The 2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...
in the
2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2006 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 26, 2006 and concluded on December 15, 2006, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2006 NCAA ...
. The team was coached by
Jerry Moore and played their home games at
Kidd Brewer Stadium
Kidd Brewer Stadium is a 30,000-seat multi-purpose stadium located in Boone, North Carolina. Nicknamed "The Rock," the stadium is the home of the Appalachian State Mountaineers football team. Kidd Brewer stands above sea level. The Mountaineers b ...
in
Boone, North Carolina
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters for the disaster a ...
.
The football team competes in the Division I
Football Championship Subdivision
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athleti ...
(FCS), formerly I-AA, as a member of the
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...
. Appalachian is the only university in
North Carolina
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,
public
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or private, to win a
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) national championship in football. Appalachian won the 2005
Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated as
FCS national champions in 2006.
Before the season
Schedule
Game summaries
NC State
James Madison
Mars Hill
Gardner–Webb
Elon
Chattanooga
Wofford
Georgia Southern
Furman
The Citadel
Western Carolina
Coastal Carolina
Montana State
Youngstown State
Massachusetts
Rankings
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) —
Kevin Richardson
* Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year
(coaches) — Kevin Richardson
* Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year
(coaches) —
Marques Murrell
Marques Allen Murrell (born March 20, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Appalachian State.
Murrell also played for the New Yo ...
* Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
(coaches and media) —
Armanti Edwards
Armanti Fredrico Edwards Sr. (born March 8, 1988) is an American gridiron football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Carolin ...
* Southern Conference
Jacobs Blocking Trophy The Jacobs Blocking Trophy is the name of several similar annual college football awards bestowed by a conference upon their best blocker. The awards are named in honor of William P. Jacobs, founder and president of Presbyterian College from 1935 t ...
—
Kerry Brown
Statistics
Team
Scores by quarter
2006 statistics at GoASU
References
Appalachian State
Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...
Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons
NCAA Division I Football Champions
Southern Conference football champion seasons
Appalachian State Mountaineers football
The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the intercollegiate American football team representing Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Su ...
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