2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football

Sun Belt Conferece co-champion
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2016 record	9–3 (7–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Scott Satterfield (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Ponce (passing game; 4th year) Shawn Clark (running game; 1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Nate Woody (4th year)
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium (Capacity: 24,050)

2016 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Appalachian State +		7	–	1		9	–	3
Arkansas State +		7	–	1		7	–	5
Troy		6	–	2		9	–	3
Idaho		6	–	2		8	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette		5	–	3		6	–	6
Georgia Southern		4	–	4		5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5		4	–	8
South Alabama		2	–	6		6	–	6
Georgia State		2	–	6		3	–	9
New Mexico State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Texas State		0	–	8		2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represents Appalachian State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers play their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina, and compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They are led by fourth-year head coach Scott Satterfield.

Schedule

Appalachian State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Sun Belt foes Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, New Mexico State, and Troy. Appalachian State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Arkansas State and South Alabama.^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Old Dominion from Conference USA, and two road games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	L 13–20 ^OT	100,074
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Old Dominion*	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ASN	W 31–7	23,374
September 17	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Miami (FL)*	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN	L 10–45	34,658
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Akron*	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ASN	W 45–38	15,381
October 1	12:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ASN	W 17–3	24,782
October 12	8:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN2	W 24–0	16,960
October 22	3:30 p.m.	Idaho	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 37–19	26,931
October 27	7:30 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Rivalry)	ESPNU	W 34–10	23,474
November 5	3:30 p.m.	Texas State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 35–10	28,472
November 12	3:30 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 24–28	25,782
November 19	2:30 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 42–17	18,699
November 26	4:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN3	W 37–7	5,366
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game notes

at Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mountaineers	7	6	0	0	0	13
#9 Volunteers	3	0	3	7	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	7	0	0	7
Mountaineers	14	10	0	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	APST, 49–0

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Hurricanes	21	3	7	14	45
Mountaineers	0	3	7	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	21	7	7	45
Zips	0	14	10	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	0	3	3
Mountaineers	0	0	7	10	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	APST, 37–3

at Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	14	0	0	24
Ragin' Cajuns	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	APST, 28–7

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	6	3	10	19
Mountaineers	10	0	13	14	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	APST, 47–20

at Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	10	10	14	34
Eagles	10	0	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–12–1	2015	APST, 31–13

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	0	7	0	10
Mountaineers	7	21	7	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2004	APST, 41–34

at Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	14	3	7	24
Trojans	14	0	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	APST, 44–41

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	3	7	0	7	17
Mountaineers	14	7	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	APST, 59–14

at New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	17	3	10	7	37
Aggies	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

↑ "Sun Belt Announces 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). Appalachian State University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
↑ "2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 12, 2016.

Appalachian State Mountaineers football

Venues	College Field (1928–1961) Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Playoff games Georgia Southern Western Carolina (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug) 2015 Camellia Bowl

Culture & lore	"Hi Hi Yikas" Marching Mountaineers 2007 Michigan game Miracle on the Mountain Yosef

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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