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HT. 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-8 5-10 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-11 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-0
WT. 175 190 210 160 180 175 195 170 210 180 215 180 195 210 190 200 200 192 200 185 200 187 186 195 195 175 170 185 175 210 180 210 200 200 200 205 185 170 185 240 220 195 190 235 235 225 240 205 250 245 260 235 210
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WT. 240 230 270 305 240 300 270 215 315 224 265 210 225 195 275 260 280 235 285 295 295 305 315 320 290 260 280 275 294 280 225 190 195 180 225 245 205 235 190 230 210 260 190 225 285 235 250 260 225 240 240 270
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NAME L.A. RAMSBY LABARON ANTHONY RJ MURRAY KEVIN ELLISON DARIUS JONES SHANE YOUNG DARRIUS WHITE MATT DOBSON MONTAY CROCKETT YOUNGHOE KOO VEGAS HARLEY KAMERON MAYE BJ JOHNSON CHRISTIAN MATTHEW FAVIAN UPSHAW TAY HICKLIN HAMPTON MCCONNELL MONTEO GARRETT QUAN HOWARD ANTONIO GLOVER MALIK HENRY KEN BUTLER D’ONDRE GLENN CALEB WILLIAMS NOAH HICKEY CLIFF SAGGUS WESLEY FIELDS JACOB SCHOFILL JOSHUA MOON DEREK KEATON GEORGE JOHNSON, JR. RIYAHD JONES ROBERT BRICE JAY BOWDRY RYAN BROWN IRONHEAD GALLON THOMAS BANKS DEMARCUS GODFREY JESSIE LIPTROT RYAN LONGORIA WILLIAM BUSSEY TROY STEWART JAMES DEAN CHRIS DELAROSA ERIC MONTGOMERY DEANDRE WATKINS MATT BREIDA ANTWIONE WILLIAMS MARKEIS HALLBACK KURT OEHLBECK RAYQUAN SAM RYAN GEORGE ZANDER YOST NARDO GOVAN CHAZ THORNTON TONY BRADFORD ISAIAH SEISE JAKE ABRAHAM LANE ECTON
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WT. 210 185 200 195 180 182 185 206 180 190 185 180 212 175 170 197 190 185 180 200 175 220 210 185 205 175 195 170 187 185 165 188 205 186 216 210 195 179 185 195 215 190 235 230 190 160 190 245 180 180 180 244 190 250 185 240 240 210 183
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WT. 240 211 185 230 220 198 190 239 245 237 255 200 320 248 250 295 302 300 318 290 310 275 275 270 330 300 293 300 285 290 270 299 297 225 300 224 294 250 247 170 178 205 190 183 179 220 250 330 255 230 245 301 277 255 270 270 K 310
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MATCHUP at a GLANCE APPALACHIAN STATE 5-1 (2-0 Sun Belt)
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 5-1 (3-0 Sun Belt)
5-1, 2-0 Sun Belt ..........................................................................Record.........................................................................5-1, 3-0 Sun Belt Boone ........................................................................................ Location ......................................................................... Statesboro, Ga. 1899.......................................................................................... Founded ........................................................................................ 1906 18,026..................................................................................... Enrollment ................................................................................... 20,517 Mountaineers ............................................................................ Nickname ......................................................................................Eagles Black and gold ............................................................................. Colors ............................................................................ Blue and white Sun Belt ...................................................................................Conference ..................................................................................Sun Belt Kidd Brewer (23,150)........................................................ Stadium (Capacity) .............................................................Paulson (25,000) Scott Satterfield ........................................................................Head coach .............................................................................. Willie Fritz 16-14 (Third season) ................................................Head coach’s record at school .......................................................................14-4 Same .........................................................................Head coach’s overall record..................................................................190-71-1 None ...................................................................................National ranking ................................................................................. None Multiple spread.......................................................................Basic offense ....................................................................... Spread option 39.2 (2nd/15th) ......................................... Points per game (Conference/National rank ......................................... 40.3 (1st/11th) 284.5 (2nd/9th) ........................................Rushing yards per game (Conf./national rank .........................................399.0 (1st/1st) 205.7 (7th/83rd) ................................Passing yards per game (Conf./ national rank)(66.2) ....................................(11th/126th) 490.2 (1st/17th) ................................... Total yards per game (Conf./national rank)465.2 ...........................................(2nd/24th) 3-4 ........................................................................................Basic defense .......................................................................................4-3 11.8 (1st/5th) ......................................... Points allowed per game (Conf./national rank) .....................................25.2 (2nd/60th) 109.0(1st/16th ................................. Rushing yards allowed per game (Conf./national rank) ...........................135.7 (2nd/37th) 172.2 (1st/19th) ...............................Passing yards allowed per game (Conf./national rank)..............................232.8 (8th/76th) 281.2 (1st/9th) ...................................Total yards allowed per game (Conf./National rank) ...............................368.5 (2nd/48th) W. 59-14 at UL Monroe (Oct. 17) ...............................................Last game.................................. W. 56-26 vs. New Mexico State (Oct. 17)
When Appalachian State has the ball:
When Appalachian State has the ball, the Mountaineers have reestablished their running game with 284.5 yards per game. Marcus Cox continues to lead the Mountaineers in rushing the ball with 687 yards in six games. Taylor Lamb leads the Mountaineers
in passing with 1,131 yards and 15 touchdown through the air. Simms McElfresh leads the team with 12 receptions, but receiver Shaedon Meadors has 11 receptions for 271 yards, which is an average of 24.6 yards per reception.
