NO. 6 APPALACHIAN STATE 35, SAMFORD 17
OCTOBER 22, 2011 • BOONE, N.C. (KIDD BREWER STADIUM)
POSTGAME NOTES

 

Team

• With the win, Appalachian moved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Southern Conference play. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Samford (4-3, 2-3 SoCon).

 • With No. 5 Wofford's 26-21 loss at Furman on Saturday, ASU controls its own destiny in its pursuit of an unprecedented seventh-straight SoCon championship.

 • ASU moved to 30-2 in its last 32 SoCon games.

 • ASU moved to 4-0 against Samford since the Bulldogs joined the SoCon in 2008 and 5-1 all-time versus SU. ASU remains as the only SoCon team that Samford has not beaten in four years in the league.

 • ASU won its 15^th-straight regular-season home game and moved to 59-4 in its last 63 home games overall.

 • The win was ASU's ninth-straight on homecoming. ASU is now 37-11-2 in 50 all-time homecoming games played at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

 • ASU moved to 7-0 all-time when wearing gold jerseys, including 2-0 in this year's incarnation of the alternate third jersey.

 • The attendance of 28,912 was the ninth-largest in Kidd Brewer Stadium history.

 Individual

• Senior wide receiver Brian Quick became ASU's all-time leader in touchdown receptions with a 69-yard scoring catch in the second quarter, the 26^th of his career. The previous school record of 25 career touchdown receptions stood for 43 years (set by Bob Agle from 1965-68).

 • Quick finished with 100 yards on four receptions, good for the 10^th 100-yard game of his career and fourth in seven games this season.

 • Senior running back Travaris Cadet rushed for 139 yards on 22 carries (6.3-yd. avg.). The 100-yard game was the fifth of Cadet's career and his first in back-to-back games (he had 133 rushing yards in last week's win at The Citadel).

 • Senior DeAndre Presley, who started 18-straight games at quarterback for ASU before being replaced by Jackson in the starting lineup last week due to a shoulder injury, made his defensive debut, starting the game at right cornerback in ASU's five-defensive-back package. On Samford's second possession, Presley forced a fumble that gave ASU the ball inside the SU 20 yard line. Presley finished with six tackles to go along with the forced fumble.