The 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 79th season of play for the Mountaineers. The team was led by Jerry Moore, the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award winner for Coach of the Year. It was his 20th season as head coach. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.
Appalachian completed a perfect Southern Conference season at 8–0, and became just the fourth football program in conference history to win four straight conference titles. A quarterfinal playoff loss to the Richmond Spiders ended Appalachian's season, the quest for four consecutive national titles, and snapped the Mountaineers' record string of consecutive playoff victories at 13. Ending the season on a positive note was quarterback Armanti Edwards, who was honored with the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the Division I FCS most outstanding offensive player.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries LSU
Jacksonville
James Madison
Presbyterian
The Citadel
Samford
Georgia Southern
Furman
Wofford
Chattanooga
Elon
Western Carolina
South Carolina State
Richmond
Personnel Coaching staff NamePositionAlma MaterYear Jerry Moore Head coach Baylor, 1961 20th John Wiley Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs East Texas State, 1984 18th Dale Jones Linebackers Tennessee, 1988 13th Scott Satterfield Quarterbacks Appalachian State, 1996 10th Shawn Elliott Offensive Line Appalachian State, 1996 12th Chris Moore Running Backs Appalachian State, 1999 14th Mark Speir Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Clemson, 1990 6th Antonio Carter Wide Receivers (Split Ends) Alabama, 2004 1st Brad Glenn Wide Receivers (Slot) Clemson, 1995 4th Nic Cardwell Tight Ends Appalachian State, 2008 1st John Holt Offensive Quality Control Appalachian State, 2008 1st Brad West Defensive Quality Control Appalachian State, 2006 2nd Trey Elder Student Assistant Appalachian State, 2008 1st Jeff Dillman Strength & Conditioning Appalachian State, 2001 3rd
Roster
Awards and honors Walter Payton Award — Armanti Edwards Southern Conference Coach of the Year (coaches and media) — 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 Defensive Player of the Year (coaches) — Jacque Roman
Statistics Team ASU Opp Scoring 522 303 Points per game 37.3 21.6 First downs 304 250 Rushing 156 124 Passing 137 106 Penalty 11 20 Total offense 6,491 4,676 Avg per play 6.8 4.7 Avg per game 463.6 334.0 Fumbles–Lost 30–18 23–8 Penalties–Yards 88–761 79–723 Avg per game 54.4 51.6 ASU Opp Punts–Yards 60–2,352 82–3,181 Avg per punt 39.2 38.8 Time of possession/Game 29:10 30:50 3rd down conversions 81 for 177 68 for 214 4th down conversions 9 for 19 15 for 36 Touchdowns scored 72 39 Field goals–Attempts 8–12 10–17 PAT–Attempts 64–69 37–39 Attendance 201,291 160,876 Games/Avg per Game 8/25,161 6/26,813
Scores by quarter
Offense
Rushing Name GP–GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Armanti Edwards 13–13 193 1,169 228 941 4.9 11 76 72.4 Robert Welton 11–5 95 558 14 544 5.7 11 72 49.5 Devin Radford 10–3 75 540 20 520 6.9 4 84 52.0 DeAndre Presley 9–1 73 476 61 415 5.7 7 33 46.1 Josh Jackson 14–2 65 328 11 317 4.9 4 27 22.6 Cedric Baker 10–0 19 186 3 183 9.6 0 40 18.3 Devon Moore 3–2 22 133 10 123 5.6 2 40 41.0 Matt Cline 12–2 20 122 3 119 5.9 0 22 9.9 T. J. Courman 14–9 13 69 1 68 5.2 0 15 4.9 CoCo Hillary 14–12 7 37 8 29 4.1 0 13 2.1 Anthony Cruver 5–0 2 21 0 21 10.5 0 18 4.2 Trey Hennessee 14–0 7 18 5 13 1.9 0 7 0.9 Hunter Stewart 14–0 4 17 13 4 1.0 0 13 0.3 Jason Vitaris 14–0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 Total – 604 3,675 465 3,210 5.3 39 84 229.3
Passing Name GP–GS Effic Att–Cmp–Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Armanti Edwards 13–13 170.19 196–306–9 64.1 2,902 30 72 223.2 DeAndre Presley 9–1 147.64 30–45–1 66.7 379 2 58 42.1 CoCo Hillary 14–12 0.00 0–2–0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Hunter Stewart 14–0 0.00 0–1–0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total – 165.88 226–354–10 63.8 3,281 32 72 234.4