When Georgia Southern has the ball:
When Georgia Southern has the ball, the Eagles will run, run and run the ball some more. Matt Breida leads the Eagles in rushing with 880 yards on 85 carries, an average of 10.4 yards per carry. Breida also has scored 11 touchdowns. The Eagles lead
the nation in rushing with 399.8 yards per game. It’s good since Georgia Southern has thrown for just 397 yards the entire season. Kevin Ellison has completed 21-of-45 passes for 297 yards and a touchdown.
Sun Belt Conference standings
Oct. 22 game:
Georgia Southern Appalachian State Arkansas State UL Lafayette South Alabama Georgia State Idaho Texas State UL Monroe Troy New Mexico State
Conf 3-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-2
Overall 5-1 5-1 3-3 2-3 3-3 2-4 2-4 1-4 1-5 1-5 0-6
Georgia Southern at Appalachian State
Saturday’s games:
UL Monroe at Idaho, 5 p.m. South Alabama at Texas State, 7 p.m. Troy at New Mexico State, 8 p.m.
Oct. 29 games
Texas State at Georgia Southern
Oct. 31 games
Troy at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m. UL Monroe at UL Lafayette, 5 p.m. Georgia State at Arkansas State, 7 p.m. Idaho at New Mexico State, 8 p.m.
Oct. 20 game:
UL Lafayette at Arkansas State
Passing leaders Receiving leaders Rushing leaders APPALACHIAN STATE PLAYER COMP ATT Taylor Lamb 68 118 J.P. Caruso 6 10 Team totals 75 129
INT 5 0 5
GEORGIA SOUTHERN Kevin Ellison 21 45 2 Favian Upshaw 8 25 1 Team totals 29 70 6
PCT. 57.6 60.0 59.4
YDS 1,131 89 1,234
TDS 15 1 16
Avg. Game 188.5 22.2 205.7
APPALACHIAN STATE PLAYER NO. YDS Simms McElfresh 12 188 Shaedon Meadors 11 271 Malachi Jones 10 215 Team totals 75 1,234
46.6 32.0 41.4
297 100 397
1 0 1
74.3 16.7 66.2
GEORGIA SOUTHERN B.J. Johnson 8 133 Ryan Longoria 7 67 M. Campbell 4 60 Team totals 29 397
AVG 15.7 24.6 21.5 16.5
TDS 3 3 1 16
16.6 9.57 15.0 13.7
0 0 0 1
Avg. Game 37.6 45.2 35.8 205.7
APPALACHIAN STATE PLAYER ATT Marcus Cox 116 Terrance Upshaw 47 Taylor Lamb 26 Team totals 282
YARDS 687 258 234 1,707
AVG. 5.9 5.5 9.0 6.1
TD 4 2 2 12
Avg. Game 114.5 51.6 39.0 284.5
33.3 11.2 10.0 66.2
GEORGIA SOUTHERN Matt Breida 85 L.A. Ramsby 68 Wesley Fields 56 Team totals 336
880 377 338 2,399
10.4 5.5 6.0 7.1
11 6 5 29
146.6 62.8 56.3 399.8
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