January 2009 is Appalachian State/Harvard Month at AGS - Read the fact a day!

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Name of School: ............. Appalachian State University
Location: ...................... Boone, N.C.
Founded: ...................... 1899
Enrollment: ...................14,800
Conference: ................. Southern
Affiliation: .................... NCAA Division I (FCS)
Football nickname........... Mountaineers
Colors: ........................ Black and Gold
Stadium: ....................... Kidd Brewer
Capacity: ......................17,150
Surface: ........................ FieldTurf


Name of School................Harvard University
Location.........................Cambridge, Mass.
Founded.........................1636
Enrollment......................6,704
Affiliation....................... NCAA Division I
Conference.................... Ivy League
Stadium.........................Harvard Stadium (built 1903)
Capacity........................30,323
Surface..........................FieldTurf

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29 years after Dougherty brothers founded Watauga Academy, football was introduced in Boone on September 29, 1928 with a contest against Mountain City.

May 14, 1874- Football is born in Cambridge as Harvard accepts a proposal from McGill University for a two-game series at Jarvis Field. Harvard wins the opener, three goals to none. The schools battle to a 0-0 draw, the following afternoon.

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Hi Hi Yikas
Hi-Hi-y-ike-us
Nobody like us,
We are the mountaineers, mountaineers,
mountaineers,
Always a-winning,
Always a-grinning,
Always a-feeling fine
You bet, hey



Harvard has several fight songs, the most played of which, especially at football games, are "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" and "Harvardiana."

Harvardiana
With Crimson in triumph flashing
Mid the strains of victory,
Poor Eli’s hopes we are dashing
Into blue obscurity.
Resistless our team sweeps goal ward
With the fury of the blast;
We’ll fight for the name of Harvard
‘Till the last white line is passed
Harvard! Harvard! Harvard!

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Appalachian State is 29-8 all-time in SoCon openers, including a 16-4 record under head coach Jerry Moore and a 13-3 mark versus The Citadel, its most common conference-opening foe.



In 1636, Harvard was the first college established in the United States. Founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, the University started with nine students with a single master.

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In his 21 years as head coach, Jerry Moore has a winning record against every SoCon rival except one. One more victory will tie that series.




Harvard enjoyed its most prosperous era of the early 20th century when Percy Haughton, a member of the Crimson’s 1898 championship team, took
over as the team’s head coach. In nine years along the Crimson sideline, Haughton’s teams went 71-7-5, won three national championships and finished unbeaten five times.

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Appalachian has met Western Carolina on the gridiron more than any other opponent (73 games). The two teams play for the Old Mountain Jug and bragging rights. Appalacian leads the series 54-18-1 all time and 25-6 since the creation of the Jug.



Arriving at Harvard in 1957 with a somewhat limited coaching background John Yovicsin guided Harvard through the early years of formal Ivy League competition and delivered three Ivy championships to Cambridge. He went on to win 78 games in 14 years, and his .644 winning percentage stood as the best by a Harvard coach with more than five years on the sideline since 1926.

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Prior to the 1978 matchup, dialogue between Yosef Club Director Wayne Clawson and Cat Club Director Tom Bommer developed with hopes to heighten the rivalry between the foes. Clawson and Bommer promoted the jug idea to alumni, while Appalachian sports information Director Rick Layton and Western Carolina SID Steve White were charged with drumming up media exposure for it.

Appalachian bookstore manager Roby Triplett donated the Jug, which weighs approximately 25 pounds. Capped with a traditional cork, it is a replica of one used to transport homemade corn whiskey. His wife, the late Dee Triplett, a science and biology teacher at Hardin Park Elementary School, in Boone, painted the Jug gold with the purple Catamount on one side and the black Mountaineer on the other side. Excluding minor touchups, the Jug and its logos have not been altered since their creation.

The winner of the annual fray retains possession of the Jug until the next year’s match-up.






The man who came to define Harvard Football through three decades, Joe Restic, coached more games and won more games than any head coach in Crimson history. Restic and his trademark multiflex offense helped Harvard win five Ivy League championships, including a pair of outright titles and back-to-back crowns on two occasions. In 23 years along the Harvard sideline, Restic finished with 117 wins — 39 more than anyone else in Harvard’s history — and 92 victories against Ivy League opponents, good for third in conference history.

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Old Mountain Jug Series Notes
Most Points by ASU: 79 (2007) (2nd in school history)
Fewest Points by WCU: 3 (1995)
Largest ASU Victory Margin: 44 (2007)
Longest ASU Winning Streak: 13 (1985-1997)
Battle for the Jug at Kidd Brewer Stadium: ASU leads 16-2
Battle for the Jug at E.J. Whitmire Stadium: ASU leads 10-4





Q: What is the record for the largest margin of victory by the Crimson?

