GAME 1 • AUGUST 31, 2013 • 9 P.M. ET (7 P.M. MT ...
2013 APPALACHIAN STATE FOOTBALL
GAME 1 ? AUGUST 31, 2013 ? 9 P.M. ET (7 P.M. MT) ? MISSOULA, MONT. ? WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM (25,217)
No. 12 APPALACHIAN STATE (8-4, 6-2 SoCon in `12)
Location: Boone, N.C. Nickname: Mountaineers Conference: Southern
Head Coach: Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State, 1996)
AT
No. 20 MONTANA (5-6, 3-5 Big Sky in `12)
Location: Missoula, Mont. Nickname: Grizzlies Conference: Big Sky
Head Coach: Mick Delaney (Western Montana, 1964)
MATCHUP AT A GLANCE
APPALACHIAN STATE
vs.
MONTANA
1899..........................................................................................Founded......................................................................................... 1893
17,589................................................................................... Enrollment....................................................................................15,642
Black and Gold........................................................................ Colors.......................................................Copper, Silver and Gold
Kidd Brewer (24,050)...............................................Stadium (Capacity)................................Washington-Grizzly (25,217)
Scott Satterfield (Appalachian, 1996).......................Head Coach................. Mick Delaney (Western Montana, 1964)
First season...........................................................Coach's Record at School..........................................5-6 (Second season)
Same......................................................................... Coach's Overall Record..................................... 10-17-1 (Fourth season)
8-4.................................................................................2012 Overall Record.................................................................................5-6
6-2 (t-1st)................................................... 2012 Conference Record (Standing)...................................................3-5 (t-8th)
No. 9 (The Sports Network), No. 8 (coaches)...2012 Final National Ranking....................................................................None
Multiple Spread...............................................................Basic Offense................................................................................Pro Set
32.9 (2nd/23rd).........................2012 Points Per Game (Conference/National Rank)...................... 31.6 (6th/t-27th)
170.2 (4th/39th).............. 2012 Rushing Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank)..............235.7 (2nd/11th)
293.7 (2nd/14th)..............2012 Passing Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank)............. 216.5 (11th/55th)
464.0 (2nd/9th)....................2012 Total Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank).................. 452.2 (1st/11th)
3-4....................................................................................... Basic Defense........................................................................................4-3
29.3 (6th/77th)................ 2012 Points Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank)................ 26.7 (5th/60th)
ON THE AIR TV: Max Media (Montana)
Chris Byers (play-by-play) John Edwards (analyst) Shaun Rainey (sideline reporter) Radio: Appalachian IMG Sports Network David Jackson (play-by-play) Steve Brown (analyst) Randy Jackson (sideline reporter) Steve Zushin (network engineer) Aaron Brunk (scoreboard host)
Appalachian IMG Sports Network Affiliates
Carrying This Week's Game
WKBC-FM 97.3...............................North Wilkesboro, Charlotte,
Winston-Salem, Hickory, High Country
Flagship Station of the Appalachian IMG Sports Network
WATA-AM 1450............................................ Boone, Blowing Rock
WCOG-AM 1320............................ Greensboro, Winston-Salem
WMFR-AM 1230..................................... High Point, Greensboro
WSML-AM 1200...................................... Burlington, Greensboro
WCMC-FM 99.9 HD-3.................Raleigh, Durham, Chapel HIll
WZGM-AM 1350.................................Black Mountain, Asheville
WTOE-AM 1470 .............................................................Spruce Pine
WPWT-AM 870 ................. Bristol, Tenn./Va., Johnson City, Tenn.
WZGV-AM 730....................Charlotte, Rock Hill, S.C., Salisbury
WDNC-AM 620......................................................Durham, Raleigh
WHKP-AM 1450.......................................................Hendersonville
WAZZ-AM 1490.............................................................. Fayetteville
WLON-AM 1050................................................................Lincolnton
Live Internet Streaming..............................
ONLINE Live Video: ESPN3 Live Audio: Live Stats:
190.5 (6th/94th)..... 2012 Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank).......... 92.5 (1st/2nd) 222.5 (8th/73rd)..... 2012 Passing Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank).288.3 (13th/120th) 413.1 (8th/90th).........2012 Total Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank).........380.9 (4th/66th)
2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Aug. 31 at Montana (ESPN3)
9 p.m. ET
Longtime NCAA Division I FCS powers square off for the third time in five seasons
SERIES HISTORY
Series Record:................................... Montana leads, 2-1
In Boone:...........................Appalachian State leads, 1-0
In Missoula:........................................ Montana leads, 2-0
Last Meeting:.......................App State 35, Montana 27
Sept. 8, 2012 (Boone, N.C.)
