2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Southern Conference Champions
FCS Quarterfinals vs. Richmond, L 33–13
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#5
FCS Coaches	#5
2008 record	11–3 (8–0 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (20th year)
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative
Offensive scheme	Multiple Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (18th year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium (Capacity: 20,150)

The 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the college football season of 2008–2009. 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.

2008 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#5 Appalachian State $^		8	–	0					11	–	3
#9 Wofford ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
#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

Before the season

See also: American football rules and American football strategy

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	11:00 a.m.	at #7 (FBS) LSU*	#1	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (First meeting of FBS/FCS National Champions)	ESPNC	L 41–13	91,922
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Jacksonville*	#1	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 56–7	30,718
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at #5 James Madison*	#1	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	Comcast	L 35–32	17,163
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Presbyterian*	#3	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 48–14	28,405
October 4	3:00 p.m.	#12 The Citadel	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	SportSouth	W 47–21	29,631
October 11	3:30 p.m.	at Samford	#2	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		W 35–24	10,670
October 18	3:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	#2	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	SportSouth	W 37–36	20,851
October 25	3:30 p.m.	#18 Furman	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (Black Saturday)		W 26–14	27,848
October 31	8:00 p.m.	#3 Wofford	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN2	W 70–24	30,931
November 8	2:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	#2	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		W 49–7	6,057
November 15	3:30 p.m.	#11 Elon	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 24–16	24,831
November 22	3:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	#2	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)	SportSouth	W 35–10	14,213
November 29	12:00 p.m.	#13 South Carolina State*	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (FCS First Round)	ESPNU	W 37–21	13,712
December 6	12:00 p.m.	#7 Richmond*	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (FCS Quarterfinals)		L 33–13	15,215
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game notes

LSU

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

See also: 2008 LSU Tigers football team

Jacksonville

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

James Madison

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

Presbyterian

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

The Citadel

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

Samford

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

Georgia Southern

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

Furman

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

Wofford

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

Chattanooga

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

Elon

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

Western Carolina

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

South Carolina State

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

Richmond

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

See also: 2008 Richmond Spiders football team

Roster

See also: American football positions

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 Jerry Moore (20th season) 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 Redshirt Roster Last update: November 30, 2009

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

Coach profiles at GoASU

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
The Sports Network	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5
FCS Coaches	1	2	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5

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 522 303   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

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

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	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

External links

• GoASU.com - Official Appalachian State Mountaineers football website