A: 158 vs. Exeter, 158-0 win (1886) (school record for points scored in a game.)
football scoring system in 1886 one point for a safety, two for a touchdown, four for a goal after a touchdown, and five for a field goal.

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ROB BEST, SHAWN ELLIOTT AND STACY SEARELS
Sept. 30, 2000,
As the ASU buses rounded a corner on Route 105 in Foscoe six miles from home around 12:30 in the morning, they came upon a fiery accident that appeared to involve a van and a car. Not long after the buses came to a stop, someone on the lead bus recognized the van as the one transporting the football team’s student trainers, managers and videographers. Shouts of, “That’s our van!” were followed quickly by the buses’ occupants scrambling to get to the van. The first three people out of the bus were offensive coaches Stacy Searels, Rob Best and Shawn Elliott.

“The car was engulfed in flames,“ said Best, “and our biggest concern was that it might spread to the van.” According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, a 1989 Audi station wagon crossed the center line going about 60 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone and hit the 2000 Dodge Ram van head on. The car immediately burst into flames.
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Head coach Jerry Moore attempted to help the driver of the car, but “there was nothing anyone could do. The whole car was just a mass of flames, and he was pinned in there.”

As Searels, Best and Elliott reached the van, they found that two of the 13 passengers were still in the van: assistant athletic trainer Tony Barnett, the driver of the van, and Searels’ student assistant coach Jonathan Taylor. Searles ripped open the mangled door to the van and pulled Taylor out. Barnett was trapped by a tangled seat belt and an inflated air bag. “Tony was pinned in the seat,” said Best. “Stacy dragged Jonathan out and Shawn and I both grabbed the driver’s seat and yanked it back to try and get Tony free. Stacy came back and helped us get him out.” “Stacy got in there and all but ripped the whole seat out of that van,” added Moore. “Fire was everywhere, but he had Tony in his arms and was getting him back toward the buses.” The 13 passengers were now out of the van, but in varying stages of injury, pain and shock, and many were still dangerously close to the burning wreck.

For their actions that night, Searels, Best and Elliott were presented with the NCAA Award of Valor. The award is presented only in years when there is a worthy candidate or candidates. It recognizes a current intercollegiate athletics coach or administrator, or a current or former varsity letter winner at an NCAA institution, who, when confronted with a situation involving personal danger, averted or minimized potential disaster by courageous action or noteworthy bravery. The NCAA Award of Valor has only been presented eight previous times since its inception in 1974.





Harvard sports teams do not retire jersey numbers. The only exception was the hockey jersey worn by Billy Cleary.

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On Nov. 22, 1986, before his last regular-season game at Kidd Brewer Stadium, the legendary John Settle became the first ASU football player to have his number (23) retired. Settle’s career established him as Appalachian’s all-time leader in almost every rushing category.

Settle graced the Appalachian backfield from 1983 through 1986. He finished his career as the school’s all-time leading rusher with 4,409 yards and 43 touchdowns.

He presently holds 24 Appalachian records. At the time of his departure from Boone, he was the third-ranked rusher in NCAA Division I-AA football history.

Settle, was named the Southern Conference Player and Male Athlete of the Year as a senior, after rushing for 1,661 yards and 20 touchdowns. One of the highlights of his season was his five-touchdown day in the Homecoming victory over Davidson on Nov. 4, 1986.

In Appalachian’s first NCAA I-AA Playoff game in school history, on Nov. 29, 1986, Settle dazzled the crowd with 236 yards on 37 carries and a touchdown in the 28-26 defeat to Nicholls State.

His excellence continued at the professional level with the Atlanta Falcons. In 1988, Settle became the first rookie free agent in NFL history to gain over 1,000 yards in a season. During that year, he gained 1,594 total yards (1,024 rushing and 570 receiving) and was voted to the Pro Bowl, the all-star game of the NFL, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was rewarded for his hard work with a 1991 Super Bowl championship ring with the Redskins.

Settle’s career continued to evolve as his playing days paved the way for a future in coaching which began in Boone, in 1994. Again a Mountaineer, Settle instantly found his niche as an assistant coach.






Frederick Greeley Crocker Award
The Crocker Award is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who, in the opinion of his teammates, possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker. This award was established in 1949 by a group of former Harvard football players in honor of the popular 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team who was killed while serving on a destroyer in 1944. In recent years, it has carried a “Most Valuable Player” connotation.

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From 1993-96, Dexter Coakley set or tied six school records, earned a slew of personal accolades and helped lead Appalachian to 32 victories and two NCAA I-AA playoff appearances.

Coakley made an immediate impact on the ASU squad, as he led the Apps with 141 total tackles as a freshman in 1993, en route to Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors.

In 1994, he racked up 155 tackles to earn the first of three SoCon Defensive Player of the Year awards. Perhaps more importantly, he helped lead ASU back to the I-AA playoffs after a one year hiatus and a first-round, overtime victory over No. 7 New Hampshire before falling at second-ranked Boise State in the national quarterfinals.