Sept. 7 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23
North Carolina A&T
6 p.m.
Appalachian State is 61-19-2 all-time in home openers, including wins in 10 of last 11
at Elon*
6 p.m.
Mountaineers' SoCon/FCS farewell tour begins against Elon, who it has not lost to since 1964
Charleston Southern
3:30 p.m.
Appalachian State is 42-15-1 all-time versus current members of Big South Conference
at The Citadel*
2 p.m.
The Citadel stunned Appalachian, 52-28, last season but Apps have won 17 of last 19 in series
Samford*
3:30 p.m.
Appalachian State is the only SoCon team Samford has not beaten since joining league in `08
at Furman*
Appalachian has won 10 of the last 12 meetings versus longtime rival Furman
1:30 p.m.
Georgia Southern* (ESPN3)
3:30 p.m.
Nation's No. 1 team has been upset the last three times these future Sun Belt rivals have squared off
Chattanooga*
3:30 p.m.
App State has won 25 of last 28 over Mocs, including 14-straight in Boone (last UTC win at KBS - 1983)
at Georgia (TV TBA)
TBA
Apps boast seven wins over FBS/I-A opponents since 1983 (most recent: 34-32 at No. 5 Michigan, `07)
at Wofford*
1:30 p.m.
Wofford is only SoCon team since 2002-03 to post consecutive wins over App State (`02-03 & `11-12)
Western Carolina*
3:30 p.m.
Appalachian State has won eight-straight and 26 of last 28 Battles for the Old Mountain Jug
APPALACHIAN STATE'S LAST TIME OUT Vs. Illinois State:............................................ L, 38-37 (OT) NCAA Division I Football Championship 2nd Round Date:.................................................................... Dec. 1, 2012 Location:............... Boone, N.C. (Kidd Brewer Stadium) Total Offense:...................................................................434
Rushing:..................................................................... 51 Passing:.................................................................... 383 Turnovers:.................................................................... 1 Total Defense:..................................................................418 Rushing:..................................................................... 96 Passing:.................................................................... 322 Takeaways:.................................................................. 0 Passing Leader: J. Londry-Jackson.............33-45-1, 373 yds., 2 TD Rushing Leaders: Steven Miller....................................... 17 att., 61 yds. Rod Chisholm................................. 2 att., 1 yd., 1 TD Receiving Leaders: Sean Price.............................. 13 rec., 167 yds., 2 TD Andrew Peacock....................11 rec., 79 yds., 1 TD Defensive Leaders: Jeremy Kimbrough..............15 TT, 3.5 TFL, 1 sack Troy Sanders...............................11 TT, 1 TFL, 2 PBU
2013 Appalachian State FOOTBALL
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MEDIA AVAILABILITY ? Below is a breakdown of this week's media availability for Appalachian State coaches and student-athletes.
? ALL interviews with Appalachian State coaches and student-athletes MUST be arranged through Appalachian State's sports information office. Interview requests can be made to assistant A.D./sports information Mike Flynn (828-262-2845 or flynnmh@appstate.edu). Media members/ outlets that attempt to conduct interviews not arranged through the sports information office (including contacting student-athletes via social media) are subject to loss of media privileges, including revocation of credentials.
? To participate in media teleconferences, contact Mike Flynn for call-in number and passcode.
? Appalachian State's full media guidelines can be found on p. 205 of the 2013 Appalachian State football media guide.
26 ? MONDAY
27 ? TUESDAY
Coach Satterfield Brief interviews following practice
Assistant Coaches Brief interviews following practice
QB Jamal Londry-Jackson/ DL Ronald Blair Media teleconference -- 11 a.m. ET/9 a.m. MT
Coach Satterfield SoCon Media Teleconference -- 10 a.m. ET/8 a.m. MT
Assistant Coaches Brief interviews following practice
Student-athletes No media availability
Other student-athletes Brief interviews following practice
28 ? WEDNESDAY 29 ? THURSDAY 30 ? FRIDAY
31 ? SATURDAY 1 ? SUNDAY
Coach Satterfield Brief interviews following practice
Assistant Coaches Brief interviews following practice
Student-athletes Brief interviews following practice
No media availability except for game broadcast crews.
