BOONE, N.C. — No. 8/9 Appalachian State University outgained Georgia Southern, 712-171, in a 52-16 demolition of its rival on Saturday afternoon at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

Appalachian (5-2, 4-0 SoCon) put together the elusive “complete game” that its faithful have clamored for all season and did it against perhaps its most fierce rival. In the process, the Mountaineers scored the most points that Georgia Southern (4-4, 3-2 SoCon) has ever allowed to an NCAA Division I FCS opponent in the regular-season and, as they now have in three of the last four seasons, likely dealt the knockout blow to the Eagles' hopes for a return to the postseason.

ASU dominated from the beginning, scoring on four of its first five possessions and racking up 411 yards of offense in the first half alone, en route to a 35-10 halftime lead. The domination came on both sides of the ball; in addition to their 413 yards and 35 points, the Apps limited GSU to minus-three yards on the ground and forced two turnovers and three three-and-outs in the first half.

The rout continued in the second half, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Georgia Southern managed double-digit yardage on just one of its five second-half possessions while ASU continued to roll offensively with at least 50 yards on four of its five full series after halftime (not including three plays as time expired).

Quarterback Armanti Edwards led the assault with 381 yards of total offense, despite being removed from the game after just two second-half series. Three-hundred and twenty of the yards came through the air on 26-of-34 passing with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He added 61 yards on six carries, including a 31-yard run on the final play of the first quarter that made him the second player in Division I history (FCS or FBS) with 8,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards in a career (Missouri's Brad Smith is the other with 8,799 passing yards and 4,289 rushing yards from 2002-05).

For the first time since 2004, ASU featured two 100-yard receivers in a game in CoCo Hillary, who notched his first-career 100-yard game with seven catches for 104 yards, and Matt Cline, who hauled in a career-high 10 receptions for 102 yards.

Backup quarterback Travaris Cadet added 131 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and 64 yards on 4-of-7 passing while engineering a pair of scoring drives following Edwards' departure from the game while running back Devon Moore scored a career-high three touchdowns despite toting the ball only nine times in the rout.

The Mountaineers' 712-yard output was its most since it racked up 743 in a 79-35 win over Western Carolina in 2007 and just 76 yards shy of the school record of 788, amassed in a 115-0 shellacking of Piedmont in 1936.

Defensively, Appalachian notched six sacks, its most since it had seven in last year's 56-7 win over Jacksonville and its most against a SoCon opponent since its six at The Citadel in 2005. Jabari Fletcher led the way with two sacks and two-and-a-half tackles for loss. Cortez Gilbert led ASU with nine tackles while linebacker D.J. Smith chipped in with eight stops, including two for loss and a sack.

After the last three games in the series were decided by a total of just 11 points, the Mountaineers notched their biggest win in the series since it blanked the Eagles, 59-0, in 1939. Since that 59-point pasting 70 years ago, the Apps' largest margin of victory over GSU had been just 19 points.

Georgia Southern, which managed just 15 rushing yards on 27 carries, was led by quarterback Lee Chapple, who completed 20-of-34 passes for 156 yards. Dion Dubose and Tavaris Williams led three Eagles in double-digit tackles with 11 apiece.

Standing at 4-0 in SoCon play for the third time in the past four years and in the midst of a 16-game winning streak in conference games, the SoCon's longest since 1974, Appalachian continues league play next week against another longtime rival in Furman. Kickoff is set for noon at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, S.C.

NOTES: ASU has won its first four SoCon games for the fifth time in 38 seasons in the conference ... after each of its previous 4-0 SoCon starts, the Mountaineers have gone on to win the conference championship with an undefeated league record ... Edwards moved into sixth in NCAA Division I FCS history with 12,855 yards of total offense in his career (8,829 passing, 4,026 rushing) ... ASU's 16-game SoCon winning streak is tied for the fifth-longest in conference history and is the longest since East Carolina won 16-straight from 1971-74 ... defensive tackle Bobby Bozzo and nickel defensive back Dominique McDuffie were in the starting lineup for the first time this season while true freshman bandit linebacker Michael Frazier and sophomore running back Cedric Baker made their first-career starts ... a Black Saturday crowd of 26,215 braved a steady mist that fell throughout the game ... GSU defensive back Hudson Presume, who was taken from the field on a stretcher in the first half, was released from Watauga Medical Center on Saturday evening after a medical evaluation found no major or long-term injuries and traveled back to Statesboro with his team.