As a junior, Coakley led his squad to a perfect 11-0 regular season, becoming just the ninth team in 30 years to claim the SoCon crown with an undefeated, untied league record (8-0). For the second-straight season, Coakley hauled in SoCon Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America accolades after racking up 150 tackles. He also earned the inaugural Buck Buchanan Award, given to the top defensive player in I-AA.

Coakley capped his second-to-none collegiate career in 1996 by leading Appalachian in tackles for the third time with 166. He earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America honors for the third time, while also claiming his second-straight Buck Buchanan Award. He remains the only two-time winner of I-AA football’s most prestigious defensive honor and the only Mountaineer to garner All-America status for three years.

No. 32 remains ASU’s all-time career leader in total tackles (616), solo tackles (350), assisted tackles (266), double-figure tackle games (38) and 20-tackle games (7). He is tied for the school mark with two-consecutive 20-tackle games, a feat he achieved twice, versus Georgia Southern and Marshall in 1995 and against East Tennessee State and Furman in ‘96.

Following the end of his career in the High Country, Coakley became the second highest drafted player in Appalachian history when the Dallas Cowboys selected him in the third round (65th overall pick) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

His impact in the NFL was as immediate as his impact at ASU, as he started all 16 games for the Cowboys as a rookie in ‘97. In 127 games as a pro, he has registered 687 tackles, 10 interceptions, seven sacks and four forced fumbles and has missed only one game in eight seasons due to injury. He earned Pro Bowl appearances in 1999, 2001 and ‘03.








Henry N. Lamar Award
The Lamar Award, a gold pocket watch, is given to that senior member of the Harvard football squad who, through his dedication to the program and concern for his fellow man, has made a unique contribution to Harvard football. This award was established in 1972 upon the retirement of Henry Lamar, who served the Harvard football program for 40 years as a coach on all levels of competition.

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Appalachian State University football retired its third jersey, Dino Hackett’s No. 38, during homecoming festivities on Oct. 29, 2005.

A member of Appalachian’s 75th Anniversary Team, Hackett starred as a linebacker at ASU from 1982-85. He holds eight school records, including most solo (106), assisted (94) and total tackles (200) in a season, which he accomplished in 1985 en route to first-team All-America accolades. His 27 total tackles against East Tennessee State on Nov. 23, 1985 are still tops in Appalachian’s single-game annals, as are his 18 solo stops versus Furman on Oct. 26, 1985. In addition to the All-America recognition as a senior, Hackett was also an all-Southern Conference honoree in both 1984 and ‘85.

Following his standout collegiate career, Hackett was selected in the second round (35th overall) of the 1986 National Football League Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, which remains the highest that a Mountaineer has ever been drafted by an NFL team.





Joseph E. Wolf Award
The Wolf Award is presented annually to the outstanding interior lineman as selected by the varsity coaching staff. The award is in honor of Joseph E. Wolf of Allston, Mass., who, although not an alumnus of the College, attended his first Harvard football game in 1898 and became a legendary follower of the squad by missing only one home contest in the next 76 years, until his death in 1975 at age 90.

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Appalachian State University retired the No. 71 worn by all- American and NFL standout Larry Hand as part of homecoming festivities on Sept. 30, 2006.

Hand was a two-time all- American and three-time all-Carolinas Conference honoree as a tackle at Appalachian from 1960-64. Hand was far from a top prospect coming out of Butler H.S. in Butler, N.J. In fact, he worked as a mason for two years before Appalachian head coach Jim Duncan brought him to Boone, despite the fact that the 6-4, 225-pounder only played junior varsity high school football. However, after missing his freshman season due to injury, Hand made an immediate impact on the Mountaineers and put together the first of threestraight all-conference campaigns in 1962.

In ‘63, he garnered all-America accolades for the first time, earning second-team NAIA honors. His breakout performance came in a 20-6 win over Lenoir-Rhyne, in which he led a Mountaineer defense that forced five fumbles and held the Bears to minus-22 yards rushing.

Following Appalachian’s first victory over LRC in nine years, Duncan called Hand “the best pro line prospect to come out of the Carolinas Conference.” Professional teams agreed, as Hand was drafted as a future selection by both the Detroit Lions (10th round — NFL) and New York Jets (21st round — AFL) prior to his senior season in 1964 (future selections could be used on players that had a year of college eligibility remaining but their class had graduated).

In ‘64, Hand showed why the professional teams jumped at the chance to draft him in the offseason, as he put together a monster season that culminated in first-team NAIA all-America plaudits and second-team recognition by the Associated Press. He was also awarded the 1964 Kirkland Blocking Award, established in 1957 by Catawba College in memory of Gordon A. Kirkland.





