The 2021 season's largest margin: App State 45, Troy 7. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Ten-Win Year
App State's 2021 season (10-3) 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
- Nate NoelRB1,128 rushing yards
- Camerun PeoplesRB926 rushing yards
- Anderson CastleRB236 rushing yards
- Corey Xavier SuttonWR904 receiving yards
- Thomas HenniganWR823 receiving yards
- Malik WilliamsWR819 receiving yards
- D'Marco JacksonLB119 tackles
- Trey CobbLB72 tackles
- Nick HamptonLB68 tackles
- Demetrius TaylorDL7 sacks
- Brendan HarringtonLB3.5 sacks
- T.D. RoofLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: App State 13, Louisiana 41. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: App State fell to Western Kentucky 38-59 in the postseason.
"Go Apps"
2021 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.