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Appalachian State jumped back into the race to win a 12th Southern Conference championship with a 31-28 victory over Georgia Southern at Paulson Stadium Nov. 3. At left, Appalachian State quarterback Jamal Jackson escapes the Georgia South-ern pass rush to extend the play. At below right, Tony Washington, a quarterback in high school, runs the option after taking a handoff from his receiver position. At below left, Appalachian State’s Jamil Lott (5) and Rodger Walker (4) close in on Georgia Southern’s Darreion Robinson during the second quarter of the game.. PHOTOS BY STEVE BEHR | WATAUGA DEMOCRAT

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BY STEVE BEHRsports@wataugademocrat.com

Appalachian State got a second chance at a Southern Conference championship last week. The Mountaineers plan to take advantage of it.

Appalachian State (7-3, 5-2 SoCon) hosts Furman (3-6, 2-4) Saturday looking for a share of its 12th Southern Conference championship. The Mountaineers could be just the second team in conference history to win 12 league titles.

The fi rst is Furman.The Paladins hold the SoCon record with

12 league championships either won out-right or shared. Furman won these league championships from 1978-2004.

Appalachian State won its fi rst league title in 1978. The Mountaineers put six straight SoCon championships together between 2005-10 before fi nishing second to Georgia Southern last season.

Georgia Southern and Duke have each won 10 league titles. Georgia Southern (7-2, 6-2) added at least a tie Saturday when Wofford lost to Samford 24-17.

There is a logjam at the top of the SoCon. Wofford is 7-2, 5-2, while Chattanooga is 5-4, 4-2. That leaves four teams at the top of the conference with two losses.

There are several scenarios that are avail-able to determine the SoCon’s automatic bid. Appalachian State must beat Fur-man to stay in contention for the bid. The Mountaineers hold tie-breaking advantages over Georgia Southern and Chattanooga be-cause they beat both teams. Wofford holds tiebreakers on Appalachian State because of its 38-28 win over the Mountaineers.

STRANGE HAPPENINGSSome of Appalachian State’s most bizzare

victories have come against Furman at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

None were stranger than 2002. Trailing 15-14, after Furman drove the length of the fi eld for a touchdown, ASU defensive end Josh Jeffries intercepted a Billy Napier two-point conversion pass attempt.

Jeffries lateraled the ball to Derrick Black, who returned the ball for a defensive two-point conversion, which gave the Mountain-

eers a 16-15 victory.It was called the “Miracle on the Moun-

tain.”Two years later, Appalachian State took a

30-29 victory when ASU quarterback Richie Williams scored on a 13-yard run on the Mountaineers’ fi nal drive. During the game, Williams set an NCAA record for passing accuracy by completing 40-of-45 attempts, including a record 28 in a row.

The Mountaineers also beat the Paladins 29-23 in the 2005 playoffs when Trey Elder came off the bench for an injured Williams and threw a touchdown pass on his fi rst attempt. Furman quarterback Ingle Martin looked ready to put the Paladins in front late in the game on a quarterback run, but

slipped on the 2-yard line.

FURMAN STRUGGLES IN BOONEFurman has also lost plenty of seemingly

normal games at The Rock. Appalachian State has not lost to Furman in Boone since 1996 when the Paladins took a 20-14 win.

Since then, Appalachian State has won eight straight games at Kidd Brewer Sta-dium. The latest was a 37-26 decision in 2010.

Appalachian State has also won nine of the last 11 games with Furman, but the Paladins won the last showdown, a 20-10 win over the Mountaineers. Furman holds a 22-17-3 edge after winning 12 of the fi rst 15 matchups. Two of those games ended in

a tie.The teams have met every year since 1971.

FURMAN STRUGGLES IN 2012Furman fi nds itself in the unusual role of

spoiler this season after routinely fi ghting for a conference championship during the past two decades.

The Paladins have gone through two three-game losing streaks this season, but go into their game Saturday at ASU with a 31-17 victory over Elon. Two of those losses were road setbacks to Wofford (20-17) and Samford (24-21).

Offense is part of the problem. The Paladins are last in scoring offense at 24.9 points per game.

