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2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

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 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I champion
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 1[1]
Record14–1 (7–0 Southern)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCollaborative[2]
Offensive schemeMultiple Spread
Defensive coordinatorJohn Wiley (16th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Southern Conference football standings
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 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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26:00 p.m.at NC State*No. 1
L 10–2357,583[8]
September 93:30 p.m.No. 12 James Madison*No. 1
W 21–1023,814[9]
September 163:30 p.m.Mars Hill*No. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 41–024,346[10]
September 236:00 p.m.at Gardner–Webb*No. 2
ESPNUW 41–68,490[11]
September 303:30 p.m.ElondaggerNo. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 45–2126,620[12]
October 76:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaNo. 2
W 56–218,887[13]
October 143:30 p.m.WoffordNo. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 14–718,758[14]
October 2112:00 p.m.at Georgia SouthernNo. 1
SportSouthW 27–20 2OT19,438[15]
October 283:30 p.m.No. 8 FurmanNo. 1
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (Black Saturday)
SportSouthW 40–724,447[16]
November 43:30 p.m.The CitadelNo. 1
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 42–1317,547[17]
November 114:00 p.m.at Western CarolinaNo. 1
W 31–913,742[18]
November 253:30 p.m.No. 13 Coastal Carolina*No. 1
ESPNUW 45–2816,223[19]
December 24:00 p.m.No. 18 Montana State*No. 1
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN2W 38–1715,116[20]
December 94:00 p.m.No. 5 Youngstown State*No. 1
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Semifinal)
ESPNW 49–2418,040[21]
December 158:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 UMass*No. 1
ESPN2W 28–1722,808[22]

Game summaries

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NC State

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

James Madison

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

Mars Hill

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

Gardner–Webb

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

Elon

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

Chattanooga

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

Wofford

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

Georgia Southern

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1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Appalachian State 0 3 7 737 27
Georgia Southern 0 7 3 730 20

Furman

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

The Citadel

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

Western Carolina

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

Coastal Carolina

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

Montana State

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

Youngstown State

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

Massachusetts

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

Rankings

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Ranking movements
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Awards and honors

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  • 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

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Team

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ASUOpp
Scoring528223
  Points per game35.214.9
First downs319214
  Rushing19484
  Passing107111
  Penalty1819
Total offense6,2654,154
  Avg per play6.24.4
  Avg per game417.7276.9
Fumbles–Lost34–1627–13
Penalties–Yards99–91875–618
  Avg per game61.241.2
ASUOpp
Punts–Yards56–2,07592–3,405
  Avg per punt37.137.0
Time of possession/Game31:0129:54
3rd down conversions82 for 18865 for 219
4th down conversions15 for 259 for 28
Touchdowns scored7127
Field goals–Attempts10–1410–26
PAT–Attempts70–7125–25
Attendance184,911108,140
  Games/Avg per Game9/20,5465/21,628

Scores by quarter

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1 2 3 4OT Total
Opponents 32 45 73 703 223
Mountaineers 126 167 120 10510 528

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

References

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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. Retrieved February 28, 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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. ↑ "Appalachian State defeats UMass to repeat as I-AA champs". ESPN. Associated Press. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Defensive minded; State grounds defending 1-AA champion Mountaineers". Goldsboro News-Argus. September 3, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Appalachian State rocks James Madison 21–10". Winston-Salem Journal. September 10, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "ASU hands Lions their 1st defeat". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 17, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Jackson's punt returns lead ASU". News and Record. September 24, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "App. St. routs Elon". The News and Observer. October 1, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Mountaineers leave no doubt". The Charlotte Observer. October 8, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "ASU struggles past Wofford". Winston-Salem Journal. October 15, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Appalachian State survives overtime to beat Georgia Southern". The News-Herald. October 22, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Mountaineers thump Paladins". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 29, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "ASU ties up conference title". News and Record. November 5, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "App State downs Western". Hickory Daily Record. November 12, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "Mountaineers roll to win". The News and Observer. November 26, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ Scott Mansch (December 3, 2006). "Griz advance, Cats fall". Great Falls Tribune. pp. 1S, 7S – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ "Run continues: Apps going to final". News and Record. December 10, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Still on top". Winston-Salem Journal. December 16, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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