Appalachian State Mountaineers football

The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the college football team at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Southern Conference since 1972, and are currently a Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Appalachian plays their home games in Kidd Brewer Stadium, which is named after Kidd Brewer, whose 1937 squad was unbeaten and unscored upon during the regular season.cite book |last=Flynn| first=Mike| title= 2008 Appalachian Football: Kidd Brewer Stadium| url=https://admin.xosn.com/fls/21500/Media_Guides/Football/2008Football149-200.pdf?SPSID=104465&SPID=12811&DB_OEM_ID=21500| publisher= Appalachian Sports Information |year= 2008|pages = 194]

The Mountaineers are the first FCS team to win three straight national championships since the playoffs began in 1978. They are also the first Division I program to win three consecutive national championships since Army accomplished the feat in 1944, 1945, and 1946, [cite news|title=Thrice is Nice: Apps Rout Delaware For Third-Straight National Title
author=Appalachian Sports Information|publisher=GoASU|date=2007-12-14|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1545029&SPID=12811&SPSID=104458] and the first Division I school in modern times to claim three straight undisputed national titles. [Army's three consecutive national titles were all split championships. The only other Division I school to claim three consecutive national titles in the 20th century was Minnesota, with a consensus title in 1934 and split titles in 1935 and 1936. The last school with three consecutive "undisputed" national titles in Division I or its predecessors was Yale, retroactively designated by the Helms Athletic Foundation as national champions in 1886 through 1888. For sourced lists of past national champions in Division I FBS and its predecessors, see NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship.] Appalachian became the first FCS team to ever receive votes in the final Associated Press (AP) college football poll on January 8, 2008. [cite news|title=Mountaineer Football Notebook: ASU Receives Votes in Final AP Poll|author=Appalachian Sports Information|publisher=GoASU|date=2008-01-08|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1545062&SPID=12811&SPSID=104458] The Mountaineers received five points in the poll, tying South Florida for 34th. [cite news|title=2007 NCAA Football Rankings - Final (Jan. 8)|author=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN.com|date=2008-01-08|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankings?pollId=1&seasonYear=2007]

History

1928–1971

Appalachian State began playing organized football in 1928. The coach during that first year was Graydon Eggers.cite book |last=Flynn| first=Mike| title= 2008 Appalachian Football: Coaching Records| url=https://admin.xosn.com/fls/21500/Media_Guides/Football/2008Football149-200.pdf?SPSID=104465&SPID=12811&DB_OEM_ID=21500| publisher= Appalachian Sports Information |year= 2008|pages = 182] The Mountaineers competed as an independent before joining the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) North State Conference as a charter member in 1931.cite news|title=CVAC to change name to Conference Carolinas|author=Coker College|publisher=Coker Cobras|date=2007-01-30|url=http://cokercobras.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=765] Kidd Brewer was the head coach of the Mountaineers from 1935–38, leading the team to two postseason bowl games. Brewer's 1937 squad is best remembered for going unbeaten and unscored upon during the regular season, outscoring opponents 206–0 before losing a postseason game to the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss, 7–0. Appalachian found continued success under coach E.C. Duggins (1947–50 and 1952–55). During Duggins' eight years as coach, the Mountaineers claimed three more North State Conference championships and played in seven bowl games. The Mountaineers again competed as an independent from 1968–71 before accepting an invitation to the Southern Conference.

1971–present

tadiums

College Field

College Field was the home of Appalachian football from 1928 to 1961. Located at the future site of Rankin Hall and Edwin Duncan Hall, the stadium was replaced by Kidd Brewer Stadium in 1962.

Kidd Brewer Stadium

Opened in 1962, Kidd Brewer Stadium was originally named Conrad Stadium after former university trustee and R.J. Reynolds executive William J. Conrad. The stadium was renamed in 1988 for Kidd Brewer who coached the Mountaineers from 1935–38. Nicknamed "The Rock", Kidd Brewer sits at an elevation of convert|3280|ft|m| but is measured at convert|3333|ft|m| for NCAA qualifications. The stadium was the first venue in either North or South Carolina to install artificial turf. The Mountaineers and Elon staged the first game on fake grass in the Carolinas on October 3, 1970. After a 2002 First Round I-AA playoff loss to Maine, Appalachian compiled a 30 game unbeaten streak at Kidd Brewer Stadium that ended on October 20, 2007. [cite news|title=Late Rally Falls Short, Home Winning Streak Ends with 38-35 Loss to GSU
publisher=GoASU|date=2007-10-20|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1544835&SPID=12811&SPSID=104458] The 2007 season also saw the Mountaineers average a FCS best attendance of 24,219. [cite news|title=NCAA Accumulated Attendance Report
publisher=NCAA|date=2008-01-08|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/2007/Internet/attendance/IAA_ATTENDANCE.pdf]

Largest crowds

Important games

Bowl games

John Settle

Dexter Coakley

Dino Hackett

Larry Hand

ee also

*Appalachian State University
*Appalachian State Mountaineers
*Southern Conference football champions
*List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

External links

* [http://www.goasu.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&SPID=12811&KEY= GoASU.com] - Official Appalachian State Mountaineers football website