Team

• Appalachian State fell to 0-2 with the loss, marking the first time since 2009 and only the third time in the last 20 seasons that the Mountaineers have lost their first two games of the season.

• Appalachian State lost its home opener for only the second time in the last 12 years (prev.: 40-35 loss vs. McNeese State in 2009).

• Appalachian State fell to 24-2 in its last 26 games that immediately followed a same-season loss. Since the third week of the 2003 campaign, the only other time that the Mountaineers lost consecutive games in the same season was in 2009, when they dropped their first two games to East Carolina (29-24) and McNeese State (40-35).

• Appalachian State lost to North Carolina A&T for only the second time in seven games in the all-time series and for the first time in five contests played in Boone (only other N.C. A&T win was a 22-10 victory in Greensboro, N.C. on Sept. 4, 1993).

• The loss snapped Appalachian State's 32-game home winning streak versus in-state opponents. The Mountaineers had not lost at home to an in-state opponent since a 34-7 loss to Western Carolina at then-Conrad Stadium on Oct. 6, 1984.

Individual

• Freshman running back Marcus Cox scored the first touchdown of his career on a 35-yard reception in the first quarter.

• Sophomore Kevin Walton's third-quarter interception was the first of his career.

• Redshirt freshman tight end Barrett Burns scored the first touchdown of his career on a 10-yard reception in the third quarter.

• Sophomore quarterback Kameron Bryant's 10-yard touchdown pass to Burns was the first of his career.