2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
FCS Quarterfinals, L 13–33 vs. Richmond
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 5
FCS Coaches	No. 5
Record	11–3 (8–0 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (20th season);
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (18th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Appalachian State $^	8	–	0	11	–	3
No. 9 Wofford ^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 17 Elon	6	–	2	8	–	4
Furman	4	–	4	7	–	5
Samford	4	–	4	6	–	5
Georgia Southern	4	–	4	6	–	5
The Citadel	2	–	6	4	–	8
Western Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
Chattanooga	0	–	8	1	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	11:00 a.m.	at No. 7 (FBS) LSU*	No. 1	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNC	L 13–41	91,922	^[9] 1^[10]
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Jacksonville*	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 56–7	30,718	^[11]
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at No. 5 James Madison*	No. 1	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	Comcast	L 32–35	17,163	^[12]
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Presbyterian*	No. 3	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 48–14	28,405	^[13]
October 4	3:00 p.m.	No. 12 The Citadel	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	SportSouth	W 47–21	29,631	^[14]
October 11	3:30 p.m.	at Samford	No. 2	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 35–24	10,670	^[15]
October 18	3:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	No. 2	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)	SportSouth	W 37–36	20,851	^[16]
October 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 18 Furman	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday)		W 26–14	27,848	^[17]
October 31	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Wofford	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN2	W 70–24	30,931	^[18]
November 8	2:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	No. 2	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 49–7	6,057	^[19]
November 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Elon	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 24–16	24,831	^[20]
November 22	3:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	No. 2	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)	SportSouth	W 35–10	14,213	^[21]
November 29	Noon	No. 13 South Carolina State*	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPNU	W 37–21	13,712	^[22]
December 6	Noon	No. 7 Richmond*	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)		L 13–33	15,215	^[23]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	0	7	6	13
LSU	14	17	3	7	41

Jacksonville

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

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	14	3	8	32
James Madison	0	0	21	14	35

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Presbyterian	7	7	0	0	14
Appalachian State	7	10	17	14	48

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
The Citadel	0	7	7	7	21
Appalachian State	7	34	0	6	47

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	21	0	7	35
Samford	14	0	3	7	24

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	7	10	13	37
Georgia Southern	10	10	7	9	36

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Furman	0	7	0	7	14
Appalachian State	6	7	0	13	26

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wofford	14	0	10	0	24
Appalachian State	21	21	7	21	70

Chattanooga

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

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Elon	0	10	6	0	16
Appalachian State	7	7	7	3	24

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	7	14	14	35
Western Carolina	7	3	0	0	10

South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Carolina State	7	7	7	0	21
Appalachian State	7	10	7	13	37

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Richmond	6	0	17	10	33
Appalachian State	7	0	6	0	13

Roster

2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	DeAndre Presley	Fr
WR	`3`	Blake Elder	So
WR	`4`	Anthony Cruver	Sr
WR	`6`	CoCo Hillary	So
WR	`7`	James Hill	Sr
WR	`8`	Brian Quick	Fr
QB	`10`	Hunter Stewart	Jr
QB	`11`	Jey Yokeley	Fr
WR	`12`	T. J. Courman	Sr
QB	`14`	Armanti Edwards	Jr
RB	`16`	Devin Radford	So
WR	`17`	Matt Cline	So
WR	`19`	Tavaris Washington	Jr
RB	`20`	Devon Moore	Jr
RB	`21`	Robert Welton	So
RB	`26`	Josh Jackson	Jr
RB	`29`	Cedric Baker	Fr
TE	`35`	Trey Hennessee	Sr
TE	`41`	Brandon Simpkins	Sr
TE	`43`	Brandon Thompson	So
OL	`50`	Nick Sloan	So
OL	`51`	Sherman Holt	Fr
OL	`57`	Brett Irvin	So
OL	`60`	Brad Coley	Sr
OL	`61`	Mario Acitelli	Jr
OL	`62`	Xan Thomas	Fr
OL	`63`	Daniel Kilgore	So
OL	`64`	Orry Frye	Fr
OL	`67`	Zach Brown	Jr
OL	`68`	Steve Smith	Fr
OL	`70`	Matt Ruff	Fr
OL	`71`	Pat Mills	So
OL	`72`	Jonathan Bieschke	Sr
OL	`73`	Corbett Harris	So
OL	`74`	Don Reeves	Fr
OL	`77`	Jacob Newton	So
OL	`78`	Chris Marshall	Fr
WR	`80`	Ben King	Fr
WR	`81`	Clay McKnight	Sr
WR	`82`	Josh Johnson	Jr
WR	`83`	Dominick Magazu	Fr
TE	`84`	Ben Jorden	Fr
WR	`85`	B. J. Frazier	So
TE	`86`	Tim Frye	So
WR	`87`	Brandon Knox	Jr
TE	`89`	Matt Beecher	Fr
WR		Tyler Brown	Fr
RB		Rod Chisholm	Fr
QB		Jamie DeGeare	Fr
WR		Wes Stringfield	Fr
TE		Nic Vannoy	Fr
WR		Regan Zanes	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`5`	Cortez Gilbert	Jr
LB	`9`	D. J. Smith	So
DB	`13`	Mark LeGree	So
DB	`15`	Jared Reine	So
DB	`18`	Dominique McDuffie	Fr
DB	`22`	Leonard Love	Sr
DB	`25`	Billy Riddle	Sr
DB	`27`	Josh Smith	So
DB	`28`	Ed Gainey	Fr
LB	`30`	Brandon Olsen	Fr
LB	`31`	Pierre Banks	Sr
DB	`36`	Marcus McCoy	Fr
LB	`37`	Philip Strickland	Fr
LB	`40`	Jacque Roman	Jr
DB	`42`	Travis Dowda	Jr
DL	`44`	Quavian Lewis	Jr
LB	`45`	Coad Westra	So
DL	`46`	Tony Robertson	Jr
DB	`47`	Ingram Bell	Fr
LB	`48`	Brad Hardee	So
LB	`49`	Terrence McLean	Fr
LB	`52`	Demery Brewer	Fr
DL	`53`	Daniel Pratl	So
DL	`54`	Jabari Fletcher	So
DL	`55`	Justin Johnson	Jr
DL	`56`	Bobby Bozzo	So
DL	`58`	Daniel Finnerty	Jr
LB	`65`	Mitch Mitchener	So
DL	`66`	Josh Jurius	Fr
LB	`69`	Matthew Watson	Fr
DL	`91`	Malcolm Bennett	Jr
DL	`92`	Jason Jones	Fr
DL	`93`	John Rizor	Fr
DL	`94`	Anthony Wilson	Fr
DL	`95`	Gordy Witte	Fr
DL	`98`	Anthony Williams	Jr
DL	`99`	Lanston Tanyi	Fr
LB		Andrew Ferguson	Fr
LB		Justin Lloyd	Fr
LB		Cougar Norris	Fr
DB		Shawn Rider	Fr
LB		Brandon Thompson	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`34`	Adam Kassouf	Jr
PK	`39`	Jason Vitaris	So
LS	`59`	Wilson Fitchett	Fr
P	`90`	Sam Martin	Fr
P	`97`	Neil Young	Sr