William Paine LaCroix Trophy
The LaCroix Trophy is given to that member of the Harvard junior varsity or varsity football squad who, by his enthusiasm for the game and by his sportsmanship, loyalty and team spirit, most nearlydemonstrates those qualities characteristic of Bill LaCroix. The trophy was established in 1950 by friends of Bill LaCroix ’42, who died from injuries incurred while serving as a deck officer on the carrier Bunker Hill operating in the Leyte Gulf.

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On November 15, 2003, Appalachian State University wrapped up its 75th anniversary of intercollegiate football by announcing its 75th Annivesary Team. The team consists of 25 of the greatest players from the first 75 years of Mountaineer football, with a represetative at each position.

The team was recognized during halftime of the season finale at Kidd Brewer Stadium versus Western Carolina.

Offense
Wide Receiver... Bob Agle (1965-68)
Wide Receiver... Rick Beasley (1978-80)
Tight End... Steve Wilkes (1984-87)
Offensive Line... Gill Beck (1974-77)
Offensive Line... Mike Callaway (1982-86)
Offensive Line... Derrick Graham (1986-89)
Offensive Line... Scott Kadlub (1992-96)
Offensive Line...Ted Reitzle (1937-40)
Quarterback..... Steve Brown (1977-80)
Running Back... John Settle (1983-86)
Running Back... Damon Scott (1993-96)
Return Specialist... Devon Ford (1973-76)
Place Kicker... Bjorn Nittmo (1985-88)

DEFENSE
Defensive Line... Anthony Downs (1984-87)
Defensive Line... Avery Hall (1989-92)
Defensive Line... Larry Hand (1960-64)
Defensive Line... Josh Jeffries (1999-2002)
Linebacker.... Dexter Coakley (1993-96)
Linebacker.... Dino Hackett (1982-85)
Linebacker.... Richard Tickle (1961-64)
Defensive Back...Wayne Byrd (1963-66)
Defensive Back... Larry Harbin (1961-64)
Defensive Back... Jim Ollis (1952-55)
Defensive Back...Matt Stevens (1991-95)
Punter... Harold Alexander (1989-92)





Robert F. Kennedy Award
The Kennedy Award is given annually to that member of the varsity football team who, through his desire, determination and willingness to work, has made himself a valuable member of the team and, thereby, has gained the respect and admiration of his teammates and coaches. The Paul Revere Bowl, which goes to the winner, was established in 1975 in memory of Bob Kennedy by his teammates from the 1945, 1946 and 1947 Harvard squads.

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ALL-AMERICAN HONORS

• 71 Appalachian players have earned all-America honors a total of 95 times.
• Head coach Jerry Moore has seen 52 of his pupils collect all-America recognition a total of 73 times during his 19-year tenure at ASU.
• 19 Mountaineers have been two-time all-Americans and three (Dexter Coakley, Corey Lynch and Kevin Richardson) have been three-time all-Americans.
• ASU shattered the record for number of selections on The Sports Network’s all-America teams with 11 in 2007 (prev. record: 8 — Marshall in 1996). Five more Mountaineers just missed out on TSN all-America recognition as honorable-mention recipients.
(before 2008 awards)



Harvard players have been awarded All-American honors since 1890.
Anderson, Steven B.
Azelby, Joseph K.
Balestracci, Dante G.
Barnard, Charles A.
Berg, Michael L.
Blagden, Crawford
Boal, Walter A.
Bouve, George W.
Bowditch, Edward
Bradlee, Frederick J.
Brecher, Andrew Parker
Brewer, Charles
Brickley, Charles E.
Brown, John F.
Burden, William A. M.
Burnett, Francis L.
Burr, Francis H.
Cabot, Norman W.
Campbell, David C.
Caron, Roger E.
Casey, Edward L.
Clare, Michael J.
Clark, Charles A.
Clasby, Richard J.
Cochrane, Francis D.
Coolidge, Charles A.
Corbat, Michael L.
Corbett, Hamilton F.
Cox, Cecil
Cranston, John S.
Cumnock, Arthur J.
Cutler, John W.
Cutts, Oliver
Dadmun, Harrie H.
Daly, Charles D.
Dawson, Clifton
Dean, Dudley S.
Delgadillo, Rocky
Dibblee, Benjamin H.
Donald, Malcolm
Doucette, Allen E.
Edwards, Brian
Felton, Samuel M.
Fish, Hamilton
Fisher, Robert T.
Ford, Barry D.
Frilot, Maurice
Gilman, Joseph A.
Grant, Patrick
Graydon, Thomas H.
Gundlach, Herman, Jr.
Hallowell, Frank W.
Hallowell, John W.
Hardwick, Huntington R.
Haughton, Percy D.
Havemeyer, Charles F.
Hinz, Tony
Hoar, Samuel
Hubbard, Charles J.
Hurley, Daniel J.
Jaffrey, Percy M.
Jiggetts, Danny M. ’76
Jones, Tommy Lee
Joyce, Thomas M.
Kacyvenski, Isaiah
Kernan, Robert P.
Kersburg, Harry E.
King, Richard S.C.
Knowlton, Daniel W.
Laborsky, Marc E.
Lake, Everett, J.
Lawrence, James
Lee, James P.
Lee, William G.
Lewis, William H.
Mazza, Corey Gerald
McDonald, James F.
McInally, Patrick J.
McKay, Robert G.
Mahan, Edward W.
Marshall, Andrew
Mead, Mark
Meigs, William
Mills, Philip O.
Minot, Wayland M.
Morris, Carl E.
Moulton, John B.
Newell, Marshall
Nichols, John D.
Nourse, Charles J.
Osborne, Charles G.
Owen, George
Parmenter, Derric C.
Peabody, Endicott II
Pennock, Stanley B.
Peterson, Don
Ristine, Albert W.
Santiago, Robert J.
Sargent, Charles S.
Sawin, George A.
Smith, Kirk C.
Smith, Lawrence D.
Soriano, Jamil ’03
Squires, Beaton H.
Steinberg, Robert M.
Storer, Robert T. P.
Ticknor, Benjamin H.
Trumbull, Walter H.
Ver Wiebe, Ernest F.
Warren, Leicester
Waters, Bertram G.
Watson, Donald C.
Well, John W.
Well, Percy L.
Wilkinson, James Brent
Williams, James Norman
Williams, Steven Keith
Withington, Lothrop
Withington, Paul
Wood, W. Barry, Jr.
Woods, Thomas S.
Wrightington, Edgar N.