ASU receiver Sean Price scores on a 56-yard touchdown in the Mountaineers’ 31-28 victory over Georgia Southern on Nov. 3. STEVE BEHR | WATAUGA DEMOCRAT

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APPALACHIAN STATE .....................................................................vs. ..................................................................................... FURMAN Boone, N.C. .............................................................................. Location ........................................................................Greenville, S.C. 17,344 .................................................................................. Enrollment ................................................................................... 2,700 1899 ....................................................................................... Founded ...................................................................................... 1826 Mountaineers/Black and Gold ........................................... Nickname/Colors ...............................................Paladins/Purple and white Southern Conference ..............................................................Conference ............................................................. Southern Conference Kidd Brewer (24,050) .....................................................Stadium (Capacity) ............................................................Paladin (16,000) Jerry Moore (Baylor, 1961) ................................................... Head Coach ............................................... Bruce Fowler (Furman, 1981) 214-86 (24rd season) ................................................Coach’s Record at School .....................................................9-11 (2nd season) 241-134-2 (31th season) .............................................Coach’s Overall Record.......................................................9-11 (2nd season) 7-3 .....................................................................................Overall Record .................................................................................... 3-6 5-2 (T-2nd) ...........................................................Conference Record (Standing) ...............................................................2-4 (7th) No. 12 (Sports Network, AFCA) ......................................... National Ranking................................................................................None Multiple Spread ....................................................................Basic Offense .............................................................................. Multiple 32.5 (3rd/23rd) ......................................Points Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ......................................24.9 (9th/67th) 184.3 (4th/32nd) .............................Rushing Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank) .............................172.2 (7th/43rd) 280.3 (2nd/18th) .............................Passing Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank) .............................211.7 (4th/60th) 464.6 (1st/10th) ................................ Total Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ............................... 383.9 (6th/51st) Multiple ..............................................................................Basic Defense..................................................................................... 4-3 28.6 (5th/71st) ...............................Points Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ..............................29.2 (7th/77th) 209.4 (6th/103rd) ...................Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) .....................159.2 (4th/65th) 214.6 (8th/62nd) ..................... Passing Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) .....................233.8 (9th/81th) 424.0 (8th/95th) .........................Total Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ........................393.0 (6th/78th)

APPALACHIAN STATE(7-3, 5-2 SoCon) NO. 12 TSN, AFCA

FURMAN (3-6, 2-4 SoCon)Not ranked

2012 appalachian state SCHEDULE2012 appalachian state SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT (TV) SERIES RECORD (ASU-OPP.)/NOTESSat, Sept. 1 at East Carolina L. 13-35 Pirates score 14 points in fourth quarterSat, Sept. 8 MONTANA W. 35-27 ASU beats Grizzlies for fi rst time in program history Sat, Sept. 15 THE CITADEL* L. 28-52 Mountaineers suffer worst SoCon loss since 2004 Sat, Sept. 22 at Chattanooga * W. 34-17 ASU scores 24 points in fourth quarterSat, Sept. 29 COASTAL CAROLINA W. 55-14 Mountaineers ambush Chanticleers in fi rst half Sat, Oct. 6 ELON * W. 35-23 Appalachian State has not lost to Phoenix since 1964Sat, Oct. 13 at Samford * W. 28-25 Mountaineers drive length of the fi eld for winning TDSat, Oct. 20 WOFFORD * L. 28-38 Giving up big plays costly to ASUSat, Oct. 27 at Western Carolina * W. 38-27 Hallock completes 20-of-21 passes in Jackson’s absenceSat, Nov. 3 at Georgia Southern * W. 31-28 Mountaineers back in SoCon title race with victorySat, Nov. 10 FURMAN * 3:30 p.m. Paladins snapped six-game skit to Mountaineers in 2011

ALL CAPS denotes a home game, * denotes Southern Conference game, kickoff times are subject to change.

SoCONSoCONSTANDINGS

TEAM CONFERENCE OVERALLGEORGIA SOUTHERN 6 2 1.000 7 2 .833WOFFORD 5 2 .750 7 2 .833APPALACHIAN STATE 5 2 .750 7 3 .714CHATTANOOGA 4 2 .667 5 4 .500SAMFORD 4 3 .600 6 3 .714THE CITADEL 4 3 .600 5 4 .571FURMAN 2 4 .250 3 6 .285ELON 1 5 .000 3 6 .333WESTERN CAROLINA 0 8 .000 1 9 .142

NOV. 3 GAMES:APPALACHIAN STATE 31, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 28THE CITADEL 38, ELON 24SAMFORD 24, WOFFORD 17CHATTANOOGA 45, WESTERN CAROLINA 24

NOV. 10 GAMES:THE CITADEL AT VMI, 1:30 P.M.SAMFORD AT ELON, 1:30 P.M.CHATTANOOGA AT WOFFORD, 1:30 P.M.HOWARD AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 2 PM.FURMAN AT APPALACHIAN STATE, 3:30 P.M.

