Appalachian State University NCAA News

Held in check for much of the game, the Appalachian State offense was not going to lose to Richmond again without a fight.

Jonathan Grimes ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns in pacing William & Mary to a 24-3 victory over Southern Illinois on Saturday in a Football Championship Subdivision playoff quarterfinal.

Armanti Edwards threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Matt Cline with 10 seconds to play, capping a wild last few minutes and giving Appalachian State a 35-31 victory against defending champion Richmond in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals.

BOONE, N.C. - Jordan Miller equaled a career-high with 26 points and freshman Colin Reddick added a career-best 14 as Furman rallied past Appalachian State 85-82 in the Southern Conference opener for both teams on Thursday evening at the Holmes Convocation Center.

Appalachian State and Richmond have met each of the past two seasons in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs - each time the winner won the national championship.

There is no easy way for a highly-skilled team to be eliminated in the first round of the NCAA FCS playoffs.

Jordan Miller scored 26 points to lead five players in double figures and Furman held off Appalachian State 85-82 on Thursday night.

There might not be a better source to size up Saturday's FCS quarterfinal between Richmond and Appalachian State than Russ Huesman.

A senior running back for Southern Illinois is 1 of 3 candidates for the Football Championship Subdivision's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.

Jeremi Booth scored 20 points as Appalachian State defeated Winthrop 70-51 on Monday night.

Elon University senior receiver Terrell Hudgins has been named as one of three finalists for the 2009 Walter Payton Award which is presented annually to the top offensive player in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision .

* The win was ASU's 100th of the decade . Montana is the only NCAA Division I FCS team with more victories since the beginning of the decade.

Blake Erickson kicked his second field goal of the day to help South Carolina State tie Appalachian State 13-13 at the start of the fourth quarter of their FCS first-round playoff game at Boone, North Carolina.

Appalachian State beats Morgan State 93-92 in OT Eds: APNewsNow. Appalachian State 93, Morgan State 92, OT.

Aaron Ball led a dominating Wildcats running game with 99 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, as Villanova upended Holy Cross, 38-28, in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

Dominique McDuffie returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter and Appalachian State defeated South Carolina State 20-13 in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Saturday.

In what could be Armanti Edwards' last home game, Appalachian State begins the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs today against S.C. State at noon at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

Will Ford gained one more yard than he needed last week. The S.C. State senior running back entered the North Carolina A&T game with the hope of picking up 155 yards in order to become the MEAC's all-time leading rusher.

A vendor peddling game programs as fans filed into Kidd Brewer Stadium before an Appalachian State football game a few weeks ago discovered a sure way to move inventory.

When pairings for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs were announced on Sunday, Coach Buddy Pough of S.C. State said that he was stunned to hear that his team would be going to the same place it went last year.