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2019 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES APPSTATESPORTS.COM @APPSTATESPORTS @APPSTATESPORTS @APPSTATESPORTS #APPSTATE #PRIDEPASSIONPURPOSE @APPSTATE_FB @APPSTATEFOOTBALL @APPSTATE_FB #MAKEANIMPACT #ROCKSTARS20 2016, 2017, 2018 SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 2015 CAMELLIA BOWL CHAMPS | 2016 CAMELLIA BOWL CHAMPS | 2017 DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL CHAMPS 2018 NEW ORLEANS BOWL CHAMPS | 2005, 2006, 2007 FCS NATIONAL CHAMPS | 12-TIME SOCON CHAMPS (1986-2012) | 6-TIME NORTH STATE CHAMPS (1931-56) FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST/SOUTH GAME 3 Tom Werme, Play-by-Play Date: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 James Bates, Analyst Lyndsay Rowley, Sideline Time: 3:30 p.m. ET APPALACHIAN SPORTS NETWORK Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Adam Witten, Play-by-Play Venue: Kenan Stadium (50,500) Simms McElfresh, Analyst Molly Cotten, Sideline Surface: Synthetic Grass Radio affiliates: 97.3 FM (North Wilkesboro) - FLAGSHIP, Appalachian State National Rankings: North Carolina 96.5 FM/1450 AM (Boone), 1270 AM (Gastonia/Charlotte), App State: RV (AP, 2), RV (Coaches, 12) 1150 AM (Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte), 101.5 FM/600 AM MOUNTAINEERS TAR HEELS (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point), 107.7 FM/1450 (2-0) North Carolina: N/A (2-1) AM (Hendersonville), 1350 AM (Asheville) Series: North Carolina leads 1-0 National radio: XM 202; Sirius 103 Coach: Eliah Drinkwitz Coach: Mack Brown At UNC: UNC 56, App State 6 (1940) Career: 2-0/1st year Career: 246-123-1/31st year Listen online at appstatesports.com and via the TuneIn app. At App State: Same Live Stats: AppStateSports.com At UNC: 71-47-1/11th year APP STATE COACHING STAFF APP STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS On the sideline: Justin Watts, tight ends PASSING RECEIVING Eliah Drinkwitz, HC/OC/QBs Zac Thomas | #12 | Jr. | Trussville, Ala. Thomas Hennigan | #5 | Jr. | Greensboro, N.C. Shawn Clark, asst HC/OL 2019: 30-for-44 passing, 332 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INTs 2019: 10 catches, 96 yards, 2 TDs Charlie Harbison, assoc HC/CBs In the booth: Erik Link, special teams Greg Gasparato, safeties Ted Roof, DC/ILBs Garrett Riley, running backs RUSHING DEFENSE D.J. Smith, outside linebackers Cole Cook, grad assistant Darrynton Evans | #3 | Jr. | Oak Hill, Fla. Akeem Davis-Gaither | #24 | Sr. | Thomasville, N.C. Anwar Stewart, defensive line Grant Kurzner, grad assistant 2019: 33 attempts, 333 yards, 4 TDs 2019: 16 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2 PBUs, 1.0 sacks Pat Washington, WRs Wes Smith, grad assistant EAST TENNESSEE ST. Saturday, Aug. 31 APP STATE STORYLINES BOONE, N.C. W, 42-7 ESPN+ • App State moves forward from an off Saturday by facing North Carolina for just the second time. UNC won 56-6 in a 1940 home game, and this year’s game in Chapel Hill opens a three-game series CHARLOTTE Saturday, Sept. 7 BOONE, N.C. W, 56-41 ESPN+ that concludes with App State playing host to UNC at Kidd Brewer Stadium in 2022 and returning to Chapel Hill in 2023. at North Carolina Saturday, Sept. 21 Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:30 p.m. RSN • App State and UNC are a combined 4-1 with new head coaches: Eliah Drinkwitz and Mack Brown, COASTAL CAROLINA* Saturday, Sept. 28 whose first stint in Chapel Hill ran from 1988-97. He went 6-5 as App State’s head coach in 1983, and BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ Sparky Woods (App State head coach from 1984-88) is a senior advisor to the head coach at UNC. at Louisiana* Wednesday, Oct. 9 Lafayette, La. 8 p.m. ESPN2 • As NC State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2016-18, Eliah Drinkwitz helped ULM* Saturday, Oct. 19 the Wolfpack go 3-0 against UNC with wins by scores of 28-21 in 2016 (Chapel Hill), 33-21 in 2017 BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. (Raleigh) and 34-28 in 2018 (overtime in Chapel Hill). App State defensive coordinator Ted Roof was the Wolfpack’s co-defensive coordinator during its 2018 road victory in Kenan Stadium. at South Alabama* Saturday, Oct. 26 Mobile, Ala. TBA • App State is 2-0 for the first time since 2010, and the 98 combined points in wins against ETSU and GEORGIA SOUTHERN* Thursday, Oct. 31 Charlotte represent the program’s highest two-game total to open a season since 1936. Darrynton BOONE, N.C. 8 p.m. ESPNU Evans led the country with 333 rushing yards through Week 2 and is now No. 2 at 166.5 per game. at South Carolina Saturday, Nov. 9 Columbia, S.C. TBA • App State’s eight-game winning streak is the nation’s third-longest active streak behind Clemson at Georgia State* Saturday, Nov. 16 (18) and Ohio State (nine). That streak began after a loss in which quarterback Zac Thomas played Atlanta, Ga. 2 p.m. only one series, and App State has won its last 13 games with