2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

	2009 Southern Conference football standings
	† – Conference champion ; ^ – FCS playoff participant ; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

Appalachian State Mountaineers football
	2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Southern Conference Champions
FCS Semifinals vs. Montana, L 24–17
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3
2009 record	11–3 (8–0 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (21st season)
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative
Offensive scheme	Multiple Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (19th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium; (Capacity: 21,650)
	Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the college football season of 2009–2010. It was the 80th season of play for the Mountaineers. The team was led by Jerry Moore, the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award winner for Coach of the Year. Moore is in his 21st season as head coach. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.^[4]

Before the season[]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5*	12:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	#1	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	MASN	L 29–24	43,279
September 12*	3:30 p.m.	#16 McNeese State	#2	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		L 40–35	27,914
September 26	3:30 p.m.	Samford	#10	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 20–7	22,139
October 3	1:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	#10	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		W 30–27 ^OT	14,238
October 10*†	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina Central	#9	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 55–21	25,017
October 17	3:00 p.m.	at Wofford	#9	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	SportSouth	W 44–34	8,330
October 24	3:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	#8	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (Black Saturday)	SportSouth	W 52–16	26,215
October 31	12:00 p.m.	at Furman	#7	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC	WLOS	W 52–27	11,211
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	#7	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 35–20	24,430
November 14	3:00 p.m.	at #6 Elon	#7	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	SportSouth	W 27–10	14,167
November 21	3:30 p.m.	Western Carolina	#6	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		W 19–14	30,098
November 28*	12:00 p.m.	#7 South Carolina State	#5	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (FCS First Round)	ESPNU	W 20–13	12,216
December 5*	7:00 p.m.	at #4 Richmond	#5	University of Richmond Stadium • Richmond, VA (FCS Quarterfinals)	MASN	W 35–31	7,272
December 12*	4:00 p.m.	at #3 Montana	#5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Semifinals)	ESPN	L 24–17	24,207
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game notes[]

East Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	0	7	0	17	24
East Carolina	17	10	2	0	29

McNeese State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
McNeese State	7	7	13	13	40
Appalachian State	0	7	21	7	35

Samford[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Samford	0	0	0	7	7
Appalachian State	7	13	0	0	20

The Citadel[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	0	7	10	10	30
The Citadel	7	6	0	14	27

North Carolina Central[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
North Carolina Central	14	0	0	7	21
Appalachian State	7	17	10	21	55

Wofford[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	3	17	7	17	44
Wofford	6	21	7	0	34

Georgia Southern[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Georgia Southern	7	3	6	0	16
Appalachian State	14	21	10	7	52

Furman[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	14	21	17	0	52
Furman	0	13	14	0	27

Chattanooga[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Chattanooga	0	7	10	3	20
Appalachian State	21	0	0	14	35

Elon[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	14	7	3	3	27
Elon	0	0	3	7	10

Western Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Western Carolina	7	0	0	7	14
Appalachian State	3	0	7	9	19

South Carolina State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
South Carolina State	3	7	3	0	13
Appalachian State	0	13	0	7	20

Richmond[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	7	0	7	21	35
Richmond	7	7	7	10	31

Montana[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Appalachian State	0	10	7	0	17
Montana	7	0	7	10	24

Roster[]