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October 12, 1968-Appalachian 52, Lenoir-Rhyne 28

Holding a 17-14 lead at the half, Appalachian exploded out of the tunnel after the intermission, scoring two touchdowns in the third quarter and three more in the fourth.

It was a record-breaking day for the Mountaineers that included 35 first downs, 572 yards on the ground, and 654 total yards. The Mountaineer defense stunned the Bears by yielding just 59 rushing yards one week after the Bears received national fame by racking up 900 total yards of offense.

The Mountaineers played before a stunned Lenoir-Rhyne crowd of 12,500 fans. The Bears’ frustration was evident when a bench-clearing brawl broke out with 16 seconds left in the contest.





June 4, 1875 -- Harvard plays its first intercollegiate game, facing Tufts. Just as historic is that the Crimson is outfitted in a football uniform, believed to be the first time a team has been so identified. The squad is adorned in the school colors, with a uniform of white shirts and pants, with crimson trimming and crimson hose.

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NOVEMBER 8, 1975 --APPALACHIAN 39, SOUTH CAROLINA 34

Robbie Price put on an offensive show before 47,489 fans on hand at Williams-Brice Stadium, who saw seven scoring drives over 70 yards, four of which went longer than 80 yards in a 39-34 triumph.

After South Carolina scooped up a Price fumble and returned it for the first points of the day, Appalachian got on the board with a 77-yard drive that was capped off by a John Craig score. The touchdown was especially sweet for Craig who began his career with the Gamecocks two years earlier.

Appalachian led at the half, 24-14, but South Carolina came out quick in the third quarter, and reduced the ASU lead to four when Jeff Grantz scored from two yards out.

Price answered with a 32-yard touchdown pass. However, South Carolina scored late in the third quarter to make it 30-27. The Gamecocks drove 81 yards take the lead, 34-30. However, the Mountaineers responded with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Price to a diving Donnie Holt. Mike Staton sealed the win with an interception that led to a Mountaineer field goal to make the final score 39-34.





November 13, 1875 -- Harvard and Yale play for the first time. The Crimson wins this initial meeting, held at Hamilton Field in New Haven, with four goals and four touchdowns to no goals and no touchdowns for the Elis. A group of 150 Harvard faithful makes the journey on the evening train from Boston.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 1983--APPALACHIAN 27, WAKE FOREST 25

Making his head coaching debut on Fireworks Night at Groves Stadium, Mack Brown orchestrated a fireworks display of his own in an upset over Wake Forest, 27-25.

Kicker Billy Van Aman notched his first collegiate field goal when he split the uprights from 54 yards out. Van Aman also kicked a 29-yarder late in the third quarter to put ASU up 20-17.

The game looked one-sided on paper as Wake doubled up ASU in total offensive yards (502-247). However, the Appalachian defense recovered five Wake fumbles. Linebacker Joel Carter registered a pair of touchdowns on two interceptions, including a 48-yard scramble to the end zone on his first pick.

Wake completed a 39-yard touchdown and converted a twopoint conversion with 1:39 left, but would not get any closer as ASU ran the clock for the two-point win.






