2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES APPSTATESPORTS.COM @APPSTATESPORTS @APPSTATESPORTS @APPSTATESPORTS #APPSTATE #10STRONG @APPSTATE_FB @APPSTATEFOOTBALL @APPSTATE_FB #MAKEANIMPACT #RQ2K18 2016, 2017 SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 2015 CAMELLIA BOWL CHAMPS | 2016 CAMELLIA BOWL CHAMPS | 2017 DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL CHAMPS 2005, 2006, 2007 FCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12-TIME SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPS (1986-2012) | 6-TIME NORTH STATE CHAMPS (1931-56) ESPN+ GAME 3 Harrison Battle, Play-by-Play Date: Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 Pierre Banks, Analyst Time: 3:30 p.m. ET Location: Boone, N.C. Venue: Kidd Brewer Stadium (Turf) APP STATE IMG NETWORK Adam Witten, Play-by-Play Last Game: Simms McElfresh, Analyst App State: W, 45-9, at Charlotte (9/8) Molly Cotten, Sideline Appalachian State Gardner-Webb: L, 28-10, vs. WCU (9/14) Gardner-Webb Today’s affiliates: 97.3 FM (North Wilkesboro) - FLAGSHIP, MOUNTAINEERS Coaches Poll Rankings: RUNNIN’ BULLDOGS 96.5 FM/1450 AM (Boone), 1270 AM (Gastonia/Charlotte), (1-1) App State: Unofficially No. 36 (13 pts) (1-2) 1150 AM (Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte), 101.5 FM/600 AM (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point), 107.7 FM/1450 AM Series: App State leads 7-0 Head Coach (Hendersonville), 1350 AM (Asheville) Head Coach Last Game: App State won 45-7 (2007) Scott Satterfield Carroll McCray Live Stats: AppStateSports.com Listen online at appstatesports.com and via the TuneIn app. Career: 42-23/6th year Career: 38-77/11th year At App State: Same Live Audio: AppStateSports.com At GWU: 22-38/6th year APP STATE COACHING STAFF APP STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS On the sideline: In the booth: PASSING RECEIVING Scott Satterfield, head coach Nic Cardwell, tight ends Zac Thomas | #12 | So. | Trussville, Ala. Corey Sutton | #2 | So. | Cornelius, N.C. Bryan Brown, DC/cornerbacks Greg Gasparato, safeties 2018: 39-for-52 passing, 565 yards, 5 TDs (2 rushing) 2018: 9 catches, 242 yards, 2 TDs Shawn Clark, co-OC/O-line Frank Ponce, co-OC/QBs Stu Holt, RBs/special teams D.J. Smith, outside linebackers Mark Ivey, assistant HC/D-line Phillip Hicks, grad assistant RUSHING DEFENSE Dale Jones, co-DC/ILBs Jalin Moore | #25 | Sr. | Shelby, N.C. Anthony Flory | #44 | Sr. | Miramar, Fla. Justin Watts, wide receivers 2018: 29 attempts, 126 yards, 1 TD; 5 catches, 36 yards 2018: 16 tackles, 1 QB hurry, 1 PBU Dalton Brown, grad assistant at #9/10 Penn State Saturday, Sept. 1 APP STATE STORYLINES University Park, Pa. L, 45-38 (OT) BTN • App State will play Gardner-Webb for the eighth time overall and the first time since claiming at Charlotte Saturday, Sept. 8 a 45-7 home win in 2007. Appalachian is 7-0 in the series with a 6-0 record in Boone. Charlotte, N.C. W, 45-9 ESPN+ SOUTHERN MISS Saturday, Sept. 15 • Corey Sutton’s three-catch, 155-yard game at Charlotte included a 90-yard TD that ranked as BOONE, N.C. Canceled the nation’s longest reception through two weeks and is now No. 2 behind a 95-yard touchdown GARDNER-WEBB Saturday, Sept. 22 reception from Penn State’s Daniel George on Sept. 15. Sutton ranks No. 3 nationally at 26.89 BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ yards per catch thanks to five catches of at least 27 yards in his last five quarters. He is No. 8 SOUTH ALABAMA* Saturday, Sept. 29 nationally at 121.0 receiving yards a game and fourth with four catches of at least 30 yards. BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ at Arkansas State* Tuesday, Oct. 9 • Zac Thomas is No. 5 nationally in completion percentage (75.0), No. 6 in yards per attempt Jonesboro, Ark. 8 p.m. ESPN2 (10.9) and No. 7 in passer rating (194.15). In his last five quarters (fourth quarter at Penn State, LOUISIANA* Saturday, Oct. 20 plus the Charlotte win), Thomas has completed 23 of 29 passes for 448 yards and totaled BOONE, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ seven TDs (five passing, two rushing). With Peyton Derrick and Jacob Huesman both 1-for-1, at Georgia Southern* Thursday, Oct. 25 App State is No. 2 nationally (after Georgia) with a team completion percentage of 75.9. Statesboro, Ga. 7:30 p.m. ESPNU at Coastal Carolina* Saturday, Nov. 3 • Playing in Boone for the first time in 2018 after last weekend’s scheduled game with Southern Conway, S.C. TBA ESPN+ Miss was canceled because of Hurricane Florence, App State is 65-20-2 in home openers. The at Texas State* Saturday, Nov. 10 Sept. 22 game against Gardner-Webb will be the Mountaineers’ latest home opener since San Marcos, Texas 4 p.m. ESPN3 they won 38-14 against East Tennessee State on Sept. 26, 1992. App State opened that season GEORGIA STATE* Saturday, Nov. 17 with back-to-back road games against NC State and Wake Forest before having a bye week. BOONE, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ESPN+ TROY* Saturday, Nov. 