2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I champion So-Con champion
NCAA Division I Championship, W 28–17 vs. UMass
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 1 [1]
Record	14–1 (7–0 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (18th season)
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative [2]
Offensive scheme	Multiple Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (16th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons ←  2005 2007  →

2006 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^		7	–	0					14	–	1
No. 12 Furman ^		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 23 Wofford		5	–	2					7	–	4
The Citadel		4	–	3					5	–	6
Elon		2	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		2	–	5					3	–	8
Georgia Southern		2	–	5					3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina. ^[3]

The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA, as a member of the Southern Conference. ^[4] Appalachian is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football. ^[5] Appalachian won the 2005 Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated as FCS national champions in 2006. ^{[6] [7]}

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at NC State *	No. 1	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 10–23	57,583	[8]
September 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 James Madison *	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 21–10	23,814	[9]
September 16	3:30 p.m.	Mars Hill *	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 41–0	24,346	[10]
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb *	No. 2	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPNU	W 41–6	8,490	[11]
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Elon	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 45–21	26,620	[12]
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	No. 2	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 56–21	8,887	[13]
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Wofford	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 14–7	18,758	[14]
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	SportSouth	W 27–20 2OT	19,438	[15]
October 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 8 Furman	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday)	SportSouth	W 40–7	24,447	[16]
November 4	3:30 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 42–13	17,547	[17]
November 11	4:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	No. 1	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		W 31–9	13,742	[18]
November 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 13 Coastal Carolina *	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPNU	W 45–28	16,223	[19]
December 2	4:00 p.m.	No. 18 Montana State *	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN2	W 38–17	15,116	[20]
December 9	4:00 p.m.	No. 5 Youngstown State *	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPN	W 49–24	18,040	[21]
December 15	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 UMass *	No. 1	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 28–17	22,808	[22]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	0	3	0	10
NC State	9	7	7	0	23

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
James Madison	3	0	7	0	10
Appalachian State	7	14	0	0	21

Mars Hill

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mars Hill	0	0	0	0	0
Appalachian State	13	14	7	7	41

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	6	7	21	7	41
Gardner–Webb	3	0	0	3	6

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Elon	0	7	7	7	21
Appalachian State	10	21	14	0	45

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	14	21	14	7	56
Chattanooga	0	0	14	7	21

Wofford

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

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Appalachian State	0	3	7	7	3	7	27
Georgia Southern	0	7	3	7	3	0	20

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Furman	7	0	0	0	7
Appalachian State	0	14	12	14	40

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
The Citadel	3	0	3	7	13
Appalachian State	7	14	14	7	42

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	3	14	7	7	31
Western Carolina	0	0	2	7	9

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coastal Carolina	0	0	13	15	28
Appalachian State	17	14	7	7	45

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Montana State	0	10	7	0	17
Appalachian State	14	3	7	14	38

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Youngstown State	0	14	3	7	24
Appalachian State	7	21	7	14	49

Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	7	0	14	28
Massachusetts	7	0	7	3	17

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
The Sports Network	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	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) — Kevin Richardson
• Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year (coaches) — Kevin Richardson
• Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year (coaches) — Marques Murrell
• Southern Conference Freshman of the Year (coaches and media) — Armanti Edwards
• Southern Conference Jacobs Blocking Trophy — Kerry Brown

Statistics

Team

ASU Opp Scoring 528 223   Points per Game 35.2 14.9 First Downs 319 214   Rushing 194 84   Passing 107 111   Penalty 18 19 Total Offense 6,265 4,154   Avg per Play 6.2 4.4   Avg per Game 417.7 276.9 Fumbles–Lost 34–16 27–13 Penalties–Yards 99–918 75–618   Avg per Game 61.2 41.2

ASU Opp Punts–Yards 56–2,075 92–3,405   Avg per Punt 37.1 37.0 Time of Possession/Game 31:01 29:54 3rd Down Conversions 82 for 188 65 for 219 4th Down Conversions 15 for 25 9 for 28 Touchdowns Scored 71 27 Field Goals–Attempts 10–14 10–26 PAT–Attempts 70–71 25–25 Attendance 184,911 108,140   Games/Avg per Game 9/20,546 5/21,628

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 OT Total Opponents 32 45 73 70 3 223 Mountaineers 126 167 120 105 10 528

2006 statistics at GoASU Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

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