Appalachian State walkthrough closed.
No media availability except for game broadcast crews.
Postgame Interviews Coach Satterfield and selected App State players will be available for postgame interviews following 10-minute cooling-off period (location TBA).
Coach Satterfield TBA
Assistant Coaches No media availability
Student-athletes No media availability
Coaches and players are not available for on-field interviews except with live broadcast crews.
App State's locker room is CLOSED to media at all times.
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TOP STORYLINES ? A new era begins for Appalachian State football on Saturday when the 12th-ranked Mountaineers open the 2013 season at No. 20 Montana.
? Most notably, Saturday's season-opener marks the debut for Appalachian State head coach Scott Satterfield. Satterfield was named Appalachian's 20th head coach Dec. 14, 2012. Satterfield replaces legendary head coach Jerry Moore, whose 24-year run at the helm of the Mountaineers came to an end following the 2012 campaign. For more on Scott Satterfield, see p. 5.
? Saturday's game also marks the beginning of the end of an era for Appalachian State football, as the Mountaineers open their final season in NCAA Division I FCS. On March 27, 2013, Appalachian officially accepted an invitation to join the NCAA Division I FBS Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2014. For more on the transition to FBS, see p. 4.
? Saturday's game also wraps up perhaps the most anticipated regular-season series in FCS history, when Appalachian and Montana play the final game of a home-and-home series.
? The series began last Sept. 8 in Boone, N.C., when Appalachian scored its first-ever win over Montana with a 35-27 triumph in front of 30,856 at jam-packed Kidd Brewer Stadium.
? Despite last year's victory over the Griz, the Mountaineers still trail in the all-time series versus Montana, 2-1.
? Montana has won both previous meetings played in Missoula, Mont.
? Both of the previous App State-Montana matchups played at Washington-Grizzly Stadium came in the semifinals of the NCAA Division I-AA/FCS playoffs. The Griz topped the Apps in overtime, 19-16, in the 2000 national semifinals and eeked out a heartstopping 24-17 victory in the 2009 semis.
? Appalachian State and Montana have combined to win five NCAA Division I-AA/FCS national championships, make 10 I-AA/FCS championship-game appearances and earn 41 I-AA/FCS postseason berths.
? Appalachian State is opening the season versus an FCS opponent for only the fifth time in the last 20 seasons. Appalachian has not lost an opener to an FCS opponent since a 22-10 loss at North Carolina A&T in 1993.
AN APPALACHIAN STATE WIN WOULD ... ? be its first in three attempts at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.
? even the all-time series between Appalachian State and Montana at 2-2.
? be the program's first in 10 games played west of the Mississippi River.
? be its first in a season opener since 2010 and only its fourth in its last 12 openers.
AN APPALACHIAN STATE LOSS WOULD ... ? drop it to 0-3 all-time at Montana and 1-3 overall versus the Griz.
? drop it to 0-10 all-time in games played west of the Mississippi River.
? be its third-straight season-opening setback and ninth in its last 12 openers.
? mark the first time it lost a season opener to an NCAA Division I FCS opponent since it dropped a 22-10 decision at N.C. A&T in 1993.
TALE OF THE TAPE Average heights and weights of players listed on
the depth chart for each team:
Appalachian State
Montana
6-3, 280............... Offensive Line/Tight Ends............. 6-4, 281
6-0, 199............. Offensive Backs (QB and RB)........... 6-0, 208
5-10, 184.............................Receivers...............................5-9,176
6-2, 255.......................... Defensive Line........................ 6-2, 265
6-0, 215............................. Linebackers........................... 6-1, 222
5-10, 190...................... Defensive Backs....................... 6-0, 188
TOP RETURNING PERFORMERS AT A GLANCE
PASSING
CMP. ATT. INT. YDS. TD
Appalachian State
Jamal Londry-Jackson 268 406 8 3,278 21
Montana
Trent McKinney
134 205 8 1,350 8
RUSHING
ATT. YDS. AVG. TD
Appalachian State
Jamal Londry-Jackson 114 328
2.9
6
Montana
Jordan Canada
118 586
5.0
4
RECEIVING
NO. YDS. AVG. TD
Appalachian State
Sean Price
81 1,196 14.8
8
Montana
Ellis Henderson
23
360 15.7
2
TACKLES
UT AT TT TFL SACKS
Appalachian State
Patrick Blalock 37 36 63 3.0 -
Montana
Brock Coyle
35 72 107 6.5 2.0
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NOTING MONTANA ? Montana is coming off an uncharacteristic 5-6 campaign in 2012 that snapped a string of 25-consecutive winning seasons. Prior to last season, the Griz hadn't had a losing season since it went 3-8 in 1985.
