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2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
mode	football
year	2008
team	Appalachian State Mountaineers
image	Appalachian State Mountaineers logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	Southern
TSNRank	5
FCSCoachRank	5
record	11–3
conf_record	8–0
head_coach	Jerry Moore
hc_year	20th
off_coach	Collaborative
off_scheme	Multiple spread
def_coach	John Wiley
dc_year	18th
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
champion	SoCon champion
bowl	[NCAA Division I Quarterfinal](2008-ncaa-division-i-fcs-football-season-postseason)
bowl_result	L 13–33 vs. [Richmond](2008-richmond-spiders-football-team)

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.

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. 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. 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.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

LSU

Jacksonville

James Madison

Presbyterian

The Citadel

Samford

Georgia Southern

Furman

Wofford

Chattanooga

Elon

Western Carolina

South Carolina State

Richmond

Personnel

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

Roster

Jerry Moore (20th season)
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

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
Points per game	37.3
First downs	304
Rushing	156
Passing	137
Penalty	11
Total offense	6,491
Avg per play	6.8
Avg per game	463.6
Fumbles–Lost	30–18
Penalties–Yards	88–761
Avg per game	54.4

ASU	Opp
Punts–Yards	60–2,352
Avg per punt	39.2
Time of possession/Game	29:10
3rd down conversions	81 for 177
4th down conversions	9 for 19
Touchdowns scored	72
Field goals–Attempts	8–12
PAT–Attempts	64–69
Attendance	201,291
Games/Avg per Game	8/25,161

Scores by quarter

{{Linescore Amfootball		Road=Opponents	R1=86	R2=68	R3=88	R4=61	Home=Mountaineers	H1=125	H2=159	H3=106	H4=132

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	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

Name	Punting	Kickoffs	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg
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
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

References

"Final Sports Network's 2008 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network.
FCS Coaches. (December 22, 2008). "Spiders Sit Atop the FCS World". Southern Conference.
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(November 15, 2008). "Appalachian State Clinches Fourth Straight SoCon Title". Southern Conference.
(December 6, 2008). "Turnovers Doom ASU in Season-Ending Loss". Southern Conference.
(December 6, 2008). "Vaughan and defense help Richmond avenge loss, send Appalachian State home". ESPN.
"Armanti Edwards wins 2008 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network.
(August 30, 2008). "Scott runs for 160 yards as No. 7 LSU overwhelms Appalachian St.". ESPN.
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