2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
NCAA Division I Semifinal, L 17–24 vs. Montana
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3 [1]
FCS Coaches	No. 3 [2]
Record	11–3 (8–0 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (21st season)
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative [3]
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (19th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons ←  2008 2010  →

2009 Southern Conference football standings

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

The 2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 80th season of play for the Mountaineers. The team was led by Jerry Moore, the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award winner for Coach of the Year. Moore is in his 21st season as head coach. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	12:00 p.m.	at East Carolina *	No. 1	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	MASN	L 24–29	43,279	[5]
September 12	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 McNeese State *	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		L 35–40	27,914	[6]
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Samford	No. 10	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 20–7	22,139	[7]
October 3	1:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 10	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 30–27 OT	14,238	[8]
October 10	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina Central *	No. 9	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 55–21	25,017	[9]
October 17	3:00 p.m.	at Wofford	No. 9	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	SportSouth	W 44–34	8,330	[10]
October 24	3:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday, rivalry)	SportSouth	W 52–16	26,215	[11]
October 31	12:00 p.m.	at Furman	No. 7	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	WLOS	W 52–27	11,211	[12]
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	No. 7	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 35–20	24,430	[13]
November 14	3:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Elon	No. 7	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	SportSouth	W 27–10	14,167	[14]
November 21	3:30 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 6	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		W 19–14	30,098	[15]
November 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 South Carolina State *	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPNU	W 20–13	12,216	[16]
December 5	7:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Richmond *	No. 5	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	MASN	W 35–31	7,272	[17]
December 12	4:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana *	No. 5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPN	L 17–24	24,207	[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	7	0	17	24
East Carolina	17	10	2	0	29

See also: 2009 East Carolina Pirates football team

McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
McNeese State	7	7	13	13	40
Appalachian State	0	7	21	7	35

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Samford	0	0	0	7	7
Appalachian State	7	13	0	0	20

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Appalachian State	0	7	10	10	3	30
The Citadel	7	6	0	14	0	27

North Carolina Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina Central	14	0	0	7	21
Appalachian State	7	17	10	21	55

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	3	17	7	17	44
Wofford	6	21	7	0	34

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Southern	7	3	6	0	16
Appalachian State	14	21	10	7	52

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	14	21	17	0	52
Furman	0	13	14	0	27

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chattanooga	0	7	10	3	20
Appalachian State	21	0	0	14	35

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	14	7	3	3	27
Elon	0	0	3	7	10

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Carolina	7	0	0	7	14
Appalachian State	3	0	7	9	19

South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Carolina State	3	7	3	0	13
Appalachian State	0	13	0	7	20

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	0	7	21	35
Richmond	7	7	7	10	31

See also: 2009 Richmond Spiders football team

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	10	7	0	17
Montana	7	0	7	10	24

Roster

See also: American football positions

2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 DeAndre Presley So WR 3 Blake Elder Jr RB 4 Rod Chisholm Fr WR 6 CoCo Hillary Jr QB 7 Travaris Cadet So WR 8 Brian Quick So WR 11 Andrew Peacock Fr QB 12 Jamal Jackson Fr QB 14 Armanti Edwards Sr WR 15 Jamill Lott Fr RB 16 Devin Radford Jr WR 17 Matt Cline Jr WR 19 Tavaris Washington Sr RB 20 Devon Moore Jr RB 21 Robert Welton Jr RB 26 Josh Jackson Sr WR 27 Tony Washington Fr RB 29 Cedric Baker So TE 37 Jey Yokeley Fr TE 43 Brandon Thompson So TE 48 Brad Hardee Jr OL 51 Sherman Holt So OL 57 Brett Irvin Jr OL 60 Louis Swaba Jr OL 61 Mario Acitelli Sr OL 62 Xan Thomas So OL 63 Daniel Kilgore Jr OL 64 Orry Frye So OL 66 Chad Turner Fr OL 67 Zach Brown Sr OL 68 Robert Wallace Fr OL 70 Matt Ruff So OL 71 Pat Mills Jr OL 73 Corbett Harris Jr OL 75 Regan Dufort Fr OL 76 Anthony Wilson So OL 77 Jason Jones So OL 78 Chris Marshall So WR 80 Ben King So TE 81 Jordan Gary Fr WR 82 Rodger Walker Fr WR 83 Dominick Magazu So TE 84 Ben Jorden So WR 85 B. J. Frazier Jr TE 86 Tim Frye Jr WR 87 Wes Springfield Fr WR 89 Nathan Dorton Fr WR 97 Levi Pate Fr WR Jarrett Barnett Fr WR R. J. Burton So OL Blake Hart Fr WR Travis Lucas Jr RB Baine Martin Fr WR Jonathan Shively Fr OL Bradley Williams Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 5 Cortez Gilbert Sr LB 9 D. J. Smith Jr DB 10 Demetrius McCray Fr DB 13 Mark LeGree Jr DB 18 Dominique McDuffie Fr DB 22 Ingram Bell Fr LB 24 Brandon Grier Fr DB 25 Jared Reine Jr DB 28 Ed Gainey So LB 30 Brandon Olsen So DB 31 Troy Sanders Fr LB 33 Jeremy Kimbrough Fr LB 35 Philip Strickland So LB 36 Justin Lloyd Fr LB 40 Jacque Roman Sr LB 41 Zac Baker Fr LB 42 Michael Frazier Fr LB 45 Karl Anderson Fr DL 46 Tony Robertson Jr DB 47 Justin Wray Fr LB 49 Terrence McLean Fr LB 50 Cougar Norris Fr DL 52 Demery Brewer So DL 53 Mark Moll Fr DL 54 Jabari Fletcher Jr DL 55 Justin Johnson Sr DL 56 Bobby Bozzo Jr DL 58 Daniel Finnerty Sr LB 65 Matthew Watson Fr DL 91 Malcolm Bennett Sr DL 92 Nick Canepa Fr DL 93 John Rizor Fr DL 94 Giavonni Scott Fr DL 95 Gordy Witte So DL 96 Josh Jurius So DL 98 Anthony Williams Sr DL 99 Lanston Tanyi So DB Austin Crabill Fr DB Michael Marsh Fr LB Michael Rudisill Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 34 Adam Kassouf Sr PK 39 Jason Vitaris Jr LS 59 Wilson Fitchett So LS 79 Dakota Walker Fr P 90 Sam Martin Fr LS Alex Johnson Fr PK Stewart Johnson Fr PK Ethan Martin Fr P Michael McLendon Fr	Head coach Jerry Moore (21st season) Coordinators/assistant coaches John Wiley - Defensive coordinator Chris Moore Dale Jones Shawn Elliott Mark Speir Brad Glenn John Holt Jason Blalock Lance Taylor Josh Robertson Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: November 30, 2009

