2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team explained

Year:	2005
Team:	Appalachian State Mountaineers
Sport:	football
Conference:	Southern Conference
Short Conf:	Southern
Tsnrank:	1^[1]
Record:	12–3
Conf Record:	6–1
Head Coach:	Jerry Moore
Hc Year:	17th
Off Coach:	Collaborative^[2]
Off Scheme:	Multiple spread
Def Coach:	John Wiley
Dc Year:	15th
Def Scheme:	4–3
Stadium:	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Champion:	NCAA Division I-AA champion SoCon champion
Bowl:	NCAA Division I-AA Championship
Bowl Result:	W 21–16 vs. Northern Iowa

The 2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by 17th-year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.^[3]

The Mountaineers won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship.^{[4] [5]} Appalachian State is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football.^[6]

Game summaries

Eastern Kentucky

Kansas

See also: 2005 Kansas Jayhawks football team.

Coastal Carolina

The Citadel

Furman

Georgia Southern

Wofford

Chattanooga

LSU

See also: 2005 LSU Tigers football team.

Western Carolina

Elon

Lafayette

Southern Illinois

Furman

Northern Iowa

See also: 2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team.

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) — Richie Williams
• Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year (coaches) — Richie Williams
• Southern Conference Jacobs Blocking Trophy — Matt Isenhour

Statistics

Team

ASU Opp Scoring 455 282   Points per Game 30.3 18.8 First Downs 317 299   Rushing 155 156   Passing 143 117   Penalty 19 26 Total Offense 6,347 4,963   Avg per Play 6.3 4.7   Avg per Game 423.1 330.9 Fumbles–Lost 26–13 20–11 Penalties–Yards 106–936 85–770   Avg per Game 62.4 51.3

ASU Opp Punts–Yards 58–2,187 76–2,953   Avg per Punt 37.7 38.9 Time of Possession/Game 28:33 31:27 3rd Down Conversions 87 for 187 86 for 222 4th Down Conversions 10 for 21 12 for 22 Touchdowns Scored 61 34 Field Goals–Attempts 9–17 17–24 PAT–Attempts 58–59 25–99 Attendance 125,417 178,895   Games/Avg per Game 7/17,917 7/25,556

Scores by quarter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final Sports Network's 2005 FCS College Football Poll. The Sports Network. December 10, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525223255/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/2005_poll.htm. May 25, 2011. dead.
2. News: Coaching staff at ASU in place for 2009 season. Tommy. Bowman. Winston-Salem Journal. February 25, 2009. February 28, 2009. https://archive.today/20121216094731/http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2009/feb/25/coaching-staff-at-asu-in-place-for-2009-season-ar-129635/. December 16, 2012. dead.
3. Web site: Appalachian State: About the University . Appalachian State University . December 9, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205015426/http://www.appstate.edu/top/about/ . December 5, 2008 . dead .
4. News: History Made In Chattanooga. Mark. Mitchell. Mountain Times. December 22, 2005. July 27, 2008.
5. News: Appalachian State takes fumble and I-AA title from N. Iowa. Elizabeth A.. Davis. USA Today. December 16, 2005. August 27, 2008.
6. News: N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team. Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. July 27, 2008.