCon history to accumulate over 8,000 yards of total offense. The honor is Williams’ third of the month, fourth of the season and seventh of his career. He shares this week’s award with Chattanoo-ga running back Eldra Buckley and Georgia Southern signal-caller Jayson Foster. In addition to Williams earning SoCon Offensive Player of Week accolades following contests versus The Citadel (Sept. 24), Furman (Oct. 8) and Wofford (Oct. 22), Appalachian running back Kevin Richardson collected the plaudits with his performances versus nation-ally ranked squads from Coastal Carolina (Sept. 17) and Georgia Southern (Oct. 15), making it six-straight contests that a Mountaineer has earned the award.


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BIG PLAYS Appalachian’s no-huddle, pass-oriented offense has paid big dividends in the way of big plays over the course of the past two sea-sons. After recording just 23 plays of 20 or more yards in 2003, the Mountaineers have gained 20-plus yards 100 times since the beginning of the 2004 season (7.6 percent of 1,318 total offensive plays). ASU racked up a season-high 10 plays of 20-plus yards in a 30-3 romp over No. 17 Coastal Carolina on Sept. 17.

GOING 80 Appalachian’s offense has put together 11 drives of 80 yards or more in just eight games this season. ASU has been just as impressive defen-sively, allowing only three drives of 80-plus yards in ‘05.

THIRD DOWN BLUES ON OFFENSE Despite an improved effort over the past three weeks, Appalachian remains near the bottom of the Southern Conference in third-down conversions. Even after picking up first downs on 20-of-35 third-down opportunities (57 percent) versus Georgia Southern, Wofford and Chat-tanooga, the Mountaineers rank fifth in the SoCon in third-down conversion percentage at 40.4 percent (40-of-99) for the season. Of particular concern for ASU is the fact that it becomes less likely to convert third downs as the contest winds down. The Apps have converted 42.6 percent (23-of-54) of third downs in the first half this season but just 37.8 percent (17-of-45) in the second half, including just 36.7 percent (11-of-30) in the fourth quarter. DEFENSE BULLISH ON THIRD DOWN While Appalachian has struggled a bit of-fensively on third downs this season, the ASU defense has been one of the SoCon’s best units on third down. Opponents are only converting third downs at a 36.4-percent clip (44-of-121) this season, which ranks second in the league. Only Western Carolina (26.4 percent) has been better defensively on third downs in ‘05.

20 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER Twenty is certainly Appalachian’s magic number, as the Mountaineers are 118-22 under head coach Jerry Moore and 25-6 since 2002 when scoring at least 20 points Additionally, the Mountaineers are 94-9 under Moore and 18-1 since 2002 when they hold their opponents to less than 20 points.

HOME SWEET HOME Appalachian extended its regular-season home winning streak to 15 games with a 35-25 win over Chattanooga last Saturday. The regular-season home winning streak and the overall home winning streak, which stands at 14 games, are both school records. The Mountaineers haven’t lost a regular-season contest at home since Wofford ruined homecoming in Boone with a 26-19 victory on Oct. 26, 2002. Every member of the Southern Conference currently has a losing streak at Kidd Brewer Stadium, including East Tennessee State and VMI, which are no longer in the SoCon. Below is a look at Appalachian’s current regular-season winning streak at home.

Date Opponent ResultNov. 9, 2002 VMI W, 54-13Sept. 20, 2003 Morehead State W, 24-21Oct. 4, 2003 E. Tennessee State W, 21-7Oct. 18, 2003 No. 10 Ga. Southern W, 28-21Nov. 1, 2003 Chattanooga W, 47-7Nov. 15, 2003 Western Carolina W, 26-18Sept. 11, 2004 No. 20 E. Kentucky W, 49-21Sept. 18, 2004 The Citadel W, 28-14Oct. 2, 2004 Texas State W, 41-34Oct. 9, 2004 No. 2 Furman W, 30-29Oct. 23, 2004 No. 5 Wofford W, 38-17Nov. 6, 2004 Elon W, 48-7Sept. 17, 2005 No. 17 Coastal Carolina W, 30-3Oct. 15, 2005 No. 16 Ga. Southern W, 24-7Oct. 29, 2005 Chattanooga W, 35-25

HOME SWEET HOME — PART TWO With last season’s perfect 6-0 mark at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Appalachian became just the second squad in school history to post back-to-back undefeated regular seasons at home. The 1998-99 Mountaineers are the only other ASU teams to ever put together back-to-back undefeated, untied home campaigns. The 1998 squad went 5-0 at home, while the ‘99 Mountaineers posted a 4-0 mark at Kidd Brewer Stadium. In all, only 14 teams (1936, ‘38, ‘48, ‘54, ‘60, ‘63, ‘85, ‘87, ‘89, ‘95, ‘98, ‘99, 2003 and ‘04) have been undefeated and untied at home in Appalachian’s first 75 seasons of football. Five more squads have gone undefeated at home with a tie. Additionally, Appalachian has already se-cured its 26th-consecutive winning record at home in ‘05. The Mountaineers have not suffered a los-ing home slate since going 2-4 at then-Conrad Stadium in 1979. ASU holds a 168-58-5 (.738) all-time record at Kidd Brewer Stadium, in-cluding a 77-17 (.819) mark under head coach Jerry Moore.

ROAD WARRIORS For just the sixth time in school history, and only the second time since 1961, Appala-chian will play seven games away from Boone this season. The Mountaineers also played seven road games in Jerry Moore’s second season at the helm, 1990. The Apps went 3-4 on the road that season, which included losses at Wake Forest, Clemson and NC State, and finished 6-5 overall. Appalachian also played seven true road contests in 1931, going 4-2-1 away from Boone en route to a 9-2-2 overall record. ASU played seven games away from home in 1941 and ‘49, but both seasons included games at neutral sites in Winston-Salem. The Apps were truly road warriors in 1961, as they played all 10 games away from Boone during the construction of what is now Kidd Brewer Stadium. That season, Ap-palachian played “home” games in Asheville, Charlotte, Hickory and Lenoir and finished 7-3 overall. After going 0-5 away from home in 2004, Appalachian has posted a 3-2 record on the road this season.

ASU AMONG NATIONAL ATTENDANCE LEADERS Appalachian ranks among the nation’s top three in both average attendance and average percentage of capacity, according to the latest I-AA statistics released by the NCAA this week. Appalachian has averaged 22,364 fans per game at Kidd Brewer Stadium this season, good for second nationally behind only Mon-tana (23,532). Additionally, ASU’s average attendance comes in at 134.32 percent of Kidd Brewer’s listed capacity of 16,650, a figure that leads the nation. Appalachian set a school and Southern Conference record for attendance at a home opener when 23,267 fans crammed into The Rock on Sept. 17 for the Mountaineers’ 30-3 victory over nationally ranked Coastal Caro-lina. ASU has also packed more than 20,000 fans into KBS for SoCon matchups with Georgia Southern (21,486) and Chattanooga (22,338), marking the first time in school history that Appalachian has played host to three-consec-utive crowds of at least 20,000.


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MURRELL EARNS FIRST SOCON HONOR Marques Murrell was named the South-ern Conference Defensive Players of the Week for the first time in his career following his performance in Appalachian’s 45-13 throttling of The Citadel on Sept. 24. Murrell’s play on defense led directly to two Appalachian scores, as he racked up three tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble and an 89-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the win. The highlight for the junior came in the fourth quarter, as he scooped up a Lawson fumble deep in Appalachian territory and rumbled 89 yards untouched for his first-ca-reer touchdown and the second-longest fum-ble return in SoCon history.

LYNCH NAMED I-AA.ORG WEEKLY ALL-STAR After recording two interceptions and perhaps the game-saving tackle in a season-opening 24-16 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 3, Appalachian safety Corey Lynch was named one of four national weekly all-stars by I-AA.org. Lynch, who was playing his first game in nearly a year after sitting out all but two con-tests a season ago, stymied three EKU drives to help lead Appalachian to its first road victory since Nov. 6, 2003 at Elon. With the Mountain-eers holding onto a 14-7 lead midway through the second quarter of the contest, Lynch made the first of his two interceptions at the ASU six yard line to stall a Colonel drive. At the end of the first half, the sopho-more made perhaps the play of the game by coming from across the field to chase down EKU’s Andre Ralston at the one yard line, leav-ing a 74-yard Colonel gain for naught and sending the Apps into the locker room with their seven-point lead intact. With EKU driving deep into Appalachian territory again in the third quarter, Lynch picked off another pass, this time in the end zone for a Mountaineer touchback. The Cape Coral, Fla. native closed out his impressive return by pushing Eastern Kentucky’s Kyle Barber out of bounds as the Colonels tried to cut Appalachian’s lead to just three on a two-point conversion attempt with just over four minutes remaining in the con-test. In all, the preseason all-America and all-conference selection recorded seven tackles to go along with his pair of interceptions.

ASU RANKS HIGH IN D-I SAGARIN RATINGS Appalachian is the nation’s second-high-est rated I-AA team in the latest Jeff Sagarin NCAA football computer ratings, as the Moun-taineers come in at No. 81 in Sagarin’s rank-ings of all 239 Division I teams. In addition to being one of the top-rated teams in I-AA, Appalachian is ranked higher than several high-profile I-A programs, in-cluding Illinois (83), Marshall (84), Kentucky (88), Washington (89), Hawaii (90), Oklahoma State (92), East Carolina (97), Army (99), Mis-sissippi State (100), Syracuse (114) and Duke (141).

REBOUNDING MOUNTAINEERS Dating back to the 1998 season, Appala-chian is 20-3 in games played after a regular-season loss, including a 4-0 mark in 2004 and 2-0 record in ‘05. ASU has not lost consecutive games since dropping decisions at Hawaii and Eastern Ken-tucky to open the 2003 campaign.

800 AND COUNTING Appalachian played the 800th game of its 76-season football history on Oct. 8 at Fur-man. The Mountaineers hold a 483-292-28 (.619) record in 803 all-time games, dating back to 1928 (ASU did not play football in 1943-44 due to World War II).

RICHARDSON’S BIG DAYS LEADS TO SOCON, NATIONAL HONORS On the strength of the 20th 200-yard rushing performance in school history in a 24-7 dismantling of No. 16 Georgia Southern on Oct. 15, sophomore running back Kevin Rich-ardson became ASU’s third Southern Confer-ence Offensive Player of the Week in as many games, as well as one of I-AA.org’s four na-tional weekly all-stars. Richardson amassed 208 rushing yards, the most by a SoCon player since ASU’s Jimmy Watkins registered 216 in a 2001 I-AA playoff victory over William & Mary. He needed just 22 carries to record the 208 yards on the ground, good for a 9.5-yard average. He broke off a career-long 73-yard run to set up his two-yard touchdown plunge that gave Appalachian a 17-0 lead less than five minutes into the second quarter. The Elizabethtown, N.C. native also caught six passes for a career-high 77 receiv-ing yards to give him 285 all-purpose yards, the most in the SoCon this season. The awards were the second of Richard-son’s short career, as he also garnered both SoCon and national Player of the Week recog-nition after rushing for 178 yards and three touchdowns versus Coastal Carolina on Sept.

ASU DUO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA ASU senior quarterback Richie Williams and sophomore safety Corey Lynch both gar-nered preseason all-America recognition when they were named to I-AA.org’s second team. Williams also earned second-team all-America plaudits from The Sports Network. The accolades are especially impressive for Lynch, who missed all but two games of the 2004 campaign due to a severe elbow injury suffered with less than a minute remaining in the Mountaineers’ victory over Eastern Ken-tucky on Sept. 11. He was a 2004 first-team preseason all-SoCon selection following a stel-lar freshman campaign in which he led the league in interceptions (6) and fumble recov-eries (4). Lynch picked up right where he left off in ‘03 by recovering a fumble in the season opener at Wyoming and picking off a pass and forcing a fumble versus EKU before sustaining the injury.

ALL-AMERICA TRADITION Appalachian has placed at least one play-er on an all-America squad each of the last 20 seasons. In 17 of those seasons, including each of the last 10, the Mountaineers have produced at least one first-teamer. In 2004, wide receiver DaVon Fowlkes kept up ASU’s all-America tradition, as he was a consensus first-team selection. In addition to the all-America plaudits, Fowlkes placed third in voting for the 2004 Walter Payton Award, given to the top player in I-AA foot-ball, and signed a free-agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts following the 2005 NFL Draft.

MOUNTAINEERS IN THE NFL Appalachian boasts a long line of players who have gone on to careers in the National Football League, and two former Mountaineers are currently carrying on that tradition. Two-time Buck Buchanan Award winner and NFL all-pro Dexter Coakley (1993-96) is a starting linebacker and team captain in his first season with the St. Louis Rams. Appala-chian honored its decorated alum on April 19, 2005 by retiring his No. 32. Former Appalachian all-American Daniel Wilcox (1999-2000) is in his second season as a tight end with the Baltimore Ravens.


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NORMAN, STOKES GO FROM BATTLEFIELD TO GRIDIRON “Hero” is a term often thrown around when describing impressive athletic feats. However, Appalachian boasts two true heroes on its squad this year in freshmen Wayne Norman and Brian Stokes. Norman and Stokes are on the football field and in the classroom at Appalachian less than one year removed from the battlefields of Iraq. As sergeants in the United States Marine Corps, both did two tours of duty in Iraq with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines as TOW gun-ners, or anti-tank missile-launchers. Both were starters for their high-school football squads: Norman at East Longmeadow High School in Springfield, Mass. and Stokes at Williams High School in Burlington, N.C. Stokes earned an invitation to the Carolinas’ prestigious Shrine Bowl game in 1997 and a place as a preferred walk-on at East Carolina that fall, but a finger injury during his first fall camp ended his football career at ECU. Both joined the work force for a year be-fore joining the Marines with aspirations of attending college on the G.I. Bill after their duty was completed. They met shortly after basic training. After completing their second tour in Iraq last fall, both finished active duty in No-vember and began taking classes and working out with the football team at ASU in January. They both remain on inactive duty, meaning there is a chance that they could be called back to military action at any time. In addition to being contributors for the Mountaineers on special teams, both Norman and Stokes earned spots on Appalachian’s aca-demic honor roll last spring with majors in criminal justice. Their story has been a media favorite, as WCNC-TV (Charlotte NBC affiliate), the Win-ston-Salem Journal, Watauga Democrat and The Appalachian have all run feature stories on them in the past month. Additionally, CSTV.com featured Norman and Stokes as its main story during the first week of the sea-son. Stokes is a member of most ASU special teams and has recorded four tackles in ‘05.

INJURY REPORT PROBABLEWR Dexter Jackson (ankle)

DOUBTFULOL Grant Oliver (ankle)LB Brad West (toe)

OUTWR Anthony Cruver (knee)DL Austin Guarino (leg)RB Clint Manuel (knee)OL Josh Miller (knee)

APPALACHIAN RETIRES DINO HACKETT’S NO. 38 JERSEY DURING HOMECOMING Appalachian football retired the No. 38 jersey worn by Dino Hackett during his pro-lific ASU career as part of homecoming festivi-ties on Oct. 29. His number is the third to be honored by ASU football, joining John Settle (No. 23) and Dexter Coakley (No. 32). A member of Appalachian’s 75th Anniver-sary Team, Hackett starred as a linebacker at ASU from 1982-85. He holds eight school re-cords, including most solo (106), assisted (94) and total tackles (200) in a season, which he accomplished in 1985 en route to first-team All-America accolades. His 27 total tackles against East Tennessee State on Nov. 23, 1985 are still tops in Appalachian’s single-game an-nals, as are his 18 solo stops versus Furman on Oct. 26, 1985. In addition to the All-America recognition as a senior, Hackett was also an all-Southern Conference honoree in both 1984 and ‘85. Following his standout collegiate career, Hackett was selected in the second round (35th overall) of the 1986 National Football League Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, which remains the highest that a Mountaineer has ever been drafted by an NFL team. He went on to enjoy a successful seven-year professional career, spending six seasons with the Chiefs and one with the Seattle Seahawks. He earned a spot in the Pro Bowl following the 1988 sea-son, in which he was part of the league’s top-rated pass defense with the Chiefs. Current Appalachian junior linebacker Monte Smith will continue to wear No. 38 un-til the end of his ASU career.

