The 2022 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 ...

during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers are led by third-year head coach

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. Appalachian State plays their home games at

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on the school's

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, campus, and compete as a member of the East Division of the

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2021 season 10–4, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to finish in first place in the East division. As a result, they earned a trip to the Sun Belt Conference Championship Game where they lost to

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. They received an invitation to the

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where they lost to

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2022 NFL Draft

Preseason

Coaching changes

On February 9, 2022, offensive coordinator Frank Ponce was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the

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. On February 21, Kevin Barbay was hired to be the Mountaineers' new offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Barbay previously served in the same role for the

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Media poll

The Sun Belt media days were held on July 25 and July 26. The Mountaineers were predicted to finish in first place in the Sun Belt's East Division. Appalachian State also received 10-of-14 first place votes.

Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference teams

Offense ''1st team'' *

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– Running back, RS-JR *

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– Offensive lineman, RS-JR ''2nd team'' * Chase Brice – Quarterback, RS-SR *Nate Noel – Running back, SO *Damion Daley – Offensive lineman, RS-JR Defense ''2nd team'' *

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– Linebacker, RS-JR *Trey Cobb – Linebacker, SR *

Steven Jones Jr. Steven Sedgewon Jones Jr. (born February 1, 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Arlington Renegades of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Appalachian State. Early life Jones was born on February 1, 1999, ...

– Defensive back, RS-SR

Personnel

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Schedule

All conference games were announced March 1, 2022.

Staff

Game summaries

North Carolina

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At No. 6 Texas A&M

Statistics This was Appalachian State's first win over an AP Top 10 team since a 34–32 victory over Michigan in 2007.

Troy

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for the first time. The two teams went back and forth for most of the game, with the largest lead being only 7 points. The Trojans took a 28–24 lead early in the 4th quarter, a score that would stand for almost ten minutes. On their second-to-last offensive drive, the Mountaineers marched down to the Trojans' 2-yard line, but could not convert on 4th down and turned the ball over on downs. Troy could not pick up a 1st down and decided to go for it on 4th. On 4th down, Trojan quarterback Gunnar Watson intentionally ran out of his own end zone for a safety. On the kickoff, Ahmani Marshall returned the kick to the Mountaineers' 47-yard line with just 0:15 left to play. On the final play of the game, Chase Brice threw a

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that Troy's defense tried to knock down, but Christian Horn caught the deflected pass and ran it in for the game-winning touchdown.

James Madison

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The Citadel

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At Texas State

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Georgia State

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Robert Morris

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At Coastal Carolina

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At Marshall

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Old Dominion

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At Georgia Southern

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References

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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

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