Receiving Name GP–GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G CoCo Hillary 14–12 56 735 13.1 5 50 52.5 Ben Jorden 14–7 29 506 17.4 6 58 36.1 T. J. Courman 14–9 29 292 10.1 3 48 20.9 Brian Quick 13–4 23 496 21.6 7 58 38.2 Matt Cline 12–2 19 264 13.9 2 35 22.0 Josh Johnson 14–9 16 229 14.3 2 38 16.4 Blake Elder 14–3 13 180 13.8 1 38 12.9 T. Washington 13–1 11 125 11.4 2 44 9.6 B. J. Frazier 14–4 10 120 12.0 1 20 8.6 Robert Welton 11–5 7 86 12.3 1 44 7.8 Devin Radford 10–3 5 178 35.6 2 72 17.8 Josh Jackson 14–2 4 28 7.0 0 13 2.0 Clay McKnight 13–0 2 13 6.5 0 7 1.0 Devon Moore 3–2 1 19 19.0 0 19 6.3 Brad Hardee 13–3 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.8 Total – 226 3,281 14.5 32 72 234.4
Defense Name GP–GS Tackles Sacks Pass defense Interceptions Fumbles BlkdKick Solo Ast Total TFL–Yds No–Yds BrUp QBH No.–Yds Avg TD Long Rcv–Yds FFJacque Roman 14–14 47 83 130 6.5–30 3.0–23 2 5 2–21 10.5 0 13 4–33 – – D. J. Smith 14–14 58 65 123 7.5–21 2.0–8 5 3 – – – – 1–0 – – Pierre Banks 14–14 45 53 98 4.0–22 2.0–20 11 2 1–18 18.0 0 18 – 2 – Cortez Gilbert 14–14 45 27 72 0.5–1 – 17 – 2–0 0 0 0 – – 1 Mark LeGree 13–13 37 21 58 3.0–19 1.0–13 7 – 10–32 3.2 0 22 – 1 – A. Williams 14–14 13 42 55 4.5–29 3.0–25 – 4 – – – – 1–11 1 – Lanston Tanyi 14–9 15 37 52 7.0–28 6.0–25 – 9 – – – – – 1 – Ed Gainey 14–10 32 19 51 0.5–0 – 9 – – – – – – – – Jabari Fletcher 13–11 21 28 49 12.5–57 6.0–45 2 8 – – – – – 2 – Billy Riddle 14–3 20 22 42 1.5–2 – 2 – – – – – – 1 – Malcolm Bennett 13–13 6 31 37 2.0–6 1.0–4 – 2 – – – – – 1 – Leonard Love 9–7 18 19 37 2.5–5 – 6 – 1–10 10.0 0 10 – 1 – Travis Dowda 13–5 20 10 30 4.0–42 – 2 – 3–33 11.0 1 33 – 1 – Quavian Lewis 13–4 10 18 28 8.0–30 3.0–20 – 3 – – – – – 2 – Demery Brewer 13–0 12 11 23 1.0–9 1.0–9 – – – – – – – – – Daniel Finnerty 14–2 4 15 19 4.0–9 – – 6 – – – – – – – B. Simpkins 13–0 4 12 16 – – – – – – – – – – – Trey Hennessee 14–0 4 10 14 – – – – – – – – – – – Brad Hardee 13–3 8 5 13 – – – – – – – – – – – Richard Long 14–0 2 9 11 – – – – – – – – – – – Jason Jones 13–0 7 4 11 2.5–9 2.0–9 1 2 – – – – – – – Josh Smith 10–0 5 5 10 – – – – – – – – – 1 – D. McDuffie 3–3 6 4 10 0.5–1 – 3 – – – – – – – – Gordy Witte 12–0 5 3 8 2.0–11 1.0–7 – – – – – – – – – Ellis McDowell 5–0 4 3 7 0.5–1 – – 1 – – – – – – – Josh Davis 7–0 3 4 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Tony Robertson 3–3 5 2 7 2.0–13 1.0–9 – – – – – – – – – Bobby Bozzo 12–0 4 3 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Jason Vitaris 14–0 4 2 6 – – – – – – – – – – – Cedric Baker 10–0 3 3 6 – – – – – – – – – – – Jared Reine 11–1 4 1 5 – – – – – – – – – – – Daniel Kilgore 14–13 2 2 4 – – – – – – – – – – – Wilson Fitchett 14–0 – 4 4 – – – – – – – – – – – Orry Frye 11–4 1 1 2 – – – – – – – – – – – Justin Johnson 3–0 1 1 2 0.5–0 – – – – – – – – – – Mario Acitelli 14–14 – 2 2 – – – – – – – – – – – Brandon Olsen 2–0 1 1 2 – – – – – – – – – – – Brad Coley 14–14 1 – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – Dominick Magazu 8–0 1 - 1 – – – – – – – – – – – Brian Quick 13–4 1 – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – Neil Young 14–0 – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – Mitch Mitchener 2–0 – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – Clay McKnight 13–0 – 1 1 – – – – – – – – 2–0 – – Coad Westra 3–0 1 – 1 – – 1 – – – – – – – – Daniel Pratl 3–1 – 1 1 – – 1 – – – – – – – – J. Bieschke 14–13 – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – Total – 480 587 1,067 77–345 32–216 69 45 19–114 6.0 1 33 8–44 14 1
Special teams Name Punting Kickoffs No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB Neil Young 55 2,232 0.6 56 5 12 14 1 1 44 44.0 0 0 T. J. Courman 2 55 27.5 34 1 0 1 0 – – – – – Adam Kassouf 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 0 0 – – – – – DeAndre Presley 1 21 21.0 21 0 0 0 0 – – – – – TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – Jason Vitaris – – – – – – – – 93 5,344 57.5 9 3 Total 60 2,352 39.2 56 6 12 15 1 94 5,388 57.3 9 3
Name Punt returns Kick returns No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long B. J. Frazier 29 183 6.3 0 28 – – – – – Josh Johnson 7 47 6.7 0 26 – – – – – CoCo Hillary – – – – – 30 701 23.4 0 48 Richard Long – – – – – 8 129 16.1 0 26 Devin Radford – – – – – 3 39 13.0 0 20 Matt Cline – – – – – 1 19 19.0 0 19 Blake Elder – – – – – 1 0 0.0 0 0 Travis Dowda – – – – – 1 17 17.0 0 17 Tim Frye – – – – – 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Total 36 230 6.4 0 28 45 902 20.0 0 48
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