2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I-AA champion; SoCon champion
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, W 21–16 vs. Northern Iowa
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 1
Record	12–3 (6–1 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (17th season);
Offensive coordinator	Collaborative
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	John Wiley (15th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^	6	–	1	12	–	3
No. 3 Furman ^	5	–	2	11	–	3
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^	5	–	2	8	–	4
Western Carolina	4	–	3	5	–	4
Wofford	3	–	4	6	–	5
Chattanooga	3	–	4	6	–	5
The Citadel	2	–	5	4	–	7
Elon	0	–	7	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	6:30 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky*		Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY		W 24–16	10,300
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at Kansas*	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 8–36	37,070
September 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 17 Coastal Carolina*		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 30–3	23,267
September 24	4:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 22	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 45–13	11,103
October 8	3:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Furman	No. 16	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	CSS	L 31–34	14,138
October 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 Georgia Southern	No. 19	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Black Saturday)	FSNS	W 24–7	21,486
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Wofford	No. 16	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	CSS	W 49–17	8,398
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	CSS	W 35–25	22,338
November 5	8:00 p.m.	at No. 6 (I-A) LSU*	No. 7	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–24	91,414
November 12	3:30 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)	CSS	W 35–7	25,584
November 19	6:00 p.m.	at Elon	No. 6	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 52–14	6,472
November 26	2:00 p.m.	No. 25 Lafayette*	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		W 34–23	6,327
December 3	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Southern Illinois*	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	ESPNU	W 38–24	11,108	^[7]
December 10	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Furman*	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)	ESPN2	W 29–23	15,307
December 16	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Northern Iowa*	No. 5	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 21–16	20,236
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	7	7	3	24
Eastern Kentucky	7	0	0	9	16

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	0	0	8	8
Kansas	7	6	13	10	36

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coastal Carolina	0	0	3	0	3
Appalachian State	13	17	0	0	30

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	14	7	17	45
The Citadel	7	0	6	0	13

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	7	3	14	31
Furman	7	9	10	8	34

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Southern	0	0	7	0	7
Appalachian State	10	7	7	0	24

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	7	14	14	14	49
Wofford	7	3	0	7	17

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chattanooga	6	7	6	6	25
Appalachian State	0	14	14	7	35

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	0	0	0	0
LSU	7	7	0	10	24

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Carolina	0	0	0	7	7
Appalachian State	7	14	7	7	35

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	10	21	7	14	52
Elon	0	0	0	14	14

Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lafayette	0	17	3	3	23
Appalachian State	3	7	10	14	34

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Illinois	0	3	7	14	24
Appalachian State	10	14	7	7	38

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Furman	0	23	0	0	23
Appalachian State	14	7	0	8	29

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Appalachian State	0	7	7	7	21
Northern Iowa	6	10	0	0	16

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
The Sports Network	—	25	—	22	17	16	19	16	12	7	8	6	5	1

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