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sion I national title by winning the Division I Football 
Championship Subdivision (formerly known as the Divi-
sion I–AA Championship), beating the University of 
Delaware (‘‘Delaware’’) Blue Hens by a score of 49 to 
21; 
Whereas Appalachian State has become the first football 
team in history to win 3 consecutive national champion-
ships in the NCAA Division I Football Championship 
Subdivision; 
Whereas, in the 2007 championship game, senior tailback 
Kevin Richardson opened the scoring with a 19-yard 
touchdown reception on a screen pass from Armanti Ed-
wards; 
Whereas Delaware responded by driving the ball to the Appa-
lachian State 1-foot line, where the Mountaineers 
stonewalled the Blue Hens with an impressive defensive 
stand; 
Whereas, on the ensuing possession, sophomore Devon Moore 
extended the lead to 14 to 0 in a touchdown run that 
capped a 5-play, 99-yard drive to set an Appalachian 
State school record for longest scoring drive; 
Whereas Appalachian State extended the lead to 21 to 0 with 
10:22 remaining in the second quarter as freshman tight 
end Daniel Kilgore recovered a fumble in the endzone for 
the touchdown as the Mountaineers scored on their first 
3 drives of the game; 
Whereas Delaware broke into the scoring column with only 
1:10 remaining in the first half, in a play that was origi-
nally ruled incomplete, but upon official review was ruled 
a touchdown to bring the Appalachian State lead to 21 
to 7; 
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Whereas Appalachian State scored 26 seconds later as 
Armanti Edwards threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to 
senior Dexter Jackson, in his fourth touchdown pass this 
season to Dexter Jackson for more than 59 yards; 
Whereas Appalachian State opened scoring in the third quar-
ter to extend their lead to 35 to 7; 
Whereas Delaware countered to cut the Appalachian State 
lead to 35 to 14; 
Whereas Kevin Richardson then ran the lead to 42 to 14 
with a 6-yard touchdown for his second score of the 
game, in which he posted a total of 111 yards rushing 
and 27 yards receiving with touchdowns both on the 
ground and by air; 
Whereas Kevin Richardson is Appalachian State’s all-time 
leading rusher, closing his college career with 4,797 yards 
on the ground; 
Whereas sophomore quarterback Armanti Edwards had 198 
yards passing, 89 yards rushing and 3 passing touch-
downs, and finishes the season with 1,948 yards passing 
and 1,587 yards rushing, falling just short of becoming 
the first player in NCAA history to pass for 2,000 yards 
and rush for 1,000 yards twice in his career; 
Whereas Corey Lynch finishes his career with 52 pass break-
ups, capturing the NCAA Division I record for career 
passes defended; 
Whereas the team’s championship victory finished off a re-
markable season for the Mountaineers, who, on Sep-
tember 1, 2007, in their first game of the 2007 season, 
beat the University of Michigan Wolverines, ranked fifth 
nationally at the time, by a score of 34 to 32 in front 
of 109,000 spectators at ‘‘The Big House’’ in Ann Arbor, 
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Michigan, marking the first time a Division I–AA team 
has ever beaten a nationally ranked Division I–A team; 
Whereas the Mountaineers finished off this impressive 2007 
season with a 13 and 2 record; 
Whereas the Appalachian State Mountaineers 2007 All-Amer-
icans include Pierre Banks, Kerry Brown, Armanti Ed-
wards, John Holt, Corey Lynch, Julian Rauch, Kevin 
Richardson, Scott Suttle, Gary Tharrington, Jerome 
Touchstone, and Anthony Williams; and 
Whereas the Mountaineers enjoy widespread support from 
their spirited and dedicated fans as well as the entire Ap-
palachian State University community: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the United States House of Rep-
resentatives— 
(1) applauds the Appalachian State University 
Mountaineers football team for its historic season 
and third straight National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation Division I Football Championship Subdivi-
sion title; and 
(2) recognizes the hard work and preparation of 
the players, Head Coach Jerry Moore, and the as-
sistant coaches and support personnel who all played 
critical roles in this championship. 
Æ 
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