The 2020 season's largest margin: App State 47, Troy 10. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The Winning Chapter
App State's 2020 season (8-3) 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
- Zac ThomasQB2,189 passing yards
- Camerun PeoplesRB1,124 rushing yards
- Daetrich HarringtonRB595 rushing yards
- Nate NoelRB510 rushing yards
- Thomas HenniganWR616 receiving yards
- Malik WilliamsWR536 receiving yards
- Jalen VirgilWR225 receiving yards
- Trey CobbLB91 tackles
- D'Marco JacksonLB86 tackles
- Kaiden SmithDB77 tackles
- Demetrius TaylorDL6 sacks
- Nick HamptonLB3 sacks
- Caleb SpurlinDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: App State 23, Coastal Carolina 34. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: App State beat North Texas 56-28 in the postseason.
"Go Apps"
2020 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.