| 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football | |
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SoCon champion | |
FCS Quarterfinals, L 13–33 vs. Richmond | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 5[1] |
| FCS Coaches | No. 5[2] |
| Record | 11–3 (8–0 Southern) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Collaborative[3] |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple spread |
| Defensive coordinator | John Wiley (18th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Kidd Brewer Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Appalachian State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Wofford ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Elon | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 79th season of play for the Mountaineers. The team was led by Jerry Moore, the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award winner for Coach of the Year. It was his 20th season as head coach. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.[4]
Appalachian completed a perfect Southern Conference season at 8–0, and became just the fourth football program in conference history to win four straight conference titles.[5] A quarterfinal playoff loss to the Richmond Spiders ended Appalachian's season, the quest for four consecutive national titles, and snapped the Mountaineers' record string of consecutive playoff victories at 13.[6][7] Ending the season on a positive note was quarterback Armanti Edwards, who was honored with the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the Division I FCS most outstanding offensive player.[8]
- ^ "Final Sports Network's 2008 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ FCS Coaches (December 22, 2008). "Spiders Sit Atop the FCS World". Southern Conference. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Appalachian State: About the University". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ^ "Appalachian State Clinches Fourth Straight SoCon Title". Southern Conference. November 15, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
- ^ "Turnovers Doom ASU in Season-Ending Loss". Southern Conference. December 6, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
- ^ "Vaughan and defense help Richmond avenge loss, send Appalachian State home". ESPN. Associated Press. December 6, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ "Armanti Edwards wins 2008 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2008.