APPALACHIAN STATE 49, HOWARD 0
September 5, 2015 • Boone, N.C. (Kidd Brewer Stadium)
POSTGAME NOTES
Team
• Appalachian State (1-0) won its seventh-straight game, dating back to 53-14 win at Troy on Oct. 18, 2014.
• It has been 329 days since Appalachian State's last loss, a 55-48 overtime defeat to Liberty on Oct. 11, 2014.
• Saturday's win currently pulls Appalachian State into a tie for the fourth-longest winning streak in NCAA Division I FBS.
NCAA DIVISION I FBS — LONGEST CURRENT WINNING STREAKS
1. Ohio State – 13 games (Monday vs. Virginia Tech)
2. Boise State – 10 games (d. Washington, 16-13, on Friday)
3. TCU – 9 games (d. Minnesota, 23-17, on Thursday)
4. APPALACHIAN STATE – 7 games
Memphis – 7 games (vs. Missouri State, Saturday at 7 p.m. ET)
• Appalachian State won its season opener for the first time since a 42-41 victory at Chattanooga in 2010 (Sept. 4).
• Appalachian State, which opened at home for the first time in 14 years, won for the fourth time in its last 14 season openers.
• Appalachian State moved to 48-35-3 all-time in season openers.
• Appalachian State moved to 63-20-2 all-time in home openers, including a 26-2 mark when opening the season at home.
• Appalachian State recorded its third shutout in the last 12 games (66-0 vs. Campbell, Sept. 6, 2014; 44-0 vs. Georgia State, Nov. 1, 2014). Appalachian State had not previously recorded three shutouts in a 12-game span since 1998-99, when it blanked three opponents in an eight-game span (51-0 vs. VMI, Nov. 7 1998; 19-0 at Eastern Kentucky, Nov. 14, 1998; 51-0 at The Citadel, Sept. 25, 1999).
• The shutout was Appalachian State's first in a season opener since 1960 (7-0 vs. Emory & Henry, Sept. 17, 1960).
Individual
• Appalachian State junior running back Marcus Cox (105 yds., 1 TD on 11 carries) rushed for 100 yards for the 15th time in 25 career games. His 15 100-yard rushing games moved him into a tie for fifth in Appalachian State history (record: 22 – John Settle, 1983-86).
• With 105 yards, Cox also moved into seventh place on Appalachian State's all-time rushing yardage list with 2,770 career yards (record: 4,804 – Kevin Richardson, 2004-07).
• Appalachian State sophomore quarterback Taylor Lamb's four touchdown passes were a career high (prev.: 3 vs. Liberty, Oct. 11, 2014; vs. Idaho, Nov. 29, 2014).
• Redshirt freshman running back Jalin Moore scored the first touchdown of his career on a 7-yard run in the third quarter.
• Redshirt freshman quarterback J.P. Caruso threw the first touchdown pass of his career on a 37-yard pass to sophomore Ike Lewis in the third quarter.
