Postgame Notes- vs. The Citadel
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.

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