ASU-LSU TIES Former Appalachian offensive line coach Stacy Searels currently holds the same posi-tion at LSU. He helped the Mountaineers to five I-AA playoff appearances and a pair of SoCon titles from 1994-2000. Additionally, LSU assistant strength and conditioning coach Jeff Dillman was a letter-winner at ASU in 1998.

WILLIAMS LEADS SEVEN MOUNTAINEERS ON PRESEASON ALL-SOCON SQUADS Appalachian senior quarterback and Wal-ter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams led seven Mountaineers named to the 2005 preseason all-Southern Conference teams. In addition to being voted first-team all-SoCon quarterback by the league’s coaches, Williams garnered preseason Offensive Player of the Year accolades, beating out fellow Pay-ton Award candidates Ingle Martin of Furman and Jermaine Austin of Georgia Southern for the honor. Joining Williams on the first team were ju-niors tight end Daniel Bettis, offensive tackle Matt Isenhour and defensive end Marques Murrell, as well as sophomore safety Corey Lynch. Appalachian was represented on the sec-ond team by senior offensive tackle Grant Oliver and junior defensive tackle Omarr By-rom. A season ago, eight Mountaineers garnered postseason all-SoCon recognition, including Williams (first team), Isenhour (second team), Murrell (first team) and Oliver (second team).

ASU PICKED THIRD IN PRESEASON SOCON POLL The Southern Conference coaches and media predicted Appalachian to finish third in their respective preseason polls. The third-place selection marked the eighth time since 1979 that Appalachian has been picked to finish third in either SoCon preseason poll. ASU was chosen third by the league’s coaches in 1991, en route to a 6-1 conference record and outright SoCon cham-pionship.

SOCON PRESEASON MEDIA POLL 1. Furman (26) 297 2. Georgia Southern (9) 277 3. Appalachian State (1) 229 4. Wofford (3) 188 5. Western Carolina 162 6. Chattanooga 110 7. The Citadel 81 8. Elon 60

SOCON PRESEASON COACHES POLL 1. Furman (6) 48 2. Georgia Southern (2) 44 3. Appalachian State 35 4. Western Carolina 29 Wofford 29 6. Chattanooga 17 7. The Citadel 12 8. Elon 10


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STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE TE LT LG C RG RT WR WR WR QB RB Eastern Kentucky Bettis Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Jackson Turner Williams Richardson Kansas Bettis Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Little Turner Williams Richardson Coastal Carolina Batichon^ Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Little Turner Williams Richardson The Citadel Batichon^ Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Little Jackson Williams Richardson Furman Bettis Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Little Batichon Williams Richardson Georgia Southern Jackson^ Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Little Turner Williams Richardson Wofford Jackson^ Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Little Batichon Williams Richardson Chattanooga Hennessee* Oliver Brown Suttle Robertson Isenhour Johnson Jackson Batichon Williams Richardson LSU Western Carolina Elon ^Four WR *Two RB

DEFENSE LE LT RT RE WLB MLB BAN NKL LCB S RCB Eastern Kentucky Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West Kelly Smith Wiggins Dingle Lynch Touchstone Kansas Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West Kelly Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone Coastal Carolina Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West Kelly Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone The Citadel Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West C. King Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone Furman Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West Kelly Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone Georgia Southern Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West Kelly Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone Wofford Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter Banks Speer Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone Chattanooga Murrell Byrom Suiter Hunter West Kelly Smith Wiggins Woazeah Lynch Touchstone LSU Western Carolina Elon

APPALACHIAN IN THE NCAA I-AA/SOCON STATISTICAL RANKINGSCATEGORY I-AA SoConRushing Offense (207.8 ypg) 19th 4thPass Offense (245.2 ypg) 27th 1stTotal Offense (453.0 ypg) 10th 3rdScoring Offense (30.8 ppg) 29th 3rdRushing Defense (189.9 ypg) 93rd 6thPass Defense (145.6 ypg) 8th 2ndTotal Defense (335.5 ypg) 39th 2ndScoring Defense (18.9 ppg) T-16th 1st

MOUNTAINEERS IN THE NCAA I-AA/SOCON STATISTICAL RANKINGSPLAYER/CATEGORY I-AA SoConJason HunterSacks (1.0 pg) T-6th 1stFumble Recoveries (0.25 pg) N/A T-3rd

Corey LynchInterceptions (0.63 pg) T-4th 1st

Kevin RichardsonAll-Purpose Yards (137.2 ypg) T-18th 1stRushing (94.6 ypg) 28th 3rd

Jeremy WigginsTackles (9.9 pg) T-38th 2nd

For Richie Williams’/Marques Murrell’s statistical rankings, see pp. 5-6.

2005 HONORS AND AWARDSPRESEASON ALL-AMERICARichie Williams Second-team (The Sports Network) Second-team (I-AA.org)Corey Lynch Second-team (I-AA.org)

PRESEASON ALL-SOCON

First Team Daniel Bettis — Tight End Matt Isenhour — Offensive Tackle Marques Murrell — Defensive End Corey Lynch — Safety Richie Williams — Quarterback Second Team Omarr Byrom — Defensive Tackle Grant Oliver — Offensive Tackle

I-AA NATIONAL WEEKLY ALL-STARCorey Lynch Sept. 3 vs. Eastern Kentucky

Kevin Richardson Oct. 15 vs. Georgia Southern

THE SPORTS NETWORK NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKKevin Richardson Sept. 17 vs. Coastal Carolina

SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKKevin Richardson Sept. 17 vs. Coastal Carolina Oct. 15 vs. Georgia Southern

Richie Williams Sept. 24 at The Citadel Oct. 8 at Furman Oct. 22 at Wofford Oct. 28 vs. Chattanooga

SOCON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKMarques Murrell Sept. 24 at The Citadel


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IN THE RED ZONE DISPLAYED AS APPALACHIAN/OPPONENT

Game Red Zone Points TDs FGs Made FGs Missed Fumble Interception Downs Half GameEastern Kentucky 2/3 10/10 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0Kansas 4/6 8/36 1/5 0/1 1/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0Coastal Carolina 5/2 17/3 2/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0The Citadel 6/2 31/7 4/1 1/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0Furman 3/6 17/28 2/3 1/2 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0Georgia Southern 6/4 24/7 3/1 1/0 0/2 0/0 1/0 0/1 0/0 1/0Wofford 7/2 42/10 6/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0Chattanooga 4/4 28/22 4/3 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0LSUWestern CarolinaElonTotals 37/29 177/123 23/15 5/7 2/4 1/2 2/0 1/1 1/0 2/0

DRIVE CHARTS DISPLAYED AS APPALACHIAN/OPPONENT

FGs FGs 80+ 3 andGame Drives TDs Made Missed Fum. Int. Safety Punt Downs Half Game Yards OutEastern Kentucky 13/14 3/2 1/1 1/0 0/2 0/2 0/0 8/5 0/0 0/1 0/1 1/0 4/3 Kansas 12/11 1/5 0/1 1/0 1/0 0/1 0/0 6/4 1/0 1/0 1/0 2/2 5/2Coastal Carolina 16/14 4/0 1/1 2/1 1/0 2/2 0/0 4/9 0/1 1/0 1/0 1/0 0/8 The Citadel 15/13 6/2 1/0 0/1 1/2 0/2 0/0 3/5 2/1 1/0 1/0 0/0 1/2Furman 11/11 4/4 1/2 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 4/3 1/0 0/1 1/0 1/0 1/3Georgia Southern 8/8 3/1 1/0 0/2 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/2 1/1 0/1 1/0 3/0 1/2 Wofford 13/11 7/2 0/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/5 1/2 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/1Chattanooga 12/12 5/3 0/2 1/0 0/1 1/1 0/0 2/4 2/0 0/1 1/0 2/1 2/2LSUWestern CarolinaElonTotal 100/94 33/19 5/8 5/5 3/5 5/10 0/0 29/37 8/5 4/4 7/1 11/3 15/23

OFFENSIVE LINE GRADES DISPLAYED AS PLAYS-PCT.-KNOCKDOWNS-PINS EKU KAN CCU CIT FUR GSU WOF UTC LSU WCU Elon Oliver 55-87-3-0 71-71-3-1 61-82-8-0 57-84-6-0 64-78-5-0 66-82-9-0 53-73-5-0 38-76-4-0Brown 55-82-6-0 50-70-6-0 45-75-9-0 38-84-3-1 50-80-5-1 43-79-8-0 43-69-4-0 46-77-4-0Suttle 55-78-4-1 71-86-4-1 61-82-12-0 57-88-1-0 66-79-0-0 66-83-7-0 61-70-3-0 62-78-4-0Robertson 34-77-3-1 45-74-4-1 36-72-7-0 38-87-3-0 50-82-4-1 43-77-3-0 39-76-4-0 30-75-4-0Isenhour 55-85-3-1 71-84-3-0 61-82-7-0 54-85-3-0 62-80-3-2 66-83-8-0 53-74-3-0 62-78-5-0Holt 21-86-3-0 27-70-4-2 26-77-6-2 20-85-3-0 18-83-3-0 23-82-2-0 25-72-3-0 40-72-4-0Knox — 21-85-1-0 16-81-3-0 20-80-3-0 16-88-2-0 23-78-2-0 22-83-2-0 31-75-4-0Rycroft — 1-100-0-0 12-66-0-0 7-71-0-0 — — 8-50-0-0 1-100-0-0Holleman — 1-100-0-0 15-80-3-1 9-78-0-0 — — 15-53-1-0 4-50-0-0Bieschke — 1-100-0-0 12-83-0-1 11-82-0-0 — — — 4-75-0-1Corning — — 15-80-3-2 11-82-1-0 — — 15-66-1-0 4-50-0-0Miller — — 13-77-1-0 — — — — —Coley — — 3-100-0-0 9-82-0-0 — — 22-77-0-0 5-80-0-0Blackwood — — 3-100-0-0 4-75-0-0 — — 8-50-0-0 1-100-0-0Sevier — — 2-50-0-0 — — — — 1-100-0-0


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THE LAST TIME ...TEAM Appalachian OpponentScored 30-39 Points 10/29/05, vs. Chattanooga (35) 10/8/05, Furman (34)Scored 40-49 Points 10/22/05, at Wofford (49) 9/25/04, Northwestern State (40)Scored 50-59 Points 10/30/04, at Chattanooga (56) 10/30/04, Chattanooga (59)Scored 60-69 Points 11/17/01, vs. West Virginia Tech (64) Never AccomplishedScored 70-79 Points 10/5/68, vs. Elon (70) 10/7/78, Chattanooga (72)Recorded a Safety 11/15/03, vs. Western Carolina 9/25/04, Northwestern StateRecorded a Shutout 11/4/00, vs. VMI (52-0) 10/3/92, The Citadel (25-0)Rushed for 400+ Yards 11/4/00, vs. VMI (424) 10/26/02, Wofford (472)Rushed for 300-399 Yards 9/17/05, vs. Coastal Carolina (353) 9/25/04, at Northwestern State (381)Rushed for Less Than 50 Yards 10/16/04, at Georgia Southern (44) 11/16/02, Western Carolina (43)Passed for 400+ Yards 10/30/04, at Chattanooga (410) 10/30/04, Chattanooga (540) Passed for 300-399 Yards 10/22/05, at Wofford (342) 10/9/04, Furman (303)Passed for Less Than 50 Yards 12/1/01, vs. William & Mary (39) 10/22/05, Wofford (29)Gained Over 500 Yards Total Offense 10/22/05, at Wofford (566) 10/30/04, Chattanooga (695)Gained Less Than 100 Yards Total Offense 9/7/91, vs. Clemson (84) 11/4/00, VMI (88)Recorded 25 or More First Downs 10/22/05, at Wofford (30) 10/8/05, Furman (25)Was Penalized 100 Yards 9/17/05, vs. Coastal Carolina (17 for 183) 9/25/04, Northwestern State (12 for 107)Defense Intercepted Three Passes 11/8/03, at Elon (4) 10/25/03, Wofford (3)Overcame Halftime Deficit to Win 10/9/04, vs. Furman 10/30/04, Chattanooga (Trailed 7-3 before winning 30-29) (ASU led 28-17 at half, UTC won 59-56)Trailed After Three Quarters, Rallied to Win 9/22/01, at The Citadel 11/13/04, Western Carolina (Trailed 6-5, after three periods before winning, 8-6) (Led 13-6 before WCU rebounded for 30-27 win)Won Game on Final Offensive Play 10/9/04, vs. Furman 12/9/00, at Montana (Richie Williams, 13-yd TD run, 0:35) (Jimmy Farris, Pass 15 from Drew Miller, O.T.)Won Game on Final Defensive Play 10/12/02, vs. Furman Never Accomplished (Josh Jeffries PAT Interception, Derrick Black 96 Yd Return)

INDIVIDUAL Appalachian Opponent75+ Yard Run 9/23/00, Jimmy Watkins vs. The Citadel (75) 10/19/02, Mark Myers, Georgia Southern (92)100-199 Yards Rushing, Game 10/8/05, Richie Williams vs. Furman (124) 9/10/05, Jon Cornish, Kansas (103)200+ Yards Rushing, Game 10/15/05, Kevin Richardson vs. Ga. Southern (208) 10/29/05, Eldra Buckley, Chattanooga (210)Three Rushing TDs, Game 9/17/05, Kevin Richardson vs. Coastal Car. (3) 9/10/05, Jon Cornish, Kansas (3)Four Rushing TDs, Game 12/1/01, Jimmy Watkins vs. William & Mary (4) 10/2/04, Terrell Harris, Texas State (4)80+ Yard Pass Completion 9/3/05, R. Williams to J. Little vs. E. Kentucky (88) 9/11/99, Chad Collins to Anthony Boggs, E. Kentucky (80)300+ Yards Passing, Game 11/6/04, Richie Williams vs. Elon (408) 10/9/04, Ingle Martin, Furman (303)20 Pass Completions, Game 10/8/05, Richie Williams vs. Furman (23) 10/9/04, Ingle Martin, Furman (24)Four TD Passes, Game 10/30/04, Richie Williams vs. Chattanooga (4) 10/30/04, Cedric Stevens, Chattanooga (5)300+ Yards Total Offense, Game 10/29/05, Richie Williams vs. Chattanooga (326) 10/30/04, Cedric Stevens, Chattanooga (570)Scored Five TDs, Game 10/4/86, John Settle vs. Davidson (5) 10/13/84, Robert Surratt, Marshall (5)10 Receptions, Game 11/6/04, DaVon Fowlkes vs. Elon (17) 11/27/99, C. Lamb (10) & D. Bendross, Florida A&M (10)100-149 Receiving Yards, Game 10/22/05, Jermane Little vs. Wofford (125) 10/30/04, Emanuel Hassell, Chattanooga (127) 150+ Receiving Yards, Game 11/6/04, DaVon Fowlkes vs. Elon (280) 10/30/04, Alonzo Nix, Chattanooga (247)Three Receiving TDs, Game 11/6/04, DaVon Fowlkes vs. Elon (3) 8/30/03, Jeremiah Cockerhan, Hawaii (3)50+ Yard Field Goal 9/9/00, Mark Wright vs. Troy State (57) 8/31/00, Tyler Ashe, Wake Forest (50)Made Three Field Goals, Game 9/20/03, Erik Rockhold vs. Morehead State (3) 9/4/04, Deric Yaussi, Wyoming (3)70+ Yard Punt 11/8/03, Nate McKinney at Elon (72) 11/3/01, Brent Barth, VMI (70)Returned Kickoff for TD 10/21/00, Jimmy Watkins vs. Wofford (95) 9/6/03, Tremayne Perkins, Eastern Kentucky (97)Returned Punt for TD 8/31/02, DaVon Fowlkes at Marshall (87) 10/16/04, Jayson Foster, Georgia Southern (94)Returned Blocked Punt for TD 10/27/01, Scott Cornatzer vs. Chattanooga 9/4/04, Derrick Martin, WyomingBlocked a Punt 10/11/03, Jon Chasteen vs. Furman 9/24/05, Jonathan Vest, The CitadelReturned Interception for TD 9/17/05, Jason Hunter vs. Coastal Carolina (25) 9/25/04, Russ Washington, N’Western St. (35)Returned Fumble for TD 9/24/05, Marques Murrell vs. The Citadel (89) 11/10/01, Thomas Pruett, Western Carolina (0)Blocked a Field Goal 9/17/05, Jerome Touchstone vs. Coastal Carolina 10/8/05, William Freeman, FurmanReturned Blocked FG for TD 9/21/02, Derrick Black at Liberty (50) Never AccomplishedPAT Returned for Two Points 10/12/02, Derrick Black vs. Furman 11/25/00, Chris Archie, Troy State