Thomas as the primary quarterback. TEXAS STATE* Saturday, Nov. 23 BOONE, N.C. 2:30 p.m. • Since the start of the 2015 season, App State is No. 5 nationally in win percentage (79.6) behind only Clemson (93.5), Alabama (93.5), Ohio State (89.5) and Oklahoma (86.0). With a 43-11 record at Troy* Friday, Nov. 29 over the last four-plus seasons, App State’s win total trails only Clemson (58-4), Alabama (58-4), Troy, Ala. 6 p.m. Ohio State (51-6), Oklahoma (49-8), Georgia (45-13) and Wisconsin (44-12). Sun Belt Championship Saturday, Dec. 7 Teams, Location TBD 12 p.m. ESPN/2 • The current FBS programs with three straight league titles are App State, Clemson and Oklahoma. APPSTATESPORTS.COM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS APP STATE MEDIA SCHEDULE - STANDARD WEEK JOEY JONES SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Associate Athletics Director Primary Football Contact • Practice closed • Weekly press • Practice closed • Practice open to • Practice closed • Practice closed Email: [email protected] (No interviews) conference (No interviews) media during (No interviews) (No interviews) (2nd floor select periods Cell phone: 828-964-7183 Mountaineer • Mountaineer (Select players/ Room). Drinkwitz Talk at 7 p.m. (no coaches and BRET STRELOW then select play- interviews) Drinkwitz Communications Director ers & assistants available after) Secondary Football Contact Email: [email protected] • Drinkwitz appearance on Cell phone: 828-963-3069 Sun Belt weekly coaches call at CHASE COLLITON 11:30 a.m. Email: [email protected] ANDREW KORBA Email: [email protected] BREE WILLIAMS WHEN REFERENCING APPALACHIAN STATE, APPALACHIAN STATE OFFICIAL MARKS Email: [email protected] PLEASE USE: TYLER HOTZ, SHANE HARVELL, • Appalachian State University CHASE FRICK • Appalachian State Student Interns • Appalachian •App State Mailing Address • Mountaineers App State Strategic Communications • Apps Primary (Block A) Secondary (Victory Yosef) 6048 Appalachian Athletics Center • Pronunciation: app-uh-LATCH-in 425 Jack Branch Drive Boone, NC 28608 PLEASE DO NOT USE: • ASU • Appy State • Appy • Pronunciation: app-uh-LAY-chin MEDIA POLICIES/INFORMATION During a standard week with a Saturday game, App availability. Requests made after those deadlines Brewer Stadium. The best way to reach the Quinn State will have Monday and Wednesday media will not be honored. Center is to take the press box elevator or stairs to availabilities. the first floor, exit right at the concourse, curl around Media attending practice are forbidden from the walkway behind the south end zone and exit the This season, head coach Eliah Drinkwitz will hold a reporting (e.g. tweeting, blogging, etc.) on anything stadium through the elevated gate at the corner press conference each Monday from 11 a.m. until until after the post-practice interviews have been of the stadium. A member of the visiting team’s approximately 11:25 a.m. in the meeting room on conducted. This includes media who leave practice communications staff will be seated on the second the second floor of the Ricks Athletics Center. early. row of the press box if you have any questions. Drinkwitz’s weekly appearance on the Sun Belt coaches call will run from 11:30 a.m. until 11:37 a.m. Videographers, photographers and reporters taking WEEKLY SUN BELT TELECONFERENCE ET each Monday, and requested student-athletes/ videos with their smart phones must shoot individual assistant coaches will be available for interviews in drills only and use tight shots with no formations Appalachian State head coach Eliah Drinkwitz will the second-floor meeting room after Drinkwitz’s revealed. be available on the weekly Sun Belt Teleconference press conference is finished. The team does not every Monday morning from Aug. 26-Nov. 25, practice on Mondays. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS from 11:30 a.m. to 11:37 a.m. Below is the order of participants: A portion of the Wednesday practice will be open Drinkwitz and select App State players (traditionally to media members. Those practices often run from two offensive players and two defensive players) 11:30 a.m. – Eliah Drinkwitz, App State 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., but times and availability are will be made available for a postgame press 11:37 a.m. – Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina subject to change. Barring schedule changes, the conference in the meeting room on the second 11:44 a.m. – Steve Campbell, So. Alabama beginning of practice will be open to reporters, but floor of the athletics center. A member of the App 11:51 a.m. – Jake Spavital, Texas State they will be escorted to the interview area in the State Strategic Communications will take requests 11:58 a.m. – Chad Lunsford, Ga. Southern second-floor meeting room before the end of practice. during the fourth quarter, and staff member Bret 12:05 p.m. – David Duggan, Arkansas State Strelow is seated on the second row of the press box 12:12 p.m.