? Last year also marked just the second time in 20 seasons that Montana did not earn a berth in the NCAA Division I-AA/FCS playoffs. The Griz made 17-straight postseason appearances from 1993-2009 before the streak was snapped with a 7-4 campaign in 2010.
? The Griz earned a spot in the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship field and advanced to the national semifinals but that playoff berth, along with five victories from that season, were vacated as part of sanctions for NCAA rules violations that were announced this past summer.
? Montana is poised to make a return to the postseason this year with 19 full-time starters back from last year's squad.
? The Griz are especially loaded on defense, where they return 10 starters from a year ago. Montana's projected starting lineup on defense features six seniors and just two underclassmen (both sophomores).
? On offense Montana returns seven full-time starters and is also buoyed by the return of junior quarterback Jordan Johnson, who redshirted last season. Johnson threw for 2,400 yards and 21 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2011, helping lead the Griz to the national semifinals.
? Montana's Washington-Grizzly Stadium is one of the most difficult venues for a visiting team in all of college football. The Griz have won a whopping 88 percent (176-24) of their games at WGS since it opened in 1986 (including five wins from 2011 that were later vacated due to NCAA sanctions).
? Montana has lost consecutive home games just once in this millenium -- when it dropped back-to-back home contests to Northern Arizona (41-31) and Southern Utah (30-20) on Sept. 22 and Oct. 13 of last season. The Griz also lost their home finale last year (a 16-7 loss to archrival Montana State), meaning that an Appalachian State victory would give Montana consecutive home losses for only the second time since 2000.
? Appalachian is looking to become just the second Southern Conference team to ever win at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Wofford topped the Griz, 23-22, in the opening round of the 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship. SoCon teams are 1-4 all-time at WGS (App State - 0-2, ETSU - 0-1, Georgia Southern - 0-1, Wofford - 1-0).
APPALACHIAN-MONTANA SERIES HISTORY ? Longtime NCAA Division I FCS powers Appalachian State and Montana are squaring off for the second-straight season and fourth time overall.
? Montana leads the all-time series, 2-1.
? Appalachian downed UM, 35-27, on Sept. 8 of last season in the programs' first-ever regular-season meeting at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. (see more in next column).
? Prior to last season, the Mountaineers and Griz had only met in the postseason, staging epic battles in the 2000 and 2009 NCAA Division I-AA/FCS national semifinals at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.
? In 2000, Montana's Drew Miller threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Farris in overtime that lifted the Griz to a 19-16 victory over the Mountaineers. Appalachian, which trailed 13-3 in the fourth quarter, rallied to send the contest to overtime on a Mark Wright 27-yard field goal as time expired. Wright hit a 36-yarder on the first series of overtime before Miller and Farris' game-winning connection.
? In 2009, Appalachian returned to Missoula, Mont. for the national semifinals and once again lost in heartbreaking fashion, 24-17. The Mountaineers led, 17-14, going into the fourth quarter but Montana took a 24-17 lead on a 25-yard pass from Andrew Selle to Jabin Sambrano with 1:37 to go. In his final collegiate game, Armanti Edwards led Appalachian all the way to the three yard line but on the final play of the game, a would-be game-tying touchdown pass slipped through the hands of Brian Quick to seal the win for the Griz. Edwards racked up 407 yards of total offense (353 passing, 54 rushing) and Quick caught 10 passes for 135 yards in the loss.
? Appalachian and Montana have combined to win five NCAA Division I-AA/FCS national championships, make 10 I-AA/FCS championship-game appearances and earn 40* I-AA/FCS postseason berths.
? Since 2005, App State and Montana are FCS's winningest programs with 87 and 77* victories, respectively.
* Montana also had five victories and a postseason appearance in 2011 that were vacated this summer due to NCAA sanctions.
APP STATE-MONTANA ALL-TIME RESULTS
YearDate Site
Score
2000 Dec. 9
Missoula, Mont.
