NO. 5 APPALACHIAN STATE 24, NO. 1
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 17
OCT. 29, 2011 • BOONE, N.C. (KIDD
BREWER STADIUM)
POSTGAME NOTES
Team
• The win is ASU's first over a
team ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division I FCS since a 17-16 win over top-ranked
Georgia Southern on Oct. 16, 1999.
• ASU moved to 3-5 all-time
versus the nation's top-ranked team.
• With the win, ASU moved to 6-2
overall and 4-1 in Southern Conference play. Although still a half-game behind
Georgia Southern (7-1, 5-1 SoCon) in the conference standings, ASU controls its
own destiny in its quest for an unprecedented seventh-straight SoCon
championship.
• The win was ASU's 16th-straight
regular-season home victory and its 60th in its last 64 home games
overall.
• ASU moved to 31-2 in its last
33 SoCon games.
• ASU won for the sixth time in
its last nine meetings with Georgia Southern.
• ASU avenged last year's 21-14
overtime loss at Georgia Southern, which ASU entered undefeated and ranked No.
1 nationally.
• The loss Georgia Southern's
second in its last 15 games overall.
Individual
• ASU senior wide receiver Brian Quick became only the second
player in school history and seventh in Southern Conference history with 3,000
receiving yards in a career. He went over 3,000 yards in his career with a
56-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter and finished with four receptions
for 119 yards on the game.
• With 3,056 yards in his career,
Quick just 68 yards shy of the ASU record of 3,124, set by Rick Beasley from
1978-80.
• The 100-yard receiving game was
Quick's third-straight, tying an ASU record held by DaVon Fowlkes (2004) and
Bob Agle (1968). The 100-yard performance was Quick's fifth of the season and
11th of his career.
