| 2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football | |
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NCAA Division I champion SoCon co-champion | |
NCAA Division I Championship Game, W 49–21 vs. Delaware | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 1[1] |
| FCS Coaches | No. 1[2] |
| Record | 13–2 (5–2 Southern) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Collaborative[3] |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple spread |
| Defensive coordinator | John Wiley (17th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Kidd Brewer Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
- ^ "Final Sports Network's 2007 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "N.C. General Assembly Honors ASU Football Team". Southern Conference. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
- ^ Davis, Elizabeth A. (December 16, 2005). "Appalachian State takes fumble and I-AA title from N. Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Appalachian Claims Share of SoCon Championship". Southern Conference. November 18, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ "Cincinnati is reclassified". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. January 15, 1983. p. 14.
- ^ "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.
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