L, 16-19 * (OT)
2009 Dec. 12 Missoula, Mont.
L, 17-24*
2012 Sept. 8 Boone, N.C.
W, 35-27
* NCAA Division I-AA/FCS national semifinals
APP ST.-MONTANA SERIES INFORMATION
Most Appalachian State Points:...................................35, 2012 Most Montana Points:.......................................................27, 2012 Fewest Appalachian State Points:...............................16, 2000 Fewest Montana Points:..................................................19, 2000 Largest App State Margin of Victory:........... 8 (35-27), 2012 Largest Montana Margin of Victory:............. 7 (24-17), 2009 Longest App State Winning Streak:................ 1 (2012-pres.) Longest Montana Winning Streak:....................... 2 (2000-09) Appalachian State vs. Montana in Boone:........................ 1-0
at Conrad/Kidd Brewer Stadium:.............................. 1-0 Appalachian State vs. Montana in Missoula:................... 0-2
at Washington-Grizzly Stadium:............................... 0-2
NOTING LAST YEAR'S WIN OVER MONTANA ? Perhaps the most anticipated regular-season matchup in NCAA Division I FCS history certainly lived up to the hype on Sept. 8, 2012 when No. 11/8 Appalachian State topped No. 12/9 Montana in an epic battle at The Rock.
? A raucous crowd of 30,856, the third-largest in Kidd Brewer Stadium history, saw the FCS powerhouses combine for 900 yards of offense and 19 third- and fourth-down conversions in a contest that, like the two Appalachian State-Montana matchups before it, came down to the wire.
? Appalachian forced two of Montana's four turnovers in the first quarter and turned both miscues into touchdowns to jump out to a 21-7 lead after just one period. The Griz roared back with 14 points in the second quarter to send the game to halftime tied at 21-21 and the score remained deadlocked until a heart-stopping fourth quarter.
? The Mountaineers regained a 28-21 advantage early in the final period when it marched 67 yards in just 1:44. A 32-yard pass from Jamal Londry-Jackson to Sean Price on the drive's first play and a 25-yard touchdown strike from Jackson to Andrew Peacock accounted for 57 of the 67 yards but the biggest play of the possession when Jackson scrambled for a first down on fourth-and-one to keep the series alive and set up the go-ahead touchdown pass to Peacock.
? Later in the fourth quarter, Montana drew within a point on an 87-yard touchdown reception by running back Dan Moore but App State maintained a 28-27 advantage when Griz kicker Chris Lider missed the extra point.
? On the ensuing possession, Appalachian put together a vintage 11-play, 78-yard touchdown drive to stretch its lead to 35-27. Facing third-and-16 from the UM 46 midway through the series, Jackson found true freshman Malachi Jones for a 17-yard first-down pass to keep the drive alive. Steven Miller (now with the Detroit Lions) picked up the final 29 yards from there, capped by his second touchdown of the game with 5:05 to play.
? Thanks to a third-down conversion and two fourth-down conversions, Montana marched
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into Appalachian territory on its final possession. However, with 18 seconds left to play, all-America cornerback Demetrius McCray made his second interception of the day at the goal line to seal the 35-27 triumph.
APPALACHIAN IN SEARCH OF FIRST WIN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ? Appalachian State is 0-9 all-time in games played west of the Mississippi River.
? Saturday's game is Appalachian's first on the other side of the Mississippi since it fell to Montana in the semifinals of the 2009 NCAA Division I Football Championship.
APPALACHIAN ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Date
Opponent
Result
Nov. 2, 1963
at Northwestern St.
L, 33-20
Dec. 3, 1994
at Boise State*
L, 17-14
Dec. 5, 1998
at Northwestern St.*
L, 31-20
Dec. 9, 2000
at Montana*
L, 19-16OT
Aug. 30, 2003 at Hawaii
L, 40-17
Sept. 4, 2004 at Wyoming
L, 53-7
Sept. 25, 2004 at Northwestern St.
L, 40-35
Sept. 10, 2005 at Kansas
L, 36-8
Dec. 12, 2009 at Montana*
L, 24-17
* NCAA I-AA/FCS playoff game
APPALACHIAN vs. BIG SKY CONFERENCE ? Appalachian State is 4-3 all-time versus opponents from the Big Sky Conference.
? Five of the previous seven meetings have come in the postseason.
? After squaring off with Big Sky foes just twice in its first 822 all-time games, Saturday's matchup versus Montana is Appalachian's seventh against a Big Sky opponent in its last 84 games.
