The 2017 season's largest margin: App State 63, Louisiana 14. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
App State's 2017 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Taylor LambQB2,737 passing yards
- Jalin MooreRB1,037 rushing yards
- Marcus Williams Jr.RB500 rushing yards
- Terrence UpshawRB314 rushing yards
- Ike LewisWR733 receiving yards
- Thomas HenniganWR585 receiving yards
- Jalen VirgilWR364 receiving yards
- Eric BoggsILB102 tackles
- Anthony FloryILB87 tackles
- A.J. HowardDB66 tackles
- Antonious SimsDL9.5 sacks
- Rashaad TownesOLB5 sacks
- Demetrius TaylorDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: App State 10, Georgia 31. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: App State beat Toledo 34-0 in the postseason.
"Go Apps"
2017 is a middle chapter for App State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.