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2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 5[1]
FCS CoachesNo. 5[2]
Record11–3 (8–0 Southern)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCollaborative[3]
Offensive schemeMultiple spread
Defensive coordinatorJohn Wiley (18th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3011:00 a.m.at No. 7 (FBS) LSU*No. 1ESPNCL 13–4191,922[9] 1[10]
September 63:30 p.m.Jacksonville*No. 1W 56–730,718[11]
September 207:00 p.m.at No. 5 James Madison*No. 1ComcastL 32–3517,163[12]
September 277:00 p.m.Presbyterian*No. 3
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 48–1428,405[13]
October 43:00 p.m.No. 12 The CitadeldaggerNo. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
SportSouthW 47–2129,631[14]
October 113:30 p.m.at SamfordNo. 2W 35–2410,670[15]
October 183:00 p.m.at Georgia SouthernNo. 2SportSouthW 37–3620,851[16]
October 253:30 p.m.No. 18 FurmanNo. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (Black Saturday)
W 26–1427,848[17]
October 318:00 p.m.No. 3 WoffordNo. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
ESPN2W 70–2430,931[18]
November 82:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaNo. 2W 49–76,057[19]
November 153:30 p.m.No. 11 ElonNo. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 24–1624,831[20]
November 223:00 p.m.at Western CarolinaNo. 2SportSouthW 35–1014,213[21]
November 29NoonNo. 13 South Carolina State*No. 2
ESPNUW 37–2113,712[22]
December 6NoonNo. 7 Richmond*No. 2
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
L 13–3315,215[23]

Game summaries

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LSU

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

Jacksonville

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

James Madison

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

Presbyterian

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

The Citadel

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

Samford

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

Georgia Southern

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

Furman

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

Wofford

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

Chattanooga

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

Elon

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

Western Carolina

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

South Carolina State

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

Richmond

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

Roster

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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
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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 30, 2009

Coaching staff

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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

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
The Sports Network111132222222225
FCS Coaches122143222222225

Awards and honors

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  • Walter Payton AwardArmanti 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

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Team

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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

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

Offense

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Rushing

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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

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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

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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

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Name GP–GS Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Solo Ast Total TFL–Yds No–Yds BrUp QBH No.–Yds Avg TD Long Rcv–Yds FF
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

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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

2008 statistics at GoASU

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