APP STATE VERSUS CURRENT BIG SKY MEMBERS Cal Poly................................................................................................ 0-0 Eastern Washington....................................................................... 1-0 Idaho State......................................................................................... 0-0 Montana......................................................................... 1-2 Montana State.................................................................................. 1-0 North Dakota.................................................................................... 0-0 Northern Arizona............................................................................. 1-0 Northern Colorado.......................................................................... 0-0 Portland State................................................................................... 0-0 Sacramento State............................................................................ 0-0 Southern Utah.................................................................................. 0-0 UC Davis.............................................................................................. 0-0 Weber State....................................................................................... 0-0
APP STATE vs. BIG SKY OPPONENTS ALL-TIME
Year
Opponent
Result
Dec. 3, 1994
at Boise State^*
L, 17-14
Dec. 9, 2000
at Montana !
L, 19-16 (OT)
Dec. 2, 2006
Montana State^
W, 38-17
Sept. 15, 2007 Northern Arizona
W, 34-21
Dec. 1, 2007
Eastern Washington ^ W, 38-35
Dec. 9, 2009
at Montana !
L, 24-17
Sept. 8, 2012 Montana
W, 35-27
^ NCAA Division I-AA/FCS quarterfinal ! NCAA Division I-AA/FCS semifinal * no longer a member of the Big Sky
SEASON OPENERS ? Appalachian State is 47-33-3 all-time in season openers (.584).
? Appalachian has won just three of its last 11 and seven of its last 21 openers, dating back to 1992. However, that mark is a bit deceiving considering that 16 of those 21 contests have come against NCAA Division I-A/FBS opponents.
? The Mountaineers have not lost a season opener to a I-AA/FCS opponent since a 2210 setback at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 4, 1993.
? This year also marks the 12th-straight season that Appalachian State opens the campaign on the road. Appalachian has not played a season opener at home since it defeated Liberty, 46-26, to open the 2001 campaign.
TRANSITIONING TO FBS, SUN BELT ? On March 27, 2013, Appalachian State University announced that it would join the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2014.
? With the move to the Sun Belt, Appalachian State football will transition to college football's highest level, the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS -- formerly known as Division I-A).
? Appalachian State football must complete a two-year reclassification process from FCS to FBS. Among other requirements, Appalachian State must raise the number of football scholarships it offers from 63 to 85 during the reclassification period.
? In the first year of the reclassification process (2013), Appalachian State will play a full Southern Conference schedule but will be ineligible for participation in the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Appalachian will also be ineligible to officially win the Southern Conference title, as the league would forfeit its automatic berth in the Division I Football Championship if its champion were ineligible to participate in the postseason.
? The SoCon originally ruled that Appalachian State and Georgia Southern (which is also in the first year of transition to FBS and the Sun Belt) would be listed in the league's regular-season standings in 2013, much like Chattanooga was in 2009 when it was ineligible to participate in the NCAA postseason and, therefore, could not officially win the SoCon title.
? However, on Aug. 12, four-and-a-half months after App State and Georgia Southern accepted their invitations to join the Sun Belt and move to FBS and nearly three weeks after the SoCon reiterated on its media day that
Appalachian and GSU would be listed in the conference standings, the SoCon abruptly changed course and bucked precedent by announcing that the Mountaineers and Eagles would be listed below the league's other seven teams in the 2013 standings, regardless of their records in conference play.
? In the second year of the reclassification process (2014), Appalachian State will play a full Sun Belt Conference schedule and be eligible to win the Sun Belt championship but will not be eligible to participate in a postseason bowl game.
? Appalachian State becomes bowl-eligible in 2015.
SoCon SUPREMACY -- PART I ? In what turned out to be its final chance to win the Southern Conference, Appalachian State claimed its record-tying 12th SoCon championship in 2012.
? Since the SoCon began crowning a champion in 1933, only Furman, which won 12 titles in its first 73 years in the conference, has claimed more championships than the 11 that Appalachian won in its first 41 seasons in the league.
MOST SoCon CHAMPIONSHIPS
(since the SoCon began officially crowning a football champion in 1933)
No. Team
First Last
12 Furman
1978 2004
12 Appalachian State 1986 2012
10 Duke
1933 1952
10 Georgia Southern 1993 2012
8 West Virginia
1953 1967
7 VMI
1951 1977
? Last year's SoCon title was Appalachian State's seventh in eight years. In the SoCon's championship era (1933-present), Georgia Southern (1997-2002, 2004) is the only other program to win seven titles in an eight-year span.
