Postgame Notes vs. Wofford

Team

  • Appalachian (9-1, 7-1 SoCon) clinched no less than a share of its sixth-consecutive 2010 Southern Conference championship and the league's automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship with the rout over Wofford (8-2, 6-1 SoCon).
  • Appalachian's sixth-straight SoCon championship ties the conference record set by Georgia Southern from 1997-2002.
  • The SoCon championship is ASU's 11th in 39 seasons since joining the league in 1972. Only Furman (12) has won more SoCon titles since the league began crowning a champion in 1933.
  • Appalachian limited Wofford's vaunted wingbone rushing attack to just 189 yards, its lowest total of the season (prev. 220 at Ohio on Sept. 4) and 137 yards below its FCS-leading 326.1-yard rushing average coming in.
  • Wofford's 275 yards of total offense were 125 yards below its season average coming in (400.3 ypg).
  • Prior to Saturday's rout, Wofford's largest deficit in SoCon play this year was four points.

Individual

  • ASU junior wide receiver Brian Quick caught five passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns, upping his career totals in three career games against Wofford to 17 receptions for 426 yards and seven touchdowns.
  • Quick also moved into third on ASU's all-time receiving yardage list with 2,163 career yards, surpassing Bob Agle (2,151 yds. - 1965-68).
  • Senior running back Devon Moore put together his first 100-yard rushing performance of the season and eighth of his career. He rushed for 115 yards on 17 carries and three touchdowns, all season highs.
  • Moore's three touchdowns give him 38 for his career, moving him into a tie with Damon Scott (1993-96) for fourth in ASU history.
  • Senior kicker Jason Vitaris booted a 50-yard field goal, the longest by a Mountaineer since Mark Wright vs. Troy State on Sept. 9, 2000.
  • For the second time in three games, sophomore Troy Sanders returned a blocked PAT for a defensive two-point conversion. It was only the third defensive two-point conversion in ASU history.

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