November 3, 1886 -- Rules changes allow football to return to Harvard in 1886. The Crimson rolls to a 156-0 win over Exeter, its highest single-game total. Harvard goes on to establish a national collegiate record for points, amassing 765 during its 12-2 campaign. The record stood until the 2004 season, when Division II Pittsburg State (Kan.) scored 837 points in 15 games.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 1989--APPALACHIAN 15, WAKE FOREST 10
Facing Ricky Proehl and a crowd of 30,200 Wake Forest fans, first-year head coach Jerry Moore and the Mountaineers pulled off a 15-10 victory.

Knotted at 3-3 at the intermission, running back Ritchie Melchor recorded 121 of his 139 yards on the ground in the second half, which included a 67-yard touchdown run.

On the ensuing Wake Forest possession, Proehl took a short pass and danced 28 yards for the touchdown. With the pressure on late in the fourth quarter, freshman Harold Alexander boomed a punt to Proehl, who fielded the ball cleanly, but could not manage to get out of bounds before time expired.





November 30, 1893 -- The first football scoreboard is used. The Harvard Athletic Association unveils this invention of Arthur Irwin, a Bostonian and a professional baseball player and manager, in the Crimson's 26-4 win over Penn on Thanksgiving.

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OCTOBER 19, 1991--Appalachian 26, Furman 23
It took three overtimes and four Jay Millson field goals, but when it was decided, Appalachian won the first overtime game in Southern Conference history by a count of 26-23.

The first half was marred by mistakes and Furman led 17-9. Late in the fourth quarter, linebacker Brent David forced a fumble and put the Mountaineers on the Paladin 17. After Nate Abraham ran for the quick score, D.J. Campbell connected with A.J. Ellis for the two-point conversion to tie the score, at 17-17.

Knotted at the end of regulation, Millson and Burr traded field goals in the first two overtimes. In the third extra period, defensive back Steve Wilks blocked a Burr field goal attempt. Millsonm connected on his fourth field goal of the day to clinch the victory.





October 31, 1903 -- Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, coach of the famed Carlisle Indians, introduces the hidden ball trick in a game against Harvard. The ploy is unleashed during the second half kickoff, and the resulting touchdown moves Carlisle ahead, 11-0. The Crimson delivers the Halloween day treat, however, winning 12-11.

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OCTOBER 10, 1992--APPALACHIAN 27, JAMES MADISON 21
D.J. Campbell completed three touchdown passes in the final 3:02 of the game, including one to Craig Styron, who caught it on his back with no time remaining on the clock to win the game.

JMU began the scoring with one of the most famous tricks in football lore. Early in the second quarter, the Dukes executed the fumblerooski for a 14-yard touchdown. Bitten by the turnover bug, the Mountaineers fell short of the endzone twice due to turnovers.

With the score 21-7, D.J. Campbell threw the first of three touchdown throws to make it 21-14, with 3:02 to play. Just 32 seconds later, it was tied, at 21-21 on another Campbell TD pass.

With JMU driving deep in Appalachian territory, the Mountaineer defense intercepted a deflected pass, giving Campbell a chance at victory.After two quick passes to get the ball to midfield, Campbell heaved the ball deep into the endzone, where it found Styron.




November 14, 1903 -- Harvard Stadium, the nation's first permanent concrete stadium for athletics, opens when Harvard faces Dartmouth.

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OCTOBER 22, 1994--APPALACHIAN 24, MARSHALL 14
With ominous weather and a matchup against the No. 1 team in the nation, 19,781 rain-soaked fans spurred Appalachian to a 10-point victory and triumphantly tore down the goal posts.

A dominant performance by the Mountaineer defense keyed the win. Dexter Coakley led the Mountaineers with 15 tackles, three for losses, two pass breakups, and a forced fumble.

Johnny Smith, who spent his first three years at fullback, notched seven tackles, a fumble recovery, a sack, and an interception that he returned 70-yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

In only his second start, Scott Satterfield threw for 113 yards and ran for 30 more, including a score.






September 29, 1906 -- Harvard plays its first game since the introduction of the forward pass. The rule change was necessitated by the increasingly brutal nature of football as a way to open up the game. The configuration of Harvard Stadium forced the rules committee to opt for this innovation rather than widen the field by 40 feet.

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OCTOBER 19, 1996--APPALACHIAN 35, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 28
Backup signal-caller Bake Baker was called upon in the fourth quarter at Georgia Southern to create what head coach Jerry Moore dubbed a “spark.” A spark is what he got.

Baker took over and led the Mountaineers on a 21-point rally with just over 10 minutes remaining in the contest.

The Mountaineer offense was desperate for production. The defense was not much better, with five players sidelined with injuries.

In his 10-plus minutes of action Baker converted three scoring drives, including the game-winner, a 68-yard pass and catch to Otis Smith with 3:13 remaining in the game.

Baker ended the game 8-of-10 passing, for 159 yards and two touchdowns. Prior to his showing in Statesboro, he had completed just three passes in his career.