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MOUNTAINEERS CLOSING IN ON CAREER MILESTONESNO. 3 HANS BATICHON (WR-SO.)• Needs 114 receiving yards for 500 • Needs 21 receptions for 50

NO. 80 DANIEL BETTIS (TE-JR.)• Needs 47 receiving yards for 500 • Needs 10 receptions for 50

NO. 95 OMARR BYROM (DT-JR.)• Needs 8 tackles for 125• Needs 2 TFL for 25• Needs 2 sacks for 10

NO. 15 TREY ELDER (QB-SO.)• Needs 404 passing yards for 1,000• Needs 8 completions for 50

NO. 97 JASON HUNTER (DE-SR.)• Needs 1 sack for 20• Needs 1 sack to move into single-season top 10• Needs 3.5 sacks to move into career top 5• Needs 3.5 TFL for 30• Needs 4.5 TFL to move into single-season top 10• Needs 12.5 TFL to move into career top 10• Needs 11 tackles for 150

NO. 2 DEXTER JACKSON (WR-SO.)• Needs 490 receiving yards for 1,000 • Needs 14 receptions for 50

NO. 10 ZACH JOHNSON (WR-SR.)• Needs 74 receiving yards for 500 • Needs 13 receptions for 50

NO. 46 ZODD KELLY (LB-SR.)• Needs 38 tackles for 150 • Needs 5 TFL for 10

NO. 82 JERMANE LITTLE (WR-SR.)• Needs 143 receiving yards for 1,500• Needs 16 receiving yards to move into career top 10• Needs 146 receiving yards to move into single-season top 10• Needs 12 receptions for 100• Needs 34 receptions to move into career top 10• Needs 9 receptions to move into single-season top 10• Needs 321 yards for career kickoff return record

NO. 47 COREY LYNCH (DB-SO.)• Needs 3 interceptions for 15• Needs 1 interception to move into career top 5• Needs 1 fumble recovery to move into career top 10• Needs 28 tackles for 150

NO. 44 MARQUES MURRELL (DE-JR.)• Needs 1.5 sacks to move into career top 10• Needs 2.5 sacks to move into single-season top 10• Needs .5 TFL for 30• Needs 9.5 TFL for career top 10• Needs 4 TFL for single-season top 10• Needs 33 tackles for 150

NO. 93 ARTHUR ORLEBAR (DT-SR.)• Needs 5 TFL for 10

NO. 91 JULIAN RAUCH (PK-SO.)• Needs 42 points for 150• Needs 66 points to move into career top 10• Needs 4 field goals for 15

NO. 28 KEVIN RICHARDSON (RB-SO.)• Needs 396 rushing yards for 1,500• Needs 243 rushing yards for 14th 1,000-yard season in school history• Needs 8 carries for 200• Needs 41 receiving yards for 500• Needs 50 receptions for 100

NO. 38 MONTE SMITH (LB-JR.)• Needs 31 tackles for 150• Needs 2 TFL for 20

NO. 56 JOE SUITER (DT-SR.)• Needs 34 tackles for 150• Needs 5.5 TFL for 20

NO. 6 JEROME TOUCHSTONE (DB-SO.)• Needs 45 tackles for 100• Needs 2 PBU for 10

NO. 14 BRANDON TURNER (WR-SR.)• Needs 21 receptions for 50• Needs 151 yards for 500

NO. 33 BRAD WEST (LB-SR.)• Needs 32 tackles for 250

NO. 8 JEREMY WIGGINS (DB-JR.)• Needs 49 tackles for 300

NO. 7 RICHIE WILLIAMS (QB-SR.)See pp. 4


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PROJECTED TWO-DEEP

OFFENSELEFT TACKLE 75 GRANT OLIVER (6-5, 300, Sr.) 78 Cory Rycroft (6-6, 265, Fr.) LEFT GUARD 76 KERRY BROWN (6-6, 285, So.) 51 Kyle Knox (6-3, 270, Jr.) CENTER 66 SCOTT SUTTLE (6-0, 260, So.) 52 J.T. Holleman (6-0, 230, Jr.)

RIGHT GUARD 70 JEREMY ROBERTSON (6-3, 295, Jr.) 67 John Holt (6-2, 265, So.)

RIGHT TACKLE 62 MATT ISENHOUR (6-1, 275, Jr.) 72 Jonathan Bieschke (6-5, 275, Fr.)

TIGHT END 80 DANIEL BETTIS (6-3, 245, Jr.) 88 Nic Cardwell (6-1, 235, So.) WIDE RECEIVER 10 ZACH JOHNSON (5-11, 183, Sr.) 42 T.J. Courman (5-10, 185, Fr.)or 9 William Mayfield (6-2, 222, Jr.)

WIDE RECEIVER 3 HANS BATICHON (6-0, 170, So.)or 14 BRANDON TURNER (5-10, 190, Sr.) WIDE RECEIVER 82 JERMANE LITTLE (5-10, 170, Sr.)or 2 DEXTER JACKSON (5-10, 175, So.)

RUNNING BACK 28 KEVIN RICHARDSON (5-9, 190, So.) 35 Trey Hennessee (6-1, 210, Fr.)

QUARTERBACK 7 RICHIE WILLIAMS (6-3, 190, Sr.) 15 Trey Elder (6-1, 190, So.)

DEFENSELEFT END 44 MARQUES MURRELL (6-2, 230, Jr.) 43 Gary Tharrington (6-1, 235, Fr.) LEFT TACKLE 95 OMARR BYROM (6-2, 255, Jr.) 90 Daniel Orlebar (6-3, 290, Jr.)

RIGHT TACKLE 56 JOE SUITER (6-2, 260, Sr.) 93 Arthur Orlebar (6-3, 275, Sr.)

RIGHT END 97 JASON HUNTER (6-4, 235, Sr.) 37 Marcial Medina (6-1, 230, Jr.)

WEAK SIDE LINEBACKER 33 BRAD WEST (5-11, 205, Sr.) 31 Pierre Banks (6-0, 218, So.)

MIDDLE LINEBACKER 46 ZODD KELLY (5-11, 215, Sr.) 27 Cam Speer (6-0, 215, So.)or 48 Charles King (6-0, 225, So.)

BANDIT 38 MONTE SMITH (6-0, 215, Jr.) 13 Michael King (6-1, 212, Jr.)

LEFT CORNERBACK 18 JUSTIN WOAZEAH (5-10, 175, So.) 21 Dominick Dingle (5-11, 185, Jr.)

RIGHT CORNERBACK 6 JEROME TOUCHSTONE (5-7, 155, So.) 22 Leonard Love (5-10, 180, Fr.) NICKEL 8 JEREMY WIGGINS (5-9, 190, Jr.) 25 Billy Riddle (5-11, 195, So.)

SAFETY 47 COREY LYNCH (6-0, 200, So.) 36 Titus Howard (5-11, 193, So.)

SPECIALISTSPLACE KICKER 91 JULIAN RAUCH (5-11, 213, So.) 99 Matt Dodge (6-2, 197, Fr.)

PUNTER 99 MATT DODGE (6-2, 197, Fr.) 91 Julian Rauch (5-11, 213, So.)

LONG SNAPPER 59 RUSSELL WILSON (5-11, 225, So.) 57 Alex Ramirez (6-1, 225, Fr.)

HOLDER 12 ERIC ELSENER (6-1, 205, Sr.) 11 Chase Laws (6-1, 200, Jr.)

PUNT RETURNER 8 JEREMY WIGGINS (5-9, 190, Jr.)or 2 DEXTER JACKSON (5-10, 175, So.) KICK RETURNER 82 JERMANE LITTLE (5-10, 170, Sr.) 2 Dexter Jackson (5-10, 175, So.)


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NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/High School (Previous School) 2 Dexter Jackson WR 5-10 175 So. Dunwoody, Ga./Dunwoody 3 Hans Batichon WR 6-0 170 So. Miami, Fla./North Miami 4 Anthony Cruver WR 6-0 195 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Mays 5 Bryon Heath LB 5-11 200 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Mays 6 Jerome Touchstone DB 5-7 155 So. Riverdale, Ga./Riverdale 7 Richie Williams QB 6-3 190 Sr. Camden, S.C./Camden 8 Jeremy Wiggins DB 5-9 190 Jr. Macon, Ga./Northeast 9 William Mayfield WR 6-2 222 Jr. Durham, N.C./Southern Durham 10 Zach Johnson WR 5-11 183 Sr. Charlotte, N.C./Olympic 10+ Ryan Stell QB 6-0 185 Fr. Greensboro,N.C./Western Guilford 11 Chase Laws QB 6-1 200 Jr. Matthews, N.C./Providence (Army) 12 Eric Elsener WR 6-1 205 Sr. Louisville, Ga./Thomas Jefferson (Air Force) 12+ Travis Dowda DB 5-11 200 Fr. Julian, N.C./Southeast Guilford 13 Michael King DB 6-1 212 Jr. Garner, N.C./Garner 14 Brandon Turner WR 5-10 190 Sr. Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman 14+ Hunter Stewart QB 6-0 200 Fr. Cary, N.C./Cary 15 Trey Elder QB 6-1 190 So. Duncan, S.C./Byrnes 16 Chad Tuff DB 5-10 175 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas (Air Force Prep) 17 Zach Amedro QB 6-0 180 Fr. Moundsville, W. Va./John Marshall 18 Justin Woazeah DB 5-10 175 So. Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds 19 Tavaris Washington WR 5-10 160 Fr. Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland County 20 Clint Manuel RB 6-0 225 So. Jonas Ridge, N.C./Avery 21 Dominick Dingle DB 5-11 185 Jr. Leavenworth, Kan./Leavenworth (Garden City C.C.) 22 Leonard Love DB 5-10 180 Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Butler 22+ Craig McCarter DB 6-1 185 Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Providence 24 Josh Davis DB 6-0 185 Fr. Gastonia, N.C./Hunter Huss 24+ Allen Williams RB 5-8 170 Fr. Lenoir, N.C./Hibriten 25 Billy Riddle DB 5-11 195 So. Mocksville, N.C./Davie 26 C.J. Underwood RB 5-8 205 Fr. Montgomery, Ala./Sidney Lanier 27 Cam Speer LB 6-0 215 So. Monroe, N.C./Piedmont 28 Kevin Richardson RB 5-9 190 So. Elizabethtown, N.C./East Bladen 29 Seth Breitenstein DB 5-10 175 Fr. Boone, N.C./Watauga 30 Shea Sample LB 5-11 200 Fr. Conover, N.C./Newton-Conover 31 Pierre Banks LB 6-0 218 So. Durham, N.C./Southern 31+ Marcus White RB 5-10 150 Jr. Asheville, N.C./Erwin (Cumberland College) 33 Brad West LB 5-11 205 Sr. Clemson, S.C./D.W. Daniel 33+ Josh Jackson RB 5-10 195 Fr. Gastonia, N.C./Forestview 34 Wayne Norman RB 5-10 220 Fr. Springfield, Mass./East Longmeadow 34+ Ellis McDowell LB 5-9 200 Fr. Hope Mills, N.C./Southview 35 Trey Hennessee RB 6-1 210 Fr. Morganton, N.C./Freedom 36 Titus Howard DB 5-11 193 So. Hanahan, S.C./Hanahan 37 Marcial Medina DL 6-1 230 Jr. Miami, Fla./Southwest Miami (El Camino College) 37+ Ryan Hennessey DB 5-11 200 Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic 38 Monte Smith LB 6-0 215 Jr. Shelby, N.C./Crest 39 Will Hollowell LB 6-0 200 So. Edenton, N.C./Holmes 40 Jacque Roman LB 6-1 240 Fr. Kingland, Ga./Camden County 41 Brandon Simpkins LB 6-0 210 Fr. Danville, Va./Tunstall (Hargrave Military) 42 T.J. Courman RB 5-10 185 Fr. Beaufort, N.C./East Carteret 43 Gary Tharrington DL 6-1 235 Fr. Middlesex, N.C./Southern Nash 44 Marques Murrell DL 6-2 230 Jr. Fayetteville, N.C./Jack Britt 45 Austin Guarino DL 6-2 235 Fr. Canton, Ga./Cherokee


