2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I-AA champion SoCon champion
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, W 21–16 vs. Northern Iowa
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 1 [1]
Record	12–3 (6–1 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative [2]
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (15th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons ←  2004 2006  →

2005 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^		6	–	1					12	–	3
No. 3 Furman ^		5	–	2					11	–	3
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^		5	–	2					8	–	4
Western Carolina		4	–	3					5	–	4
Wofford		3	–	4					6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	4					6	–	5
The Citadel		2	–	5					4	–	7
Elon		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by 17th-year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina. ^[3]

The Mountaineers won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. ^{[4] [5]} Appalachian State is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football. ^[6]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	6:30 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky *		Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY		W 24–16	10,300	[7]
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at Kansas *	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 8–36	37,070	[8]
September 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 17 Coastal Carolina *		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 30–3	23,267	[9]
September 24	4:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 22	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 45–13	11,103	[10]
October 8	3:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Furman	No. 16	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	CSS	L 31–34	14,138	[11]
October 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 Georgia Southern	No. 19	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday)	FSNS	W 24–7	21,486	[12]
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Wofford	No. 16	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	CSS	W 49–17	8,398	[13]
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	CSS	W 35–25	22,338	[14]
November 5	8:00 p.m.	at No. 6 (I-A) LSU *	No. 7	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–24	91,414	[15]
November 12	3:30 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)	CSS	W 35–7	25,584	[16]
November 19	6:00 p.m.	at Elon	No. 6	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 52–14	6,472	[17]
November 26	2:00 p.m.	No. 25 Lafayette *	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		W 34–23	6,327	[18]
December 3	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Southern Illinois *	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	ESPNU	W 38–24	11,108	[19]
December 10	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Furman*	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)	ESPN2	W 29–23	15,307	[20]
December 16	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Northern Iowa *	No. 5	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 21–16	20,236	[21]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	7	7	3	24
Eastern Kentucky	7	0	0	9	16

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	0	0	8	8
Kansas	7	6	13	10	36

See also: 2005 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coastal Carolina	0	0	3	0	3
Appalachian State	13	17	0	0	30

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	14	7	17	45
The Citadel	7	0	6	0	13

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	7	3	14	31
Furman	7	9	10	8	34

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Southern	0	0	7	0	7
Appalachian State	10	7	7	0	24

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	14	14	14	49
Wofford	7	3	0	7	17

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chattanooga	6	7	6	6	25
Appalachian State	0	14	14	7	35

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	0	0	0	0
LSU	7	7	0	10	24

See also: 2005 LSU Tigers football team

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Carolina	0	0	0	7	7
Appalachian State	7	14	7	7	35

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	10	21	7	14	52
Elon	0	0	0	14	14

Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lafayette	0	17	3	3	23
Appalachian State	3	7	10	14	34

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Illinois	0	3	7	14	24
Appalachian State	10	14	7	7	38

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Furman	0	23	0	0	23
Appalachian State	14	7	0	8	29

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	7	7	7	21
Northern Iowa	6	10	0	0	16

See also: 2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
The Sports Network	—	25	—	22	17	16	19	16	12	7	8	6	5	1

Awards and honors

• Southern Conference Coach of the Year (coaches and media) — Jerry Moore
• Southern Conference Roy M. "Legs" Hawley Offensive Player of the Year(media) — Richie Williams
• Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year (coaches) — Richie Williams
• Southern Conference Jacobs Blocking Trophy — Matt Isenhour

Statistics

Team

ASU Opp Scoring 455 282   Points per Game 30.3 18.8 First Downs 317 299   Rushing 155 156   Passing 143 117   Penalty 19 26 Total Offense 6,347 4,963   Avg per Play 6.3 4.7   Avg per Game 423.1 330.9 Fumbles–Lost 26–13 20–11 Penalties–Yards 106–936 85–770   Avg per Game 62.4 51.3

ASU Opp Punts–Yards 58–2,187 76–2,953   Avg per Punt 37.7 38.9 Time of Possession/Game 28:33 31:27 3rd Down Conversions 87 for 187 86 for 222 4th Down Conversions 10 for 21 12 for 22 Touchdowns Scored 61 34 Field Goals–Attempts 9–17 17–24 PAT–Attempts 58–59 25–99 Attendance 125,417 178,895   Games/Avg per Game 7/17,917 7/25,556

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 54 85 55 88 282 Mountaineers 95 150 90 120 455

References

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