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Alma Mater	Year
Jerry Moore	Head coach	Baylor, 1961	21st
John Wiley	Defensive coordinator/defensive Backs	East Texas State, 1984	19th
Chris Moore	Running backs	Appalachian State, 1999	15th
Dale Jones	Linebackers	Tennessee, 1988	14th
Shawn Elliott	Offensive line	Appalachian State, 1996	13th
Mark Speir	Defensive line/recruiting coordinator	Clemson, 1990	7th
Brad Glenn	Quarterbacks	Clemson, 1995	5th
John Holt	Tight ends	Appalachian State, 2008	2nd
Jason Blalock	Defensive tackles	Appalachian State, 2001	1st
Lance Taylor	Wide receivers	Alabama, 2004	1st
Josh Robertson	Strength & conditioning	ETSU, 1997	4th

Coach profiles at GoASU

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	2	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	5	3
FCS Coaches	1	2	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	5	3

Awards and honors

• Walter Payton Award — Armanti Edwards
• Southern Conference Coach of the Year (coaches) — Jerry Moore
• Southern Conference Roy M. "Legs" Hawley Offensive Player of the Year(media) — Armanti Edwards
• Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year (coaches) — Armanti Edwards
• Southern Conference Jacobs Blocking Trophy — Mario Acitelli

Statistics

Team

ASU Opp Scoring 465 313   Points per Game 33.2 22.4 First Downs 343 241   Rushing 168 108   Passing 160 117   Penalty 15 16 Total Offense 6,511 4,458   Avg per Play 6.4 5.0   Avg per Game 465.1 318.4 Fumbles–Lost 19–9 16–7 Penalties–Yards 99–936 72–628   Avg per Game 66.9 44.9

ASU Opp Punts–Yards 52–2,080 78–3,185   Avg per Punt 40.0 40.8 Time of Possession/Game 30:43 29:17 3rd Down Conversions 80 for 182 76 for 197 4th Down Conversions 8 for 18 10 for 19 Touchdowns Scored 58 39 Field Goals–Attempts 19–28 13–19 PAT–Attempts 58–58 34–6 Attendance 168,029 122,704   Games/Avg per Game 7/24,004 7/17,529

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 OT Total Opponents 82 81 72 78 0 313 Mountaineers 90 140 99 133 3 465

References

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2. FCS Coaches (December 21, 2009). "Villanova Claims First Title, No. 1 Ranking" (PDF). Southern Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
3. Bowman, Tommy (February 25, 2009). "Coaching staff at ASU in place for 2009 season". Winston-Salem Journal . Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
4. "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
5. "Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
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10. "ASU rallies for 4th victory". Winston-Salem Journal. October 18, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "No. 9 Appalachian State handles Georgia Southern". Hickory Daily Record. October 25, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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13. "Mountaineers right ship vs. Mocs". The Charlotte Observer. November 8, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
14. "App. St. wins SoCon showdown with Elon". The Salisbury Post. November 15, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
15. "Appalachian State gets 9th straight win". Winston-Salem Journal. November 22, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
16. "Mountaineers benefit from S.C. State error to break tie". The Charlotte Observer. November 29, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
17. "Late score lifts App. State to FCS semifinal". News and Record. December 6, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
18. "Mountaineers rally but game slips away". The Charlotte Observer. December 13, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2025– via Newspapers.com.