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) ESPN+ GAME 2 Harrison Battle, Play-by-Play Date: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 Pierre Banks, Analyst Time: 3:30 p.m. ET 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 Appalachian State National Rankings: Charlotte Radio affiliates: 97.3 FM (North Wilkesboro) - FLAGSHIP, App State: RV (AP), RV (Coaches) 96.5 FM/1450 AM (Boone), 1270 AM (Gastonia/Charlotte), MOUNTAINEERS 49ERS 1150 AM (Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte), 101.5 FM/600 AM (1-0) Charlotte: N/A (1-0) (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point), 107.7 FM/1450 Series: App State leads 1-0 (0-0 in Boone) AM (Hendersonville), 1350 AM (Asheville) Coach: Eliah Drinkwitz Coach: Will Healy Last Year: App State 45, Charlotte 9 Career: 1-0/1st year Career: 14-21/4th year Listen online at appstatesports.com and via the TuneIn app. At App State: Same Live Stats: AppStateSports.com At Charlotte: 1-0/1st 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: 16-for-24 passing, 150 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs 2019: 7 catches, 79 yards, 1 TD 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: 14 attempts, 99 yards, 1 TD 2019: 7 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 2 PBUs Pat Washington, WRs Wes Smith, grad assistant EAST TENNESSEE ST. Saturday, Aug. 31 APP STATE STORYLINES BOONE, N.C. W, 42-7 • Saturday’s “White Out” game will be the second-ever meeting between the programs and the first showdown in Boone. During App State’s 45-9 victory at Charlotte in 2018, Zac Thomas completed CHARLOTTE Saturday, Sept. 7 BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ all 14 of his pass attempts for a career-high 295 yards, Thomas Hennigan scored on a 59-yard punt return and the Mountaineers limited the 49ers to a trio of field goals. at North Carolina Saturday, Sept. 21 Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA • The in-state matchup at The Rock will pit the nation’s sixth-youngest FBS head coach in App State’s COASTAL CAROLINA* Saturday, Sept. 28 BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. Eliah Drinkwitz (36 years, 4 months) against the third-youngest FBS head coach in Charlotte’s Will Healy (34 years, 7 months). They both won their debuts at their new schools in Week 1. at Louisiana* Wednesday, Oct. 9 Lafayette, La. 8 p.m. ESPN2 • App State’s current seven-game winning streak is tied for the nation’s third-longest with Ohio State, ULM* Saturday, Oct. 19 behind Clemson (16) and Army (10). The Mountaineers increased their home winning streak to 11 BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. games last weekend, a total that ranks fourth among Group of Five programs and ninth nationally. at South Alabama* Saturday, Oct. 26 Mobile, Ala. TBA • Since the start of the 2015 season, App State is No. 5 nationally in win percentage (79.2) behind GEORGIA SOUTHERN* Thursday, Oct. 31 only Clemson (93.3), Alabama (93.3), Ohio State (89.1) and Oklahoma (85.5). With a 42-11 record BOONE, N.C. 8 p.m. ESPNU over the last four-plus seasons, App State’s win total trails only Clemson (56-4), Alabama (56-4), at South Carolina Saturday, Nov. 9 Ohio State (49-6), Oklahoma (47-8), Wisconsin (43-12) and Georgia (43-13). Columbia, S.C. TBA • The Mountaineers returned 10 of 11 offensive starters and six defensive starters from a 2018 team at Georgia State* Saturday, Nov. 16 Atlanta, Ga. 2 p.m. that went 11-2, won a third straight Sun Belt title, improved to a nation’s-best 4-0 in bowl games and attained a Top 25 ranking for the first time in the program’s brief FBS history. TEXAS STATE* Saturday, Nov. 23 BOONE, N.C. 2:30 p.m. • App State is opening a season with back-to-back home games for the first time since 1981, when the at Troy* Friday, Nov. 29 Mountaineers won 48-9 against Lenoir-Rhyne and 45-0 against James Madison. Troy, Ala. 6 p.m. Sun Belt Championship Saturday, Dec. 7 • App State has held its opponents to less than 20 points in each of its last nine home games. That Teams, Location TBD 12 p.m. ESPN/2 run includes the last two home games of 2017, all six home games in 2018 and the 2019 opener. 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. – Matt Viator, ULM Practices not designated as “open to media” will be during games if you have any questions. 12:19 p.m. – Billy Napier, Louisiana closed. All practices are closed to the public. 12:26 p.m.