November 7, 1908 -- The legendary Jim Thorpe and his Carlisle squad visit the Stadium. Thorpe is shut down and his squad blanked, 17-0, as part of Harvard's 9-0-1 season.

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OCTOBER 3, 1998--MOORE’S 100th WIN
Appalachian 30, WAKE FOREST 27 (OT)
Daniel Jeremiah’s one-yard touchdown run in overtime gave Appalachian head coach Jerry Moore his 100th career victory, a 30-27 triumph over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem.

Moore’s 100th win was his fourth over Wake in 10 seasons at the helm of the Mountaineers. Appalachian jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to a 27-yard field goal by Stuart Jones and a 47-yard touchdown run by Terrence McCall. The Demon Deacons scored 17 of the game’s next 20 points to take a 17-13 advantage into the fourth quarter.

After Jones’ third field goal of the game cut the ASU deficit to 17-16 early in the final period, Jeremiah hooked up with Joey Gibson for a 57-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion made it 24-17 ASU with 5:28 to go.

However, Wake Forest responded with
a 13-play, 74-yard drive, capped by a seven-yard touchdown pass from Brian Kuklick to Jammie Deese that tied the contest with only 53 seconds left to play.

In overtime, Appalachian held the Deacs to a field goal on the opening possession before clinching the win on Jeremiah’s touchdown dive a series later.






November 18, 1911 -- Harvard embarks on its school-record 33-game unbeaten streak with a 5-3 win over Dartmouth at the Stadium. The streak covers the entire 1912, 1913 and 1914 seasons as well as the first four games of 1915. The Crimson went 30-0-3 before Cornell finally put a halt to the streak with a 10-0 win Oct. 23, 1915.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 1999--AUBURN 22, APPALACHIAN 15
For nearly three quarters, it seemed as though Appalachian would pull of perhaps the biggest win ever by a I-AA school over a I-A opponent. But a 33-yard touchdown pass with just 38 seconds left to play gave perennial-power Auburn a narrow 22-15 win over the Mountaineers before 78,123 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

After Auburn took a 7-0 lead less than seven minutes in, Appalachian responded with 15-straight points to take an eightpoint advantage deep into the third quarter. The Tigers evened the score at 15-15 late in the third period and marched 77 yards in just 1:04 to score the winning touchdown in the final minute.

ASU out-gained Auburn 323-288 for the game and held AU to just 54 yard of offense in the first half.






October 31, 1925 -- Number one defeats number two as Harvard, the oldest college in America, tops William & Mary, the second oldest, by a 14-7 count at the Stadium.

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OCTOBER 12, 2002
ABC SPORTS RADIO CALL OF THE YEAR
APPALACHIAN 16, FURMAN 15

The Mountaineers were trailing 9-7 in the fourth quarter after three Furman field goals and an interception return for a touchdown by the home side. With 5:39 left, Joey Hoover’s 24-yard TD catch from Joe Burchette gave Appalachian its first lead of the game, at 14-9.

Furman took the ensuing possession and marched 73 yards on 13 plays, converting a first down on third-and-18 and then retook the lead on third-and-goal from the Appalachian 12 with 0:07 remaining when Billy Napier found Bear Rinehart for the go-ahead touchdown. Furman led 15-14.

Furman elected to go for two points on the point-after. Napier’s pass on the two-point attempt was intercepted by Josh Jeffries at the ASU 4. Jeffries darted toward the left sideline before lateraling the ball to Derrick Black at the ASU 16.

With Jeffries and Nygel Rogers both running downfield to block, Black avoided two would-be tacklers on his way to score two points and give Appalachian the lead in remarkable fashion, 16-15.

With much fanfare, Jeffries recovered Furman’s on-side kick attempt to seal the Miracle on the Mountain.







October 30, 1937 -- Vernon Struck '38 sets a school single-game record by rushing for 233 yards in a 34-6 win at Princeton. The mark stands until 1991. He also scores a pair of touchdowns in the win.

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Appalachian State has won or shared the Southern Conference Title 9 times. 1986, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.





Harvard has won or shared the Ivy League title 13 times. 1961, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008.

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DECEMBER 16, 2005-- NCAA DIVISION I-AA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
APPALACHIAN 21, NORTHERN IOWA 16
Without starting quarterback Richie Williams, who was out with a severe ankle injury in the first half, Appalachian fell behind, 16-7. With Williams back at the helm, the Mountaineers cut the deficit to 16-14 on Kevin Richardson’s one-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

With under 10 minutes left to play, Northern Iowa quarterback Eric Sanders dropped back to pass from his own 25 yard line. Appalachian defensive end Marques Murrell came off the left edge to strip the ball from Sanders.

Murrell’s counterpart on the defensive line, Jason Hunter, scooped up the loose ball at the UNI 15. Hunter galloped untouched into the end zone to give Appalachian a 21-16 lead with 9:14 left to play, setting off a wild celebration on the ASU sideline and among the 12,000-plus Mountaineer fans in the stands.