NOV. 17 GAMES:WESTERN CAROLINA AT ALABAMA, NOONWOFFORD AT SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 P.M.THE CITADEL AT FURMAN, 1:30 P.M.GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT GEORGIA, 1:30 P.M.ELON AT CHATTANOOGA, 2 P.M.SAMFORD AT KENTUCKY, 7:30 P.M.

team, statsteam, statsSCORING OFFENESETEAM G TD FG. PAT 2PT. PTS AVG.1. WOFFORD 9 42 10 40 0 322 35.82. GEORGIA SOUTHERN 9 41 7 34 3 307 34.13. APPALACHIAN STATE 10 43 8 43 0 325 32.54. THE CITADEL 9 34 7 34 0 259 28.85. CHATTANOOGA 9 31 9 25 3 244 27.16. SAMFORD 9 29 12 15 4* 243 27.07. ELON 9 27 15 24 2 235 26.18. WESTERN CAROLINA 10 34 7 26 3 257 25.79. FURMAN 9 29 8 26 0 224 24.9*INCLUDES ONE DEFENSIVE TWO-POINT CONVERSION

SCORING DEFENSETEAM G TD FG. PAT 2PT. PTS AVG.1. WOFFORD 9 19 8 16 2 158 17.62. GEORGIA SOUTHERN 9 18 13 16 0 163 18.13. SAMFORD 9 23 6 22 0 178 19.84. CHATTANOOGA 9 23 10 21 1 191 21.25. APPALACHIAN STATE 10 39 5 33 2 286 28.67. THE CITADEL 9 34 7 33 1 260 28.97. FURMAN 9 33 10 25 4 263 29.28. ELON 9 40 7 37 1 300 33.39. WESTERN CAROLINA 10 54 7 49 3 400 40.0

LEADING RUSHERSLEADING RUSHERSPLAYER (TEAM) G ATT YDS AVG. TDS LONG AVG.

1. ERIC BREITENSTEIN (WOF) 9 188 1,396 7.4 14 90 155.12. STEVEN MILLER (ASU) 10 197 1,137 5.8 10 75 113.73. JERODIS WILLIAMS (FUR) 9 167 1,008 6.0 10 89 112.04. DOMINIQUE SWOPE (GS) 7 130 729 5.6 12 40 97.75. DARIEN ROBINSON (CIT) 9 110 879 8.0 6 65 97.76. JERICK MCKINNON (GS) 9 140 855 6.1 8 67 95.07. FABIAN TRUSS (SAM) 9 160 807 5.0 9 43 89.78. JACOB HUESMAN (UTC) 9 150 727 4.8 6 62 80.89. BEN DUPREE (CIT) 9 135 710 5.3 7 57 78.910. DARIUS RAMSEY (WCU) 8 106 502 4.7 2 35 62.8

LEADING passersLEADING passersPLAYER (TEAM) G COM-ATT-INT PCT. YARDS TDS

1. THOMAS WILSON (ELON) 9 202-305-9 66.2 2,627 222. JAMAL JACKSON (ASU) 10 203-315-7 64.4 2,573 183. ANDY SUMMERLIN (SAM) 9 209-315-7 66.3 2,054 94. REESE HANNON (GS) 8 135-214-5 63.1 1,656 65. JACOB HUESMAN 9 132-200-5 66.0 1,249 116. TROY MITCHELL (WCU) 10 81-134-4 60.4 832 47. AARON MILLER (CIT) 9 27-56-2 48.2 427 18. JERICK MCKINNON (GSU) 9 12-22-2 54.5 364 39. BRIAN KASS (WOF) 9 17-40-2 42.5 340 610. T. ROBINSON 8 28-39-0 71.8 289 2

LEADING ReceiversLEADING ReceiversPLAYER (TEAM) G REC. YDS TDS LNG AVG REC/G.

1. AARON MELLETTE (ELON) 9 78 1,110 15 59 14.2 8.72. SEAN PRICE (ASU) 8 58 914 8 69 15.8 7.23. KELSEY POPE (SAM) 9 58 497 3 37 8.6 6.44. ANDREW PEACOCK (ASU) 10 57 586 2 36 10.3 5.75. JACOBY METCHELL (WCU) 9 40 400 3 39 44.4 4.46. S. ROBINSON (WCU) 9 39 376 1 47 9.6 4.47. WILL KING (FUR) 8 34 541 3 70 15.9 4.28. KIERRE BROWN (ELON) 9 38 545 3 55 14.3 4.29. FAYSAL SHAFFAT (UTC) 9 34 263 5 28 7.7 3.810. T. ROBINSON (UTC) 8 28 311 3 44 11.1 3.5