Head coach

Jerry Moore (20th season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

John Wiley – Defensive Coordinator
Dale Jones
Scott Satterfield
Shawn Elliott
Chris Moore
Mark Speir
Antonio Carter
Brad Glenn
Nic Cardwell
John Holt
Brad West
Trey Elder
Jeff Dillman

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 30, 2009

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Alma Mater	Year
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

Coach profiles at GoASU

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
The Sports Network	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5
FCS Coaches	1	2	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Opponents	86	68	88	61	303
Mountaineers	125	159	106	132	522

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		Blkd Kick
Name	GP–GS	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL–Yds	No–Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.–Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv–Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
Jacque 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
Name	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
Name	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

2008 statistics at GoASU

References

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^ FCS Coaches (December 22, 2008). "Spiders Sit Atop the FCS World". Southern Conference. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
^ 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.
^ "Appalachian State Clinches Fourth Straight SoCon Title". Southern Conference. November 15, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
^ "Turnovers Doom ASU in Season-Ending Loss". Southern Conference. December 6, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
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[1] "Final Sports Network's 2008 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.

[2] FCS Coaches (December 22, 2008). "Spiders Sit Atop the FCS World". Southern Conference. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.

[3] 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.

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

[5] "Appalachian State Clinches Fourth Straight SoCon Title". Southern Conference. November 15, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2008.

[6] "Turnovers Doom ASU in Season-Ending Loss". Southern Conference. December 6, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2008.

[7] "Vaughan and defense help Richmond avenge loss, send Appalachian State home". ESPN. Associated Press. December 6, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2009.

[8] "Armanti Edwards wins 2008 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2008.

[9] "Scott runs for 160 yards as No. 7 LSU overwhelms Appalachian St". ESPN. Associated Press. August 30, 2008. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.

[10] Appalachian Sports Information (August 30, 2008). "Mountaineers Drop 2008 Opener to LSU, 41-13". GoASU. Archived from the original on September 11, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2008.

[11] Appalachian Sports Information (September 6, 2008). "Mountaineers Open Home Slate With 56-7 Romp Over Jacksonville". GoASU. Retrieved September 28, 2006.

[12] Appalachian Sports Information (September 20, 2008). "Second Half Rally Stuns Appalachian at JMU". GoASU. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2008.

[13] Appalachian Sports Information (September 27, 2008). "Big Second Half Propels Appalachian Past Presbyterian, 48-14". GoASU. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2008.

[14] Appalachian Sports Information (October 4, 2008). "No. 2 Mountaineers Roll Over No. 12 The Citadel, 47-21". GoASU. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.

[15] Appalachian Sports Information (October 11, 2008). "ASU Overcomes Slow Start to Defeat Samford, 35-24". GoASU. Retrieved October 13, 2008.

[16] Appalachian Sports Information (October 18, 2008). "Thriller in Statesboro: Apps Beat Georgia Southern, 37-36". GoASU. Retrieved October 20, 2008.

[17] Appalachian Sports Information (October 25, 2008). "Moore Gets Win No. 200 in Mountaineers' 26-14 Victory Over Furman". GoASU. Retrieved October 26, 2008.

[18] Appalachian Sports Information (October 31, 2008). "Edwards, No. 2 Apps Wallop No. 3 Wofford, 70-24". GoASU. Retrieved October 31, 2008.

[19] Appalachian Sports Information (November 8, 2008). "Mountaineers Throttle Mocs, 49-7". GoASU. Retrieved November 8, 2008.

[20] Appalachian Sports Information (November 15, 2008). "Appalachian Clinches Fourth-Straight Socon Title in 24-16 Win over Elon". GoASU. Retrieved November 15, 2008.

[21] Appalachian Sports Information (November 22, 2008). "Mountaineers Close Out Perfect SoCon Season". GoASU. Retrieved November 22, 2008.

[22] Appalachian Sports Information (November 29, 2008). "Edwards' Record Day Propels Appalachian Into NCAA Quarterfinals". GoASU. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.

[23] Appalachian Sports Information (December 6, 2008). "Seven Turnovers Doom Apps in 33-13 Loss to Richmond". GoASU. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2008.

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