2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Presley, DeAndreDeAndre Presley	3.0 !So
WR	`3`	Elder, BlakeBlake Elder	5.0 !Jr
RB	`4`	Chisholm, RodRod Chisholm	1.0 !Fr
WR	`6`	Hillary, CoCoCoCo Hillary	5.0 !Jr
QB	`7`	Cadet, TravarisTravaris Cadet	3.0 !So
WR	`8`	Quick, BrianBrian Quick	3.0 !So
WR	`11`	Peacock, AndrewAndrew Peacock	1.0 !Fr
QB	`12`	Jackson, JamalJamal Jackson	1.0 !Fr
QB	`14`	Edwards, ArmantiArmanti Edwards	7.0 !Sr
WR	`15`	Lott, JamillJamill Lott	1.0 !Fr
RB	`16`	Radford, DevinDevin Radford	5.0 !Jr
WR	`17`	Cline, MattMatt Cline	5.0 !Jr
WR	`19`	Washington, TavarisTavaris Washington	7.0 !Sr
RB	`20`	Moore, DevonDevon Moore	5.0 !Jr
RB	`21`	Welton, RobertRobert Welton	5.0 !Jr
RB	`26`	Jackson, JoshJosh Jackson	7.0 !Sr
WR	`27`	Washington, TonyTony Washington	1.0 !Fr
RB	`29`	Baker, CedricCedric Baker	3.0 !So
TE	`37`	Yokeley, JeyJey Yokeley	1.0 !Fr
TE	`43`	Thompson, BrandonBrandon Thompson	3.0 !So
TE	`48`	Hardee, BradBrad Hardee	5.0 !Jr
OL	`51`	Holt, ShermanSherman Holt	3.0 !So
OL	`57`	Irvin, BrettBrett Irvin	5.0 !Jr
OL	`60`	Swaba, LouisLouis Swaba	5.0 !Jr
OL	`61`	Acitelli, MarioMario Acitelli	7.0 !Sr
OL	`62`	Thomas, XanXan Thomas	3.0 !So
OL	`63`	Kilgore, DanielDaniel Kilgore	5.0 !Jr
OL	`64`	Frye, OrryOrry Frye	3.0 !So
OL	`66`	Turner, ChadChad Turner	1.0 !Fr
OL	`67`	Brown, ZachZach Brown	7.0 !Sr
OL	`68`	Wallace, RobertRobert Wallace	1.0 !Fr
OL	`70`	Ruff, MattMatt Ruff	3.0 !So
OL	`71`	Mills, PatPat Mills	5.0 !Jr
OL	`73`	Harris, CorbettCorbett Harris	5.0 !Jr
OL	`75`	Dufort, ReganRegan Dufort	1.0 !Fr
OL	`76`	Wilson, AnthonyAnthony Wilson	3.0 !So
OL	`77`	Jones, JasonJason Jones	3.0 !So
OL	`78`	Marshall, ChrisChris Marshall	3.0 !So
WR	`80`	King, BenBen King	3.0 !So
TE	`81`	Gary, JordanJordan Gary	1.0 !Fr
WR	`82`	Walker, RodgerRodger Walker	1.0 !Fr
WR	`83`	Magazu, DominickDominick Magazu	3.0 !So
TE	`84`	Jorden, BenBen Jorden	3.0 !So
WR	`85`	Frazier, B. J.B. J. Frazier	5.0 !Jr
TE	`86`	Frye, TimTim Frye	5.0 !Jr
WR	`87`	Springfield, WesWes Springfield	1.0 !Fr
WR	`89`	Dorton, NathanNathan Dorton	1.0 !Fr
WR	`97`	Pate, LeviLevi Pate	1.0 !Fr
WR		Barnett, JarrettJarrett Barnett	1.0 !Fr
WR		Burton, R. J.R. J. Burton	3.0 !So
OL		Hart, BlakeBlake Hart	1.0 !Fr
WR		Lucas, TravisTravis Lucas	5.0 !Jr
RB		Martin, BaineBaine Martin	1.0 !Fr
WR		Shively, JonathanJonathan Shively	1.0 !Fr
OL		Williams, BradleyBradley Williams	1.0 !Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`5`	Gilbert, CortezCortez Gilbert	7.0 !Sr
LB	`9`	Smith, D. J.D. J. Smith	5.0 !Jr
DB	`10`	McCray, DemetriusDemetrius McCray	1.0 !Fr
DB	`13`	LeGree, MarkMark LeGree	5.0 !Jr
DB	`18`	McDuffie, DominiqueDominique McDuffie	1.0 !Fr
DB	`22`	Bell, IngramIngram Bell	1.0 !Fr
LB	`24`	Grier, BrandonBrandon Grier	1.0 !Fr
DB	`25`	Reine, JaredJared Reine	5.0 !Jr
DB	`28`	Gainey, EdEd Gainey	3.0 !So
LB	`30`	Olsen, BrandonBrandon Olsen	3.0 !So
DB	`31`	Sanders, TroyTroy Sanders	1.0 !Fr
LB	`33`	Kimbrough, JeremyJeremy Kimbrough	1.0 !Fr
LB	`35`	Strickland, PhilipPhilip Strickland	3.0 !So
LB	`36`	Lloyd, JustinJustin Lloyd	1.0 !Fr
LB	`40`	Roman, JacqueJacque Roman	7.0 !Sr
LB	`41`	Baker, ZacZac Baker	1.0 !Fr
LB	`42`	Frazier, MichaelMichael Frazier	1.0 !Fr
LB	`45`	Anderson, KarlKarl Anderson	1.0 !Fr
DL	`46`	Robertson, TonyTony Robertson	5.0 !Jr
DB	`47`	Wray, JustinJustin Wray	1.0 !Fr
LB	`49`	McLean, TerrenceTerrence McLean	1.0 !Fr
LB	`50`	Norris, CougarCougar Norris	1.0 !Fr
DL	`52`	Brewer, DemeryDemery Brewer	3.0 !So
DL	`53`	Moll, MarkMark Moll	1.0 !Fr
DL	`54`	Fletcher, JabariJabari Fletcher	5.0 !Jr
DL	`55`	Johnson, JustinJustin Johnson	7.0 !Sr
DL	`56`	Bozzo, BobbyBobby Bozzo	5.0 !Jr
DL	`58`	Finnerty, DanielDaniel Finnerty	7.0 !Sr
LB	`65`	Watson, MatthewMatthew Watson	1.0 !Fr
DL	`91`	Bennett, MalcolmMalcolm Bennett	7.0 !Sr
DL	`92`	Canepa, NickNick Canepa	1.0 !Fr
DL	`93`	Rizor, JohnJohn Rizor	1.0 !Fr
DL	`94`	Scott, GiavonniGiavonni Scott	1.0 !Fr
DL	`95`	Witte, GordyGordy Witte	3.0 !So
DL	`96`	Jurius, JoshJosh Jurius	3.0 !So
DL	`98`	Williams, AnthonyAnthony Williams	7.0 !Sr
DL	`99`	Tanyi, LanstonLanston Tanyi	3.0 !So
DB		Crabill, AustinAustin Crabill	1.0 !Fr
DB		Marsh, MichaelMichael Marsh	1.0 !Fr
LB		Rudisill, MichaelMichael Rudisill	1.0 !Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`34`	Kassouf, AdamAdam Kassouf	7.0 !Sr
PK	`39`	Vitaris, JasonJason Vitaris	5.0 !Jr
LS	`59`	Fitchett, WilsonWilson Fitchett	3.0 !So
LS	`79`	Walker, DakotaDakota Walker	1.0 !Fr
P	`90`	Martin, SamSam Martin	1.0 !Fr
LS		Johnson, AlexAlex Johnson	1.0 !Fr
PK		Johnson, StewartStewart Johnson	1.0 !Fr
PK		Martin, EthanEthan Martin	1.0 !Fr
P		McLendon, MichaelMichael McLendon	1.0 !Fr

