2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

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

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]

2006 Southern Conference football standings
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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 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 edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at NC State*	No. 1	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 10–23	57,583
September 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 James Madison*	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 21–10	23,814
September 16	3:30 p.m.	Mars Hill*	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 41–0	24,346
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb*	No. 2	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPNU	W 41–6	8,490
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Elon	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 45–21	26,620
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	No. 2	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 56–21	8,887
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Wofford	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 14–7	18,758
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	SportSouth	W 27–20 ^2OT	19,438
October 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 8 Furman	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday)	SportSouth	W 40–7	24,447
November 4	3:30 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 42–13	17,547
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
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
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
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
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
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries edit

NC State edit

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

James Madison edit

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

Mars Hill edit

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

Gardner–Webb edit

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

Elon edit

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

Chattanooga edit

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

Wofford edit

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

Georgia Southern edit

	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 edit

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

The Citadel edit

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

Western Carolina edit

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

Coastal Carolina edit

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

Montana State edit

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

Youngstown State edit

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

Massachusetts edit

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

Rankings edit

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 edit

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 edit

Team edit

	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 edit

	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

References edit

^ "Final Sports Network's 2006 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, 2008.
^ "NCAA Sports Sponsorship". NCAA. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
^ "N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
^ Mitchell, Mark (December 22, 2005). "History Made In Chattanooga". Mountain Times. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
^ Associated Press (December 15, 2006). "Appalachian State defeats UMass to repeat as I-AA champs". ESPN. Retrieved December 10, 2008.

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[1] "Final Sports Network's 2006 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, 2008.

[4] "NCAA Sports Sponsorship". NCAA. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.

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

[6] Mitchell, Mark (December 22, 2005). "History Made In Chattanooga". Mountain Times. Retrieved July 27, 2009.

[7] Associated Press (December 15, 2006). "Appalachian State defeats UMass to repeat as I-AA champs". ESPN. Retrieved December 10, 2008.

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2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football

NCAA Division I champion So-Con champion
NCAA Division I Championship Game, 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 →