24 • Since 1972, the first time App State began a season before Sept. 10, this ties for the second-latest BOONE, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ESPN+ home opener, matching Sept. 22 in 1984 (after 3 road games) and 1979 (after 2 road games). APPSTATESPORTS.COM APP STATE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS APP STATE MEDIA SCHEDULE - STANDARD WEEK Joey Jones SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Associate Athletics Director Primary Football Contact • Practice closed • Scott Satterfield • Practice open to • Practice open to • Practice closed • Practice closed Email: [email protected] (No interviews) appearance on media (Defensive media (Offensive (No interviews) (No interviews) Sun Belt weekly players/coaches players/coaches Cell phone: 828-964-7183 coaches call at and Satterfield and Satterfield 11:30 a.m. ET available) available) Bret Strelow Communications Director • Mountaineer Secondary Football Contact Talk at 7 p.m. (no Email: [email protected] interviews) Cell phone: 828-963-3069 Chase Colliton Email: [email protected] Andrew Korba Email: [email protected] Katie Mathewson WHEN REFERENCING APPALACHIAN STATE, APPALACHIAN STATE OFFICIAL MARKS Email: [email protected] PLEASE USE: Tyler Hotz, Taylor Story, Noah Gerringer • Appalachian State University Student Interns • Appalachian State • Appalachian Mailing Address • App State App State Strategic Communications • Mountaineers PO Box 32116 • Apps Primary (Block A) Secondary (Victory Yosef) Boone, NC 28608 • Pronunciation: app-uh-LATCH-in Overnight Address PLEASE DO NOT USE: App State Strategic Communications • ASU • Appy State Appalachian Athletics Center • Appy 425 Jack Branch Drive Boone, NC 28608 MEDIA POLICIES/INFORMATION During a standard week with a Saturday game, the anything until after the post-practice interviews Below is the order of participants: Tuesday and Wednesday practices will be open to have been conducted. This includes media who media members. Those practices often run from 4 leave practice early. 11:30 a.m. – Scott Satterfield, App State p.m. until 6 p.m. each day, but times and availability 11:37 a.m. – Joe Moglia, Coastal Carolina are subject to change. Videographers, photographers and reporters 11:44 a.m. – Steve Campbell, So. Alabama taking videos with their smart phones must shoot 11:51 a.m. – Everett Withers, Texas State Media members will be able to interview head individual drills only and use tight shots with no 11:58 a.m. – Chad Lunsford, Ga. Southern coach Scott Satterfield as well as select App State formations revealed. 12:05 p.m. – Blake Anderson, Arkansas State student-athletes and assistant coaches after those 12:12 p.m. – Matt Viator, ULM practices. Practices not designated as “open to POSTGAME INTERVIEWS 12:19 p.m. – Billy Napier, Louisiana media” will be closed. All practices are closed to the 12:26 p.m. – Neal Brown, Troy public. For home games, Satterfield will hold his postgame 12:33 p.m. – Shawn Elliott, Georgia State press conference in the Mountaineer Room in the Based on the number of interview requests and in second floor auditorium of the Ricks Athletics • To participate in the Sun Belt calls, contact Joey Jones order to make the process as effective and efficient Center. Afterward, a press conference with two or Bret Strelow for the call-in number/passcode. as possible for all parties involved, defensive offensive players and a press conference with two assistants and student-athletes who play defense defensive players will be held at the same location. APP STATE ON ESPN+ will be available along with Satterfield on Tuesday. On Wednesday, offensive assistants and Those players will be chosen based on press box ESPN’s new streaming platform, ESPN+, will be student-athletes who play offense will be available feedback from media members during the game. home to various Appalachian State Athletics along with Satterfield. The availability of specialists broadcasts this season. will be determined by specific requests. Visiting team media availability will take place outside the visiting locker room, next to the team’s The remaining games currently slated for ESPN+ are Media members are asked to communicate their Owens Field House entrance. Sept. 22 (Gardner-Webb), Sept. 29 (South Alabama), plans for attendance and submit interview requests Oct. 20 (Louisiana), Nov. 3 (Coastal Carolina), Nov. 17 to Joey Jones or Bret Strelow before each open WEEKLY SUN BELT TELECONFERENCE (Georgia State) and Nov. 24 (Troy). practice begins in order to assist App State Athletics in meeting everyone’s needs. Appalachian State head coach Scott Satterfield will Fans can sign up for a seven-day free trial, then pay be available on the weekly Sun Belt Teleconference $4.99 a month for a service that’s available on iOS, Media attending practice are forbidden from every Monday morning from Aug. 27-Nov. 19, from Android, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV and other supported reporting (e.g.