2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

American college football season

2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football

NCAA Division I champion So-Con champion
NCAA Division I Championship Game, W 28–17 vs. UMass
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 1
Record	14–1 (7–0 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (18th season)
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative
Offensive scheme	Multiple Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (16th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons← 2005 2007 →

2006 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^	7	–	0	14	–	1
No. 12 Furman ^	6	–	1	8	–	4
No. 23 Wofford	5	–	2	7	–	4
The Citadel	4	–	3	5	–	6
Elon	2	–	5	5	–	6
Chattanooga	2	–	5	3	–	8
Georgia Southern	2	–	5	3	–	8
Western Carolina	0	–	7	2	–	9

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

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 Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 10–23	57,583
September 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 James Madison*	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 21–10	23,814
September 16	3:30 p.m.	Mars Hill*	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 41–0	24,346
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb*	No. 2	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPNU	W 41–6	8,490
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Elon	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 45–21	26,620
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	No. 2	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 56–21	8,887
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Wofford	No. 2	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 14–7	18,758
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	SportSouth	W 27–20	19,438
October 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 8 Furman	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday)	SportSouth	W 40–7	24,447
November 4	3:30 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 42–13	17,547
November 11	4:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	No. 1	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, 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 Stadium Boone, 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 Stadium Boone, 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 Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPN	W 49–24	18,040
December 15	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 UMass*	No. 1	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 28–17	22,808
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All 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
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

References

"Final Sports Network's 2006 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
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.
"NCAA Sports Sponsorship". NCAA. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
"N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
Mitchell, Mark (December 22, 2005). "History Made In Chattanooga". Mountain Times. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
"Appalachian State defeats UMass to repeat as I-AA champs". ESPN. Associated Press. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
"Mountaineers thump Paladins". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 29, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Scott Mansch (December 3, 2006). "Griz advance, Cats fall". Great Falls Tribune. pp. 1S, 7S – via Newspapers.com.

v t e 2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football—NCAA Division I FCS national champions
Kerry Brown Armanti Edwards Dexter Jackson Daniel Kilgore Corey Lynch Marques Murrell Kevin Richardson Head coach: Jerry Moore Assistant coaches: Shawn Elliott Lonnie Galloway Brad Glenn Dale Jones Scott Satterfield Mark Speir

2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football—NCAA Division I FCS national champions

Head coach: Jerry Moore

v t e Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Venues	College Field (1928–1961) Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Southern Marshall Western Carolina
Culture & lore	"Hi Hi Yikas" Marching Mountaineers 2007 Michigan game Miracle on the Mountain Yosef
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football champions
1970s	1978: Florida A&M 1979: Eastern Kentucky
1980s	1980: Boise State 1981: Idaho State 1982: Eastern Kentucky 1983: Southern Illinois 1984: Montana State 1985: Georgia Southern 1986: Georgia Southern 1987: Northeast Louisiana 1988: Furman 1989: Georgia Southern
1990s	1990: Georgia Southern 1991: Youngstown State 1992: Marshall 1993: Youngstown State 1994: Youngstown State 1995: Montana 1996: Marshall 1997: Youngstown State 1998: UMass 1999: Georgia Southern
2000s	2000: Georgia Southern 2001: Montana 2002: Western Kentucky 2003: Delaware 2004: James Madison 2005: Appalachian State 2006: Appalachian State 2007: Appalachian State 2008: Richmond 2009: Villanova
2010s	2010: Eastern Washington 2011: North Dakota State 2012: North Dakota State 2013: North Dakota State 2014: North Dakota State 2015: North Dakota State 2016: James Madison 2017: North Dakota State 2018: North Dakota State 2019: North Dakota State
2020s	2020: Sam Houston State 2021: North Dakota State 2022: South Dakota State 2023: South Dakota State

v t e Southern Conference football champions
Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)
Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)
Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) Virginia Tech (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016) Wofford (2017) East Tennessee State, Furman, & Wofford (2018) Wofford (2019) VMI (2020) East Tennessee State (2021) Samford (2022) Furman (2023) Mercer (2024)
National championships in bold

v t e 2006 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Appalachian State Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Furman Hampton Illinois State James Madison Lafayette Massachusetts McNeese State Montana Montana State New Hampshire Southern Illinois UT Martin Youngstown State
Champion – Appalachian State Mountaineers

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