WEATHER Boone, NC ZIP: 28608 APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS Enrollment: 17,381 (#4/#86) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 4.0 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #113 U I 1. Armanti Edwards 10,392 ‘06-’09 1. Marcus Cox 5,103 ‘13-’16 1. 3,418 ‘07-’11 R N SCORE 2. Taylor Lamb 9,786 ‘14-’17 2. Kevin Richardson 4,804 ‘04-’07 2. Rick Beasley 3,124 ‘78-’80 DATE OPPONENT F E ASU OPP L 3. Richie Williams 7,759 ‘02-’05 3. John Settle 4,409 ‘83-’86 3. DaVon Fowlkes 2,960 ‘01-’04 Sep. 5 TBA App St has won the only 2 meetings in each of the last 2 seasons. LY the Mountaineers hosted and Sep. 12 Charlotte A won 56-41 with RB Evans posting 234 rush yds and also a 45 yd KR td. ASU was outg’d 526-458. These two last met in ‘02 when ASU was still an FCS member. ‘02 was also LTH and Sep. 19 at Marshall A Marshall won 50-17. The Mountaineers are actually 6-5 all-time playing at Marshall. App St is 9-0 vs FCS foes since moving up to the FBS in ‘14 and have only given up 21 pts in the Sep. 26 Campbell A L/3 gms. The Camels went 6-5 last year, losing to Troy in the opener 43-14. Bonus: App St has not had a losing record since joining the FBS in ‘14. Oct. 3 Bonus: The Mountaineers have made five straight bowl games. LOUISIANA IS OFF BYE App St is a perfect 8-0 vs Louisiana since joining the FBS in ‘14 and are 5-3 ATS, going 3-2 over the Oct. 7 Louisiana (Wed) A L/5 games. App St was ranked #20 entering the ‘18 matchup against UL, escaping with a 45-38 win. GEORGIA SOUTHERN IS OFF BYE The only SBC foe App St has more than 1 loss to is GS. The LTH App St came in ranked for the Oct. 14 at Georgia Southern (Wed) A 1st time as an FBS team, but lost their QB in 1Q, committed 5 TO’s and lost 34-14 (288-334). Home team is winless in 3 previous mtgs between these tms. Their last mtg was in ‘18 when App St won Oct. 24 Arkansas St (HC) A 35-9 (390-336, +3 TO’s) despite losing their top RB to injury. App has won 5 straight SBC home openers. App St leads this series 4-1, but the Mountaineers lost the LTH when they gave up the Oct. 31 at ULM A GW TD with 23 seconds to lose 52-45 (508-569). App is 17-3 the L5Y in SBC road games. In App’s LTH they held TXSt to 218 ttl yds & were +3 in TO’s in a 38-7 convincing win. Teams met at Nov. 7 at Texas St A Texas St in B2B years and in ‘17 here App trailed 10-7 at HT before coming back & escaping w/a 20-13 win. App St is a perfect 6-0 vs the Panthers and have outscored GSt 174-33 in their 6 game history (avg Nov. 14 Georgia St A margin of victory is 28.2 pts). In the L/4 mtgs against the Panthers App St has avg 262.3 rush ypg. 7th mtg overall (4th as FBS foes) and these tms met in the ‘06 FCS playoffs, with App St holding a 6-0 edge. Nov. 21 at Coastal Carolina A LTH App St led 14-7 HT and won 23-7, holding CC to 178 yds. Tms have only met 3 times as FBS foes. App St holds a 4-1 record over Troy as FBS foes, with their lone loss coming in ‘16. The SBC East Nov. 28 Troy A could be at stake in this gm, as it has been the previous 2 ssn’s. App is 6-0 in SBC home finales.