# 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.
The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA, as a member of the Southern Conference. Appalachian is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football. Appalachian won the 2005 Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated as FCS national champions in 2006.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at NC State* | No. 1 | Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC | | L 10–23 | 57,583 |
| September 9 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 12 James Madison* | No. 1 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | | W 21–10 | 23,814 |
| September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Mars Hill* | No. 2 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | | W 41–0 | 24,346 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb* | No. 2 | Ernest W. Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | ESPNU | W 41–6 | 8,490 |
| September 30 | 3:30 p.m. | Elon | No. 2 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | | W 45–21 | 26,620 |
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | No. 2 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | | W 56–21 | 8,887 |
| October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Wofford | No. 2 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | | W 14–7 | 18,758 |
| October 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern | No. 1 | Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA | SportSouth | W 27–20 $^{2OT}$ | 19,438 |
| October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Furman | No. 1 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC (Black Saturday) | SportSouth | W 40–7 | 24,447 |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | The Citadel | No. 1 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | | W 42–13 | 17,547 |
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | at Western Carolina | No. 1 | E. J. Whitmire StadiumCullowhee, 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 StadiumBoone, 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 StadiumBoone, 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 StadiumBoone, NC (NCAA Division I Semifinal) | ESPN | W 49–24 | 18,040 |
| December 15 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 3 UMass* | No. 1 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I Championship Game) | ESPN2 | W 28–17 | 22,808 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### NC State

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

### James Madison

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

### Mars Hill

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

### Gardner–Webb

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

### Elon

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

### Chattanooga

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

### Wofford

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

### Georgia Southern

| | 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

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

### The Citadel

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

### Western Carolina

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

### Coastal Carolina

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

### Montana State

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

### Youngstown State

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

### Massachusetts

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

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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

* 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
### Team

| | 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

| | 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