NO. 1 APPALACHIAN STATE 39, THE CITADEL 10
OCTOBER 16, 2010 • POSTGAME NOTES
Team
• Top-ranked Appalachian (6-0, 4-0 SoCon) won its 24th-consecutive Southern Conference game. ASU's last SoCon loss came 1,090 days ago (Oct. 20, 2007, 38-35 vs. Georgia Southern). The 24-game SoCon winning streak is the second-longest in conference history (30 – West Virginia, 1952-59).
• Appalachian won for the 52nd time in its last 55 home games.
• ASU beat The Citadel for the ninth-straight time at Kidd Brewer Stadium and the 16th time in the last 17 meetings overall. The Citadel has not won at KBS since 1992.
• For the first time in school history, ASU did not allow an opponent to complete a pass (0-for-6, 1 INT).
• The previous ASU record for fewest passing yards allowed was three in a 7-0 loss to Western Carolina (1-for-11) on Sept. 25, 1965.
Individual
• ASU quarterback DeAndre Presley matched a school record with five touchdown passes. He is the fourth player in ASU history to throw five touchdown passes in a game – Armanti Edwards (2008 vs. Wofford), Richie Williams (2004 vs. Northwestern State) and Pat Murphy (1968 vs. Wofford and 1967 vs. Presbyterian) are the others.
• Presley finished with 241 yards on 14-of-25 passing and 27 yards on four carries (268 yards of total offense). He did not play in the fourth quarter after ASU built a comfortable 39-10 lead.
• Presley extended his string of consecutive pass attempts without an interception to 147.
• Presley is the first ASU starting quarterback since Todd Payton in 1986 to not throw an interception over his first six starts of the season.
• Presley's 73-yard touchdown pass to Travaris Cadet was the longest play of both players' careers and ASU's longest play of the season.
• ASU's Mark LeGree moved alone into third in school history with his 21st career interception in the third quarter.
• Brian Quick caught two of Presley's touchdown passes, giving him 16 for his career and moving him into fifth place all-time at ASU.