2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I champion
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 1[1]
FCS CoachesNo. 1[2]
Record13–2 (5–2 Southern)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCollaborative[3]
Offensive schemeMultiple spread
Defensive coordinatorJohn Wiley (17th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Appalachian State +^   5 – 2     13 – 2  
No. 6 Wofford +^   5 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 17 Georgia Southern   4 – 3     7 – 4  
No. 23 Elon   4 – 3     7 – 4  
The Citadel   4 – 3     7 – 4  
Furman   4 – 3     6 – 5  
Chattanooga   2 – 5     2 – 9  
Western Carolina   0 – 7     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.[4]

The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA, as a member of the Southern Conference. Appalachian is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football.[5] The Mountaineers won the 2005 Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated as FCS national champions in 2006 and 2007.[6][7][8] They also captured a third consecutive Southern Conference Southern Conference title.[9]

The team is one of only five from its division to ever defeat a team ranked in the Associated Press Poll (the others being Cincinnati in 1983,[10][11] James Madison in 2010, Eastern Washington in 2013, and North Dakota State in 2016), in a game against Michigan that was hailed as one of the biggest upsets in the history of American sports.[12][13] Additionally, two players from the 2007 team were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: wide receiver Dexter Jackson (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and safety Corey Lynch (Cincinnati Bengals).

  1. ^ "Final Sports Network's 2007 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  2. ^ FCS Coaches (December 18, 2007). "Mountaineers Reign Atop the FCS Again". Southern Conference. Archived from the original on August 26, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  3. ^ Bowman, Tommy (February 25, 2009). "Coaching staff at ASU in place for 2009 season". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
  5. ^ "N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  6. ^ Davis, Elizabeth A. (December 16, 2005). "Appalachian State takes fumble and I-AA title from N. Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  7. ^ "Appalachian State defeats UMass to repeat as I-AA champs". ESPN. Associated Press. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  8. ^ "Months after Michigan upset, Appalachian State completes FCS 3-peat". ESPN. Associated Press. December 14, 2007. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  9. ^ "Appalachian Claims Share of SoCon Championship". Southern Conference. November 18, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  10. ^ "Cincinnati is reclassified". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. January 15, 1983. p. 14.
  11. ^ "PENN STATE AWARE OF LETDOWN * PATERNO MAKES SURE HIS TEAM IS AWARE OF THE 1983 SHOCKING LOSS TO CINCINNATI". The Morning Call. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wetzel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mandel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).