Postgame Notes from App State's Win at Coastal Carolina

POSTGAME NOTES: App State 35, Coastal Carolina 32
 
App State improved to 4-2 – the same record the Mountaineers had through six games last season.
 
App State beat Coastal Carolina for the first time since 2021 and for the first time in Conway since 2018. The Mountaineers still maintain an 8-5 all-time lead in the series.
 
The Mountaineers improved to 2-1 in road games, marking the first time since 2023 they have won multiple true road games in a season.
 
This was the first 2026 game App State played outside the state of North Carolina.
 
App State's all-time record when playing on ESPN2 improved to 17-3.
 
Other than the 55-3 season-opening win vs. Maine, all of App State's 2026 games have been one-score affairs inside the final two minutes.
 
OFFENSE
 
App State's offense enjoyed its most points (35), total yards (516) and rushing yards (253) against an FBS opponent this season.
 
Jaquari Lewis rushed for a season-high 85 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, the most by a Mountaineer since Cam Peoples' school record-tying five in the 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl also in Brooks Stadium. Lewis added two catches for 22 yards. Lewis' four scores in the back-and-forth contest tied the game at 7-7, gave App State a 14-7 lead, pulled the Mountaineers to within three at 24-21, and regained the lead at 28-24.
 
A game-time-decision Malachi Singleton started and threw for an efficient 151 yards on 12-of-14 passing.
 
Henry Hasselbeck rotated snaps throughout the first half before playing the entirety of the second half in a standout performance. The son of former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (who was coached by Dowell Loggains with the Tennessee Titans) completed 9 of 12 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown while rushing 21 times for a game-high 125 yards. Other than Matthew Wilson's rushing effort in last year's Birmingham Bowl, it was the first 100-yard rushing performance by an App State QB since Zac Thomas had 109 against ULM in 2020.
 
For the fourth time in six games, Sam Pickett III led the team in receiving yards. He racked up 78 yards on five catches, including a 31-yard touchdown from Hasselbeck to give App State a 35-24 lead with 6:41 left in the contest.
 
Houston transfer J'Marion Burnette rushed for 21 yards on six carries in his App State debut.
 
DEFENSE
 
Devin Henderson made six tackles, broke up a pass and hauled in an interception for the second straight game.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS
 
Jaxson Dunn punted three times for an average of 45.3 yards, including a 63-yarder that was downed by Ammo Robinson at Coastal's 1-yard line for a key fourth-quarter field flip.