Number crunching – A lucky 13

Some of the stats you need to know heading into Week Eleven.

13 – Number of App State seniors playing their final regular-season game Saturday
46 – Number of App State wins in the previous four seasons
4 – Number of seasons since App State had a senior class this small (Only 12 in 2005)

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5 – Number of years since Western last beat App State
16 – Number of years since Western last won back-to-back road games
25 – Number of years since Western last beat App State in Boone (We expect history to repeat itself)

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137 – Rushing yards needed by Devon Moore to break 1,000 for the season
240 – Rushing yards needed by Moore to break 2,000 for his career
10 – Number of App State backs to run for more than 2,000 yards (Select company, there)

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6.2 – Average receptions per game by Matt Cline this season
62 – Total receptions this season by Cline, 5th most all time in school history
68 – Receptions by App Bob Agle in 1968, 3rd most all time (Would take someone really Clutch to knock him off)

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10 – Consecutive starts this season by the same five guys on the App State offensive line, LT Mario Acitelli, LG Pat Mills, C Brett Irvin, RG Matt Ruff and RT Orry Frye
14 – Consecutive starts last season by the same five guys on the App State offensive line, LT Brad Coley, LG Acitelli, C Irvin, RG Daniel Kilgore and RT Jonathan Bieschke
1989 – Only other season a Jerry Moore-coached App State squad has had a front five start every game (One huge ingredient to AE’s success)

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10.7 – Average points scored per game by Armanti Edwards, 2nd best nationally
9.2 – Average points scored per game by Jason Vitaris, 8th best nationally
14.1 – Average points scored by Western as a team, 106th nationally (Sometimes two is greater than 11)

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19 – Consecutive SoCon wins for App State
9 – Consecutive home SoCon wins for App State
15 – Consecutive road SoCon losses for Western (They’ve lost 23 of past 25 road games overall)

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101 – National rank of Western’s rushing defense, 191.9 yards a game
113 – National rank of Western’s rushing offense, 84.1 yards a game
116 – National rank of Western’s punt return average, 3 (That’s right – three. yards.)

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10 – Number of games since Western was last shutout, 45-0 at Vanderbilt
52 – Number of games since App State last shutout an opponent
52 – Number of seasons since App State last shutout Western (They don’t score much, but they do score)

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126 – Tackles this season by Catamount LB Adrian McLeod, who leads the SoCon
19 – Tackles needed by McLeod to match school single season record
831 – Total tackles recorded by App State foes this season (He just may get his record)

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841 – Total rushing yards by Western this season
755 – Number of those yards by Western freshmen
491 – Number of those yards by Michael Johnson (Lotta youth there)

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5 – Number of consecutive SoCon titles by App State
10 – Number of total SoCon titles claimed by App State
12 – Number of SoCon titles claimed by Furman, most in league (Well within reach)

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2 – App State’s average home attendance rank among FCS teams, 25,143
53 – Western’s average home attendance rank among FCS teams, 7,098
82 – App State’s home attendance rank among FBS teams (More than Tulsa, Middle Tennessee and Marsall)