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NUMERICAL ROSTER CONT. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/High School (Previous School) 46 Zodd Kelly LB 5-11 215 Sr. Miami, Fla./Jackson 47 Corey Lynch DB 6-0 200 So. Cape Coral, Fla./Evangelical Christian 48 Charles King LB 6-0 225 So. Camden, S.C./Camden 49 Chris Johnson LB 5-10 215 Fr. Durham, N.C./Southern Durham 51 Kyle Knox OL 6-3 270 Jr. Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin 52 J.T. Holleman OL 6-0 230 Jr. Ronda, N.C./East Wilkes (Guilford College) 52+ Drew Shoaf DL 6-1 250 Jr. Lexington, N.C./West Davidson 53 Nick Harding LB 6-1 212 Fr. Lackawanna, N.Y./Lackawanna 54 Tommy Sofield DL 6-1 250 Jr. Boone, N.C./Freedom (Hargrave Military) 55 Justin Johnson LB 5-11 220 Fr. Leesburg, Va./Heritage 55+ Bryson Stewart LB 6-0 212 Fr. Concord, N.C./Northwest Cabarrus 56 Joe Suiter DL 6-2 260 Sr. Tarboro, N.C./Tarboro (Fork Union Military) 57 Alex Ramirez LS 6-1 225 Fr. Cary, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons 58 Daniel Finnerty DL 6-2 270 Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga./St. Pius X 59 Russell Wilson LS 5-11 225 So. Hendersonville, N.C./West Henderson 60 Brad Coley OL 6-4 250 Fr. Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy 62 Matt Isenhour OL 6-1 275 Jr. Maiden, N.C./Maiden 63 Jeff Corning OL 6-0 265 Sr. Kingsland, Ga./Camden (Middle Georgia College) 64 John Sevier OL 6-1 275 So. King, N.C./West Stokes 65 Josh Miller OL 6-0 240 Jr. Burlington, N.C./Western Alamance 66 Scott Suttle OL 6-0 260 So. Charlotte, N.C./West Mecklenburg 67 John Holt OL 6-2 265 So. Asheville, N.C./Erwin 68 Tony Lester DL 6-1 260 So. Jacksonville, Fla./Jean Ribault 70 Jeremy Robertson OL 6-3 295 Jr. Columbus, Ga./Hardaway 72 Jonathan Bieschke OL 6-5 275 Fr. Port St. Lucie, Fla./ Port St. Lucie 74 Mike Portante DL 6-4 290 Jr. Raleigh, N.C./Leesville Road 75 Grant Oliver OL 6-5 300 Sr. Lexington, S.C./Lexington 76 Kerry Brown OL 6-6 285 So. Marietta, Ga./Lassiter 77 Ryan Peedin OL 6-0 290 Fr. Jacksonville, N.C./Southwest Onslow 78 Cory Rycroft OL 6-6 265 Fr. Elkin, N.C./Elkin (Air Force Prep) 79 Larry Blackwood OL 6-6 290 Jr. Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park 80 Daniel Bettis TE 6-3 245 Jr. Roswell, Ga./Roswell 81 Clay McKnight WR 5-10 177 Fr. High Point, N.C./Andrews 82 Jermane Little WR 5-10 170 Sr. Miami, Fla./Miami Beach 83 Shon Ramseur WR 5-9 170 Fr. Statesville, N.C./West Iredell 84 Brandall Hawkins WR 5-9 180 Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla./Seabreeze 85 Dominique Wilson WR 6-3 180 Fr. Crescent, Ga./McIntosh Academy 86 Jim Bob Norman WR 6-0 170 So. Blowing Rock, N.C./Watauga 87 Brandon Knox WR 6-0 185 Fr. Randleman, N.C./Randleman 88 Nic Cardwell TE 6-1 235 So. Kernersville, N.C./Glenn 89 Brian Stokes TE 6-1 220 Fr. Burlington, N.C./Williams (East Carolina) 89+ Chris Stretch PK 5-8 175 Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic 90 Daniel Orlebar DL 6-3 290 Jr. Sterling, Va./DeMatha Catholic (Wake Forest) 91 Julian Rauch PK/P 5-11 213 So. Gastonia, N.C./Ashbrook (East Carolina) 92 Mina Banoub DL 5-10 225 Jr. Charlotte, N.C./Olympic 93 Arthur Orlebar DL 6-3 275 Sr. Sterling, Va./DeMatha Catholic (Wake Forest) 94 Llord Byrom DL 6-2 250 Fr. Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds 95 Omarr Byrom DL 6-2 255 Jr. Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds 97 Jason Hunter DL 6-4 235 Sr. Fort Bragg, N.C./E.E. Smith 98 Adam Kassouf P 5-9 170 Fr. Lexington, N.C./North Davidson 99 Matt Dodge P 6-2 197 Fr. Morehead City, N.C./West Carteret


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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class 17 Zach Amedro QB 6-0 180 Fr. 31 Pierre Banks LB 6-0 218 So. 92 Mina Banoub DL 5-10 225 Jr. 3 Hans Batichon WR 6-0 170 So. 80 Daniel Bettis TE 6-3 245 Jr. 72 Jonathan Bieschke OL 6-5 275 Fr. 79 Larry Blackwood OL 6-6 290 Jr. 29 Seth Breitenstein DB 5-10 175 Fr. 76 Kerry Brown OL 6-6 285 So. 94 Llord Byrom DL 6-2 250 Fr. 95 Omarr Byrom DL 6-2 255 Jr. 88 Nic Cardwell TE 6-1 235 So. 60 Brad Coley OL 6-4 250 Fr. 63 Jeff Corning OL 6-0 265 Sr. 42 T.J. Courman RB 5-10 185 Fr. 4 Anthony Cruver WR 6-0 195 Fr. 24 Josh Davis DB 6-0 185 Fr. 21 Dominick Dingle DB 5-11 185 Jr. 99 Matt Dodge P 6-2 197 Fr. 12+ Travis Dowda DB 5-11 200 Fr. 15 Trey Elder QB 6-1 190 So. 12 Eric Elsener WR 6-1 205 Sr. 58 Daniel Finnerty DL 6-2 270 Fr. 45 Austin Guarino DL 6-2 235 Fr. 53 Nick Harding LB 6-1 212 Fr. 84 Brandall Hawkins WR 5-9 180 Fr. 5 Bryon Heath LB 5-11 200 Fr. 35 Trey Hennessee RB 6-1 210 Fr. 37+ Ryan Hennessey DB 5-11 200 Fr. 52 J.T. Holleman OL 6-0 230 Jr. 39 Will Hollowell LB 6-0 200 So. 67 John Holt OL 6-2 265 So. 36 Titus Howard DB 5-11 193 So. 97 Jason Hunter DL 6-4 235 Sr. 62 Matt Isenhour OL 6-1 275 Jr. 2 Dexter Jackson WR 5-10 175 So. 33+ Josh Jackson RB 5-10 195 Fr. 49 Chris Johnson LB 5-10 215 Fr. 55 Justin Johnson LB 5-11 220 Fr. 10 Zach Johnson WR 5-11 183 Sr. 98 Adam Kassouf P 5-9 170 Fr. 46 Zodd Kelly LB 5-11 215 Sr. 48 Charles King LB 6-0 225 So. 13 Michael King DB 6-1 212 Jr. 87 Brandon Knox WR 6-0 185 Fr. 51 Kyle Knox OL 6-3 270 Jr. 11 Chase Laws QB 6-1 200 Jr. 68 Tony Lester DL 6-1 260 So. 82 Jermane Little WR 5-10 170 Sr. 22 Leonard Love DB 5-10 180 Fr. 47 Corey Lynch DB 6-0 200 So.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class 20 Clint Manuel RB 6-0 225 So. 9 William Mayfield WR 6-2 222 Jr. 22+ Craig McCarter DB 6-1 185 Fr. 34+ Ellis McDowell LB 5-9 200 Fr. 81 Clay McKnight WR 5-10 177 Fr. 37 Marcial Medina DL 6-1 230 Jr. 65 Josh Miller OL 6-0 240 Jr. 44 Marques Murrell DL 6-2 230 Jr. 86 Jim Bob Norman WR 6-0 170 So. 34 Wayne Norman RB 5-10 220 Fr. 75 Grant Oliver OL 6-5 300 Sr. 93 Arthur Orlebar DL 6-3 275 Sr. 90 Daniel Orlebar DL 6-3 290 Jr. 77 Ryan Peedin OL 6-0 290 Fr. 74 Mike Portante DL 6-4 290 Jr. 57 Alex Ramirez LS 6-1 225 Fr. 83 Shon Ramseur WR 5-9 170 Fr. 91 Julian Rauch PK/P 5-11 213 So. 28 Kevin Richardson RB 5-9 190 So. 25 Billy Riddle DB 5-11 195 So. 70 Jeremy Robertson OL 6-3 295 Jr. 40 Jacque Roman LB 6-1 240 Fr. 78 Cory Rycroft OL 6-6 265 Fr. 30 Shea Sample LB 5-11 220 Fr. 64 John Sevier OL 6-1 275 So. 52+ Drew Shoaf DL 6-1 250 Jr. 41 Brandon Simpkins LB 6-0 210 Fr. 38 Monte Smith LB 6-0 215 Jr. 54 Tommy Sofield DL 6-1 250 Jr. 27 Cam Speer LB 6-0 215 So. 10+ Ryan Stell QB 6-0 185 Fr. 55+ Bryson Stewart LB 6-0 212 Fr. 14+ Hunter Stewart QB 6-0 200 Fr. 89 Brian Stokes TE 6-1 220 Fr. 89+ Chris Stretch PK 5-8 175 Fr. 56 Joe Suiter DL 6-2 260 Sr. 66 Scott Suttle OL 6-0 260 So. 43 Gary Tharrington DL 6-1 235 Fr. 6 Jerome Touchstone DB 5-7 155 So. 16 Chad Tuff DB 5-10 175 Fr. 14 Brandon Turner WR 5-10 190 Sr. 26 C.J. Underwood RB 5-8 205 Fr. 19 Tavaris Washington WR 5-10 160 Fr. 33 Brad West LB 5-11 205 Sr. 31+ Marcus White RB 5-10 150 Jr. 8 Jeremy Wiggins DB 5-9 190 Jr. 24+ Allen Williams RB 5-8 170 Fr. 7 Richie Williams QB 6-3 190 Sr. 85 Dominique Wilson WR 6-3 180 Fr. 59 Russell Wilson LS 5-11 225 So. 18 Justin Woazeah DB 5-10 175 So.

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APPALACHIAN 24, EASTERN KENTUCKY 16SEPT. 3, 2005 • RICHMOND, KY.ROY KIDD STADIUM (ATT. 10,300)

RICHMOND, Ky. — Marques Murrell forced two fumbles that led directly to touchdowns and Corey Lynch intercepted two passes and made a touchdown-saving tackle at the end of the first half to lead Appalachian State University to a 24-16 victory at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday evening. The difference in the game were the timely big plays turned in by Appalachian’s defense, which surrendered 32.5 points per game a season ago. The Mountaineers forced four turnovers and held EKU to just 5-of-16 on third-down conversions in the victory, with all four turnovers coming courtesy of Murrell and Lynch. Murrell notched ASU’s first tide-turning play during the opening series of the contest. With Eastern Kentucky on Appalachian’s 13 yard line and threatening to take an early lead, Murrell laid a jaw-rattling blindside hit on EKU quarterback Josh Greco, who coughed up the ball at the Mountaineer 25. Linebacker Brad West scooped up the fumble and rumbled 72 yards before being caught by EKU’s Patrick Bugg at the three yard line. Two plays later, Appalachian took a 7-0 advantage when quarterback Richie Williams glided into the end zone from three yards out. Eastern Kentucky tied the contest at 7-7 with under a minute to go in the first quarter, as running back Mark Dunn capped a seven-play, 58-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run. Two series later, Murrell gave the Mountaineers the lead once again, as he forced EKU’s Andre Ralston to fumble on the five yard line and fellow defensive end Jason Hunter picked up the ball and waltzed into the end zone for a 14-7 ASU advantage. Appalachian maintained its seven-point lead heading into halftime thanks to Lynch. With 7:11 remaining in the second quarter, the sophomore safety picked off a Greco pass to stall an EKU drive inside the ASU 10 yard line. Then, on the final play of the first half, Lynch made perhaps the most important play of the game as he chased down Ralston from behind, tackling the speedy receiver on the one yard line, leaving a 74-yard gain for naught and sending the Apps to the locker room with their 14-7 advantage intact. After gaining just 121 yards in the first half, Appalachian’s offense displayed some firepower on the third play of the second half, as Williams avoided an EKU blitz and found senior wide receiver Jermane Little on a tunnel screen. Little did the rest, taking the pass and going 88 yards for his first touchdown since 2002 to give Appalachian a 21-7 lead. The Mountaineers held on to the 14-point advantage for the rest of the third quarter, thanks in large part to Lynch, who once again snuffed out a potential Colonel scoring drive with an interception, this time on a tipped pass in the end zone. In the fourth quarter, the Colonels began to chip away at the lead, notching a 22-yard field goal less than three minutes into the final period. The contest see-sawed back and forth for most of the fourth quarter, before EKU made it even more interesting by marching 65 yards in six plays to cut the ASU lead to just five with a 27-yard touchdown pass from Greco to Kyle Barber with 4:07 remaining. However, Appalachian made yet another big play on defense when it stopped Barber short of the goal line on the two-point conversion attempt to keep the lead at 21-16. On the ensuing onside kick attempt, Appalachian’s Jeremy Wiggins grabbed the ball, reversed field and scampered 27 yards to give the Mountaineers the ball on the Eastern Kentucky 20. Williams ran the ball five-straight times for 17 yards to chew up 3:19 before kicker Julian Rauch gave the Apps an eight-point lead with a 21-yard field goal with 48 seconds left on the clock. Despite a pair of short completions, Appalachian’s defense completed its bend-but-don’t-break evening by stopping the Colonels at midfield as the time ran out. In all, Eastern Kentucky out-gained the Mountaineers 455-334 and held a 38:04-21:56 advantage in time of possession, but Appalachian scored 14 points off EKU turnovers and held the Colonels scoreless on 4-of-7 trips inside the ASU 30 yard line to secure the victory. The win snapped Appalachian’s five-game road losing streak, which dated back to a 34-12 triumph at Elon on Nov. 8, 2003 and its three-year drought in season openers, dating back to a 46-26 victory over Liberty in 2001. ASU also claimed its first season-opening win on the road since it topped Wake Forest, 20-16, in Winston-Salem in 2000. Murrell finished the evening with eight tackles, three-and-a-half stops for loss, two-and-a-half sacks and two quarterback hurries to go along with his two forced fumbles, while Lynch added seven tackles to his two picks. Linebacker Monte Smith and safety Jeremy Wiggins notched 12 tackles apiece to lead the Mountaineers. Offensively, Williams went 16-for-31 for 234 yards and added 66 yards on the ground for his fifth-straight contest with at least 300 yards of total offense, while Little caught four Williams passes for 107 yards.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 9:55 ASU Richie Williams 3 run (Julian Rauch kick) :29 EKU Mark Dunn 2 run (Taylor Long kick)

SECOND QUARTER14:33 ASU Jason Hunter 5 fumble return (Rauch kick)

THIRD QUARTER 14:07 ASU Jerman Little 88 pass from Williams (Rauch kick)

FOURTH QUARTER12:30 EKU Long 22 field goal 4:07 EKU Kyle Barber 27 pass from Josh Greco (Barber run failed) :48 ASU Rauch 21 field goal

TEAM STATISTICS Appalachian Eastern KentuckyFirst Downs 12 25Rushes—Net Yards 24-100 50-189Passing Yards 234 266Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 16-31-0 19-33-2 Total Offense 334 455Fumbles—Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties—Yards 11-100 7-58Punts—Avg 8-32.9 5-44.0Punt Returns-Yards 3-(-6) 3-46Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-51 3-46Interception Returns-Yards 2-22 0-0Fumble Returns-Yards 2-77 0-0Third-Down Efficiency 4 of 14 5 of 16Fourth-Down Efficiency 0 of 0 1 of 1Possession Time 21:56 38:04

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — ASU: Williams 15-66; Richardson 8-30; Underwood 1-4 EKU: Dunn 30-164; Ralston 5-21; Greco 14-2; Barber 1-2 PASSING — ASU: Williams 16-31-0, 234 yds. EKU: Greco 19-33-2, 266 yds.

