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Mountaineers turn attention to Texas A&M
BOONE — A week after it narrowly lost one of the most entertaining games in program history, App State heads to College Station to face No. 6 Texas A&M for the first time. The visit […]
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Winners, losers from wild weekend
Week 1 of the college football season provided some crazy matchups, close calls and quite a few heartbreaks for North Carolina’s FBS teams. It also puts certain players and coaches on different sides of the […]
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Two failed 2-point conversions by App State give UNC win in Boone
BOONE — UNC coach Mack Brown told his team after Saturday afternoon’s offensive free-for-all what might not have been so obvious. “You didn’t cave,” he said. That was a feat amid an avalanche of points. […]
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UNC, App State meet in early-season showdown
BOONE — History will be made on Saturday when the Tar Heels enter Kidd Brewer Stadium for the first time to face App State. UNC (1-0) has faced the Mountaineers in Chapel Hill twice — […]
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Mountaineers look to defend Sun Belt East crown
In a Sun Belt Conference that is as expansive as ever thanks to the additions of James Madison, Old Dominion, Southern Miss and Marshall, the Appalachian State Mountaineers are still riding high on the wave […]
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Zappe, WKU too much for App State in Boca Raton Bowl
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bailey Zappe capped his record-setting season in style, and Western Kentucky capped a difficult week with a bowl win. Zappe broke a pair of single-season FBS records by passing for 422 […]
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Sam Hartman, Chase Brice come up short in title games
Saturday’s ACC Football Championship Game against Pittsburgh wasn’t just an opportunity for Wake Forest to bring home a conference title for only the third time in its history. It was also a chance at redemption […]
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App State looks to reclaim Sun Belt crown
The Sun Belt Conference football championship won’t be the only thing on the line when Appalachian State returns to Louisiana on Saturday. Coach Shawn Clark and his team will also have a shot at redemption. […]
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App State faces unbeaten Coastal Carolina in pivotal game
When Shawn Clark inherited the Appalachian State football program, the Mountaineers were riding a streak of five straight bowl wins, four Sun Belt titles in a row and two Eastern Division crowns. Clark kept the […]
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Deacons sit atop midseason NC football power rankings
Editor’s note: This story was published in Wednesday’s print edition prior to Appalachian State’s loss to Louisiana-Lafayette on Tuesday night, and the rankings do not consider that result. The 2021 college football season is approaching […]