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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) ESPNU GAME 8 Mike Corey, Play-by-Play Date: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 Rene Ingoglia, Analyst Time: 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Location: Boone, N.C. APPALACHIAN SPORTS NETWORK Adam Witten, Play-by-Play Venue: Kidd Brewer Stadium (30,000) Simms McElfresh, Analyst Surface: FieldTurf Molly Cotten, Sideline #20 App State App State in the National Rankings: Georgia Southern Radio affiliates: 97.3 FM (North Wilkesboro) - FLAGSHIP, AP: No. 20 (393 voting points) 96.5 FM/1450 AM (Boone), 1270 AM (Gastonia/Charlotte), MOUNTAINEERS EAGLES 1150 AM (Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte), 101.5 FM/600 AM (7-0, 4-0 Sun Belt) Coaches: No. 20 (398 voting points) (4-3, 2-1 Sun Belt) (Winston-Salem), 93.7 FM/1320 AM (Greensboro), 104.5 FM/920 AM (Burlington), 104.9 FM/1230 AM (High Point), Series: App State leads 19-14-1 Coach: Eliah Drinkwitz Coach: Chad Lunsford 107.7 FM/1450 AM (Hendersonville), 1350 AM (Asheville) In Boone: App State leads 13-4-1 Career: 7-0/1st year Career: 16-10/2nd year Listen online at appstatesports.com and via the TuneIn app. At App State: Same 2018: Ga. Southern 34, App State 14 At GS: Same 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: 114-for-171 passing, 1,295 yards, 11 TDs, 3 INTs 2019: 33 catches, 374 yards, 4 TDs Greg Gasparato, safeties In the booth: Charlie Harbison, assoc HC/CBs Ted Roof, DC/ILBs Erik Link, special teams 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: 125 attempts, 722 yards, 10 TDs 2019: 51 tackles, 7.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FG block Pat Washington, WRs Wes Smith, grad assistant EAST TENNESSEE ST. Saturday, Aug. 31 APP STATE STORYLINES BOONE, N.C. W, 42-7 ESPN+ • First-place and unbeaten App State, with the highest national ranking in Sun Belt history, puts its 13-game winning streak on the line with a Black Thursday home game against rival Georgia CHARLOTTE Saturday, Sept. 7 BOONE, N.C. W, 56-41 ESPN+ Southern. The only FBS teams with longer active win streaks are Clemson (23) and Ohio State (14). at North Carolina Saturday, Sept. 21 • The Mountaineers have gone more than a calendar year without a loss. The last loss occurred on Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 34-31 RSN Oct. 25 of last year, when Georgia Southern claimed a 34-14 home win. Playing in rainy Statesboro COASTAL CAROLINA* Saturday, Sept. 28 five days after earning its first Top 25 ranking at the FBS level, the Mountaineers lost QBZac Thomas BOONE, N.C. W, 56-37 ESPN+ to an injury on the third play and LB Jordan Fehr to a targeting penalty during the first quarter. at Louisiana* Wednesday, Oct. 9 Lafayette, La. W, 17-7 ESPN2 • App State has won 17 straight games with Zac Thomas as the team’s primary QB. His 17-2 overall record as App State’s starter includes an overtime loss at Penn State in his first career start, and he ULM* Saturday, Oct. 19 sat out a 2018 road win against Coastal Carolina after missing most of the Georgia Southern loss. BOONE, N.C. W, 52-7 ESPN+ at South Alabama* Saturday, Oct. 26 • Ranked No. 20 in both polls, App State moved up from No. 21 in the AP Top 25 and No. 22 in the Mobile, Ala. W, 30-3 ESPNU Amway Coaches poll following a 30-3 win at South Alabama, which was held to 139 yards of offense. GEORGIA SOUTHERN* Thursday, Oct. 31 BOONE, N.C. 8 p.m. ESPNU • App State has outscored its last three opponents 99-17, winning 17-7, 52-7 and 30-3 in Sun Belt play. at South Carolina Saturday, Nov. 9 • App State is one of nine unbeaten FBS teams and, along with No. 15 SMU, one of two unbeaten Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. ESPN2 Group of Five teams. The other unbeaten teams are No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Ohio State, at Georgia State* Saturday, Nov. 16 No. 4 Clemson, No. 5 Penn State, No. 12 Baylor and No. 13 Minnesota. Atlanta, Ga. 2 p.m. • Since the 2015 season began, App State is No. 5 nationally in win percentage (81.4) and tied for TEXAS STATE* Saturday, Nov. 23 BOONE, N.C. 2:30 p.m. No. 5 in total wins with a 48-11 record. The win total trails only Clemson (63-4), Alabama (63-4), Ohio State (56-6) and Oklahoma (53-9). Wisconsin and Georgia are both 48-14 in the same span. at Troy* Friday, Nov. 29 Troy, Ala. 6 p.m. ET • App State’s 7-0 start is the best start to a season by a Sun Belt team in league history, topping the 5-0 Sun Belt Championship Saturday, Dec. 7 starts by Middle Tennessee in 2001 (the league’s first year) and FAU in 2005. The 13-game winning Teams, Location TBD 12 p.m. ESPN/2 streak is also a league record, topping nine-game streaks by Arkansas State in 2011 and from 2012-13. APPSTATESPORTS.COM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS APP STATE MEDIA SCHEDULE JOEY JONES SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Sr. Associate Athletics Director Primary Football Contact • Practice closed • Weekly press • Practice closed • Practice closed • Game day, • Off day Email: [email protected] (No interviews) conference (No interviews) (No interviews) 8 p.m. kickoff (No interviews) (2nd floor on ESPNU Cell phone: 828-964-7183 Mountaineer • Mountaineer Room). Drinkwitz Talk at 7 p.m. (no BRET STRELOW then select play- interviews) Communications Director ers & assistants 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.