The Appalachain State Mountaineers fell to Georgia Southern last Saturday 38-35. The loss was their first loss since the 2002 NCAA 1-AA Playoffs when Maine defeated the Apps 14-13. The Mountaineers had 557 total offensive yards and made a serious comeback attempt, but it was not enough as the Eagles held on. Armanti Edwards started at quarterback for the Mountaineers and had a career day of it. Edwards had 398 yards of total offense, and became the first quarterback in school history to rush for over 200 yard. Edwards had 220 yards on 29 carries and threw for 178 yards. The Mountaineers move to 5-2 overall and a SoCon record of 2-2. App begins a two week South Carolina road trip at Furman this Saturday. The game begins at 3:00 pm and will be televised on SportsSouth.
Notes/Observations from the game:
Notes/Observations from the game:
- The Black Saturday crowd was 28,202 and was the second largest in Kidd Brewer Stadium history.
- Kevin Richardson scored both of ASU’s first-half touchdowns, marking the 19th time in his career and fourth time in the last five games that Richardson has scored multiple touchdowns in a game.
- Offensive tackle Mario Acitelli injured his leg in the first quarter. He will most likely miss several games.
- Senior Hans Batichon went over the 1,000 yard career mark. Bantichon caught four passes for 95 yards to go over the 1,000-yard career receiving mark with 1,061.
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