RECEIVING — ASU: Little 4-107; Johnson 3-39; Bettis 3-38; Richardson 3-16; Jackson 2-16; Batichon 1-18 EKU: Ralston 9-152; Bugg 6-51; Barber 3-45; Dunn 1-18


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KANSAS 36, NO. 25 APPALACHIAN 8SEPT. 10, 2005 • LAWRENCE, KAN.MEMORIAL STADIUM (ATT. 37,070)

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Running back Jon Cornish rushed for a career-high 104 yards and three touchdowns as Kansas overcame an early Appalachian State University threat to defeat the Mountaineers, 36-8, before 37,070 fans at KU’s Memorial Stadium. Appalachian appeared to be on its way to taking an early lead, as it drove 72 yards to the Kansas eight yard line on its very first series. However, sophomore running back Kevin Richardson coughed up the ball on first and goal, and KU linebacker Banks Floodman recovered it in the end zone for a touchback to stymie the Mountaineer threat. After holding a 103-24 advantage in total yardage after their first two possessions, the Mountaineers were outgained 176-82 over the rest of the first half as Kansas opened up a 13-0 halftime lead. Kansas started the scoring late in the first quarter, going 90 yards in six plays, capped by a three-yard touchdown run by Clark Green that gave the Jayhawks a 7-0 lead with just 32 seconds remaining in the opening period. A 59-yard completion from Brian Luke to Brian Murph and a 15-yard ASU personal foul following a third-down stop buoyed the KU scoring drive. Kansas added to its advantage early in the second quarter, as Cornish scored from nine yards out to stretch the lead to 13-0. Kicker Scott Webb was wide on the PAT attempt. Both teams squandered opportunities to score late in the first half, as Julian Rauch’s 36-yard field-goal attempt bounced off the right upright for the Mountaineers and Appalachian’s Brad West intercepted a Luke pass at the one yard line to stall a KU drive late and send the contest to halftime with the Jayhawks holding onto the 13-0 lead. The third quarter was all Kansas, as it upped its advantage to 20-0 on the first series of the second half when Luke ran it in from one yard out on fourth and goal to cap a 14-play, 80-yard drive. Staked to great field position by a 33-yard punt return by Charles Gordon, KU made it 26-0 on Cornish’s second touchdown of the evening, a one-yarder with 2:40 remaining in the third period. KU’s two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful, but the Jayhawks held a 10:15-4:45 advantage in time of possession to dominate the third quarter. The Mountaineers got on the scoreboard on the first play of the final period, as first-team preseason all-Southern Conference honorees Richie Williams and Daniel Bettis hooked up for a six-yard touchdown pass. Williams found Bettis in the end zone again for the two-point conversion to cut the ASU deficit to 26-8. However, KU needed just 33 seconds to answer the Apps’ score, as Cornish gained all 75 yards on a four-play drive and punched across his third touchdown of the contest to give the Jayhawks a 33-8 lead. Webb added a 34-yard field goal with 9:15 left in the contest to close out the scoring. Despite the early miscue, Richardson turned in his finest performance as a Mountaineer, notching career highs with 67 rushing yards and 46 receiving. Williams connected on 18-of-25 passes for 159 yards, while true freshman T.J. Courman enjoyed an impressive collegiate debut with three receptions for 58 yards, including a 44-yarder from Williams on his first-career play. Cornish’s 103 yards came on just 10 rushes for Kansas (2-0). Luke went 17-for-26 for 212 yards and Murph hauled in four passes for 88 yards to help lead the Jayhawks’ offensive effort.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER :32 KU Clark Green 4 run (Scott Webb kick)

SECOND QUARTER 10:14 KU Jon Cornish 9 run (Webb kick failed)

THIRD QUARTER 7:49 KU Brian Luke 1 run (Webb kick) 2:40 KU Cornish 1 run (Luke pass failed)

FOURTH QUARTER 14:57 ASU Daniel Bettis 6 pass from Richie Williams (Bettis pass from Williams) 14:07 KU Cornish 5 run (Webb kick) 9:15 KU Webb 34 field goal

TEAM STATISTICS Appalachian KansasFirst Downs 17 24Rushes—Net Yards 33-133 38-207Passing Yards 178 228Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 22-35-0 19-29-1 Total Offense 311 435Fumbles—Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties—Yards 7-71 7-90Punts—Avg 6-38.2 4-46.8Punt Returns-Yards 2-(-1) 3-56Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-35 1-24Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Third-Down Efficiency 6 of 16 4 of 11Fourth-Down Efficiency 0 of 1 1 of 1Possession Time 31:45 28:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — ASU: Richardson 12-67; Williams 10-34; Elder 8-25; Hennessee 1-5; Underwood 1-2; Courman 1-0 KU: Cornish 10-103; Green 15-55; Herford 5-42; Luke 7-8; Barmann 1-(-1) PASSING — ASU: Williams 18-25-0, 159 yds.; Elder 4-10-0, 19 yds. KU: Luke 17-26-1, 212 yds.; Herford 2-2-0, 16 yds.; Barmann 0-1-0, 0 yds.

RECEIVING — ASU: Richardson 6-46; Bettis 5-32; Courman 3-58; Little 2-24; Batichon 2-8; Johnson 2-3; Turner 1-7; Suttle 1-0 KU: Henry 5-38; Murph 4-88; Green 3-39; Simmons 3-15; Fine 2-26; Cornish 1-11; McAnderson 1-11


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APPALACHIAN 30, NO. 17/15 COASTAL CAROLINA 3SEPT. 17, 2005 • BOONE, N.C.KIDD BREWER STADIUM (ATT. 23,267)

BOONE, N.C. — Running back Kevin Richardson ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns to lead Appalachian State University to a dominant 30-3 victory over No. 17 Coastal Carolina before a record crowd at Kidd Brewer Stadium. A crowd of 23,267, the largest for a home opener in Appalachian and Southern Conference history and nearly 7,000 more than Kidd Brewer Stadium’s listed capacity of 16,650, saw ASU out-gain Coastal 582-225 en route to the decisive triumph. Richardson’s 79 yards in the first quarter alone bested his previous career high for a game, set with 67 yards last Saturday versus Kansas. The majority of his first-quarter yardage came on a 59-yard touchdown gallop that gave ASU a 7-0 lead 7:01 into the contest. Appalachian’s next big play came from its defense, as preseason all-America safety Corey Lynch made the first of his two interceptions on the afternoon and returned it 41 yards, only to fumble. Thankfully for the Apps, defensive end Jason Hunter was on the spot to scoop up Lynch’s fumble at the Coastal 25 yard line and carry it into the end zone. Despite an unsuccessful PAT attempt, Appalachian took a 13-0 advantage into the second quarter. The Mountaineers were even more successful in the second period, as they put 17 more points on the scoreboard to take a 30-point lead into the locker room. Richardson scored two more touchdowns in the quarter, from 18 and five yards out and Julian Rauch added a 19-yard field goal to account for the scoring. Appalachian (2-1) dominated on both sides of the ball in the first half, as it out-gained the Chanticleers 346-107 and held a 225-43 advantage in rushing yardage. Richardson collected 129 of the Apps’ 225 yards on the ground in the first half, while quarterback Richie Williams chipped in with 86 rushing yards and 141 yards through the air before halftime. Coastal Carolina (2-1) scored its only points of the contest on a 27-yard field goal by Josh Hoke on the first series of the second half. Appalachian racked up another 216 yards of total offense in the second half, but didn’t put any more points on the board in cruising to the rout. Richardson racked up his 178 yards on just 18 carries, good for a 9.9-yard average. He became the first Mountaineer to rush for three touchdowns in a game since quarterback Trey Elder ran for three scores in his debut versus Texas State in 2004. Richardson’s 179 yards are the most by an ASU runner since Alan Atwater tallied 207 yards versus Chattanooga in 2003. Not to be overlooked, Williams compiled 270 yards of total offense, as he completed 13-of-25 passes for 185 yards and ran for 85 more on just nine attempts (9.4 yards per carry). The Walter Payton Award candidate still hasn’t thrown an interception this season and has not been picked off in his last 117 passes, dating back to the first quarter of last season’s finale at Western Carolina. As a team, Appalachian posted 353 rushing yards, its most since also running for 353 yards in the first round of the 2001 I-AA playoffs versus William & Mary. Despite the offensive fireworks, it was perhaps the ASU defense that stole the show, as the Mountaineers surrendered their fewest points since shutting out VMI, 52-0, in 2000. Lynch led the way with his two interceptions and five tackles, while linebackers Brad West and Zodd Kelly chipped in with eight tackles apiece and defensive end Marques Murrell added seven stops, including 2.5 for loss and a sack. Cornerback Jerome Touchstone also turned in an impressive performance, as he made four solo tackles, broke up a pass and blocked a field goal. Perhaps the only negative that could be found for the Mountaineers were their 17 penalties for 183 yards, both school records.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 7:59 ASU Kevin Richardson 59 run (Julian Rauch kick) :10 ASU Jason Hunter 25 interception return (Rauch kick failed)

SECOND QUARTER 8:06 ASU Rauch 19 field goal 2:59 ASU Richardson 18 run (Rauch kick) 1:37 ASU Richardson 5 run (Rauch kick)

THIRD QUARTER 10:23 CCU Josh Hoke 27 field goal

TEAM STATISTICS Coastal Carolina AppalachianFirst Downs 15 25Rushes—Net Yards 34-98 44-353Passing Yards 127 229Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 17-39-2 17-32-2 Total Offense 225 582Fumbles—Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties—Yards 9-49 17-183Punts—Avg 9-34.6 4-42.5Punt Returns-Yards 1-70 5-83Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-126 0-0Interception Returns-Yards 2-0 2-75Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Third-Down Efficiency 3 of 19 3 of 12Fourth-Down Efficiency 2 of 4 1 of 1Possession Time 29:05 30:55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — CCU: Perkins 8-53; Thigpen 6-30; Hall 9-12; Richardson 6-3; Fordham 4-1; Simmons 1-(-1) ASU: Richardson 18-178; Williams 9-85; Hennessee 8-45; Elder 4-28; Courman 2-7; Turner 2-6; Little 1-4 PASSING — CCU: Thigpen 22-10-1, 87 yds.; Richardson 17-7-1, 40 yds. ASU: Williams 25-13-0, 185 yds.; Elder 7-4-2, 44 yds.

RECEIVING — CCU: Noble 3-16; Washington 2-19; Tolbert 2-19; Hall 2-13; Perkins 2-4; Greene 1-13; Robinson 1-12; Simpson 1-10; Burgess 1-9; Franklin 1-7; Parks 1-5 ASU: Jackson 4-45; Little 3-71; Turner 3-12; Johnson 2-28; Mayfield 2-27; Bettis 1-23; Courman 1-12; Hennessee 1-11


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NO. 22/22 APPALACHIAN 45, THE CITADEL 13SEPT. 24, 2005 • CHARLESTON, S.C.JOHNSON HAGOOD STADIUM (ATT. 11,103)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Walter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams threw for a season-high 259 yards and three touchdowns and the defensive end tandem of Marques Murrell and Jason Hunter combined for four sacks and three forced turnovers to lead No. 22 Appalachian State University to a 45-13 rout over The Citadel in the Southern Conference opener for both teams at steamy Johnson Hagood Stadium. After falling into a 7-0 hole early in the contest, Appalachian responded with 21 unanswered points to take a 14-point advantage into halftime. ASU’s defense set up the first score when Murrell hammered Bulldog quarterback Duran Lawson, forcing a fumble that Hunter recovered at The Citadel 31 yard line. One play later, Williams found wide receiver Dexter Jackson for a 31-yard touchdown that evened the score at 7-7. The second quarter was all Appalachian, as the Mountaineers tacked on two more touchdowns to take the 21-7 lead. Williams opened up the second-period scoring by hooking up with Hans Batichon for a 19-yard scoring strike and closed the half by leading the Apps on a near-perfect seven-play, 50-yard, 54-second drive, which culminated with a three-yard touchdown run by Kevin Richardson with just 20 seconds remaining in the stanza. Despite the impressive showing by the Mountaineers in the first half, The Citadel wouldn’t go away quietly, as it opened the second half by blocking a Julian Rauch punt on the ASU 12 yard line. Lawson found receiver Ta’Mar Jernigan for a touchdown pass on the first play of the ensuing drive to cut the Bulldog deficit to 21-13 after the PAT attempt failed. However, Appalachian responded quickly with a six-play, 72-yard drive, capped by a 14-yard touchdown toss from Williams to fellow senior Jermane Little, which stretched the Mountaineer advantage to 28-13 with 7:27 to go in the third. Hunter made perhaps the play of the game on the final snap of the third quarter, as he picked off a Lawson shovel pass and returned it 32 yards, falling just four yards short of his third touchdown of the season. ASU made it 35-13 on the second play of the final period when true freshman running back Trey Hennessee scored his first-career touchdown from three yards out. Rauch added a 26-yard field goal less than three minutes later to give ASU a 38-13 lead. Not to be outdone by Hunter, Murrell closed out the monster day by Appalachian’s defensive ends when he picked up another Lawson fumble and rumbled untouched 89 yards for the Mountaineers’ final touchdown. The return was the second-longest in SoCon history, behind only a 94-yard return by Furman’s Kevin Quinlan against North Carolina in 1980. Murrell finished the afternoon with two sacks and three tackles for loss to go along with the forced fumble and 89-yard fumble return. Hunter also recorded two sacks and added two-and-a-half tackles for loss and the fumble recovery and interception. As a team, Appalachian sacked Lawson six times, matching its season high set in the season opener at Eastern Kentucky. Williams led the Mountaineer offensive attack, completing 20-of-27 passes for 259 yards and adding a game-high 94 yards on the ground. He avoided throwing an interception for the fourth-straight game, stretching his streak of consecutive attempts without an interception to 144, dating back to the first quarter of the 2004 season finale at Western Carolina. Richardson caught a team-high six passes for 74 yards, while Jackson led the squad with 84 receiving yards. In all, the Apps nearly doubled the Bulldogs in total yardage, 423-219.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 8:16 CIT Nuru Goodrum 1 run (Blake Vandiver kick) 3:47 ASU Dexter Jackson 31 pass from Richie Williams (Julian Rauch kick)

SECOND QUARTER 7:04 ASU Hans Batichon 19 pass from Williams (Rauch kick) :20 ASU Kevin Richardson 3 run (Rauch kick)

THIRD QUARTER 9:03 CIT Ta’Mar Jernigan 16 pass from Duran Lawson (Vandiver kick failed) 7:27 ASU Jermane Little 14 pass from Williams (Rauch kick)

FOURTH QUARTER 14:12 ASU Trey Hennessee 3 run (Rauch kick) 11:33 ASU Rauch 26 field goal 6:39 ASU Marques Murrell 89 fumble recovery (Rauch kick)

TEAM STATISTICS Appalachian The CitadelFirst Downs 20 17Rushes—Net Yards 40-164 42-69Passing Yards 259 150Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 20-27-0 18-30-2 Total Offense 423 219Fumbles—Lost 1-1 2-2Penalties—Yards 9-57 4-47Punts—Avg 3-19.0 5-35.6Punt Returns-Yards 2-6 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-28 5-120Interception Returns-Yards 2-71 0-0Fumble Returns-Yards 1-89 0-0Third-Down Efficiency 4 of 11 6 of 17Fourth-Down Efficiency 1 of 3 1 of 2Possession Time 28:10 31:50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — ASU: Williams 16-94; Hennessee 8-27; Richardson 10-25; Elder 3-17; Rauch 1-4; Little 2-(-3) CIT: Goodrum 15-39; Lee 6-20; Lawson 16-10; Gibbs 4-4; Tyler 1-(-4) PASSING — ASU: Williams 27-20-0, 259 yds. CIT: Lawson 30-18-2, 150 yds.