Murrell and Hunter combined for two more sacks down the stretch to squelch the Panthers’ final scoring opportunities. Richardson’s first-down run in the waning minutes sealed Appalachian’s first-ever national championship.




First two for the Crimson
1890-- the Crimson went 11-0 and outscored its opponents by a combined margin of 555-12.
1898-- 17-0 win against Yale in the finale. The 1898 season also saw the annual Harvard-Yale game take its place as the final game of the year for both schools.

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DECEMBER 15, 2006 NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
APPALACHIAN 28, Massachusetts 17

#1 Former walk-on Kevin Richardson (K-Rich) scores all four touchdowns in the 2006 FCS National Chasmpionship. On first-and-10 from the UMass 45, Richardson took a handoff from Edwards, burst through a gaping hole on the left side of the line and easily outran the Minuteman secondary to the corner of the end zone to knot the game at 7-7. The gallop was the second-longest TD run in ASU postseason history (Daniel Wilcox — 65 yds. vs. Florida A&M — 1999).

#2 Appalachian got the ball for only the second time in the second period when it fielded a punt at its own 22 yard line with just over five minutes left to play in the opening half. On the first play of the series, Edwards connected with his favorite target, William Mayfield, for a 35-yard gain. From there, the Mountaineer trio of Richardson, Edwards and Devon Moore banged out the final 43 yards of the drive on the ground, capped by Richardson’s six-yard scoring run off right tackle with 49 seconds to go before halftime. The Apps’ 11-play, 78-yard drive took 4:19 off the clock and assured them of taking a seven-point lead into the locker room.

#3 Thanks in large part to Richardson, who amassed 48 of the ASU’s 71 yards on the possession, the Apps did just that, marching 71 yards in 13 plays. Richardson punctuated the scoring drive by powering four yards through the heart of the line and into the end zone for his 29th touchdown of the season, tying the NCAA Division I FCS record set by Colgate’s Jamaal Branch in 16 games in 2003. More imprtantly, Richardson’s third scoring run of the evening gave the Mountaineers a seven-point lead with 13:22 remaining in the ballgame.

#4 Richardson, who ran 11 times for 48 of ASU’s 80 yards on the drive. In all, thanks to Richardson’s running and a key third-down completion from Edwards to fellow freshman Josh Johnson, Appalachian ran 6:46 off the clock on the victory-sealing drive. The two-yard dive was also Richardson’s 30th TD of the season, setting a new NCAA Division I FCS single-season record. Following Richardson’s score, UMass’ last-ditch effort was thwarted when Corey Lynch picked off a Liam Coen pass with 42 seconds to play.







1899--Harvard finished the season with a 10-0-1 record, which included an incredible 10 shutouts.
1910--A touchdown by Cornell marked the only points that Harvard allowed all year.

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James Madison W, 28-27
Eastern Washington W, 38-35
Richmond W, 55-35
DECEMBER 14, 2007-- NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
APPALACHIAN 49, DELAWARE 21

Appalachian wins back to back to back national titles.











1912 -- Harvard won the first of back-to-back championships in 1912 as part of a 33-game unbeaten streak, which stands as a school record to this day.
1913 -- Harvard steamrolled through the 1913 schedule, allowing only two touchdowns on the season, to finish 9-0 for the second straight year and capture its sixth national championship.

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SEPT. 1, 2007 MICHIGAN STADIUM • ANN ARBOR, MICH. ATTENDANCE: 109,218#
--The two-time defending champions the FCS were ahead of the nation’s winningest program 28-14 late in the second quarter, then their storybook afternoon seemed to unravel late in the fourth quarter. Mike Hart’s 54-yard run put the Wolverines ahead -- for the first time since early in the second quarter -- with 4:36 left.

One snap after the go-ahead touchdown, Brandent Englemon intercepted an errant pass, but the Wolverines couldn’t capitalize and had their first of two field goals blocked.

Appalachian State drove 69 yards without a timeout in 1:11 to set up the go-ahead field goal. “I’ve been dreaming about that kick every day,” Rauch said. But it still wasn’t over.

Chad Henne threw a 46-yard pass to Mario Manningham, giving Michigan the ball at Appalachian State’s 20 with 6 seconds left.

Lynch blocked the kick and returned it to the other end of the field as the final seconds ticked off, and his teammates rushed across the field to pile on as the coaching staff and cheerleaders jumped with joy.
#record to watch Appalachian State play







1919 -- Harvard ran roughshod through its first six opponents, winning all six games by an aggregate score of 179-0, before settling
for a 10-10 tie against Princeton. The Crimson regrouped to defeat Tufts and Yale, resulting in an invitation to play in
the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Harvard entered that game as a slight favorite, a prognostication that proved correct as the Crimson defeated Oregon, 7-6.

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