Team
•
Appalachian moved to 2-1 on the season. Savannah State fell to 0-3.
• Combined
with last week's 58-6 win over North Carolina A&T, ASU has held
back-to-back opponents to fewer than 10 points for the first time since 51-0
and 19-0 wins over VMI and Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 14 and Nov. 21, 1998.
• The six
points allowed by ASU matches last week's 58-6 win over N.C. A&T for the
fewest points surrendered by ASU since a 41-0 win over Mars Hill on Sept. 16,
2006.
• ASU won
its 12th-consecutive regular-season home game and moved to 57-4 in
its last 61 home games overall.
• ASU is
over .500 through three games for only the second time in the last four
seasons.
• ASU wore
gold alternate jerseys for the first time this season and moved to 6-0 all-time
when donning gold jerseys (all in the past three seasons).
Individual
• Senior
wide receiver Brian Quick 48-yard touchdown reception in the second-quarter was the 24th
of his career, moving him into sole possession of second place on ASU's
all-time touchdown receptions list. He is one shy of ASU's 43-year-old career
record of 25, set by Bob Agle (1965-68).
• With five
receptions, Quick also moved into fourth among ASU's all-time leaders with 150
career receptions, surpassing Agle (146).
• Senior
quarterback DeAndre Presley became the seventh player in ASU history with 5,000 yards of
total offense in a career. His 207 yards of total offense on Saturday gives him
5,125 for his career.
• For the
second-straight week, junior place kicker Sam Martin kicked a 51-yard field goal, which is
tied for the seventh-longest in ASU history.
• Martin
also downed two
punts inside the five yard line, giving him five punts downed inside the five
yard line this season.
• Making his
first collegiate start, true freshman defensive end James Robinson had 2.5 tackles for loss, two
sacks, a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry.
