American college football season
The 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers were led by sixth-year head coach Scott Satterfield and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to be co-champions of the East Division with Troy. Due to their head-to-head win over Troy, they represented the East Division in the inaugural Sun Belt Championship Game where they defeated West Division champion Louisiana to become Sun Belt Champions for the third consecutive year and first time outright. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Middle Tennessee.
On December 3, head coach Scott Satterfield resigned to become the head coach at Louisville.[1] He finished at Appalachian State with a six year record of 51–24. Defensive line coach Mark Ivey led the Mountaineers in the New Orleans Bowl.[2]
On December 13, Appalachian State hired North Carolina State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz as their new head coach.[3]
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Sun Belt coaches poll
On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Mountaineers predicted to finish as champions of the East Division.[10]
Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams
The Mountaineers had seven players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[11] Defensive back Clifton Duck was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year.
Recruiting
The Mountaineers signed 24 recruits.
Roster
Schedule
Game summaries
At Penn State
At Charlotte
Appalachian State at Charlotte – Game summary
at Jerry Richardson Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Date: September 8
- Game time: 6:04 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 90 °F (32 °C); Partly Cloudy
- Game attendance: 19,151
- Referee: Stephen LaManti
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Bobby Rosinski, Jay Sonnhalter, Libby Clark
- AppStateSports.com Box Score
Gardner–Webb
Gardner–Webb at Appalachian State – Game summary
at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina
- Date: September 22
- Game time: 3:35 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); Mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 21,084
- Referee: Marshall Lewis
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Harrison Battle, Pierre Banks
- AppStateSports.com Box Score
South Alabama
South Alabama at Appalachian State – Game summary
at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina
- Date: September 29
- Game time: 3:35 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 25,862
- Referee: Kyle Olson
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Harrison Battle, Pierre Banks
- AppStateSports.com AppStateSports.com Box Score
At Arkansas State
Louisiana
Louisiana at Appalachian State – Game summary
at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina
- Date: October 20
- Game time: 3:35 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 27,082
- Referee: Kyle Olson
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Harrison Battle, Pierre Banks
- AppStateSports.com Box Score
At Georgia Southern
Appalachian State at Georgia Southern – Game summary
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Georgia
- Date: October 25
- Game time: 7:32 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); light mist
- Game attendance: 19,252
- Referee: Marshall Lewis
- TV announcers (ESPNU): Doug Sherman, Roddy Jones
- AppStateSports.com Game Notes AppStateSports.com Box Score
At Coastal Carolina
Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina – Game summary
at Brooks Stadium, Conway, South Carolina
- Date: November 3
- Game time: 5:05 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C)
- Game attendance: 13,004
- Referee: Ted Pitts
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Jeff McCarragher, Nate Ross
- AppStateSports.com Box Score AppStateSports.com Game Notes
At Texas State
Appalachian State at Texas State – Game summary
at Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, Texas
- Date: November 10
- Game time: 4:05 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 11,482
- Referee: Jeremy Parker
- TV announcers (ESPN3): David Saltzman, Steve Foster, Megan Birdsong
- AppStateSports.com Box Score AppStateSports.com Game Notes
Georgia State
Georgia State at Appalachian State– Game summary
at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina
- Date: November 17
- Game time: 2:35 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); clear, sunny
- Game attendance: 22,315
- Referee: Ted Pitts
- TV: ESPN+
- AppStateSports.com Box Score
Troy
Troy at Appalachian State – Game summary
at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina
- Date: November 24
- Game time: 2:35 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C); mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 20,410
- Referee: Jason Autrey
- TV: ESPN+
- AppStateSports.com Box Score
Louisiana (Sun Belt Championship game)
Louisiana at Appalachian State – Game summary
at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina
- Date: December 1
- Game time: 12:03 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C); rainy
- Game attendance: 14,963
- Referee: Ted Pitts
- TV: ESPN
- AppStateSports.com Box Score
Vs. Middle Tennessee (New Orleans Bowl)
Rankings
References
- ^ "Report: Louisville hiring Scott Satterfield as new coach".
- ^ "Mark Ivey Named App State Interim Head Coach".
- ^ Joyce, Ethan (December 13, 2018). "App State hires N.C. State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz as head football coach". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist". July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "Mountaineers, Red Wolves Selected as Division Favorites in 2018 Sun Belt Football Coaches' Preseason Poll".
- ^ "Sun Belt Announces 2018 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams".