2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
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
Record	12–3 (6–1 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (17th season);
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (15th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

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]

2005 Southern Conference football standings
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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 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 edit

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
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at Kansas*	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 8–36	37,070
September 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 17 Coastal Carolina*		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 30–3	23,267
September 24	4:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 22	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 45–13	11,103
October 8	3:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Furman	No. 16	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	CSS	L 31–34	14,138
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
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Wofford	No. 16	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	CSS	W 49–17	8,398
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	CSS	W 35–25	22,338
November 5	8:00 p.m.	at No. 6 (I-A) LSU*	No. 7	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–24	91,414
November 12	3:30 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)	CSS	W 35–7	25,584
November 19	6:00 p.m.	at Elon	No. 6	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 52–14	6,472
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
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	^[7]
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
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
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries edit

Eastern Kentucky edit

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

Kansas edit

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

Coastal Carolina edit

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

The Citadel edit

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

Furman edit

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

Georgia Southern edit

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

Wofford edit

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

Chattanooga edit

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

LSU edit

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

Western Carolina edit

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

Elon edit

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

Lafayette edit

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

Southern Illinois edit

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

Furman edit

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

Northern Iowa edit

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

Rankings edit

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 edit

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 edit

Team edit

	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 edit

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

References edit

^ "Final Sports Network's 2005 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
^ 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.
^ "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
^ Mitchell, Mark (December 22, 2005). "History Made In Chattanooga". Mountain Times. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
^ Davis, Elizabeth A. (December 16, 2005). "Appalachian State takes fumble and I-AA title from N. Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
^ "N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
^ Cary, Kevin (December 4, 2005). "Salukis take bait vs. Appalachian State". The Charlotte Observer. p. 12C. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Final Sports Network's 2005 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2008.

[2] 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.

[3] "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2009.

[4] Mitchell, Mark (December 22, 2005). "History Made In Chattanooga". Mountain Times. Retrieved July 27, 2008.

[5] Davis, Elizabeth A. (December 16, 2005). "Appalachian State takes fumble and I-AA title from N. Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2008.

[6] "N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.

[7] Cary, Kevin (December 4, 2005). "Salukis take bait vs. Appalachian State". The Charlotte Observer. p. 12C. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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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 →