2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team explained

Mode:	football
Year:	2006
Team:	Appalachian State Mountaineers
Conference:	Southern Conference
Short Conf:	Southern
Tsnrank:	1^[1]
Record:	14–1
Conf Record:	7–0
Head Coach:	Jerry Moore
Hc Year:	18th
Off Coach:	Collaborative^[2]
Def Coach:	John Wiley
Dc Year:	16th
Off Scheme:	Multiple Spread
Def Scheme:	4–3
Stadium:	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Champion:	NCAA Division I champion So-Con champion
Bowl:	NCAA Division I Championship Game
Bowl Result:	W 28–17 vs. UMass

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.^[3]

The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA, as a member of the Southern Conference.^[4] Appalachian is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football.^[5] Appalachian won the 2005 Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated as FCS national champions in 2006.^{[6] [7]}

Game summaries

NC State

James Madison

Mars Hill

Gardner–Webb

Elon

Chattanooga

Wofford

Georgia Southern

Furman

The Citadel

Western Carolina

Coastal Carolina

Montana State

Youngstown State

Massachusetts

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

2006 statistics at GoASU

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final Sports Network's 2006 FCS College Football Poll. The Sports Network. December 10, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525223413/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fmisc%2F2006_poll.htm. 2011-05-25. 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/. 2012-12-16. dead.
3. Web site: Appalachian State: About the University . Appalachian State University . December 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205015426/http://www.appstate.edu/top/about/ . December 5, 2008 . dead .
4. Web site: NCAA Sports Sponsorship. NCAA. December 10, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081218041509/http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship?sortOrder=0&division=1AA&sport=MFB. December 18, 2008. dead.
5. News: N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team. Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. July 27, 2008.
6. News: History Made In Chattanooga. Mark. Mitchell. Mountain Times. December 22, 2005. July 27, 2009.
7. News: Appalachian State defeats UMass to repeat as I-AA champs. Associated Press. ESPN. December 15, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807112646/http://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=263492026. dead. August 7, 2017. December 10, 2008.