RECEIVING — ASU: Richardson 6-74; Jackson 5-84; Little 4-32; Batichon 3-37; Johnson 1-18; Turner 1-14 CIT: Jernigan 6-49; Palmer 4-42; Wigal 3-34; Tyler 3-13; Cornett 1-10; Goodrum 1-2


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NO. 6/7 FURMAN 34, NO. 16/16 APPALACHIAN 31OCT. 8, 2005 • GREENVILLE, S.C.PALADIN STADIUM (ATT. 14,138)

GREENVILLE, S.C. — For the fourth-straight year, it came right down to the wire, but for the first time in that span, Furman prevailed over Appalachian State University, as the No. 6 Paladins blocked a field goal as time expired to slip past the 16th-ranked Mountaineers, 34-31, at Paladin Stadium. Furman took the three-point lead with just 31 seconds remaining, when quarterback Ingle Martin found Patrick Sprague for a six-yard touchdown pass to cap a 14-play, 74-yard 4:26 drive. The drive was marked by a pair of costly Appalachian penalties, including a close third-down pass interference call and an offsides infraction that gave the Paladins a first down with just over a minute to play. On the ensuing kickoff, Jermane Little broke off a 46-yard return to give ASU great field position at their own 46. From there, Walter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams drove the Mountaineers 31 yards in just 23 seconds, including a 17-yard rush and eight- and six-yard completions to Little and Hans Batichon, that put the Apps on the Furman 23 yard line with three seconds to play. On the drive, Williams became ASU’s all-time leader in total offense, as he ran his career total to 7,137 yards, surpassing the 7,129 yards racked up by current Appalachian Sports Network analyst Steve Brown from 1977-80. For the day, Williams posted a season-high 396 total yards (272 passing, 124 rushing) to become only the second Mountaineer to record 6,000 passing yards and 7,000 yards of total offense in a career (joining Brown). Despite Williams’ heroics, Furman’s William Freeman came free up the middle on Julian Rauch’s 41-yard field-goal attempt and blocked it to secure FU’s first win over Appalachian since 2001. Even with the block, the kick fell just short of the goal post. Appalachian fought back from a nine-point deficit with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to take a 31-26 lead. A 20-yard strike from Williams to tight end Daniel Bettis with 11:58 to go began the rally and an acrobatic 31-yard touchdown catch by Batichon gave the Apps the five-point advantage with 5:02 left in the ballgame. The first half was a back-and-forth affair, as the teams traded scores, with a 60-yard connection from Martin to Daric Carter with 14 seconds remaining in the second quarter giving Furman a 16-14 halftime lead. A pair of Kevin Richardson touchdown runs, from 27 and three yards out, accounted for ASU’s scoring in the opening half. The squads traded field goals in the third quarter before a 14-yard rush by Cedrick Gipson gave Furman a 26-17 lead heading into the wild fourth period. In all, the two teams combined for 896 yards of offense and didn’t commit a turnover. The effort marked Williams’ fifth-straight game without an interception, running his streak of consecutive pass attempts without being picked off to 175, just 40 short of the Southern Conference record.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 6:24 CIT Daric Carter 3 run (Scott Beckler kick) 3:50 ASU Kevin Richardson 27 run (Julian Rauch kick)

SECOND QUARTER 13:27 FUR Beckler 37 field goal 8:28 ASU Richardson 3 run (Rauch kick) 2:38 FUR Carter 60 pass from Ingle Martin (Beckler kick failed)

THIRD QUARTER 9:15 FUR Beckler 34 field goal 4:38 ASU Rauch 25 field goal :14 FUR Cedrick Gipson 14 run (Beckler kick)

FOURTH QUARTER 11:58 ASU Daniel Bettis 20 pass from Richie Williams (Rauch kick) 5:02 ASU Hans Batichon 31 pass from Williams (Rauch kick) :31 FUR Patrick Sprague 6 pass from Martin (Jerome Felton run)

TEAM STATISTICS Appalachian FurmanFirst Downs 26 25Rushes—Net Yards 34-165 49-176Passing Yards 303 252Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 24-32-0 15-26-0 Total Offense 468 428Fumbles—Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties—Yards 9-57 4-34Punts—Avg 4-36.8 4-45.7Punt Returns-Yards 2-29 2-40Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-169 4-78Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Fumble Returns-Yards 1-89 0-0Third-Down Efficiency 3 of 11 7 of 14Fourth-Down Efficiency 1 of 2 0 of 0Possession Time 27:16 32:44

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — ASU: Williams 18-124; Richardson 14-68; Courman 1-0; Team 1-(-27) FUR: Felton 16-72; Gipson 7-41; Martin 10-23; Carter 10-20; Mays 3-12; Brigham 1-7; Stepp 1-1; Team 1-0 PASSING — ASU: Williams 31-23-0. 272 yds.; Little 1-1-0, 31 yds. FUR: Martin 26-15-0, 252 yds.

RECEIVING — ASU: Little 8-67; Richardson 5-38; Bettis 4-45; Batichon 3-49; Jackson 2-48; Mayfield 1-31; Johnson 1-25 FUR: Rust 3-45; Stepp 3-32; Sprague 3-22; Felton 2-27; Brigham 2-19; Carter 1-60; Stone 1-47


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NO. 19/19 APPALACHIAN 24, NO. 16/17 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7OCT. 15, 2005 • BOONE, N.C.KIDD BREWER STADIUM (ATT. 21,486)

BOONE, N.C. — Sophomore Kevin Richardson ran for 208 yards to headline an all-around impressive performance by No. 19 Appalachian State University in a convincing 24-7 victory over No. 16 Georgia Southern before 21,486 fans on a picture-perfect fall afternoon at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Richardson’s 208 rushing yards were the most by a Southern Conference player since ASU’s Jimmy Watkins registered 216 yards on the ground in a NCAA I-AA playoff victory over William & Mary in 2001. Richardson also caught six passes for a career-high 77 yards, giving him 285 all-purpose yards on the afternoon, the most in the SoCon this season. Despite Richardson’s heroics, the story of the game may have been the job Appalachian’s defense did against Georgia Southern’s high-powered rushing attack. The Eagles came into the contest with the nation’s top rushing average at 378.5 yards per game, but managed just 271 yards on 58 attempts on Saturday, with 36 of those yards coming on a fake punt in the first quarter. Fullback Jermaine Austin, who came into the game with a conference-leading 784 rushing yards, was held to just 72 yards on 19 carries (3.8 yards per rush), while quarterback Jayson Foster, who was second in the league with 783 rushing yards, gained just 54 yards on 20 carries (2.7 per rush). The defensive effort also contributed to ASU’s first two scores, as a three-and-out on GSU’s first series and a 34-yard interception return by Justin Woazeah on the the Eagles’ next possession led to the Apps grabbing an early 10-0 lead. Julian Rauch booted a 37-yard field goal and freshman Trey Hennessee scored from a yard out to cap a 31-yard drive following Woazeah’s interception to give Appalachian the 10-point advantage just 11:30 into the contest. Richardson made his presence known on Appalachian’s first drive of the second quarter, as he broke off a career-long 73-yard run to set up a two-yard touchdown plunge and give ASU a 17-0 lead. It appeared as though the Mountaineers would stretch the advantage to 24-0 heading into halftime, but Walter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams threw his first interception of the season on the last play of the half to stymie an ASU drive at the one-yard line. The interception was Williams’ first in 186 attempts, a streak that fell just 29 short of a SoCon record. However, Williams and the Apps made up for the miscue by taking the second-half kickoff and marching 80 yards in 12 plays, capped by Hennessee’s second one-yard touchdown run of the game that gave ASU a 24-0 lead less than five minutes into the third period. From there, Appalachian (4-2, 2-1 SoCon) cruised to the victory, thanks to Richardson gaining 148 of his 285 all-purpose yards and the defense holding Georgia Southern (4-3, 3-2 SoCon) to just 128 yards of offense in the second half. The Eagles scored their only points of the ballgame on a three-yard run by Foster with 3:20 to go in the third quarter. GSU’s seven points matched the fewest it has scored in a game in the past 10 seasons. In all, the Mountaineers outgained the Eagles 457-276, including a 296-252 advantage in rushing yards and a 161-24 advantage through the air. Williams, who broke Appalachian’s career total-offense mark last week, added 243 more yards to that total with 161 yards on 13-of-20 passing and 82 yards on 18 rushes. Defensively, safety Jeremy Wiggins’ 13 tackles led nine Mountaineers with at least six stops. The victory extended ASU’s home winning streaks to 14-straight regular-season games and 13 games overall, both school records. Georgia Southern became the first team to fall twice at Kidd Brewer Stadium during the run, which dates back to the 2002 season. Combined with a SoCon home-opening record attendance of 23,267 on Sept. 17 versus Coastal Carolina, Saturday’s overflow crowd marked the first time since 1992 that Appalachian has drawn more than 20,000 fans for back-to-back home games.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 9:03 ASU Julian Rauch 37 field goal 3:30 ASU Trey Hennessee 1 run (Ruach kick)

SECOND QUARTER 10:38 ASU Kevin Richardson 2 run (Rauch kick)

THIRD QUARTER 9:44 ASU Hennessee 1 run (Rauch kick) 3:20 GSU Jayson Foster 3 run (Jonathan Dudley kick)

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia Southern AppalachianFirst Downs 16 21Rushes—Net Yards 58-252 46-296Passing Yards 24 161Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 2-4-1 13-20-1 Total Offense 276 457Fumbles—Lost 2-0 0-0Penalties—Yards 2-7 1-5Punts—Avg 2-51.5 1-44.0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-5Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-102 0-0Interception Returns-Yards 1-46 1-34Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Third-Down Efficiency 7 of 15 8 of 13Fourth-Down Efficiency 2 of 3 2 of 3Possession Time 31:27 28:33

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — GSU: Austin 19-72; Foster 20-54; Andrews 8-48; Mohring 1-36; Jefferson 3-18; Maynard 4-16; Smiley 2-6; McCutchen 1-2 ASU: Richardson 22-208; Williams 18-82; Hennessee 5-7; Team 1-(-1) PASSING — GSU: Foster 3-2-0, 24 yds.; Smiley 1-0-1, 0 yds. ASU: Williams 20-13-1, 161 yds.

RECEIVING — GSU: Jefferson 1-20; Camp 1-4 ASU: Richardson 6-77; Little 3-38; Mayfield 1-22; Bettis 1-12; Johnson 1-7; Jackson 1-5


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NO. 16/17 APPALACHIAN 49, WOFFORD 17OCT. 22, 2005 • SPARTANBURG, S.C.GIBBS STADIUM (ATT. 8,398)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — No. 16 Appalachian State University rolled up 566 yards of total offense and scored 28 unanswered second-half points en route to a 49-17 shellacking of Wofford at sunny Gibbs Stadium. With the victory, Appalachian (5-2, 3-1 SoCon) maintained at least a share of first place in the Southern Conference standings. In a battle between two of the four teams tied atop the SoCon coming into play on Saturday, Appalachian nearly doubled Wofford’s offensive output of 286 yards. ASU averaged 7.5 yards per play, compared to just 4.2 yards per snap for Wofford (4-2, 2-2 SoCon). Walter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams led the Apps’ offensive outburst with another spectacular day, completing 19-of-26 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown and running eight times for 73 yards and another score. Williams’ 322 yards of total offense marked the 11th time in his illustrious career that he has topped 300 total yards and gave him 7,702 yards of total offense for his career, just one yard shy of second place on the SoCon’s all-time total offense list. In approximately eight-career quarters against the Terriers, Williams has completed 65-of-87 passes (74.7 percent) for 901 yards and six touchdowns. Williams’ top target on the afternoon was senior wide receiver Jermane Little, who caught six passes for 125 yards, just one yard short of the career high he set at Wofford as a freshman in 2001. With the contest tied at 7-7 late in the first quarter, Williams connected with Little for a 62-yard catch-and-run over the middle of the field, which set up Kevin Richardson’s second two-yard touchdown run of the afternoon and gave ASU the lead for good less than two minutes into the second period at 14-7. Appalachian’s offense really started clicking on its final offensive series of the first half, as it marched 42 yards in five plays and took a 14-point lead on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Williams to tight end Daniel Bettis. The Apps were given the short field to work with when defensive end Jason Hunter sacked Wofford quarterback Josh Collier for a 13-yard loss on fourth-and-three from the ASU 45. After Wofford kicked a field goal to make it 21-10 at the half, Appalachian turned the contest into a rout by scoring touchdowns on each of its first four possessions of the second half. Williams opened the onslaught by taking it in from 11 yards out to give the Mountaineers a 28-10 lead just over five minutes into the third quarter. Little followed with a 10-yard touchdown run with 3:48 to go in the period to stretch the advantage to 35-10. After many starters, including Williams and Little, were removed from the game early in the final period, backup quarterback Trey Elder found Bettis for a nine-yard touchdown connection that extended the Appalachian lead to 42-10. Elder, a native of nearby Duncan, S.C., turned his homecoming into his first-ever two-touchdown day when he hit a wide-open William Mayfield for a one-yard touchdown that closed out the Mountaineer scoring with 5:49 to go in the game. In all, Elder completed four of his five passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns. The Terriers added a 57-yard touchdown scamper by Collier with 3:06 to play to account for the final margin. Making their first-career starts, linebackers Cam Speer and Pierre Banks led the Mountaineers’ stellar defensive effort with 12 and 11 tackles, respectively. The duo filled in for regular starters Zodd Kelly and Brad West, who saw limited playing time due to minor injuries. Hunter added a pair of tackles behind the line of scrimmage for 17 yards in losses and also forced a fumble, while safety Corey Lynch made seven tackles, including one for loss.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 9:59 ASU Kevin Richardson 2 run (Julian Rauch kick) :20 WOF Gabriel Jackson 6 run (Nick Robinson kick)

SECOND QUARTER 13:41 ASU Richardson 2 run (Rauch kick) 2:45 ASU Daniel Bettis 25 pass from Richie Williams (Rauch kick) :04 WOF Robinson 35 field goal

THIRD QUARTER 9:34 ASU Williams 11 run (Rauch kick) 3:48 ASU Jermane Little 10 run (Rauch kick)

FOURTH QUARTER 11:34 ASU Bettis 9 pass from Trey Elder (Rauch kick) 5:49 ASU William Mayfield 1 pass from Elder (Rauch kick) 3:06 WOF Josh Collier 57 run (Robinson kick)

TEAM STATISTICS Appalachian WoffordFirst Downs 30 17Rushes—Net Yards 44-224 55-257Passing Yards 342 29Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 23-31-1 4-13-1 Total Offense 566 286Fumbles—Lost 0-0 2-0Penalties—Yards 3-25 3-35Punts—Avg 1-53.0 5-34.2Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 1-36Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-33 5-106Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-2Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Third-Down Efficiency 6 of 12 8 of 16Fourth-Down Efficiency 4 of 5 1 of 3Possession Time 31:00 29:00

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — ASU: Williams 8-73; Richardson 17-72; Hennessee 11-48; Elder 3-21; Little 1-10; Underwood 3-2 WOF: Collier 13-88; Jackson 19-68; Young 13-56; Dunn 9-42; Bunton 1-3 PASSING — ASU: Williams 26-19-1, 249 yds.; Elder 5-4-0, 93 yds. WOF: Collier 12-4-1, 29 yds.; Team 1-0-0, 0 yds.