? Appalachian also matched a SoCon record with its six-consecutive conference championships from 2005-10, matching the mark originally set by Georgia Southern from 19972002.
MOST CONSECUTIVE SoCon CHAMPIONSHIPS
(since the SoCon began officially crowning a football champion in 1933)
6 APPALACHIAN STATE...... 2005-10 6 Georgia Southern..............1997-2002 4 West Virginia.............................1953-56 4 Furman.......................................1980-83
SoCon SUPREMACY -- PART II ? Appalachian State is 39-5 (.886) in its last 44 SoCon games and 53-8 (.869) in conference action since the beginning of the 2005 campaign.
? Appalachian State is by far the SoCon's winningest program since 2000, with a gaudy
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81-19 record in conference play, 12 wins more than the next-closest competitor, Georgia Southern.
SoCon RECORDS SINCE 2000 (SoCon games only)
School
Record
Pct.
Appalachian State
81-19
.810
Georgia Southern
69-31
.690
Wofford
67-33
.670
Furman
63-37
.630
Samford (2008-pres.)
18-22
.450
Elon (2003-pres.)
31-45
.408
East Tennessee St. (2000-03) 12-20
.375
Chattanooga
35-65
.350
The Citadel
32-68
.320
Western Carolina
23-77
.230
VMI (2000-02)
5-19
.208
? Since the beginning of the 2005 campaign, Appalachian is 36-1 against SoCon foes besides Georgia Southern, Wofford and Furman (and a still-impressive 17-7 against the Eagles, Terriers and Paladins). The Mountaineers' loss to The Citadel on Sept. 15 of last season marked the first time since a 30-27 setback at Western Carolina on Nov. 13, 2004 that App State lost to a conference opponent outside of the GSU-Wofford-Furman trio.
CAROLINAS' BEST ? Prior to winning its first national championship in 2005, a quantitative study by the Charlotte Observer tabbed Appalachian State as the Carolinas' most successful Division I football program over the previous two decades (1985-2004).
? A look at the numbers since the turn of the millenium seem to vaildate the Observer's findings. Since 2000, Appalachian easily has the best winning percentage of any Division I program in North or South Carolina.
CAROLINAS' WINNINGEST DIVISION I
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS (since 2000)
School (Conference)
Record Pct.
Appalachian State (SoCon) 127-44 .747
Wofford (SoCon)
101-53 .656
South Carolina State (MEAC)
95-52 .646
Clemson (ACC)
105-60 .636
Furman (SoCon)
96-59 .619
Coastal Carolina* (Big South)
71-44 .617
South Carolina (SEC)
98-62 .613
NC State (ACC)
88-73 .547
Gardner-Webb (Big South)
74-67 .525
* Coastal Carolina has fielded a football team since 2003
IN THE NATIONAL POLLS ? Appalachian State is ranked No. 12 nationally in The Sports Network's NCAA Division I FCS preseason top-25 poll.
? However, the Mountaineers' ranking is very likely not an actual indication of where prognosticators truly feel Appalachian stacks up nationally in its final FCS season. The Mountaineers' No. 12 ranking came despite some voters leaving Appalachian off their ballots altogether in response to the Apps'
impending move to the Sun Belt Conference and NCAA Division I FBS ranks in 2014.
? Appalachian State has been ranked in The Sports Network poll for 109-straight weeks, dating back to the Sept. 19, 2005 rankings.
? Appalachian is 203-79-1 (.721) all-time in games in which they are nationally ranked.
? Appalachian is 5-0 all-time when playing as the No. 12 team in The Sports Network poll. Most recently the 12th-ranked Mountaineers defeated Furman, 33-28, to claim its 12th Southern Conference title in last year's regular-season finale (Nov. 12, 2012).
TRACKING APPALACHIAN STATE IN THE 2013 NATIONAL RANKINGS
Preseason................................................12 Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18
? Much like the Southern Conference did with regards to its regular-season standings, the FCS coaches' poll (which is administered by the SoCon) bucked precedent by making Appalachian State ineligible for its rankings in the Mountaineers' first year of transition from FCS to FBS. The policy represents a change of course from 2011 when Massachusetts and Texas State were eligible for the poll during their initial year of transition.
THE SPORTS NETWORK
NCAA DIVISION I FCS TOP-25 POLL (PRESEASON)
Team (1st-place votes)
Record Pts. Prev.