Head coach

Jerry Moore (21st season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

John Wiley - Defensive Coordinator
Chris Moore
Dale Jones
Shawn Elliott
Mark Speir
Brad Glenn
John Holt
Jason Blalock
Lance Taylor
Josh Robertson

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	21st
John Wiley	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs	East Texas State, 1984	19th
Chris Moore	Running Backs	Appalachian State, 1999	15th
Dale Jones	Linebackers	Tennessee, 1988	14th
Shawn Elliott	Offensive Line	Appalachian State, 1996	13th
Mark Speir	Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator	Clemson, 1990	7th
Brad Glenn	Quarterbacks	Clemson, 1995	5th
John Holt	Tight Ends	Appalachian State, 2008	2nd
Jason Blalock	Defensive Tackles	Appalachian State, 2001	1st
Lance Taylor	Wide Receivers	Alabama, 2004	1st
Josh Robertson	Strength & Conditioning	ETSU, 1997	4th

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	Final
The Sports Network	1	2	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	5	3
FCS Coaches	1	2	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	5	3

Awards and honors[]

Walter Payton Award — Armanti Edwards
Southern Conference Coach of the Year (coaches) — 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 Jacobs Blocking Trophy — Mario Acitelli

Statistics[]

Team[]

	ASU	Opp
Scoring	465	313
Points per Game	33.2	22.4
First Downs	343	241
Rushing	168	108
Passing	160	117
Penalty	15	16
Total Offense	6,511	4,458
Avg per Play	6.4	5.0
Avg per Game	465.1	318.4
Fumbles–Lost	19–9	16–7
Penalties–Yards	99–936	72–628
Avg per Game	66.9	44.9

	ASU	Opp
Punts–Yards	52–2,080	78–3,185
Avg per Punt	40.0	40.8
Time of Possession/Game	30:43	29:17
3rd Down Conversions	80 for 182	76 for 197
4th Down Conversions	8 for 18	10 for 19
Touchdowns Scored	58	39
Field Goals–Attempts	19–28	13–19
PAT–Attempts	58–58	34–6
Attendance	168,029	122,704
Games/Avg per Game	7/24,004	7/17,529

Scores by quarter[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Opponents	82	81	72	78	313
Mountaineers	90	140	99	133	465

References[]

↑ "Final Sports Network's 2009 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/2009_poll.htm. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
↑ FCS Coaches (December 21, 2009). "Villanova Claims First Title, No. 1 Ranking" (PDF). Southern Conference. http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/FCS/polls/09polls/2009_release_finalpoll.pdf. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
↑ Bowman, Tommy (February 25, 2009). "Coaching staff at ASU in place for 2009 season". Winston-Salem Journal. http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2009/feb/25/coaching-staff-at-asu-in-place-for-2009-season-ar-129635/. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
↑ "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090227004628/http://www.appstate.edu/top/about/. Retrieved February 28, 2009.

External links[]

College football portal

GoASU.com - Official Appalachian State Mountaineers football website

[1] "Final Sports Network's 2009 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/2009_poll.htm. Retrieved November 22, 2010.

[2] FCS Coaches (December 21, 2009). "Villanova Claims First Title, No. 1 Ranking" (PDF). Southern Conference. http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/FCS/polls/09polls/2009_release_finalpoll.pdf. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

[3] Bowman, Tommy (February 25, 2009). "Coaching staff at ASU in place for 2009 season". Winston-Salem Journal. http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2009/feb/25/coaching-staff-at-asu-in-place-for-2009-season-ar-129635/. Retrieved February 28, 2009.

[4] "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090227004628/http://www.appstate.edu/top/about/. Retrieved February 28, 2009.

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