RECEIVING — ASU: Little 6-125; Bettis 4-54; Richardson 3-22; Batichon 2-23; Mayfield 2-11; Jackson 2-7; McKnight 1-55; Courman 1-28; Hennessee 1-13; Johnson WOF: Wood 1-12; Harris 1-8; Young 1-6; Garland 1-3


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NO. 12/12 APPALACHIAN 35, CHATTANOOGA 25OCT. 29, 2005 • BOONE, N.C.KIDD BREWER STADIUM (ATT. 22,338)

BOONE, N.C. — Walter Payton Award candidate Richie Williams threw for 256 yards to become Appalachian State University’s all-time leading passer and lead the 12th-ranked Mountaineers to a 35-25 victory over Chattanooga at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Williams’ 256 yards on the afternoon pushed him to 6,725 for his illustrious career, surpassing the previous school record of 6,609 set by Joe Burchette from 1999-2002. The senior from Camden, S.C. also accounted for four touchdowns, two through the air and two on the ground, completed 17-of-23 passes and ran 13 times for 70 yards in the triumph. With his 326 total yards, Williams topped 300 yards of total offense for the fifth time in eight games this season and 12th time in his career. Despite the banner day for Williams, things did not start out as planned for Appalachian, as it found itself trailing for the first time at home this season when Esteban Lopez kicked a pair of first-quarter field goals to give Chattanooga a 6-0 lead. ASU took its first advantage of the game early in the second period when Williams found tight end Daniel Bettis for a six-yard scoring strike. The touchdown reception was Bettis’ third in the past two games and the 10th of his career. One quarter of the junior’s 40 career catches have been for six points. Trailing 13-7 with just over two minutes remaining in the first half, Appalachian took advantage of a UTC fumble to march 32 yards in three plays and take a 14-13 lead on an 11-yard scamper by Williams with 1:20 to go before halftime. The Mountaineer offense started to hit on all cylinders after the break, as it put together touchdown drives of 70-plus yards on three of its first four possessions of the second half. However, the Mocs answered each of ASU’s first two scoring drives with touchdowns of their own to keep the contest close until Kevin Richardson’s three-yard touchdown plunge gave the Apps a 35-25 lead with 11:15 to go in the ballgame. From there, Appalachian’s defense forced back-to-back three-and-outs to put the game away. In addition to Williams’ heroics, Richardson ran for 109 yards on 20 carries and Jermane Little caught seven passes for 90 yards to pace the Mountaineers offensively. Showing no ill effects from a minor injury that held him to limited action in last week’s rout over Wofford, ASU linebacker Zodd Kelly posted a game-high 13 tackles. Defensive end Jason Hunter kept up his torrid pace with three tackles for loss, including his conference-leading eighth sack of the season, while defensive back Jeremy Wiggins added eight tackles, a quarterback hurry and his first interception of the season to also help lead Appalachian’s defensive effort. Chattanooga running back Eldra Buckley became the first player in seven seasons to gain 200 yards on the ground against ASU, as he ran for a career-high 210 yards in the losing effort. Appalachian hadn’t allowed anyone to rush for 200 yards since Georgia Southern’s Adrian Peterson posted 216 yards against the Apps on Oct. 17, 1998. However, for the third-straight game, Appalachian allowed less than 100 passing yards, as the Mocs managed just 89 yards through the air against the Mountaineers’ stingy pass defense. With the victory, Appalachian (6-2, 4-1 SoCon) took sole possession of first place in the Southern Conference, a half-game ahead of idle Furman (7-1, 3-1 SoCon). The Mountaineers also extended their school-record winning streaks to 15-consecutive regular-season games and 14-straight overall. Chattanooga fell to 5-4 overall and 2-3 in SoCon play.

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER 8:07 UTC Esteban Lopez 38 field goal 1:08 UTC Lopexz 29 field goal

SECOND QUARTER 10:24 ASU Daniel Bettis 6 pass from Richie Williams (Julian Rauch kick) 4:59 UTC Michael Gilmore 3 pass from Antonio Miller (Lopez kick) 1:20 ASU Williams 3 run (Rauch kick)

THIRD QUARTER 12:46 ASU Dexter Jackson 48 pass from Williams (Rauch kick) 5:17 UTC Levonte Barber 2 run (Miller pass failed) 3:33 ASU Williams 11 run (Rauch kick)

FOURTH QUARTER 14:57 UTC Barber 1 run (Lopez rush failed) 11:15 ASU Kevin Richardson (Rauch kick)

TEAM STATISTICS Chattanooga AppalachianFirst Downs 20 24Rushes—Net Yards 55-271 41-227Passing Yards 89 256Passes (Comp-Att-Int) 9-18-1 17-23-1 Total Offense 360 483Fumbles—Lost 1-1 2-0Penalties—Yards 6-60 8-82Punts—Avg 4-36.5 2-39.0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-1Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-73 4-117Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-10Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Third-Down Efficiency 4 of 13 6 of 10Fourth-Down Efficiency 3 of 3 0 of 2Possession Time 31:24 28:36

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — UTC: Buckley 33-210; Miller 12-43; Barber 6-20; Cousart 3-5; M. Lopez 1-(-7) ASU: Richardson 20-109; Williams 13-70; Little 4-30; Hennessee 4-18 PASSING — UTC: Miller 17-9-1, 89 yds.; M. Lopez 1-0-0, 0 yds. ASU: Williams 23-17-1, 256 yds.

RECEIVING — UTC: Gilmore 5-65; Parkinson 2-27; Hassell 1-0; Cousart 1-(-3) ASU: Little 7-90; Richardson 5-68; Jackson 3-66; Bettis 2-32

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Game Results (as of Oct 29, 2005) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ---- -------- ----- -------- -------- ---- ------ Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky W 24-16 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3:15 10300 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas 8-36 L 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 3:04 37070 Sep 17, 2005 #17 COASTAL CAROLINA W 30-3 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 3:38 23267 * Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel W 45-13 3- 1- 0 1- 0- 0 2:52 11103 * Oct 08, 2005 at #6 Furman 31-34 L 3- 2- 0 1- 1- 0 3:09 14138 * Oct 15, 2005 #16 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 24-7 4- 2- 0 2- 1- 0 2:43 21486 * Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford W 49-17 5- 2- 0 3- 1- 0 2:56 8398 * Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA W 35-25 6- 2- 0 4- 1- 0 3:03 22338

* indicates conference game

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 29, 2005) All games

TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 246 151 Points Per Game............. 30.8 18.9 FIRST DOWNS................... 175 159 Rushing..................... 86 88 Passing..................... 81 55 Penalty..................... 8 16 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1662 1519 Yards gained rushing........ 1752 1741 Yards lost rushing.......... 90 222 Rushing Attempts............ 306 381 Average Per Rush............ 5.4 4.0 Average Per Game............ 207.8 189.9 TDs Rushing................. 18 14 PASSING YARDAGE............... 1962 1165 Att-Comp-Int................ 231-152-5 192-103-10 Average Per Pass............ 8.5 6.1 Average Per Catch........... 12.9 11.3 Average Per Game............ 245.2 145.6 TDs Passing................. 12 5 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 3624 2684 Total Plays................. 537 573 Average Per Play............ 6.7 4.7 Average Per Game............ 453.0 335.5 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 21-433 33-675 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 19-117 10-185 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 10-212 5-48 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 20.6 20.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 6.2 18.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 21.2 9.6 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 8-3 10-5 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 65-580 42-380 Average Per Game............ 72.5 47.5 PUNTS-YARDS................... 29-1041 37-1453 Average Per Punt............ 35.9 39.3 Net punt average............ 29.5 36.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 28:31 31:29 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 40/99 44/121 3rd-Down Pct................ 40% 36% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 9/17 11/17 4th-Down Pct................ 53% 65% SACKS BY-YARDS................ 21-135 5-13 MISC YARDS.................... 166 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 33 19 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 5-11 8-13 PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 31-32 11-14 ATTENDANCE.................... 67091 81009 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 3/22364 5/16202 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Appalachian State... 51 80 52 63 - 246 Opponents........... 41 25 45 40 - 151

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 29, 2005) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

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K. Richardson 8-8 121 763 6 757 6.3 10 73 94.6 Dexter Jackson 16 119 7.4 0 34

Richie Williams 8-8 107 661 33 628 5.9 4 29 78.5 Jeremy Wiggins 1 0 0.0 0 0

Trey Hennessee 7-1 37 156 6 150 4.1 3 15 21.4 Monte Smith 1 1 1.0 0 1

Trey Elder 5-0 18 94 3 91 5.1 0 10 18.2 Brandon Turner 1 -3 -3.0 0 0

Jermane Little 8-6 8 49 8 41 5.1 1 19 5.1 Total.......... 19 117 6.2 0 34

C.J. Underwood 3-0 5 10 2 8 1.6 0 4 2.7 Opponents...... 10 185 18.5 0 36

T.J. Courman 6-0 4 7 0 7 1.8 0 5 1.2

Brandon Turner 8-4 2 8 2 6 3.0 0 8 0.8 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Julian Rauch 8-0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.5 --------------------------------------------

Team 5-0 3 0 30 -30 -10.0 0 0 -6.0 Corey Lynch 5 111 22.2 0 41

Total.......... 8 306 1752 90 1662 5.4 18 73 207.8 Justin Woazeah 1 34 34.0 0 34

Opponents...... 8 381 1741 222 1519 4.0 14 58 189.9 Brad West 1 0 0.0 0 0

Jason Hunter 1 57 57.0 1 32

PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Jeremy Wiggins 1 10 10.0 0 10

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cam Speer 1 0 0.0 0 0

Richie Williams 8-8 151.49 208-139-3 66.8 1775 10 88 221.9 Total.......... 10 212 21.2 1 41

Trey Elder 5-0 125.93 22-12-2 54.5 156 2 55 31.2 Opponents...... 5 48 9.6 0 46

Jermane Little 8-6 360.40 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 3.9

Total.......... 8 149.96 231-152-5 65.8 1962 12 88 245.2 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Opponents...... 8 102.79 192-103-10 53.6 1165 5 74 145.6 --------------------------------------------

Dexter Jackson 9 146 16.2 0 29

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Jermane Little 8 229 28.6 0 49

--------------------------------------------------------- Trey Hennessee 2 21 10.5 0 12

Jermane Little 8-6 37 554 15.0 2 88 69.2 Jeremy Wiggins 1 27 27.0 0 27

K. Richardson 8-8 34 341 10.0 0 42 42.6 J. Touchstone 1 10 10.0 0 10

Daniel Bettis 8-3 20 236 11.8 5 26 29.5 Total.......... 21 433 20.6 0 49

Dexter Jackson 8-5 19 271 14.3 2 48 33.9 Opponents...... 33 675 20.5 0 36

Hans Batichon 8-5 11 135 12.3 2 31 16.9

Zach Johnson 8-8 11 124 11.3 0 25 15.5 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

W. Mayfield 8-0 6 91 15.2 1 31 11.4 --------------------------------------------

T.J. Courman 6-0 5 98 19.6 0 44 16.3 Marques Murrell 1 89 89.0 1 89

Brandon Turner 8-4 5 33 6.6 0 14 4.1 Jason Hunter 1 5 5.0 1 5

Trey Hennessee 7-1 2 24 12.0 0 13 3.4 Brad West 1 72 72.0 0 72

Clay McKnight 4-0 1 55 55.0 0 55 13.8 Total.......... 3 166 55.3 2 89

Scott Suttle 8-8 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

Total.......... 8 152 1962 12.9 12 88 245.2

Opponents...... 8 103 1165 11.3 5 74 145.6


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SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G

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K. Richardson 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 Richie Williams 8 315 628 1775 2403 300.4

Julian Rauch 0 5-11 31-32 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 46 K. Richardson 8 121 757 0 757 94.6

Daniel Bettis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32 Trey Elder 5 40 91 156 247 49.4

Richie Williams 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 24 Trey Hennessee 7 37 150 0 150 21.4

Trey Hennessee 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Jermane Little 8 9 41 31 72 9.0

Jermane Little 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 C.J. Underwood 3 5 8 0 8 2.7

Jason Hunter 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 T.J. Courman 6 4 7 0 7 1.2

Hans Batichon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Brandon Turner 8 2 6 0 6 0.8

Dexter Jackson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Julian Rauch 8 1 4 0 4 0.5

W. Mayfield 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Team 5 3 -30 0 -30 -6.0

Marques Murrell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total.......... 8 537 1662 1962 3624 453.0

Total.......... 33 5-11 31-32 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 246 Opponents...... 8 573 1519 1165 2684 335.5

Opponents...... 19 8-13 11-14 1-3 0 0-2 0 0 151

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Dodge 14 551 39.4 53 0 1 1 0

Julian Rauch 5-11 45.5 1-2 3-3 1-2 0-4 0-0 37 1 Julian Rauch 14 483 34.5 62 0 2 5 1

Team 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0 0

FG SEQUENCE Appalachian State OPPONENTS Total.......... 29 1041 35.9 62 0 3 6 1

---------------------------------------------------- Opponents...... 37 1453 39.3 60 2 3 7 0

Eastern Kentucky 43,(21) (22)

Kansas 36 (34) KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB

Coastal Carolina (19),47,19 31,(27) ---------------------------------------------

The Citadel (26) 43 Julian Rauch 46 2743 59.6 9 2

Furman (25),41 (37),31,(34) Total.......... 46 2743 59.6 9 2

Georgia Southern (37) 32,38 Opponents...... 34 2023 59.5 12 0

Wofford - (35)

Chattanooga 45 (38),(29)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.


ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G

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K. Richardson 8 757 341 0 0 0 1098 137.2

Jermane Little 8 41 554 0 229 0 824 103.0

Richie Williams 8 628 0 0 0 0 628 78.5

Dexter Jackson 8 0 271 119 146 0 536 67.0

Daniel Bettis 8 0 236 0 0 0 236 29.5

Trey Hennessee 7 150 24 0 21 0 195 27.9

Hans Batichon 8 0 135 0 0 0 135 16.9

Zach Johnson 8 0 124 0 0 0 124 15.5

Corey Lynch 8 0 0 0 0 111 111 13.9

T.J. Courman 6 7 98 0 0 0 105 17.5

Trey Elder 5 91 0 0 0 0 91 18.2

W. Mayfield 8 0 91 0 0 0 91 11.4

Jason Hunter 8 0 0 0 0 57 57 7.1

Clay McKnight 4 0 55 0 0 0 55 13.8

Jeremy Wiggins 8 0 0 0 27 10 37 4.6

Brandon Turner 8 6 33 -3 0 0 36 4.5

Justin Woazeah 8 0 0 0 0 34 34 4.2

J. Touchstone 8 0 0 0 10 0 10 1.2

C.J. Underwood 3 8 0 0 0 0 8 2.7

Julian Rauch 8 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.5

Monte Smith 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1

Team 5 -30 0 0 0 0 -30 -6.0

Total.......... 8 1662 1962 117 433 212 4386 548.2

Opponents...... 8 1519 1165 185 675 48 3592 449.0

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 29, 2005) All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| BlkdDEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Jeremy Wiggins 8 36 41 77 . . 1-10 1 1 . . . .46 Zodd Kelly 8 19 40 59 4.0-8 . . 1 . 1-0 . . .38 Monte Smith 8 18 36 54 6.0-25 1.0-9 . 1 1 . . . .97 Jason Hunter 8 26 27 53 12.5-72 8.0-58 1-57 4 2 2-5 1 . .47 Corey Lynch 8 23 29 52 1.0-4 . 5-111 2 . . 1 . .33 Brad West 8 24 27 51 . . 1-0 1 . 1-72 . . .44 Marques Murrell 8 22 23 45 13.0-67 6.5-49 . . 4 1-89 4 . .95 Omarr Byrom 8 14 21 35 4.5-9 2.0-7 . . . . . . .56 Joe Suiter 8 18 15 33 6.0-10 1.5-4 . . 1 . . . .18 Justin Woazeah 8 20 12 32 2.0-7 . 1-34 . . . . . .6 J. Touchstone 8 14 12 26 0.5-0 . . 2 . . . 1 .31 Pierre Banks 8 7 18 25 1.0-3 0.5-1 . . . . . . .27 Cam Speer 8 9 15 24 0.5-0 . 1-0 . . . . . .93 Arthur Orlebar 8 5 8 13 1.0-6 0.5-5 . . 1 . . . .90 Daniel Orlebar 8 4 7 11 2.0-4 . . . . . . . .25 Billy Riddle 8 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . .48 Charles King 5 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . .13 Michael King 8 1 7 8 . . . 2 . . . . .36 Titus Howard 8 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .45 Austin Guarino 3 4 1 5 1.0-3 . . . . . . . .11 Chase Laws 8 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .9 W. Mayfield 8 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .89 Brian Stokes 8 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .37 Marcial Medina 5 1 2 3 1.0-2 1.0-2 . . 1 . . . .91 Julian Rauch 8 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .5 Bryon Heath 7 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .49 Chris Johnson 2 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .24 Josh Davis 4 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .4 Anthony Cruver 8 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .21 Dominick Dingle 5 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .14 Brandon Turner 8 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .29 S. Breitenstein 4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .2 Dexter Jackson 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .92 Mina Banoub 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .68 Tony Lester 1 1 . 1 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .20 Clint Manuel 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .88 Nic Cardwell 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .60 Brad Coley 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .99 Matt Dodge 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .22 Leonard Love 5 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . Total.......... 8 300 366 666 57-221 21-135 10-212 16 11 5-166 6 1 . Opponents...... 8 - - - - 5-13 5-48 26 10 3-0 4 2 .

