NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND ROUND
NO. 1 APPALACHIAN 42, NO. 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 21
DECEMBER 4, 2010 • BOONE, N.C. (KIDD BREWER STADIUM)
Team
- Top-seeded Appalachian (10-2) advances to the NCAA
Division I Football Championship quarterfinals for the sixth-straight year.
- ASU will host the winner of Saturday afternoon's
second-round game between Stephen F. Austin and Villanova on Friday, Dec. 10 or
Saturday, Dec. 11. The game day/time will be determined by the NCAA on Sunday,
Dec. 5.
- Appalachian secured its sixth-straight 10-win season,
joining Ohio State and Virginia Tech as the only NCAA Division I teams (FCS or
FBS) to win at least 10 games each of the last six seasons (2005-10).
- ASU outgained WIU, 464-231, including a 417-133 advantage
in rushing yards.
- WIU's 231 total yards were 245 below its season average of
476.1 yards coming in, which ranked No. 2 nationally.
- Western Illinois closed the season at 8-5.
Individual
- ASU quarterback DeAndre
Presley rushed for a career-high 264 yards on 16 carries (16.5 avg.) and two
touchdowns.
- Presley went over 1,000 rushing yards for the season
(1,017) - the 18th 1,000-yard rushing season in school history and
the third by a quarterback.
- Presley also completed 2-of-7 passes for 47 yards and 1
touchdown to finish with 311 yards of total offense.
- Presley became only the third player in ASU history with
3,000 total yards (3,287) in a season and the fifth with 30 total touchdowns
(32) in a season.
- Presley's 89-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was
the longest in ASU postseason history (prev. 65 by Daniel Wilcox vs. Florida
A&M, 1999 first round).
- Sophomore Demetrius
McCray's second-quarter interception was the first of his career.