1. North Dakota State (127) 14-1 3340 1
2. Montana State (1)
11-2 3079 5
3. Sam Houston State (5) 11-4 2941 2
4. Eastern Washington
11-3 2873 4
5. Villanova
8-4
2334 15
6. South Dakota State
9-4
2268 14
7. Central Arkansas
9-3
2244 10
8. Wofford
9-4
2089 7
9. Georgia Southern (1)
10-4 2002 3
10. New Hampshire
8-4
1920 13
11. Towson
7-4
1871 17
12. Appalachian State
8-4 1696 9
13. Illinois State
9-4
1657 8
14. Cal Poly
9-3
1646 12
15. Richmond
8-3
1384 18
16. Stony Brook
10-3 1178 11
17. Northern Iowa
5-6 1106 NR
18. Northern Arizona
8-3
988 20
19. James Madison
7-4
964 19
20. Montana
5-6
813 NR
21. Eastern Illinois
7-5
686 NR
22. Lehigh Mountain
10-1
587 16
23. Bethune-Cookman
9-3
514 22
24. Chattanooga
6-5
505 NR
25. Coastal Carolina
8-5
489 24
Italics denote 2013 Appalachian State opponents
SATTERFIELD ERA BEGINS ? Saturday's season opener at Montana will mark the first time since Nov. 19, 1988 (a span of 9,052 days) that a head coach other than Jerry Moore will roam the Appalachian State sideline.
? Scott Satterfield will lead the Mountaineers into the opener at Montana after being named Appalachian State's 20th head coach on Dec. 14, 2012.
? Satterfield, 40, has been a part of the college-football landscape for more than half his life, most notably for his 17 previous seasons as a player (1991-95) and assistant coach (1998-2008, 2012) at Appalachian State.
? As a player and coach, he has helped lead the Mountaineers to three national titles and eight Southern Conference championships.
? Satterfield is the sixth Appalachian State alumnus to serve as the Mountaineers' head coach and the first in 43 years.
ALUMNI TO SERVE AS APPALACHIAN STATE'S HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Coach.....................Graduation............Head Coach Graydon Eggers...............1924............................. 1928 Francis Hoover.................1940............................. 1945 Press Mull..........................1947............................. 1951 Bob Broome......................1940..........................1956-58 Carl Messere.....................1961..........................1965-70 Scott Satterfield.......... 1996......................2013-
? Satterfield is looking to become the 12th person to win in his debut as Appalachian State's head coach.
HEAD COACHES IN THEIR APP STATE DEBUTS
Head Coach
Date Opponent
Result
Graydon Eggers 9/29/28 Mountain City
L, 26-0
C.B. Johnson
9/30/29 at Carson-Newman T, 0-0
Eugene Garbee 9/22/33 Erskine
L, 13-7
Kidd Brewer
9/27/35 at Lenoir-Rhyne T, 0-0
Flucie Stewart 9/15/39 Rollins
L, 14-7
R.W. "Red" Watkins 9/13/40 at Tampa
W, 13-6
Beattie Feathers 9/18/42 at Navy Apprentice W, 16-14
Francis Hoover 9/29/45 Milligan
L, 26-7
E.C. Duggins
9/19/47 at Guilford
W, 23-12
Press Mull
9/15/51 at Guilford
W, 20-0
Bob Broome
9/15/56 Western Carolina W, 19-7
Bob Breitenstein 9/19/59 at Emory & Henry W, 21-0
Jim Duncan
9/17/60 Emory & Henry W, 7-0
Carl Messere
9/18/65 Newberry
W, 10-7
Jim Brakefield 9/11/71 at Furman
T, 0-0
Mike Working 9/6/80 at James Madison W, 34-6
Mack Brown
9/3/83 at Wake Forest W, 27-25
Sparky Woods 9/1/84 at Clemson
L, 40-7
Jerry Moore
9/2/89 Gardner-Webb W, 43-7
Scott Satterfield 8/31/13 at Montana
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SATTERFIELD AT A GLANCE (@winthegame)
Playing Experience 1991-95:...................Appalachian State (QB)
Coaching Experience 1998:............................... Appalachian State (WR) 1999-2002:.................. Appalachian State (RB) 2003-08:........................ Appalachian State (QB) 2009:............................... Toledo (pass game coordinator/QB) 2010-11:........................ Florida International (off. coord./QB) 2012:............................... Appalachian State (asst. HC/OC/QB) 2013:............................... Appalachian State (head coach)
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