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 30, 2005) All games

TEAM

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky.... 24 100 1 15 16 234 1 88 31- 16- 0 234 1 88 3 51 0 27 3 -6 0 0 401 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas.............. 33 133 0 16 22 178 1 44 35- 22- 0 178 1 44 3 35 0 14 2 -1 0 2 345 Sep 17, 2005 COASTAL CAROLINA....... 44 353 3 59 17 229 0 33 32- 17- 2 229 0 33 0 0 0 0 5 83 0 34 740 Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel......... 40 164 2 25 20 259 3 42 27- 20- 0 259 3 42 3 28 0 12 2 6 0 4 528 Oct 08, 2005 at Furman.............. 34 165 2 27 24 303 2 39 32- 24- 0 303 2 39 6 169 0 46 2 29 0 29 666 Oct 15, 2005 GEORGIA SOUTHERN....... 46 296 3 73 13 161 0 30 20- 13- 1 161 0 30 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 496 Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford............. 44 224 4 23 23 342 3 62 31- 23- 1 342 3 62 2 33 0 24 1 0 0 0 599 Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA............ 41 227 3 33 17 256 2 48 23- 17- 1 256 2 48 4 117 0 49 3 1 0 1 611

Totals..............................306 1662 18 73 152 1962 12 88 231-152- 5 1962 12 88 21 433 0 49 19 117 0 34 4386 Opponent............................381 1519 14 58 103 1165 5 74 192-103- 10 1165 5 74 33 675 0 36 10 185 0 36 3592

Games played: 8 Avg per rush: 5.4 Avg per catch: 12.9 Pass efficiency: 149.96 Kick ret avg: 20.6 Punt ret avg: 6.2 All purpose avg/game: 548.2 Total offense avg/gm: 453.0 |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky.... 39 64 103 8.0-36 6.0-34 2 2-77 2-22 6 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas.............. 36 34 70 4.0-16 2.0-14 0 0-0 1-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 1 0 8 Sep 17, 2005 COASTAL CAROLINA....... 27 52 79 9.0-37 2.0-17 0 0-0 2-75 0 6 1 4-3 0 0 0 30 Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel......... 44 28 72 15.0-49 6.0-31 1 2-89 2-71 1 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 45 Oct 08, 2005 at Furman.............. 46 30 76 5.0-21 2.0-12 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Oct 15, 2005 GEORGIA SOUTHERN....... 35 54 89 5.0-18 1.0-7 1 0-0 1-34 0 0 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford............. 40 44 84 7.0-28 1.0-13 1 0-0 1-0 0 0 0 7-7 0 0 0 49 Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA............ 33 60 93 4.0-16 1.0-7 1 1-0 1-10 4 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 35

Totals.............................. 300 366 666 57.0-221 21.0-135 6 5-166 10-212 11 16 1 32-31 0 1 0 246 Opponent............................ 271 358 629 32.0-90 5.0-13 4 3-0 5-48 10 26 2 14-11 1 0 0 151

|------------------PUNTING------------------| |--FIELD GOALS--| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky.... 8 263 32.9 45 0 0 0 0 3 2-1 21 0 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas.............. 6 229 38.2 44 0 0 0 0 1 1-0 0 0 Sep 17, 2005 COASTAL CAROLINA....... 4 170 42.5 62 0 0 2 1 2 3-1 19 0 Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel......... 3 57 19.0 27 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 26 0 Oct 08, 2005 at Furman.............. 4 147 36.8 42 0 0 1 0 0 2-1 25 1 Oct 15, 2005 GEORGIA SOUTHERN....... 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 37 0 Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford............. 1 53 53.0 53 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA............ 2 78 39.0 43 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0

Totals.............................. 29 1041 35.9 62 1 0 3 2 6 11-5 37 1 Opponent............................ 37 1453 39.3 60 0 2 3 7 7 13-8 38 1

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 30, 2005) All games

OPPONENT STATS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky.... 50 189 1 25 19 266 1 74 33- 19- 2 266 1 74 3 46 0 19 3 46 0 28 547 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas.............. 38 207 5 58 19 228 0 59 29- 19- 1 228 0 59 1 24 0 24 3 56 0 33 515 Sep 17, 2005 COASTAL CAROLINA....... 34 98 0 27 17 127 0 17 39- 17- 2 127 0 17 5 126 0 35 1 7 0 7 358 Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel......... 42 69 1 16 18 150 1 17 30- 18- 2 150 1 17 5 120 0 36 0 0 0 0 339 Oct 08, 2005 at Furman.............. 49 176 2 14 15 252 2 60 26- 15- 0 252 2 60 4 78 0 24 2 40 0 29 546 Oct 15, 2005 GEORGIA SOUTHERN....... 58 252 1 36 2 24 0 20 4- 2- 1 24 0 20 5 102 0 28 0 0 0 0 424 Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford............. 55 257 2 57 4 29 0 12 13- 4- 1 29 0 12 5 106 0 29 1 36 0 36 430 Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA............ 55 271 2 30 9 89 1 43 18- 9- 1 89 1 43 5 73 0 21 0 0 0 0 433

Opponent totals.....................381 1519 14 58 103 1165 5 74 192-103- 10 1165 5 74 33 675 0 36 10 185 0 36 3592 Appalachian State...................306 1662 18 73 152 1962 12 88 231-152- 5 1962 12 88 21 433 0 49 19 117 0 34 4386

Games played: 8 Avg per rush: 4.0 Avg per catch: 11.3 Pass efficiency: 102.79 Kick ret avg: 20.5 Punt ret avg: 18.5 All purpose avg/game: 449.0 Total offense avg/gm: 335.5 |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky.... 25 36 61 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 7 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 16 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas.............. 36 42 78 3.0-6 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 1 5 0 4-3 0 0 0 36 Sep 17, 2005 COASTAL CAROLINA....... 33 58 91 5.0-7 1.0-2 1 1-0 2-0 2 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel......... 47 20 67 6.0-24 2.0-8 1 1-0 0-0 0 2 1 2-1 0 0 0 13 Oct 08, 2005 at Furman.............. 32 56 88 6.0-34 2.0-3 1 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 3-2 1 0 0 34 Oct 15, 2005 GEORGIA SOUTHERN....... 33 42 75 3.0-8 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-46 0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford............. 29 58 87 4.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-2 0 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA............ 36 46 82 5.0-6 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 25

Opponent totals..................... 271 358 629 32.0-90 5.0-13 4 3-0 5-48 10 26 2 14-11 1 0 0 151 Appalachian State................... 300 366 666 57.0-221 21.0-135 6 5-166 10-212 11 16 1 32-31 0 1 0 246

|------------------PUNTING------------------| |--FIELD GOALS--| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd Sep 03, 2005 at Eastern Kentucky.... 5 220 44.0 54 0 0 0 2 1 1-1 22 0 Sep 10, 2005 at Kansas.............. 4 187 46.8 55 0 1 0 2 0 1-1 34 0 Sep 17, 2005 COASTAL CAROLINA....... 9 311 34.6 42 0 0 2 0 0 2-1 27 1 Sep 24, 2005 at The Citadel......... 5 178 35.6 44 0 1 0 0 2 1-0 0 0 Oct 08, 2005 at Furman.............. 3 137 45.7 60 0 0 0 1 0 3-2 37 0 Oct 15, 2005 GEORGIA SOUTHERN....... 2 103 51.5 52 0 0 1 2 1 2-0 0 0 Oct 22, 2005 at Wofford............. 5 171 34.2 49 0 0 0 0 2 1-1 35 0 Oct 29, 2005 CHATTANOOGA............ 4 146 36.5 42 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 38 0

Opponent totals..................... 37 1453 39.3 60 0 2 3 7 7 13-8 38 1 Appalachian State................... 29 1041 35.9 62 1 0 3 2 6 11-5 37 1

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2005) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 03 at Eastern Kentucky.... W 24-16 4-14 28.6% 1-2 50.0% 1-5 20.0% 1-3 33.3% 1-4 25.0% Sep 10 at Kansas.............. L 8-36 6-16 37.5% 4-5 80.0% 0-4 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 2-6 33.3% Sep 17 Coastal Carolina....... W 30-3 3-12 25.0% 1-4 25.0% 2-3 66.7% 0-2 0.0% 0-3 0.0%*Sep 24 at The Citadel......... W 45-13 4-11 36.4% 1-3 33.3% 2-4 50.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-3 33.3%*Oct 08 at Furman.............. L 31-34 3-11 27.3% 1-3 33.3% 2-5 40.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-2 0.0%*Oct 15 Georgia Southern....... W 24-7 8-13 61.5% 2-4 50.0% 2-2 100.0% 3-4 75.0% 1-3 33.3%*Oct 22 at Wofford............. W 49-17 6-12 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-3 66.7% 1-2 50.0% 3-5 60.0%*Oct 29 Chattanooga............ W 35-25 6-10 60.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-3 66.7% 1-1 100.0% 3-4 75.0%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appalachian State 40-99 40.4% 10-25 40.0% 13-29 44.8% 6-15 40.0% 11-30 36.7% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 44-121 36.4% 8-26 30.8% 10-30 33.3% 15-34 44.1% 11-31 35.5% 0-0 0.0%

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 03 at Eastern Kentucky.... W 24-16 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Sep 10 at Kansas.............. L 8-36 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% Sep 17 Coastal Carolina....... W 30-3 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0%*Sep 24 at The Citadel......... W 45-13 1-3 33.3% 0-0 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0%*Oct 08 at Furman.............. L 31-34 1-2 50.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0%*Oct 15 Georgia Southern....... W 24-7 2-3 66.7% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-1 100.0%*Oct 22 at Wofford............. W 49-17 4-5 80.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 2-2 100.0%*Oct 29 Chattanooga............ W 35-25 0-2 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appalachian State 9-17 52.9% 3-4 75.0% 0-4 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 5-7 71.4% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 11-17 64.7% 1-1 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 7-8 87.5% 2-6 33.3% 0-0 0.0%

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 03 at Eastern Kentucky.... W 24-16 21:56 4:19 5:15 3:45 8:37 Sep 10 at Kansas.............. L 8-36 31:45 9:50 8:29 4:45 8:41 Sep 17 Coastal Carolina....... W 30-3 30:55 6:54 8:06 6:33 9:22*Sep 24 at The Citadel......... W 45-13 28:10 6:12 8:12 6:28 7:18*Oct 08 at Furman.............. L 31-34 27:16 8:23 9:01 4:51 5:01*Oct 15 Georgia Southern....... W 24-7 28:33 6:56 4:37 8:35 8:25*Oct 22 at Wofford............. W 49-17 31:00 7:00 7:09 6:13 10:38*Oct 29 Chattanooga............ W 35-25 28:36 4:40 7:54 4:05 11:57-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appalachian State Total 228:11 54:14 58:43 45:15 69:59 0:00 Avg. 28:31 6:46 7:20 5:39 8:44 0:00 Opponents Total 251:49 65:46 61:17 74:45 50:01 0:00 Avg. 31:28 8:13 7:39 9:20 6:15 0:00

2005 Appalachian Football Appalachian State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 30, 2005) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes.............. 22 K. Richardson vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Yards Rushing....... 208 K. Richardson vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) TD Rushes........... 3 K. Richardson vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Long Rush........... 73 K. Richardson vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Pass attempts....... 31 Richie Williams at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Richie Williams at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Pass completions.... 23 Richie Williams at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Yards Passing....... 272 Richie Williams at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) TD Passes........... 3 Richie Williams at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Long Pass........... 88 Richie Williams at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Receptions.......... 8 Jermane Little at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Yards Receiving..... 125 Jermane Little at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) TD Receptions....... 2 Daniel Bettis at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Long Reception...... 88 Jermane Little at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Field Goals......... 1 Julian Rauch at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Julian Rauch vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Julian Rauch at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Julian Rauch at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Julian Rauch vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Long Field Goal..... 37 Julian Rauch vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Punts............... 8 Julian Rauch at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Punting Avg......... 53.0 Matt Dodge at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Long Punt........... 62 Julian Rauch vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Long Punt Return.... 34 Dexter Jackson vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Long Kickoff Return. 49 Jermane Little vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) Tackles............. 15 Jeremy Wiggins at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Sacks............... 2.5 Marques Murrell at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Tackles For Loss.... 3.5 Marques Murrell at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Interceptions....... 2 Corey Lynch at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Corey Lynch vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005)


TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes.............. 46 vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Yards Rushing....... 353 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Yards Per Rush...... 8.0 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) TD Rushes........... 4 at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Pass attempts....... 35 at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Pass completions.... 24 at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Yards Passing....... 342 at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Yards Per Pass...... 11.1 vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) TD Passes........... 3 at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Total Plays......... 76 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Total Offense....... 582 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Yards Per Play...... 7.7 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Points.............. 49 at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Sacks By............ 6 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) First Downs......... 30 at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Penalties........... 17 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Penalty Yards....... 183 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Turnovers........... 3 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Interceptions By.... 2 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005)


OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes.............. 33 Eldra Buckley, vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) Yards Rushing....... 210 Eldra Buckley, vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) TD Rushes........... 3 Cornish, Jon, at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Long Rush........... 58 Cornish, Jon, at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Pass attempts....... 33 GRECO, Josh, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Pass completions.... 19 GRECO, Josh, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Yards Passing....... 266 GRECO, Josh, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) TD Passes........... 2 Ingle Martin, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Long Pass........... 74 GRECO, Josh, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Receptions.......... 9 RALSTON, Andre, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Yards Receiving..... 152 RALSTON, Andre, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) TD Receptions....... 1 BARBER, Kyle, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Ta'Mar Jernigan, at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Patrick Sprague, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Daric Carter, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Michael Gilmore, vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) Long Reception...... 74 RALSTON, Andre, at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Field Goals......... 2 Scott Beckler, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Esteban Lopez, vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) Long Field Goal..... 38 Esteban Lopez, vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) Punts............... 9 WILLIAMS, R., vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Punting Avg......... 51.5 Dan Jordan, vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Long Punt........... 60 Ingle Martin, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Long Punt Return.... 36 Brandon Berry, at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Long Kickoff Return. 36 Melvin Davis, at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Tackles............. 14 Reid, Nick, at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) A.J. Bryant, vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Sacks............... 1.0 Shawn Grant, at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Andrew Jones, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Wallace Artis, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Tackles For Loss.... 2.0 Shawn Grant, at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Wallace Artis, at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Interceptions....... 1 LUNDY, S., vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) ALLEN, C., vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) John Mohring, vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Brian Ford, at Wofford (Oct 22, 2005) Brian Lomax, vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005)


OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes.............. 58 vs Georgia Southern (Oct 15, 2005) Yards Rushing....... 271 vs Chattanooga (Oct 29, 2005) Yards Per Rush...... 5.4 at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) TD Rushes........... 5 at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Pass attempts....... 39 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Pass completions.... 19 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Yards Passing....... 266 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Yards Per Pass...... 9.7 at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) TD Passes........... 2 at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Total Plays......... 83 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Total Offense....... 455 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) Yards Per Play...... 6.5 at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Points.............. 36 at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Sacks By............ 2 at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) First Downs......... 25 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) at Furman (Oct 08, 2005) Penalties........... 9 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005) Penalty Yards....... 90 at Kansas (Sep 10, 2005) Turnovers........... 4 at Eastern Kentucky (Sep 03, 2005) at The Citadel (Sep 24, 2005) Interceptions By.... 2 vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 17, 2005)

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